The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-22
PIEBALD REPUBLICS.
Hayti and Dominica Socially and
Politically Contrasted.
The African Ahead of the
Creole Democracy.
POINTS OF SIMILARITY AND Difference.
Why the Republican Theory Of Gov
eminent Fails There.
INTERVIEW WITH LUPERON.
Preparations for Revolution in St.
Domingo.
UNITED STATES SPIES In HAYTI.
The SANTANA Bay Company in
Peril from Invasion.
AMONG THE VOUDOU WORSHIPPERS.
High Times in the Sable Society of
Port au Prince.
THE MAGNIFICENT PRINCESS SOUL0UQUE.
A Leaf from the Arabian
Nights.
The Folly of Grants Annexation
Project.
High Times i'm the Sable Society of
Port au Prince.
THE MAGNIFICENT PRINCESS SOULOUQUE.
A Leaf from the Arabian
Nigh is.
The Folly of Grants Annexation
Project.

Between Poles and Russians, French and Ger
mans, radicals and democrats, husbands and
mothers-in-aw, there never existed q more cordial
spirit OF detestation than between Haytans and
Dominicans Both peoples are little better than
overgr0wn chiluren, and they have silly way OF
railing at each other which Is painfully amusing
When l told o prominent Dominican at Porto Plata
that medtated trip to Hayti he shook his head
and said, "You will be sorry for going. They are
dirty set OF savages over there-getting worse
every day. Very backward people. all sblack and
plenty OF cannibals among them.' native OF
Hayti said to me before leaving Dominican terri
tory, NOW, you are going where You will see
people of enterprise and intelligence-not
like these cowardly and ignorant Domini-
cans. Here not one man In a hundred
can read and write. Over there you will find
common school system and hundreds of persons
who have received an academic education in Eng
land and France. You will find also, that the peo-
pie industrious and that they manufacture
something else besides rum, the only thing made
by native hands in all Dominican territory This
Is a sample OF the manner these interesting folks
talk OF each other, and in consequence Of the mu-
tual Ill feeling there is
NO TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE
between them. The Dominicans both hate and
fear their neighbors, and Brighten their children
timent of fear the part OF the Domnicans is not
inspired by the superior prowess OF the Haytians.
On the contrary the former are the better soldiers,
and the latter know 1t so well that in a contest Of
equal numbers they invariably decline coming to
close quarters, so great is their
TERROR OF THE MAcHETE,
In the use OF which no people excel the Domini-
cans. saw two-minute fight at Monte Christi
between couple of Domnicans armed with
machetes and in that brief time the ground was
Uttered with fingers and and pieces OF flesh
and clothing from various parts OF the body. In
portions of the island 1t is for native to have
his full complement OF fingers. To Dominican the
machete is everything. To cut his toe nails or cut
down palm tree he brings this weapon alone into
requsition. In battle he throws away his ride II
the enemy happen to be handy and sails in with
his trusty machete. 1t Is the reputation Of the
Haytians for making san cOche Qrish stew OF their
prisoners that makes them appear so dreadful to
their neighbors. 1t is pity both races cannot live
on better terms for really the
FINEST PART FAHE ISLAND
that upon the border line, is reduced to the con-
dition OF desert, by reason of the international
luminosity. / rode into q town called Dajabon, on
the borders, one evening, and in a collection Of
about two hundred houses, built OF mahogany
found but one occupied. The marauding rascals
on either side had depopulated this and six other
small towns on q line OF forty miles back In the
interior. Saget, the President OF Hayti, like
sible and intelligent ruler, has been seeking by
various means-at one time through the mediation
OF the English consul General at Port au Prince,
Mr.. Spencer St. John--to induce Baez to enter into
treaty OF amty and commerce between the two
Republics, and stop this border warfare, but in
vatn Baez wants the condition OF hostility kept
mp to scare the Domnicans into annexation to the
United States. He and his generals represent to
the people that annexation is the only measure
which will secure them from Haytian invasion and
internal disturbance.
THE TWO COUNTRIES CoNTRAsTED.
or the two countries Hayti has the larger popu-
laton and the smaller area OF territory. The
Haytians are seven-eghths black and one eighth
Creole. The Dominicans are three-quarters Creole
and one quarter black. In both Republics the
Creole Is the ruling and aristocratic eemenr. The
revenue OF Hayti is three millions year, that Of
Dominica one million. In Dominica they manu-
facture nothing but rum, and OF that universal
drink there is as much imported as there is made
at home. Everything they wear and use down to
the indispensable machete, Is brought from Ger.
many and Engand half their provisions are i'm
ported from America, and even the planks and
beams used In the construction OF stores and the
better class Of private dwellings come from foreign
hands. In Hayt there are various industries
They have workers in iron, tin, copper, wood
and leather. They manufacture first rate saddles
and brides, and they build houses which have
some claim to architectural beauty. Only about
Eve per cent OF the Dominicans can read and
write against thirty per cent OF the Haytians The
market Of Port au Prince displays twenty times
greater abundance Of fruit, vegetables fish, meat
and general provisions than that Of st. Domingo
city, though the difference OF population in favor OF
the former is only q lew thousands. Neither people
kill themselves by hard work; but, OF the two, the
Haytians are undoubtedly the more industrious.
The social and political morals OF the two countries
are exactly on a par There more thievng
rascals In the government OF Hayti, because there
Is more money TO steal and as for the sanctity Of
the marriage tie, IL Is held In about equal regard by
both races. The Haytians cherish much more ar
dent love OF country than the Dominlcans and they
have far pr0uder record to point at than their
neighb0rs. Twice they drove the French from their
soil, and without the loan OF single dollar or q
word OF sympathy or encouragement from any OF
the nations OF the world they have managed to