The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-23

AS soon as Boyer had conquered the
Spanish part of the Island, Christoph
fearing for his safety marched against
him, but Boyer gained a knowledge
Of his purpose and met his army ne ,r
Cape Haytien, the residence of Chris
toph, and took up a position on the
heights above the city. As soon as
Christoph's troops saw those of Presi-
dent Boyer, they Joined them with
loud hurrahs. This was a deadly
blow to Christoph, but he was not dis
heartened; he assembled his body
guard and prepared to attack the en-
envy at all hazards but these troops |
deserted him, and left their king in |
despair. Abandoned by his defend |
ers he returned to his palace, entered |
his bedroom and blew his brains out. |
The queen scared her Valuables & es-
capped to Europe in an English vessel, |
and the princes, dukes, counts, and |
barons were to be seen next day off
ering regimes Of bananas for sale to
Boyer's soldiers, while the duchesses
and danes du PGLdiS returned to their
Washtubs.
Thus was this part of the Island
conquered by Boyer without battle,
and the whole of therich Island, with
population of one and a halt mill
ions of people, who under the old
slave system had thoroughly cultiva-
ted 1T Ito such an extent indeed, that
the exports of the French part, one
third) had amounted, as was known,
to $34, ,000, 900, and the whole island,
as was believed, to 100000, was
united in Republic under the old
Indian name of Hayti.
President Boyer was a very re-
markable man; probably the superb
or in every respect of the Haytien
idol, TOussaint L'Ouvreture. When
he was at the climax OF his glory, the
Well-knOwn Prince Paul, of Wurtem-
| berg (whO had just been defeated as a
royal candidate for the throne of
Greece by his cousin, the Emperor
! Nicholas OF Russia, and his other rel
| at1ve, the Emperor Francis of Aus
tria, because they considered him too
liberal. and an enemy to abSolutism),
arrived at POrt-au-Prince, and after
several days acquaintance with Pres
1dent Boyer, became such an enthusi-
astlc admirer of him that he said to
Professor jaeger: This President
would do honor to any European
throne, and would secure the happi-
dess OF any intelligent nation that
might be under his dominion" Pro-
| lessor jaeger records, in his memoir,
an equally favorable opinion of him.
His administrative talents were early
displayed. He established discipline
In the army, formed a regular corps
OF police, created a Senate Chamber
and Deputies, sent to France for pri-
mary teachers, established a high
school with q director and six assis.
tant teachers, and to encourage agri-
culture he appointed in each rural
district an officer whose business il
| fn fhof n IonFihnl6ov
ep the cultivation of his soil. He al
so entered into diplomatic and com
mercial relations with France, Eng
land, Prussia, the United States, and
the Hanseatic towns In Germany, and
French, English, North American
and German mercantile houses began
, 10 flourish. Our consul and CONNER
cial agent at the time was Mr.. Dimon
subsequently Governor of Rhode Is
! land.
81 But in spite of the ability of Pres
, ident Boyer and the earnestness anC
wisdom of his administrative acts
/, the negro population did not advance
t in Intelligence or increase in wealth
8 as a consequence of industrious habits
? The cancer continually gnaWing a
/ Boyer's heart was the neglect of agri
e culture) which he recognized as tn,
/ - ~ VI Vic
] and which neglect he believed to bl
2 consequent On the emancipation O
q | the slaves. On the occasion of hi
: presentation to Boyer, ProfessO
v Jeager relates that he asked tn
!. President if he did not intend soon t,
e send consuls or diplomatic agents t
;. the various seaportS and govern
8 ments of Europe? He answers
that he would do so as soon as hi
o eountrymen were able to read ant
o write.
: ~ must confess to you," he said
+. seeing the Professors astonished look
& "that had not the foolish, fanatics
d National Convention of Paris, i
r 1871, proclaimed the emancipation c
n our slaves, all the people here woul
have been thousand times happie
K than they now are"
'If this had been the case, " reptile
l. the Professor, ,"your Excelleney woul
2, not now have been President {
s. Hayti."
Ie ''Well," he rejoined, az would hay
Ie been happier and more contente
1t farmer on the sugar plantation inhel
y tied from my father, and could haV
t, exclaimed with Horace.
J. "Beatus lille, qui procul nsgotiis
Patterns rurA bobus execert suis."
st (Happy the man who, far from publ
" business, cultivRtes his inherited ssta
II with his own team,J
ut The negroes OF Hayti had not in
J. proved from the day of their emanC
l. patton. On finding themselves frC
l. and independent they had concludes
K something after the manner of OF
Jy freedom, that liberty consisted in d
ly ing nothing but eating and drinking
e. And why should the negro in tn
r favored country labor. He finds ev
d. rywhere such food as sweet batata
d. bananas, and manloo in abundanc
q with variety of fishes from Il
as neighboring shores. and crabs In q
er- the low grounds. His house, built
es less than day, is constructed of fol
ed posts driven into the ground, coyere
n on the top and sides with fan-pal
he leaves the clothing of man consis
lis of short breeches made of bed tic
Aft ing, and that of a full-growen womf
rd Of loose muslin gown. No shirt
'et no shoes, no stockings are used. In
to country Of eternal summer they me-
Vn 10 fuel with which to heat their no
Iu- ses. The only luxury of tha toll
VS. among them is the madras or color
ng cambria handkerchief with whi
,or men and women cover their heaC
of To be in possession of great mai
lo' such indispensable articles is consi
;or cred the ne plus mira of human feI
m ity. 81 have met" says our a1thC
''many women who boasted OF pC
II, sessing several dozen madras for the
lil nf heads,n These are the neGessari
@ =, OF life to Haitien, and in order
on on obtain them he goes with great relI
an an tance to the woods, collects a sack
iu "a coffee beans which grow wild ever
I.J where, and carries 1t to the neart
lmln m town where he sells it to forei
7ans merchant,
M % President Boyer, knowing that t
as welfare of nation depended on t
@ oI condition of its agriculture and CO.
fas merce, endeavored in every possit
az az way to encourage and enforce tht
W useful arts, but his measures entire
.ne failed. He had early appointed
ION each district rural officers, whose
81 siness it was to enforce the cultivati
ttG- / ~ tho coil hut of1