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When Christophe would not accept the Presidency of

fered to him by the Senate under a written constitution,

after the tyrant Dessalines had been dispatched, Petion,

the third revolutionary general in rank, was elected and

accepted. Christophe resisted both fim and the Senate,

and succeeded in dividing the island into two distinct

governments, making himself King in the northern part,

while Petion remained President of the south and

west. Petion was an educated man, and lad

the basis of civil institutions in Hayti. At

his death, in 1818, the fourth revolution

ary general in rank, also a man of mtelligence, was

elected to succeed him in the Presidency. At this mo

ment the yoke of Christophe became intolerable to his

subjects; and a general uprising against him, which he

vainly resisted, caused him, in a fit of desperation, to

commit suicide. The institutions founded by Petion in

the West and South not only spread over the North but

also over the Spanish quarter in the East, and the Gov

ernment of Boyer was eventually consolidated over the

whole island. The country entered upon the reign of

law, The six codes of Hayti were promulgated under

Boyer, and the courts of law began to exercise their

functions freely. But the social regime of aristocracy

was now inaugurated by a coalition between the surviv

ing military heroes of the revolution and the civilians,

who had resisted Dessalines, and coiperated with Petion

in founding the Republie. These, with Boyer at their head,

were unwilling to make any concessions to the party of

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1870). New York [N.Y.], 1870-01-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1870-01-28/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1870-01-28.