The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-01-06
TIE aaslso RaGE,IN KAHTI.

tinent of the negro race for self-goV-
ernment was made jn The Island of
Hayti. the second ill size ofthe West
India group. Soon after lie French
Revolution in. 1883, the fermentation
in Hayti, then a. colony of France, be-
gan. A contest for o itical rights was
inaugurated by afew thousand mulat-
toes, the product Of miscegenation,
connected by blood with the white in
habitants, who had already granted
them, in consequence, great priyileg-
es. For time the negroes, who con-
stituted. The mass Of the people, were
Silent and inactive, but as the contest
between the whites and the mulattoes
waxed violent and became one of
force, they were gradually drawn into
lit. AT last they broke oat in fright
full instruction, and carried death and
destruction to both the whites and the
Iz1nulattoes. Thejisland was laid waste.
The whites. linen wonderland children,
weges massacred and outraged under
circumstances of ineonceiVable atrocl-
l.ty. mo onefWho bad white bloodwas
spared. The torch was freely applied,
and ina few days one of the most
beautiful spots on'the globe was made
picture of waste andidesolation such
as never before fhad been seen in the
apnals of the world. Since that time
1 or beyond. the beginning of the centu-
ery, the negroes OF. Hayti have had the
control Of that once tioprishiRg coun-
try,,; There have been none to oppose
them. If they, have any capacity for
self government, the circumstances
/ have been remarkably favorable for
its deyelopement, Whatever evil in
fuences slavery, may have exerted
oyer them in that respect have long
since been ,dispelled, There are few,
if any, on the island who were eyeri i'll
bondage, and the great mass Of the in
habitants have been born of. parents
who themselves were born free.
+ Now, what is the condition OF the
island? We will let the New York
| Times (Repiblican) inform US:
4 awe have said Che news from Port
4 au-Prince was generally ludicrous
j but of late there has been q feature in
lit any. thing but jocose, namely, the
: utter ruin, of the markets; and now
we are told that hundreds in the city
: and neighborhood are perishing from
j. starvation In fact, il is almost imp6s-
sible to describe the present dreadful
state of affairs. Bread cannot be
4 bought Flour is scarce, and what lit
5t3ezthere is the holders are unwilling
4 to sell 1t is this consideration which
makes the present wretched condition
of Hayti one deserving prompt con-
4 sideration.O It is not probable that, i'll
case, of; the annexation OF San Domin-
60, Hayti- would long continue inde-
pendent, or, if it did, that it would re-
main in its present state Of chaos. The
!; return and report OF the Ingalls, En-
bassy,will be watched with interest"
j Hayti contains a territory which is
i; abundantly, able to support popula-
ton of 100000 people, instead of
less than 100000, which itfnow has
1t has q magnificent climate, and is
admirably adapted to the sugar and
coffee culture. Thezpcople pay little
for clothing, for. it is within the tropi-
cal region, =. = : -1..--fl ..,sf az ;,,af-
/ But, from; the time Of its indepen-
l dence, civil war and anarchy has been
| its chronic political condition. The
people have sunk into gross vice, have
been inordinatelY lazy, and have aban-
doned all that culture. which once
i made tie, island in the days OF slavery
50 prosperous. -
I This is the Island where hundreds
fof people "afe perishing from star
walton where bread cannot be bought
and fioarri IS scarce;', whose represen-
| tatlvee at Washington has been receiv-
ed with so much honor by Gen. Grant,
with tlie remark b. tlst,issset bis
Espeech affordeda striking evidence of
the injustice of the low estimate
i which had been heretofore placed up
on the znegro's capacity for self-gov-
I ernment: Ii this is the upshot Of ne
| gro government in Hayti, after seven
fy years of trial, what are we to eX-
: l.peet tof the United States, where the
4 experiment has lately commenced of
4 delivering over some of our finest
States to negro rule ?-Enquirer, -
: To-