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Show NOTES ON ~ It rc before us, and m. a shape that Abol ",_ nnd the rcsu s a . d 't hard to get round. tionists themselves will fin . I , tl c negroes have been lords In Hayti, for half a ccnturyb ' xcrciscd thcit· lor dship? of the soil. A nd how havcdt cy c f Mr. Walsh, in the ffi . I correspon once o . . gcad th. e (oG. cJa r II .· comments upon tt m 9 ) td the tO 0\llng Append \X '· " ' ' at D 21 t 1852:- the 'Vashington Unwn of cc. ~ -~, Tho recent encroach" IIAYTJ.-N.t::ono GovEn.N~JENI.-1· .. ·I d have awak- F h on a portion of t us IS an . ments of the .rene ]' I 'ntcrcst respecting Its h 1 t the country a IVC y I '] ·' cncd t roug lOU . . . Indeed this interest prcvai cu political and soCial condJbtiO(". the us~rpations of the French to a considerable extent c OlC I tt t ion of the country. arrested t 1C a en f . I nds which repose in the mingled " Of that cluster. o IS a If the Caribbean sea, and the waters of the MexiCan gu ' . . ti e name of h" I early nav t ~atOJs gave 1 Atlantic ocean, to w te 1 . o ·kable for the fertility W I d' Ilaytt IS most tcmm . the est n · IOs, ' . . . When the adventurous . d beauty of tts natUialt csoutccs. . . I ·"ld an • first hchcld it., Clothed m t 1C ~' . followers of Columbus . I b a ut which has since been so luxuriance of that Vlrgm c. y f nan t.hry fancied they dl u ecratcu bv the passwns o ' • ' C I s1a , u yd.ts ecos vereu' t I\ C· , ove ly Atlantis of ancient fau.l c. I o um- Ia d b "ts beauty that he gave It t IC name bus was so attractc y I . f th first E - I (J"ttlc Spain) and made It the scene o c of ispano a.' I 'coloniza.tiou in the New 'Vorld. experiment m Eu~{pc~n k 1G01 Spain ceded to F rance the By th." \re~;~fo~hc ~:;:,~d '; whicl1, a fter the introductio~ of wcstm n Ila 1G88 first bc~an to be successfully culttvaAfncan s aves, ' 0 · . · tl e island t d 'l'ho period of most signal prospenty ~n l . ' c . d f 177G to 1780. Its productiOns were Irn-cxtcnde rom fi · ] "ng d , 1 . blc and its commerce in the most ouns u. mcnso an Ht ua. ' . a· tho plan tam state. Sugar-cane, cotton, cocoa, m .~go, . , , 'lla potatoe, rnanw. c, mahogany' satm-wood, Iron-"od od. , avann di ev'e ry v ariety of fruit and vcgota.blc, were p roduce m .. UNCLE T 0 M ':-:! CAll IN. 101 .1J+e7 the greatest n.bunUa.ncc, and nlmost by spontaneous growth. Its population exceeded Goo;ooo. Its export of coffee was 68,151,180 lbs.; of sugar, 1G3,405,220 lbs. Owing to the jncqun.litics of its stu·face, the clim:tto ,·aricd from the in ten so beat of the plains to the refl'cshing coolness of the mountain summits, and the sea-beaten coas ts. An abu1Hln.nce of pme water was found in every portion of the isla.nd; and it was exempt, comparatively, from those terrific hunicancs which desolated the othet· Antilles. "Such was the condition of the island of Hayti, when in J7!)1 the doctrines and m:1chinations of the apostles of Lz'bcrte, Egaliti, and F,·aternz't(; incited the negroes to insurrections. From th;tt time to 180~1, the island was ravaged by that most terri Lie curse, a. senile r e\'olt. 1'hc scenes and acts of the bloody tragedy of St. Domingo, are unfolded with trnnsccndent power of description in the pages of Allison's llistory of Europe. At last, exhausted and devastated by all tllc horrors of ciYil :md servile strife, the island found the relief and r epose of slumber under tlw despotism of ])('~snlincs. ~rho whites were subjugated or expelled; the African rncc was undisput('(l master of at lenst the principal portion of Hayti. 'J'hcn began that experiment in the result of wl1ich the eivili:r.c(l world is so much concerned-then was preRcnted to the eye of philosoph,y a new phase of social development. In full posse!'sion of a cirilization imparted to him by a snpcrior rncc, with the h·lat of successful prowess and triumphant patriotism, in the brigl1t morning of the nineteenth contul'y, and sl:'tnrling in the great l1ighway of the commerce of the world, the negro LC'gan the untried experiment of freedom ;uu.l self-government . • As the theatre of tLis unexampled and momentous experiment, lJ ayti Lecamc an object of additional interest. 1'hc etLnograpber, puzzled with questions touchiug the equal ity of races; the philanthropist, doubting the pr:1cticnLility of his benevolent ,. |