THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI *2\)o 



leonie example in Prance. Then followed monarchies, 

 constitutional presidencies, and even a second empire in 

 1849, sometimes accompanied by union with San Domingo. 

 In 1843 the revolutionary alliance with San Domingo was 

 broken, and since thai day the republic of Haiti has con- 

 tinued, marked by many revolutions, bul gradually becom- 

 ing more and more quiet. 



No Haitian of intelligence now thinks it possible to keep 

 Ins country in isolation, or out of line in the onward march 

 of the nations. With this opinion prevalent and other 

 favorable forces at work, it may be hoped that order and 

 development will obtain in Haiti. The tendency of things 

 there is clearly against irregular changes of government. 



The Haitian government has made endeavors to increase 

 the population by inviting immigration from abroad of 

 persons of African origin, especially the negroes of the 

 United States. Under the presidency of General Boyer, in 

 1S24, thousands of these people settled in different parts 

 of the country ; many of them died from the climate ; a few, 

 however, became prosperous, and many of their descendants 

 are still living, and have preserved the love of the American 

 Union and their knowledge of the English language. 



During our Civil War President Jeffrad offered liberal 

 terms to negro settlers from the United States. Their 

 passages were to be paid, lands placed at their disposal, 

 and they were to be housed and cared for during a reason- 

 able period, and to be exempt from military service. Freed- 

 men were even shipped by our national government from 

 Norfolk, but the experiment was a failure. 



As a rule, negroes become attached to the people and 

 customs of the first Caucasian lands of their adoption. 

 Negroes from the United States, differing from the Haitians 

 in speech, religion, and usages, generally keep aloof and can- 

 not attach themselves to the French language and entirely 

 different habits of the Haitian blacks. During the pasl 



few years a strong currenl of blacks has 1 n flowing into 



Haiti from the neighboring islands, including Jamaica. 



