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Vatller, was, almost by an accident, elected President of

the republic of Hayti. The contending candidates woro

about even, and enough of'the friends of both untted at

the last hour upon Soulouquo, as an available man, to succeed

in electing him. It was then supposed that ho was a

man of no strength of character, and might

become tho tool of his party; hut, lileo Louis

Napoleon, ho proved himself not a slave, but a tyrant;

and his unfortunate people bavo been since mercilessly

dealt with, and his dominions reduced almoctto ruin.

After being Presidont of tho rcpublio for two yoar3 ho

was declared Emperor, in Angust, 1849, grectly to tho

astonishment of every me. It cannot be forgotten that

-soon after his elevation4o the throne he instituted several

orders of nobility, after the fashion of European monarchies,

created a lot cf princes, dukes, marquises and

knights out of his burly negro fricnd9, and gave them

pompous, loud sounding and sometimes ridiculous titles?

such as tho Duke de Lemonade, the Duke do la Marmalade,

ami so forth. -In 1862 ho caused himself and his

Empress to he crowned, with great show and ceremony,

at Port au Prince, his capital. Never buying aoknow

leugen too lnuepenuouco 01 ino liommican rcpuuiic, uut

always avowing that it was a portion of hin empire, bo

undertook to reduce-ii to subjection in 1865, and in the

month of December of that year advanced with an army

of five thousand men to tbo frontiers of Dominies. Here

the Dominicans, under the Liberator, Ssntsnc, met him

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1859). New York [N.Y.], 1859-01-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1859-01-19/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1859-01-19.