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1843-10-04

Haiti. France consents to suspend its demands on Haiti under the treaty of 1838.

Haitian

“The undersigned, Consul-General of France, has the honor to announce to the Provisional Government of the Haitian Republic that yesterday, the third of October, he received from His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs an official dispatch informing him that the Government of His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the note of 4 April 1843, the situation of Haiti and the observations presented by the King’s Consul on the subject of that note, consents to suspend every demand for the execution of the Treaty of 12 January 1838 until the installation of the definitive Government in Haiti.

“In announcing this happy result to the Provisional Government, the undersigned believes he should point out to it that the Government of His Majesty, while granting this new proof of benevolent interest to the Republic, does not, however, intend in any manner to abandon the rights of the French persons interested in the indemnity stipulated by the Treaty of 12 February 1838, and that it still considers its responsibility to be virtually engaged in maintaining them; nevertheless, the undersigned is authorized to declare here officially that the Government of His Majesty is ready to hear and to discuss, with the spirit of conciliation and equity of which France has already given so many testimonies to the people of Haiti, the proposals that may be made to it by the definitive Government for the purpose of reconciling as well as possible, with the situation of the Republic, the interests of the creditors of the indemnity.

“The undersigned is pleased to believe that this new proof of forbearance and sympathy on the part of the King’s Government will at last put an end to the distrust and the prejudices that some ill-intentioned persons have succeeded in raising against France.

“The undersigned eagerly seizes this occasion to renew to the Provisional Government of the Republic the expression of his consideration.

“The Consul-General, Levasseur. Port-Républicain, 4 October 1843.”

Source  ·  p. 18 Thomas Madiou, Histoire d’Haïti, vol. VIII, p. 18