The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-05
Sou1ouque.

Speaking Of the death Of SouIouque tho Courier
des Esats Unis says: I'VE are assured that Sou
iouane saSa led, Fsustin L. is dead In this ago
grand one. His hfo presents some striking
features. He was born in 1889, the day of thu
taking OF tho Bastilo dato full of happy omena
nature and to sound its mysterieB by picking of
cateipilars from the cocoa trees OF his master
They say in Hnyti that he one day met in the
woods an old negross, como from Martinique, who
prophesicd great future for him. It was the
same negress who had forctold her future elevation
to in 2osegknS Sb tsa passnsr nain do Ia pageris
years old took part In the war against the French
aud mado himself remarkable for O cowariice
which i'll no wise controlled his inhumanity. We
have no intention of reviowing his military career
Ho served i'll turn all governments and took nll
the oaths that wore required with a somersaultic
t.cility worthy OF more advanced countries. Hav-
ing attained the Presidency by stroke OF luck ho
Gid not long content himself with this modest
post but naturally dazzled by famous examples
he put tho Constitution in his pocket manufactur-
cd new one, and bacamo Emperor like nny one
else by tho Graco Of God and tho national will.
me Glaek party supported linn assisted by the
sect OF the Yandou1: Tho mnlattoes were trodden
down. Soulouquo triumphant, wished to surround
himeolt with brilliant arisooracy.. Ho wished a
court aud he had one. 'AIe wish littlo counts,
big marquis and great dukes" ns he eloquontly
said to- the Senate. And in effect, by virtue OF his
sovereign power, he created Count Cry Daby, u
Duke Salt Collar, Prince Sugar Plum and 30 on.
Il fortune had favored him in his against the
Domlnicans he would have decorated, with tho til
Tics or his battle fields, some Of hls generals.
This is pious custom to pcrpctuate the memory
of blood split and of tho massacres of thousands Of
Suulougue had many manias Like all his
crowned brothers hc delighted in tinsel, feathers
and piumes. General Boum, of tho Grand Ouch
ess Of Geros!ein, would not hayo been out OF plnce
at his court. For want Of orders enriched with
diamonds lie ornan,ented his officers with pieces
fH ddns 1sm Sr tin sfrns s9zeS an elegance little as
economy in his finances. After the exam
Of vi,ter, Emmanuel, soulouquo adored Wo- @
left shoulder in spite of the leoni6e rags Of
Adeina his legitimate wife. Theso morgan
attic marriages became imore and more fire.
quent toward tho end of his reign, but
tho old Emperor colld mt be rcjuvenated like
Faust by Mophistopbees and he contented him
self with what our fathers courteously called des
menus satBrd9eS. The marriage VAS none the less
contaminated in his eyes and ho would say to his
now spouse fou now wife to mo you faithful to
mo or you cou,c." And this couic was accompan-
led by gesture as signiilcniiyo The famous
twinEling Of the eye of the joyous King Louis
historical. The Last wives q souIouqae lived ds
Testal virgins.
a less innocent mania Of soulouque's consisted in
shooting indiscriminatciy his enemies and his
friends. Ho has boon justly blamed; for if it ia
useful to suppress ones adyorssries, 1t seems inn
polito to attack .ono'n supporters. Those who
thus from rashness or from jos iaIlty, or from an
innate fondness for blood letting. The most i'll
dulgent judges would have some trouble in admit
ting any Of these excuses. Perhaps, however. it
is not tor our age to Judge In less than eighty
years He haYe seen the most civilized people on
the earth massacre their king, thoir queen, their
great poets, their men OF scionco and n crowd Of
innocent beings. People have been killed orery-
wliero on various prete1tsr Recently oven gem
erous prince has been nssassinstod. lsit fair then
for an age covered with crimes and blood to judge
so severely the defunct Sovereign OF Hayti
Soulouque ambitioned always tho glory Of con-
quests, but ho only reaped Waterloo defeats. He
read print not without difficulty, and more orudte
than Charlemagne, who could only seal his letters
with the handle OF his sword; he know how to
was not among the uglicst OF his race, although he
was much further removed from the Apollo OF Bel
videyo than tho gorilla and no only felt himself
superiority which he enjoyed oyer other princes.