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by President Pierrot, was not generally popular:

probably there was a jealousy that these great forces

would be used u a means ot increasing the power 1

ot Pierrot, and ot adding strength to a despotism

already too great. Be this as it may, just when the

expedition was preparing to be put in motion, and

the troops from various quarters had received orders

io concentrate at the poiut from whence it was to

march, the troops under the command of General j

St. Louis refused to obey. The msny disasters

which have happened to the Haytien troops in this

war, and the uniform succession ot detents which

has lollowed every encounter with the Dominicans,

very probably rendered the troops fearful and un

willing to meet any more an enemy who beat them 1

every time ihey fought together. This is very likely,

as it is characteristic of ihe black race, to be as

pusillanimous and cowardly in failure, as they are

boastlul and haughty in success.

Our accounts go on to state that the troops, having

refused to obey the orders to march, then broke

out into open mutiny and revolution. A deputation

from the army was despatched to Gen. Riche, at

au to call upon him to take up*n him

sell the Presidency, and to depose President Pierrot.

Ttius, it will appear that the black governmenr is

a pure military despotism, and that the chieftain who

rules over this people, is the soldier, whoever he

may be, whom the black praetorian troops choose to

select for that office! Such a state of things does

not deserve the name of civil or civilized govern

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1846). New York [N.Y.], 1846-03-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1846-03-30/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1846-03-30.