Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-02
A GRIEVOUS SORE.
The Extinguishment of the Repub-
lie of Hayti Desired.
HIPPOLYTE'S LATE ATROCIOUS ACTS.
The Bulk OF the People DESTROYS of the
Country Passing Under Control
of France or the United
States.

PORT Az PRINCE, June 15.-Now that
a fortnight has passed since the display
which the Haytians emphatically call
"the revolution of the 2Sth of May" we
can see in the light of conclusive evil
dence how insignificant the affair in it
self really was, and how the laundering
Of the government has rendered it big
with serious consequences for the re-
public.
Briefly reviewed what does it all
amount to? A design formed by few
young fellows to release from prison,
by means of bribery, or force if neces-
sary, their relatives and friends who
were arrested for political reasons, real
or pretended, and who were sure to be
put to death without any form of
trial. There were two pistol shots
and one poignard stab, which
brought down the sentinel, the
chief of the place and the jailer, and
put to fight the 200 men of the guard.
The execution of the plan was so rapid
and so comparatively noiseless that the
greater portion of the prisoners had al
ready reached the consulates when the
garrison of the arsenal, aroused at sight
of the runaways, began to fire upon the
prison. This is what led the remaining
prisoners to take up arms and don the
uniforms which the guards in their
fight had 1T behind, and the retreat
of the troops before this latter attack
emboldcned the others and induced
them to move upan the arsenal 1t
was au ordinary crime against
the law, and the foreign Representa-
tives would have heen obliged to give
up the refugees, because they could not
be classed as political offenders covered
by the right of asylum, but the absence
of GOODNESS on the part of the govern
ment changed the entire face of the
thing. BY arresting and shooting all
the political men of the previous gov
ernments the government gave to the
affair a political appearance, and by
the assassination of few innocent and
harmless men, through personal ven
geance, it placed all its dangerous enc
mics beyond its reach. They can now
work for its overthrow abroad in Sc
curity.
By putting himself at the head of the
assaSsins and continuing in force for
four entire days the order or authority
to shoot people down without trial,
notwithstanding the tranquility, that
existed and thus giving an opportunity
to his partisans to satisfy their per-
sonal vengeance, the president has
overthrown the barrier of respect which
protected his life, and he is now con-
stantly obliged to guard himself against
an avenging bullet By violating the
Mexican consulate he has alienated
from him the entire diplomatic corps
He has made enemies of the banking
and commercial classes by shooting
down employees whose only crime was
to cross his path; and as the bankers
have frightened their purse-strings funds
are now insufficient to pay the en-
ployes at the usual time. The conse=
auenee is that they are ready to turn
their backs upon the government The
generals, seeing the government dan
ger, and consequently the prospect of
exile for themselves, have kept the pay
of the army, and the soldiers, without
pay now for four weeks, are beginning
to mutiny, and are ready to Join in the
first revolt that viii give them few
cents with the promise of more later on.
In the atmosphere of treason that en-
velops him the president is gathering
around him the troops of the north,
whom he is concentrating near the pal
ace. Popular evaporation is incensed
by this, and it seems difficult to avoid
much longer a renewal of the combat
of February IS, 1855, between the troops
of the north and the volunteers of the
capital The consequence is that the
annexationist party, which had France
only in view, has become accustomed
to the idea of rallying around any for
eign flag; even that of the United States
The indifferents who would have toler-
ated France, but would have taken
up arms against any other domination,
would to-day gladly accept an
to the United States. The ir-
who formerly would not
hear of foreigners or whites, are now
considering if security under a foreign
flag would not be preferable to the
present perilous condition. They even
90 SO far as to desire the semblance of
a revolution which would give chance
for some foreign government to take
possession of the country under the
pretext of pacifying it. The present
time, therefore, is favorable for putting
into practice the moral of La Fontaine's
gaIoIa Of UThieyeS and the Donkey
with this difference, that we would be
a salutary and humane
work, for which, in the long run, we
would be thanked.