The Present State of Hayti, (Saint Domingo,) : With Remarks On Its Agriculture, Commerce, Laws, Religion, Finances, And Population, Etc. Etc. By James Franklin.
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As to writers and poets, I have only heard of those now men- tioned, De Vastey and Larnders, except Chandlatte, Count de Roziers, who, I imagine, being something of poet-laureate to the king, governor-general of the play-house, prepared pieces for representation, teem- in^ with the most fulsome compliments to the mo- narch's virtues, and wrote sonnets to the peerless beauties of the queen and the princesses. Here, I believe, ends the catalogue of architects, poets, and writers of Hay ti ; and u...nless the Baron de Vastey can adduce other proofs of Haytian capacities, I must be excused if I still remain sceptical. I must wait to see what time and a further intercourse with the world will accomplish ; at present but little of that improvement manifests itself which has been the subject of so much praise and admiration. That the people of Hayti should improve, and that society should become refined, I confess I wish may be rea- lized, but at this moment it is very distant from it. Christophe was particularly anxious to improve the face of his country, by making every exertion to divest it of all those appearances of dilapidation effected during the war; and by commanding all the nobility, and persons attached to the state, to erect magnificent houses on their estates, and otherwise to ornament the plantations in the vicinity of their residences, so as to give the whole an air of grandeur 216 PRESENT STATE OE HAYTI, [CHAP.
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