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blacks towards the mulattoes. w hile the mulattos excited

the first against the whites. All was lost. Then CBme the

revolution of 1843, prepared for a long tinio for a social

reform. But it was a deception, for it wu entrusted to

immoral and infamous men, wi hotit decency an.l with- j

oi^t patrietism. The blacks felt their position and tlioir

strength; they broke out, and tho mulattoes ore menaced 1

with being the victims of the rude and ignorant mass.

This is the history of the condition, moral and politi

cal, of the inhabitants of Hayti.

Ah to their constitution and laws, they have never ex- j

isted but in name. At tirst arbitrary and demotic, they

became ridiculous and exclusive. I will give vou an

ilea. WhenDessaline was Governor Generator Hayti,

their existed neither constitution nor laws; nil depended

upon the will of the tyrant. As Emperor he had a vain

Miow of an imperial constitution formed by twenty-three'

(ienerals the 'JUth of May, 1805; all still dopended upon

tho head of the government, tho lraming and promulga

tion of laws, appointment and removal of public function

aries. The ilaytiena generally called blaeks under this

black government wore the very humble subjects of bis

very barbarous majesty.

Des?alines having disappeared, they made a new con

stitution. First the primary assemblies elected deputies

in the different patiihes of the ancient French part.

Christopho intrigued in the north and Petion in the west,

to procuro the election of their partisans. The consti

tuent assembly met at Part au Prince, and on tho 27th of

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1845). New York [N.Y.], 1845-12-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1845-12-29/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1845-12-29.