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an "exulting and abounding land?a tand Ltera'ly flow

mg with milk and honey; now it might be affirmed,

without extravagance, that wliere it is not an arid and j

dew date waste, it tilled with the waters of bit.errieM

or covered with noisome and poisonous weeds When

I arrived here," to quote the words ot au intelligent for-

eigner who has been in Hayti since the epoch of its inrle^

nendeoce. "there was abundance of everything, now

iliere is a' want ol everything. The cultivation of sugar, j

which was once the main fountain of wealth is now en

t.rely abandoned, except for the production of an intoxi- j

eating drink and that ol coffee has .o much decreas^1

that it would not in the least be a mater ofsurpr.^if,

ere long, the supply ol that mdiapenwcMe article lor Ha>

tieu commerce were lo be insufficient for the ordinary con-

sumption ol the inhabitants lliemseWes

The government, in spite ol its coomnutiooal forms, is

despotism ol the most ignorant, corrupt, and vicious

description, with a military establishment so enormous

that, while it absorbs the largest portion ol ike revenue

[or its support, it dries up the very sources of national

pr i-pei ly! I.y depi, ving lb- fields ol the.r nece?a-.

?,.rs to liil tli.' low,I will, pe-ul. nl hord. ot d.

inaved and i; recla,mable idlers t lie treasury is bank

rupt and every s,M-e.es of profligate and ruinous e?|>e

jient is resorted lo for ihe purpose of obtaining the

means ol gratifying an insane [Mission for fr.voleus

cxpeaditure. A great portion of the uublic revenue

,s waste.) upon the personal vanities of the Emperor,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The daily union. (1852). Washington [D.C.], 1852-12-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82003410/1852-12-21/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The daily union, 1852-12-21.