Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-23

greatness and worth h-Toussaint was the ron of
an African prince. "IIe was black" said Mr..
Phillips, With an emphasis and gesture, which
lent startling impressiteness to the simple enunci-
ation. lie was sent to llayti and sold in the
slave market to the highest and best bidder, for
cash. Until he was fifty years old he toilcd with
gang of field hands. lie was honest and ex-
emplary, a kind husband and father. and in all
respects model chatte. His fidelity to his mas
ters interests, attached him to the overseer Of
the plantation much that that fanetionary
taught him the rudiments Of a civilized education,
lIhis Mr.. Phillips did not mention.) When the
French Revolution hurled the Bourbons from the
throne, and swept away the dstctons of French
society Toussnint was still passing his slave life
~ the tranquility of sugar estate, fifty years
OF age. llayti at this time belonged to France
ana opain-the latter still retaining the city and
colony OF San Domingo. Its population consists
OF three classes whites, mulnttoes and blacks
the two former owning tho wealth of the island,
ana holding the other class in suhiection by the
same tenure which prevails day in South Caro-
Ina and Mississippi The overthrow of the aris.
toctacy in France woke up q responsive echo
among the mulattoes and poorer whites of Hayt
ihey sent deputaton to the Provisional Assem-
bly, at Paris, praying to be recognized az brothers
~ 10, the great struggle for social deliverance.
ihey were warmly welcomed by Robespierre and
tne other leaders of the Revolution and returned to
hayh with the glad news of Equality and Fratern-
ny. Is 1t to be wondered at that the cry of the con-
tending elements over their heads penetrated down
to the degraded and imbruted masses who cult
waited the plantations of Hayti9 The blacks ie
volted and organized revolution Within a revolu-
tlon-and here begins the history of Toussaint
L'Ouverture.
The events of his life may be briefly recited. lie
assumed the command of his ignorant besotted
ana unarmed countrymen, and posted himself in
the h natural fortresses of the mountains. General
M lol l.
loussalht opened them. Howe again surrounded
him and again Toussant broke through his tolls
this time utterly defeating him and driving him
out OF the country. Toussant was thus placed in
possession of the Island Previous to the revolt,
he had sent his master and the family, to whom he
was deeply attached, in n vessel to Baltimore.
Throughout his whole career he provided carefully
and tenderly for their wants. When he became
master Of the Island he proclaimed a general am.
nesty protected all classes from violence or indig
nifty and invited back all who had fed from the
turmoil of war. Under his civil administration
returned to IIayti. Her plantations
yielded more than ever before and the arts of ci.
Vilizatlon returned to beautify the abodes of the
people.
In 1901 Napoleon sent 30 900 of the veterans of
Lodi and Marengo, under the command of Gener-
al LeCerc, to look into the affairs Of IIayti with
secret instructions to subj jugate the island, and
bring Toussaint to France. When the fleet ap.
preached Cape Francais, Toussaint walked down
TO the ehore. lie OWNED the object Of the arma-
meat in an instant lie returned and summoned
his army. When lie Clero asked permission to
land, he received for answer that his progress
over the Island would be march over smoking
cities and desolated plantations. So it was
Wherever the French advanced, the torch of the
ncsndiary preceded them. Toussaint never lost
battle. lie cut off detachments and outposts of
the advancing host, but was not weak enough to
risk general battle with the desperate odds at the
command of the French General-soldiers who
had learned the art of war st Arcola and in the
Alps.
At last, LIE Clerc worried out with the barren
results of the campaign, accomplished by artfce,
what he had failed of efecting by arms. lie sedu-
ced the llaytien Chief to his camp under solemn
oath of protection, surrounded him with file of
bayonets, hurried him board ship and sent
him to France Bonaparte dispatched him to a
c!ammy dungeon on the confines of Switzerland.
He wrote two dignifed letters to tho Emperor. de-
manding trial for bis offences, and receiving no
reply, calmly awaited his end.
lie uttered no complaint but sank slowly under
the damps and chills of an Alpine prison. lie
died as he had lived, superior to circumstances,
superior to fate Years afterwards, his murderer
died on lonely island in the ocean, snarling at
his captors and quarreling with his physician.
But the government of Toussalnt is to day the
government Of liayti. The martyr of the Alpine
dungeon has left his own monument in the blue