No. 382.
Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish.
Port au Prince , June 16, 1874. (Received June 27.)
Sir: Inviting reference to my No. 316, of the 6th instant, I have the honor to state in brief that the Constituent Assembly met and organized on the 10th instant; that, as predicted in my said No. 316, the assembly promptly and unanimously elected General Michel Domingue President of the republic of Hayti “for a period which shall be determined by the new constitution,” and that on Sunday, the 14th instant, before the assembly, the diplomatic and consular corps, and an immense throng of citizens and foreigners, he took the prescribed oath of office “to fulfill faithfully the office of President of Hayti; to cause to be respected the national independence and the integrity of the territory; to observe, and cause to be observed, the laws of the republic.”
Yesterday he issued a decree appointing a provisional ministry and a proclamation setting forth his programme of action, which is one of conciliation and promise, and in which no party, as far as I have yet learned, seems to be able or disposed to find cause for dissatisfaction.
By the very next opportunity I shall not fail to forward to you a full statement of all that has occurred touching this important event in the history of Hayti, and touching also what has transpired here relative to the treaty between the two republics of this island.
I am, &c.,