The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-09-09

, who that has paid any attention TO passing
! events does not perceive the same work GO
ing on in London now which went on there
/ fifty years ago, and produced such terrific re-
suits in the West Indissl The same pubIica-
tons, the same speeches, the same pamphlets,
The same pictures, the same medals, the same
denuncialion Of the whites, commiseration Of
the blacks, Invocation to revolt, and exuIta-
tion al iis success. All is on the same plan;
bpt the operations Of The present sOclsly are
more direct, open, powerful, and concentrated;
and much more easily brought 70 bear upon the
dupes and victims Of their policy. The soci-
ely al the OLD JEwRy had TO operate upon
slaves at a greater distance, speaking DIFF
fereut language. inbabilIng an island. and of
difficult access; the present. society, bv their
affillcGous IN Canada and The Northern IStaies,
and by the intercourse of commerce and traV-
e, are 10 direct contact with the objects Of
their Vaccinations, and speak 10 them in the
language which Us their own. The slaves, too,
are many times more numerous here than IN
San Domingo. How much greater then is the
dangef But, let US proceed with the raad~
ing, and zee the fruits Of the machIDsIions Of
which the source has besp traced TO a society
OffaOaucs, pseudo, phhanthropists, 10 the city
Of London. The author thus describes the
breaking out Of the revolt
III was on the morning of The 23d Of August Just
befJre day, that general alarm and CONSERVATION
spread throughout the town of the, Cape. The nhabi-
tanS were called from their beds by persons who res
ported, that all the slaves in the soveral Dsighboring
parishes had revolted aud were, at the moment, carry
Ing death and desolaon oyer the adjoining large AMI
~ A., ~
of the military otticeIS on duty, assepbsdtogehsr but
the reports confused and contradictory, as to
gam but little credit; whsn as daylight began to break,
the sudden and successive arrival with ghasy countes
nances, ofpersons who had with difficulty escaped the
massacre, and ownto The town for protection brought
dreadful confirmation of the fatal tdinss.
"The approach Of day light seemed snly 10 discover
sights Of horror. II was now apparent that the
groes of all the estates ia the plain acted in concert,
and general massacre Of the whites tok place in
every quarter. On some few of the estates indeed the
lives of the wemen spared, hut they. were
served only to CRAFTY the brutal appettes Of the ruff
ans; and tits shocking relate, that many oflhem suf
iered violation OIL the dead bodies of their husbands
and f,tbersl ... Do
Gin the town it<elf hs general belief for some time
was. that the revolt by means an extensive but
sudden aud partial insurrectiJn only. The largest
sugar plantation on tho pln was that of Mons CALI
fst, situated abot eight miles from the town. The
such kindness and liberaty, and possessed many
advantages, lhath became proverbal expression, a.
mong thelower white people, In speaking Of any mans
good fortune to say, est heueur eommc un negre de
Gat, The S as happy as one of Gallifets Regroes.)
NJ Odellc, the attorney Or agent for tllls plantation
was a member fths General Assembly, and being ful,
y persuaded that the negroes belonging to would re-
main firm in their obedience, determined to repair
hilher to encourage them in opposing the insurgents
to which end he desired the assistance Of few sold
ers from the town guard which granted him. He
proceeded accordingly. Sut OH approaching the estate
10 his surprise and grief he und all the negroas in
on the side of the rebels (and horrid to eIl)
heir sandard was the body of Write infant which
they had recently inpaed on stakeI M. Odeuc lad
advanced too far 10 retreat undiscovered, and both
he and friend that accom- panied him, with most Of
the soldiers, were killed witlon, mercy. Two three
only Of the patrol escaped by fight and conveyed the
dreadful tidngs to the nh habitants the town.
"By this time, all or most Of the white persons that
had been found the several plantations being massa.
cred forced to seek their safety in fight the rufi>
ans exchanged the sword for the torch. The buildings
and cane fields weIe every where set fire, and the
conAagratons, which were viSable from the town, in
athouaand different quarters furnished prospect more
shocking, aud reflections more dismal, than fancy can
paint or the powers of man describe.
''Cons,ernation and terror now took possession of
every mind; and the screams of the women and chs
dren running from door to door, heightened the horror
Of tho scene All the citizens took up arms, and the
General assembly vested the Governor with the com,
mand of the national guards requesting MIN 10 give
such orders as the urgency Of lhe case seemed to de-
mand.
'Theseiwo districts therefore 1.-The whole of the rich
and extensive plain Of the cape; together with the con-
tguous mountains now wholly abandoned to The
ravages of the enemy; and the crueies which they ex-
ercsed uncontrolled such of the miserable whites
as fell inotheir hands, cannot be remembered without
horror reported in terms strong enough to conveya
proper idea of their atrociiy.
"They seized Mr.. Ben, an officer of the police, and
having nailed him alive one of the gates Of his plans
talIon chopped off his limbs, one by one, with an axe
"A poor man, named Robert a carpenter by trade
endeayoring to conceal himself from tho notice OF the
rebels, was discovered in his hiding place; and tho
savages declared that he should die in the lcay of his oe-
cupatiOn; accordingly they bound him between two
boards, and deliberately sawed him ssuDder.
't1MT. Cardlneau. a planter Of Grande RiDi@e, had
two na.urh sons by black woman. lie had manu-.
mitted them in their infancy, and bred them up with
grea tenderness. They both joined in the revolt; and
whenlhe father endeavored to divert them from their
purpose, by soothing language and pecuniary offers,
they took his money and then stabbed him to the heart
Gan the " hite. and even the mulatto children whose
fathers had not joined in the revolt, were murdered
without exception frequently before the eyes, or cling
ing To the bosoms, Of their mohers young women of
all ranks were first volaiedbY bYa whole troop of barba-
rans, and then generally put to death. Some of them
wereiuced reserved for urher gtafcation of the
lust Of the sayages and others had hsr eyes scooped
out wha knife. M Nsf :
IR tho parish Of Lim at the place called the Great
Ravins ayeDerabe planter. the father Of 1--WE beautiful
young ladies. was tied down BY savage rngleader Of
4 band who Tavshed the edest daughter in ha nres-