Tired of Republican simplicities, Hayti has promoted its Pre- sident,
M. Faustin Soulouque, to be a Monarch ; but, not content with calling him "King," it at once elevates him to the dignity of "Emperor" ! Probably Monarchical institutions will prove more congenial to the Negro mind, and may thus save some of the disorders which so often unsettle the Black Republic. But the Emperor enters upon his state with new fashions in royalty. His inaugural proclamation is headed in a very Democratic style —"Liberty, Equality." In assuming his title, he avows himself the " slave" of his beloved country ; a phrase which seems to have a peculiarly emphatic savour in a Negro state. And he does not sign himself " Faustin" but " Soulouque "—he is not the Emperor Faustinus, but the Emperor Soulouque. Perhaps Hayti foresees the future of France, and desires to set the fashion for its illustrious cadet in Republican Imperialism.
