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The best hope for the prescnt state of

things are, therefore, that they will not

last. It we are to credir the assurances

of the Haytiens here favourable to the

revolutionary cause, th-y are not mtond

ed to last, beivg oniy an expedient—

the wisdom or practicalniity of which we

must confess, we do not perecive —jo get

rid of President Salnave. When that

end has been attajned, we have received

assurance, one or cther of tho'im'wly

installed Rulers will give way, and allow

affarrs to relapse under one Head, as

herctofore. God grant that it may be a

wise Head; for it will need moch wis

dom to govern the people satisfactoriy

with the resources of the country erip

led as they have been under the dicta

torship of Salnave. 8 it

We have referred to the establishment

of three Governments in Hayti as *a

sincular spectacle,” but we are pot

untindful of the fact, that the history of

the country, sinee its indvpendehce,

affirds a precedent for the present Gove

ernmental trio. After the morder of Des

alines, who, following the example of

Bouoaparte, had called himself Emperor,

that part of the country which he ruled

was divided into two States; the Northern

coast was formed into a negro republic

ander Christophe, who in 1811 a'so took

the title of LEmpreror—while the plaing

about Gonaives became, as the historian

puts it, a “mualatto” republic nnder Pe

tion, whose memory is to the present day

revered by all Haytiens. A division thus

based upou colour, as was to be eXpe('tc-d,

led to muatual hatred, and the result was

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

St. Croix avis. (1868). Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.], 1868-12-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84037526/1868-12-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: St. Croix avis, 1868-12-22.