The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-27
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New York Sun: The latest war,
or more properly speaking the last
faetionsl strife In Hayti, had Its
origin In the troubled state OF affairs
that Immediately followed the flight
OF President Solomon, who, foresee-
Ing his approaching downfall, got
together all the money he could and
fed from the uneasy blacks over
whom he had held the reins Of gov
eminent for q remarkably long
On the question Of Salomon's re-
moval from office, for once the
whole Of Hayti was united. Not
only was the South up In arms
against him, but when he fed ON
Aug. 10, IsSs, the northern general,
Thelemaque, was at the very gates
Of Port-au- Prince with an army Of
10000 men.
With Solomon gone, q new cleo
ton became necessary, and the two
candidates In the field were General
Seide Thelemague, who had the
support Of the North the Northwest,
aud the department Of ArtlbOnlte,
aud General Francois Denis Legi-
time, who was backed by the rest OF
the country. Before any election
had taken place came the trouble
that for the past eight months has
torn up the island OF Hayti, has
kept In ferment the merchants la
this city actively interested In the
HaytiAu trade, and on more than
one occasion has required the inter-
vention Of our United States courts
and of the state aud navy depart
ments a. well. On the night 81 the
18th OF September last the smoth-
cred feeling az hatred between the
followers Of the candidates Of the
North aud South burst into flame
la the shape of riot between some
Of the Thelemaque's soldiers aud
citizens OF Port-au-Prinee With n
the very walls OF the city. Through
out the night the fighting continued,
aud when the morning Of the 18th
dawned, the Northern troops were
oyerpowered and Thelemaque lay
dead on the street with q bullet from
q Ciatling gun through him. The news
spread through the 1epa RI ments
which supported ThelemAque, and
the NOrtherners did not hesitate to
say that their leader had been
assassinaied. Then, amid cries for
vengeance, the North demanded that
Leeiiime Withdraw from his candi-
dacy for the presidency.
Instead OF doing 50, Lss!!ims got
together the deputies chosen To repre-
sent the South, hat himself de-
clared elected Provisional President
OF Hayti and proceeded TO appoint
his ministers. Next he turned his
.sa A.. a q
ing against him. Here he met with
more trouble. Several southern
cities were kept from open revolt
with difficulty, and some Of the
troops he sent Ia the north went over
to the enemy. still Legiiime was
strong. He had money, arms, and
the whole HayIian navy.
The North saw where il was weak
and sent emissarips to this country
to buy arms, ammunition, and
vessels that would do for ships Of
war. Among the first To arrive
was General PapillOn, who reached
New York on the Clyde steamer
OZama Ou Oct. -. He attended To
his mission faithfully, and on Nov.
) the Saginaw saile1 with NJ. Papil-
Ions purchases, and was chased out
to sea 10y the revenue cutter Chand-
Ter In consequence. The Saginaw
got away, Of course, and landed
Papillon and his munitions Of war
all right at Monte CTisti, n Domini-
can port near the Haytian frontier.
Later ON the navy nf the North
was augmented Iy the addition Of
the carondslei from New York and
Madrid was also sent from New
York, but was lost with all on hoard.
No naval battles have been fought,
and the admiral Of Legitime'- navy,
Mr.. Patterson, spent Decoration
Day in New York.
While the HaytiAns Of the North
were making preparations To fight ON
the land, Begitime was trying To
maintain n blockade Of the Northern
ports. and succeeded In getting him
self into trouble with the United |
States over the seizure Of the Hay
iian Republic.
The northern armies had found q
new leader in General FlOTVille
Hyppolite, n full-blnnded negro Of
-, who had the confidence OF the
whole Moth, aud who had the adj
vantage Of being la command OT
ThelemaSue's veterans. Ilyppolite
has made his headquarters at ~.
Marc, and while LegiIimr was pur-
suing his Fabian policy, IIyppOlits !
Was steadily pushing his troops
sOuthward.
Lately, Iegitime's forces have
been driven hack by floods, and the |
latest dispatches announced that |
General Piguant, the southern |
commander-in-chie had deserted |
the positions occupied by him aud |
fed to Santiago de Cuba. When
this news was received IL was gener-
ally admitted that Legitime could \
hot last much longer.