New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Civil var in Haytii The world has been so
much used 10 news Of this purport coming from
aayti that the latest announcement OF similar
event passed almost unnoticed, and those fsnihar
with the history of the island only wondered 10
lesrn that for the last ten years its not hea"eu
inhabitants had been living in an apparent sla'e u
eesce As a matter of fact, since the FORMER neg
sares threw off the hateful foreign yoke and esfao"
sshed IN independent republic. this. next TO Cuna
te largest beautiful and fertile island OF me
Antilles has been the scene of CONTINUOUS iiisui
-ections revolutions and civil wars. caused by the
struggles of the numerous pretenders Win eac"
sfher and the existing governments for the posses
sion of supreme power. Like all former episooes
Of th. kind. the actual civil war, TOO is que 10 .
superabundance of candidates for the Presidential
sfice. There about half dozen cahoiuaeeS ~
The field not speak Of the numerous eN-fies 60
dents and their ministers, who, in Jamaica. &C
plotting and awaiting favorable chance 10 letui
70 their native country and assert their ciaiiss-
These candidates probably inspired ps ue
thought Of the negro slaves VINO IN the nrs1 ne,
>. the century proclaimed themselves kings anu
,nnperors of Hayt of their successors me pre-
tents who like Solomon and Simon SAM feui
from ONCE with millions Of i'll gotGeh inole3- a
n matter of fact. scarcely one of these plots ai
,,~r,rac+;ors hE which the country has bee'i
srenched with blood but was founded IN the mop
81 office and consequent spoils frenoie " -
De Tetst NEST pas voer' is the motto Oh a" pei
ties of every shade of color. The costs OF thess
with ballots must of course. be paid ny the may
nans snd not q little extent, by the ioreis"
residents IN Hayu. whose wealth is Constant ~ !,
centive 10 the rapacious instincts oil the 0OioieO
natives. So,
Tbos, who have not visited Hayti can hardly
form an idea of the conditions which nave pre-
Tsiied there for nearly a century-condluohs co.
lated raise hilarity II they were noI a. IL
same time too sad TO contemplate NO more sat
.sfsctory subject for opera boufe cooio De
found than this republic, in which former negro
slaves and their descendants WELD the scepue
Big black children indeed. as the Temps cans
them, these Haytians. ignorant ana VAN emu
sren whom il is impossible to take seriously
From, Toussaint I'ouverturc, the black Napoleon
aor-n 10 the richly apparelled but Incapable gen
erals of to-day. all their black chlefs sho" q
hsnkering after the forms as well as the suo-
stance OF despotic power
Dessaiine, the first President of the haNtian he
public is said to have spared neither man nor
woman in his passions. His first act was to cause
the assassination Of all Frenchmen In the lslano
by the former negro slaves; his second. to pro
seror of Hayti As such he tyrannized his suplecls
His successor. Christophe, King Henry / as ne
called sh s the same aG d isno an STUPID
srld boodthirsty nulatto. proclaimed himself En- M
s eg bis epewn as and spent so for the rest
paraphernalia This opera bouffe monarch d, aIso
beaded the list, followed by inGumerahe mar;
g.ssss 9 Se rea aed p1ke of another
Duke of Lemonade" third Duke of Tiburon
There was not cape in the island not represented
In this nobility. Fortunately his reign DID not last
long In 1859 he was driven from his throne ano,
ike the other fallen rulers OF Hayti, he took refuge
In Jamaica - 81. ,,-o-,ao,,s
nm 10 the present day are, with few exceptions;
rnarke6 hy the same despotism, ignorance aIlo
plunder Few remained in office TO the END OF
their terms-tormerly four, now seven gears. an9
every change Of government has been accompanied
nv revolutions and every revolution by an ever
( towing barbarisrn. No wonder that the produc.
fion Of the country has fallen to one-twentieth OF
,s+ s former It is limited to-day to COZ
fee Of the lowest grade, and dye WOODS sugar
and cocoa are exported, but only in insignificant
quantities Most official statements IS TO revenues
and expenditures be taken seriously, as the
government. with few exceptions is In the hands
of unscrupulous politicians who exploit the coul-
t-y IN every possible manner. The official builo-
ings, the Parliament. the Presidential residence,
the barracks are in a most dilapidated condition;
1t is long since officials and soldiers have drawn
any nav, and the only wonder is how, under these
circumstances, the government still maintains a
shadow of authority
the most undisciplined rabbie that ever were as
sembled under arms. Its exact force is not so
easily established that of the navy, which.
after the destruction of the Crete-a-Pferrot, we