Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-07

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Within a fsw dayt' sail Of the Norihern
laiitaie lies a glorious island, whose shores
are Washed by the warm waters Of the Gull,
ana famed by the breeses Of the Spanish
Main-where the cotton plant aud the coffee
tree flourish pefeuniAily, and produce two
crops yeaf---Rhere the sugar cane, the
cocoa tree, and the tobaoeo plant, and rioe,
and corn, and wheat grow mxurianuy-
whose valleys produce the luscious tropioal
pineapple, The bread fruit, yams and plan
tains, while toe peach and the strawberry,
and the fruits Of the temperate some grow Oh
rs hills-where mahogany, and satinwood,
and ebony, a1d dyeWOOds, and naFest trees Of
every kind, ere found in eXhaustless Abun-
dance In lie forests, while the auriierous
wealth which drove the Spaniards mad three
hundred years ago, yet repOses in abundance
in its golden stmts-a land Of rich foliage
and brilliant and gay plumed singing birds
surrounded with every delight, and reloic-
ing IL its beauty--no wonder that Columbus,
in bis rapture, declared It to he the original
Garden. 17 n7.-.l.tt.
The uame Of this Island is Hayti-every
Ray interesting and significant as the scene
where The blacks, in the absolutely free ex-
ercise Of their energies, ere solving the prob
lem Of their social capabilities.
For Hayt, band Of colered emigrants, a
day OF two ago, left this city following a
similar colony who sailed couple ofmonths
since attracted BY the extraordinary induce
ment held out to the American blacks by the
isr-sighted Administration of President
Gefrard, These two pioneer vessels, if we
do not much miscalculate, signalizs the COM
mencomsat Of movement which is
likely % prove Of very deep import
both % this country and Hayu. i is use
less 70 deny that tn these Northern States the
climatic eOuditiens-the deep-rooted preju-
dices Of colour-the political disabilities Of
the Negro, is here but disturbing element
all eonspire to render them unfit for nor
NAL Development Of that race ia Hayti, on
the other band, neither laws, nor preiudices,
nor historical memories press upon him; but
hospitable arena welcomes him 10 the tree
development Of bis efhnic Individuality. Into
this island might be removed all the negroes
in the United States, and still there would be
ample room for four times more. To each
emigrSnt is offered free passage, a welcome,
9 home ana 3 free homestead d-the protection
OF ! strong and liberal Government, social
equality, religious freedom, and equal civil
and political fiehts with the natives.
a Il may also Be noteworthy at the present
time, when the economics Of the world seem
tolosntre on the cotton question, that the ca
pacity Of Hsyti for the growth Of this plant
Is enormous Il is situated IN the very cen
tIe Of The cotton beit Of the world, and in the
course Of q year or two, Is eligible, with skill
ed labor, to supply one-iOurth Of the total de-
mand Of the English market Now, Of the
last band Of smigrsnts from this city, thema-
jority were Of those free blacks recently eX-
PEELED from South 0srolins, and they carried
with them to their new homes the secrets OF
the cotton culture Nothing more is required
but further iastalments of the race-element
which the North can so well spare, to make
HAyd a dangerous rival of the Cotton Con-
fsderacy in the markets of Manchester.