Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

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friendly to the blacks, says, eff st. Domingo still
;arried the coors of France, it solely owing to
~ old negro who seemed to bear commission
from Heaven"
| a strong hand aud clear head, though black
directs the affairs of the island, SAYS Mr. Elliot.
Daily he gains strength and the confidence of the
negroes. They flock to his army they listen and
obey his words, His maxim, " that the liberty Of
the blacks can never be solid without agriculture"
passes from mouth to mouth among the negroes.
and rouses in them the desire for lands and wealth
for the first time now possible to be gratifed.
/ Toussaint again and again beats the English
and ut leugh forces them to quit the island. Peace
4 was restored to st. Domingo, and Toussaint, now
master of the colony, applies his powers to tie
restoration of confidence and industry The me-
grocs stimulated to cxertion by the prospect
of wealth and manhood. His justice and modera-
ton taught the whites to contide in him, and his
wisdom, strength and herosm rendered him potent
with the blacks. Property was respected and life
was safe. R0ume, the French Commissioner, pro-
| nounced Toussaint "a philosophers, legislator, n
general and n good citizen" Napoleon, at that
time First Consul Of France. confirmed Toussaint
in his position, and approved his acts. "
The whites were invited to resume their estates,
allowing a proportion of the proceeds to the la
borers; and where the owners had disappeared,
the estates were worked by the State, the same
proportion, one-fourth, or one. third, being allowed
the cutiyators. Industry everywhere cncoui-
aged, dlcness vigorously suppressed. in so fruit
iul a land tho results were like enchantmcnt. The
hoe replaced the sword prosperity smiled upon
the Neglected fields; the songs OF labor were heard
on every hand vessels crowded the norts Tnu
whites looked to Toussaint as their protector and
dclivcrcr; whites, blacks and muiattocs were ap-
pointed to Offices Of trust the duties Of morality
and religion were enforced the dccencies and re-
! inements and arts Of lie were cultivated men Of
science and learning encouraged. There is
abundant evidence. as Mr.. Elliott shows, from
nndn tn hot tt,lnr I'm
OF justly paid labor the island was rapidly advan.
eng to degree OF prosperity which 1t had never
before reached.
! Toussaint's public levees were marked by the
strictest proprcty, and his private partes says
Mr.. Elliott were not stupider than those of white
men. Luxury and sloth did not heguiio his time.
His activity was untirng; his correspondence cx-
haused five secretaries; he trusted to the eye of
the master and his vigilance was everywhere.
In $500 a constitution was formed for the island,
and Toussant "in consideration of the important
services rendered the Colony" appointed governor
| for life. But the star of the negro cheftnin had
reached its height. Napoleon, by the treaty of
| Amiens in 1901 had obtained brief peace. He
had sixty thousand troublesome and unreliable"
republican soldiers whom he wanted ito send to a
distance"-to get rid of. His head was filed with
visions of Colonies, Commerce and Ships. St
Domingo must be recovered to the whites. On the
10th of May, 1901, he issued a decree restoring
Slavery and the slave-rade in the Colonies. Tuus
saint, he said was revolted slave. who must be
punished to avenge the outraged honor of France
mighty armament the mast formidable. we
believe that has crossed the Atlantic, fifty
six ships of war, commanded by Admiral Joycuse,
! 10000 veteran soldiers commanded by General lie
Clerc, who took with him his wife, Pauline, the
sister Of Napoleon, sailed for st. Domingo, and ar
rived speedily and safely in the vast and beautiful
bay of Samana, the scene of the recent intrigueS
of President Picrces iilibusering agents, Mr. and
| Mrs. Cazneau.
To meet this great force, composed of the vetcr-
ans of Italy and Egypt, commanded by cXnericn-
ced generals and prousey supplied with all the
munitions Of war, Toussaint had less than 10000
men, scattered the island, and nearly destitute
of every thing but courage and love of ireodom.--
| The whites Of the island and many of the mulat-
toes proved treacherous and betrayed the man to
whom they owed their lives, Offices and wealth.
But Toussaint and his blacks did not despair
They stcadastly rejected all offers and temptations
however specious, and could neither be caioled nor
terrified into submission. 81 took up arms for the
/ freedom of my color" said Toussaint, sit is our
own-we will defend it or perish"
The French attacked Cap Francoise, rich and
well-built city. Its Governor was Christophc, one
of Toussaints ablest Generals, a determined and
daring man, afterwards King of Iayt To the
summons of lie Clerc he replied, go, tell your
General, that the French shall march here only
ashes, and that the ground shall burn beneath
their feet" He fulfilled his threat to the letter.
I His force was insufficient to contend with the
French feet and army, and when the assault be-
gan, he set fire himself to his own costly and beau
tful house, while his soldiers fired the rest of the
city. He then retired to the mountains, and the
French found themselves in possession only of
ashes ard embers. The city of Port au Prince
was III like manner fired by General Lamartnore,
but the French troops entered before it was wholly
consumed, and extinguished the flames.
I The cities Of the coast were soon occupied by
, the French, while Toussant ana his followers re-
treated 20 tie mountains, burning everyth ing he
hind them. The French generals at the head of
twelve thousand troops pursued and attacked the
blacks in their stronghold. They were rrpulScd
with the loss of eight hundred men and four gen
erals. lie Clerc himself was wounded. The French
reinforced, renewed the attack, which they were
obliged TO convert into Il regular siege. Lamar
tniere, the black commander made heroic de-
fence, and at last, when the place was no longer
I tenahlc, cut his way through the French who gai
ned the fortress at the expense of five thousand
| lives
The fortress had fallen, says Mr. Elliott, but not
Toussaint. lie Clerc had learned the truth of what
the French Commissioner, speaking Of Toussant,
had told Napoleon. lie is man, the most active
and indeiutgahle that can possibly be Imagined"
Fear of Slavery made the blacks desperate. They
defended their freedom and their beautiful island
4 with herOism worthy OF the best ages Of Greece
or Switzerland. In few months twelve thousand
of the French soldiers were dead or III the hospl-
tails.
| Treachery, the foulest, basest treachery was al
length restored to. Toussaint invited to a
conference during truce. lie came conhding in
the honor and tho plghted faith of the French gen,
erals. lie seized, put in irons, and hurried
aboard a frigate, which Immediately sailed for
France. Napoleon ordered him to be imprisoned
in the Castle of Joux among the Alps. For ten
months he was kept in a cold and damp dungeon
wh.,e the water as it tiekled down the walls turned
to ice-he negro, who had all his life lived inI
the sunshine of a tropio island. Finally, for three
dave, by accident or design, he was left without
food. Hunger, cold and grief did their work The
fourth day he was found dead on the hoor OF his
dungeon.
wordswortb oddresse;i, % him. during his imprs-
onment' While vet none but Napoleon and lew
Il ~ bis tools Lnsy vpba, had been done with ther