CHAPTER XXII.
UNION OF HAYTI AND SANTO DOMINGO.
The death of Christophe was hailed with enthusiasm
and applause, in his own part of the Island, as well
as in the republic; and on the 15th of October, 1821,
General Paul Romaine put himself at the head of affairs,
and proclaimed a republic. A deputation was
at once dispatched to President Boyer, with an offer
to unite the two governments under him, as their
head. This was accepted, and in a short time the
union took place.
From the time of the evacuation of the Island by the French under Rochambeau, Santo Domingo, the Spanish part of the Island, had become a place of refuge for the white colonist, and the persecuted mulattoes; and during the administration of Dessalines and Christophe, Santo Domingo was comparatively quiet, except an occasional visit from the partisans of some of the Haytian chiefs. Santo Domingo was a mulatto government, and it hailed with joy the union under Boyer, and a scheme was set on foot to carry the Spanish part of the Island over to Boyer. Many of their best men thought it would be better for the
