Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-11-14

MASSACRE AT ST. DOMtNOC.
We have never had an authentic account
of the massacre Of the white inhaDiIanls o.
Saint Domingo. during the frigntlni leso.u |;
ton III that island. Partial accounts auu
romantic stories have been told q No. r s~
6srSa snd personal narratives. There Is nc
doubt that In the fierce war waged Dy E. w.
land and France, the DESTRUCTION y tI ,o
French WestsImdia. colonies was deslranle
event. and when the British cabineis under
PM. found no mode Of accomplishing thts
object excent bv exciting revolt among the
Mode thew adopted the inhMmau policy
;0nder The name of religion aud humanity
and eot up what were called Wilberforee
associations, and sent agents in every direc-
ton, 10 stir up rebellion iRthat happy, hour,
ishing, and beautiful island, the Garden o.
Eden, SO called, where slavery in reailty
was known only by name. Having com.
1menced the political massacre unde. lne
nameof liberty and humanity, Englanu was
a,ornnelled by her own people 10 carry OUT
fhe objects Of humanity which the govern
u1ent only originated from policy. Hencc
she abol;shin9 the slave trade; the apPro-
,rria,;on III eighty millions OF dollars 70 pur-
s.hase he freedom of slaves in the West In
5;a Islands and hence the sending out OF
AGENTS to this country, to complete the ruth
less task by incendiary attempts on our
southern states, and thus dividing the coan-
try by an intestine war, which is too power
fll, when united, to be put down by any Eu-
ropean alliance. .s3
An aged gentleman. a citizen Of the Uni
ted States, but a Frenchman by birth, mas
nlaced in our hands for publication, if desir-
ed. and q work of thrilling interest It Isl has
personal narrative of the horrld events oc-
cnrring in one district only, in 81, Domingo,
under the tyrant Dessaline. a has every
mark of authenticity, and the character Of
The author is guarantee for the, truth and
idelity Of the work. We wish every aboli-
ZIONIST could read it, and see what the result
was Of that foul conspiracy to destroy the
white inhabitants Of that island, and place
the ruthless blacks in possession Of the go.
yernment; and reflect how far religion and
humanity can be advanced by causing such
results in our own country. - Il.
The author, after detailing the early his
tori of St Domingo its wealth and fertility,
The happy condition Of the Inhabitants, the
war between France and England, and the
measures Of Great Britain, proceeds to des-
1cribe the events Of the revolution, and refers
ia The arrival of Dessaline, the black gener-
al. in the port Of Jeremie, and the order for
AL the white inhabitants of the place to APP
pear at the Place DIES Armes in the afternoon.
- It was half past nine. and in the silence
.ofthe night, when four hundred wretched In
nocent white men, who. on this afternoon,
gave up all they possessed tosave their lives;
stripped Of all their clothes, their arms fas-
tened behind their backs, and tied two by
two with cords, headed by black Sepeurs
with large axes on their shoulders, and ac-
con1panied by black regiment with bayo-
r1c
marchinp. or to saw Il. more properly, were
seen dragged along through the place, light
ca by numerous torches. They made halt
ia front Of Dessaline' head quarters, for him
to behold the white victims offered as a sac
rifice to propitiate the promised favors of his
sanguinary passions. So near to my place
Of refuge was this appalling and heart rend-
ing scene occurring, that heard the pierre
ing cries Of despair, the lamentations, the
agonies Of death, and the harsh rebIkes and
yociferations Of the soldiery. Then heard
! voice ordering them of. They were drag
ged half Q mile beyond hanoux'S fountain
and country seat. They stopped on the
north side of the road, opposite the block
house on the southern hill. They began by
placing their heads upon blocks Of wood,
and decapitated them with Sapeurs' axes;
but this requiring too much time, the regi-
r11ent fell upon them with their bayonets
and swords mono escaped. Alter which,
their bodies were thrown one above the 9TH
er, 90 asto form mound Of dead bodies, for
the country negroes, as Dessaline said,to look
upon theirmasiers and no longer dependupon
them. had these details from three colored
otiicers, who followed IN the hope OF rescuing
taeir4athers, butcouid not succeed. Thus cIo-
seq SEN. NE , ever memorable DAY Of the 9Th Of