The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-01-26
THE VOICE OF FREED

and sent his brother-n-law, LIE Clerc, to rivet a.
new the shackles the Directory had stricken off,
with an army Of fifty thousand men, whose bodies.
praise be now fatten the soil of Hayti SIC SEN
per tyraaniSi--Then, and not till then, the Gal
10 Africans rose in wrath. The instruction be-
gan among the free people of color, soon extend
ed, universally to the former slaves. The noun
tains poured swarms of black warriors from We
ry pass; the French troops every where met bold
hearts and ready hands, the climate did its work
and the baftied remnant of that mighty host fled
from the fatal shore. Nevertheless, lie Clerc sue
ceeded in entrapping Toussaint, deed of base.
ness unparalleled save by the capture of Osceola
by Jessup, and the heroic champion of West In
dian freedom pined away the miserable remainder
of his days in the gloom and damps of Swiss
dungeon-No matter-he was black.
Since that time, Notwithstanding the hostility
of both France and England, though their capt.
tai and other towns have been more than once lev
elled by earthquakes though crippled in their re-
sources by an unjust and heavy debt to France
though distracted by civil wars the Hayten peo-
pie have gone on prospecting and to prosper
Their number has more than doubled, they have
a liberal form Of government, good laws and
schools in abundance. Every man sits contented
under his own vine and ig-ree, with none to mo-
lest him or make him afraid. The independence
of the nation is acknowledged by all civilized ma
tons excepting the United States, the country
par excellence, of freedom; which now, though
itself obtained individuality by instruction, re-
fuses, through its southern mouth-pieceS to extend
the hand of common cvility to its sable brethren
for the very excellent reason that they achieved
their freedom in the some way. Admirable logl'
clans
1t is true that the Haytiens perform very little
hard labor--fools if they would when they can
live comfortably without it. Incidence is the in.
heritance of all natives of tropical climates, and
is common to those who now make it reproach
for we sincerely believe that no people can be
found on earth who pass their lives so lazily and
with so little advantage to themselves and others
as our white southern brethren. Consumers tru-
ges natl, etc. and that is all.
1t so happens that our trade with Hayt, in ex.
ports and imports, amounts to about $4,000 pei
annum, and might be greatly increased 1t is al.
so true that our commerce with Hayti is on less
footing than that of other nations, on account Of
our want of national courtesy. 1t is no less fact
that it suffers yet further for the want of an &C.
credited American consul, whom we will not send
and why? Because
1--WE find our fellows guilty of skin
Not colored like own
To be sure, it may be said that the commerce
of Hayti mainly belongs to New England, and is
therefore, of no consequence. Amen! cries the
recreant Anterior. What tame snakes we Yam
KEGS be-
We have recognized Texas and the present
government of France, and the South American
republics and Mexico but we refuse to recognize
Hayti, because our negro breeders are unwilling
that we should do So