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

comptshed ~ toll proof OF "hal ,ne Pteseut
one wilLbe able 10 do. Even 10 l794, when
an ,insurfecIIon on our continent was NOT apart
Of the plan, vet even then The paris nearest TO
the West Indies -ihe French colony Of Lou>
isiaua caught the co6lagion; and the French
Of The Lover Misssslppi were only saved
from a terrible catastrophe by timely dis
coyery Of the plot. Mr. (iayarre, who has
written history OF Louisiana, thus describes
il:
The blacks, encouraged without doubt6y
the success Of their race in Han Domingo,
dreamed Of liberty. and eOdeaVored TO shake
off The yoke The DsurTechon was concerted
in Poipte Goupee, an isolated par,sh, ofwhlch
the number of slaves was considerable, The
conspiracy broke out on the plantation Of Mr.
John Puydras, rich planter, who was then
travelling in The United States, and, from tina.
point, it spread rapidly over the whole parish
The death of all the whites was determined
upon. Happily The conspirators not being
able to agree upon the day OF the massacre,
quarrel ensusd which led 10 the discovery Of
the plot The militia Of lhs parish lmmedIate'
ly took up atms, aud the Goxernor Generals
sustained them By detstchmspt oflhe troops
Of the liue. Il was determined to arrest and
to punish the chiefs Of the plot. Tho slaves
made Opposition 10 the arreSts-embodied and
fought -bm were quickly Dispersed, With ;bs
loss ofIwtDty OF lheH number killed in The
skirmish Fifty Of The insurgents we're con.
demned 10 dealb. Sixteen were executed IN
different parts Of tho parlsts the others were
placed on board gallery in the Mississippi,
river, and hung, at intervals, along the coast
from Pointe-Coupee 10 New Orleans. The
eeverity Of the ehSstlsemenl InhmdaIed The
black population, and re- established order and
tranquility"
This shows, Mr. President, that our con.
tnent. though n1f include ~ the plan Oi g
operations which produced the lnsurrecilon OF
San Domingo, WIS yet rsached and Ntfeced
by it, How much greAlet, then, nust The ef-
teri be, when onr continent is the direct object
OF he machrna,ions, and their facilities for &C"
ton are 80 greaiq lhsSe SAID ttsl our saves
are already affected by these machinahous,
aud every part Of the slave States beers La
mentable Evidence Of the fact. The execu-
tion Of tie four blacks which lately took place
at ST Louis, shows the extent aud da niger OF
the influence produced b, AboliiIonism on The
minds of the blacks. Their confessions,
(though false in SONS points, and tho extent,
variety, snd system Of their crimes, all con-
ciusivsly show shat the horizon of the bounda-
~ of CRIME has become a'arm pgly and dread-
fully increased 10 ME vision OF these people;
and dthat the fatal doc,rInes of AboliliOnpm are
at the bottom Of this dreadful enlargement Of
their criminal 'iewsi Formerly, the depre- !
dalions Qf the blacks, whether free or bond,
were on comparatively email scale. and sell
dom accompanied hy bloodshed Now thrir
depredaions extended to the .robb,Og Of stores
and dwellings, the pluDder Of banks, the con-
flsgration OF houses and cities, and the ready
murder Of whis men, as If they we're no more
than cats and dogs. Ths expanded views and
new feelings. inspired BY Aboh;ionists, 10 at
he,bouom Of sll this dreadful enlargement Of
the horozon cf negro crimes. No only 81,
Louis. but other parts. and especially the low
or Mississippi, furnish evidence Of this; and
aIlirace il TO Aboiionism, and some 10 the
British Aholiiioniats themselves. We have
just seen the account OF the supposed iosur-
rection in the parish Of Fellclana, 10 the State,
ofLouisiana, Hnd the judicial ascenaiHmeDt
Of the fact that lhe slaves we're made acquant-
ed with the designe Of The British Socie'iea,
and we're informed that ihey should have But
ish aid in ob,ajhlng their freedom 10 the eVeBt
Of war with Great Britain. Here ia ate-
port Of the extraordinary discovery, which !
End in apaper printed in The place, and which
shows the secret and dangerous workings Of
the London Abolition Society. Tread from
paper printed in the neighborhood Of The sup
posed intended inbuveclion: -tE
"The trial Of eaVes supposed 10 be engaged
in en- aiiemptio rsise an insurrec,ion in the
parish Of West Feliciana, commenced on
Monday, the 26lh Of July, l94l, at the court-
houae, in the town Of 81. Francisville. After
the examination Of the witnesses, tho jury
formed found that the slaves had not been
guilty Of any act which could justify them in
bringing in verdicr Of conviction against the
slaves; they, however, were satisfied that the
slaves had been made acquainted with the
critical stale Of our relations with Great Bri=
tam, and that 10 the event Of war with that
nation, tiiey might expect aid from the British
nation, and the white Abolitionisls Of the
North, ia carrying out any plan tbs slaves
might devise 70 effect their emaDcipati6ns--
The court and jury, and the citizens present,
we're we'll convinced that the slaves had been
made well acqvainted with tbess matters,
through the medinm Of wicked and designing
white men, Of free persons 0f color, agents of
the American and British Abolition Societies.
and ,hose agents had been, and probably were
vet! U4stdIno IN ifha narleh. or moving about