East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-22

is simply absurd. The first act almost
VI the party was 10 shoot down a free
eOiored man whom they were attempting
10 impress, aud who fled from them
Oue ,Eig lat as well say that the rihed or
dinance of Louis Napoleon was intended
only for scf.defence, to be used only in
case the Austriaas should undertake 10
arrest his march. Laughter and ap-
plaqse.
No, sir, il was an attempt &c do on
casl scale what was done ia s.. Domingo
in 1891, where the colored population was
about equal to that of Virginia; AMI If
any one would form distinct idea what .
such an operation is, let him see mot
Us matter of vague concePtion--a crude ,
proiect-in the mind Of = heated fanatic,
but as il shows in the sober pages of his
tory that record the revolt in that island; /
the midnight burpings, the wholesale
massacres, the merclless fortunes, the .
denominations not To be nawed by Chris /
tian lips in the bearing or Christian ears /
some Of which, too unutterably afro
cious for the EnglISh language, are Of
necessity yelled in the obscurity of the
Latin tongue. Allow me to read you
lew sentences from the historian Of these
events:
"In the town itself the general belief
for some time was, that the revolt was
by no means an extensive one. The
largest plantation on the plain was that
Of Mons. Gallilet, situated about cigSt
miles from the towG the aegroeS belong
ing TO which had always becu treated
with much kindRess and lbcraity, and
y,osscssel so many advantages that it ~bc-
came a prcvcrbisl expression among the
lower white people, in speaking OF any
mans good fortune to say, IL est Acaraac
coa,.ec M ne5Tt DO Gdii3et, The is As happy
rs one of Mr.. Galiitct's negrocS,) NJ.
,Odeluc, an attorney, or agent, for this
plantation, was member of the General
Assembly, and, being fully persuaded
that the negroes belonging to it would
remain firmin their obedience, determined
70 repair thither 10 encourage them in
opposing the insurgents; to which end
ne desired the assistance of a few soldiers
from the town guard, which was granted
him. lie proceeded accordingly; but on
approaching the estate, to his surprise he
found all the negroes III arms on the side
of the rebels, and (horrid to tcll) their
standard wds the body Of q wk'te infant,
wiich they had recently iS,pGled on stake
NJ. Odeluc bad advanced too far to retreat
undiscovered, and both he and a friend
who accompanied him, with most of the
soldiers, were killed without mercy. Two
or three only of the patrol escaped by
flight, and conveyed the dreadful tdlngs
TO the inhabitants Of the town.
"By this time, all or most of the white
persons who had been found on the sew.
eral plantations being massacrcd or forced
To seek their safety in ilighi, the rutiian'
exchanged the sword for the torch. The
buildings and cane-felds were everywhere
set on fire; aud the condagrations, which
were visible from the town in a thousand
different quarters, furnished a prospect
more shocking, and reflections more dis
nal, than fancy can paint, or the powers
Of man describe
Such, sir, as matter of history, is :
servile insurrection, now let us take {
glance at the state of things in tn,
southern States, eo-membcrs as they ar,
among US in the great republican confed
cracv. Let us consider what sort of
population it is that some persons among
MS think it not only right and commenda
bic, but in the highest degree heroic
saint-like, god-like, to extend the awfu
calamity which turned ST. Domingo int
heap Of ruins in 1901. There are be
tween three and four millions of the co
ored race scattered over the souther
and southwestern States, in small groups
in cities, towns, villages, and large
bodies on isolated plantations; in tn
house, the factory, and the field; mingle
together with the dominant race in til
various pursuits Of life; the latter amount
ing in the aggregate to ei@ght or min
millions, if rightly rccolect the nun
bers. Upon this community, thus con
posed, it was the design Of Brown to l.
loose the bell bounds of a servlle insu
rection and bring on a struggle whiel
Cor magnitude, atrocity, and horro
would have stood alone in the history {
the world. Applause.l And in the'
eight or nine millions, against whom tn
frightful war was levied, are our fellow
citizens, entitled with MS to the prote
ton of that compact OF gQvernmci
which recognizes their relation 10 Il
colored race-a compact which ever
sworn officer of the Union or the Stat,
is bound by his oath to support! Anon
Them, sir, is fair proportion Of men an
women Of education and culture
moral and religious lives and characte
---virtuous fathers, mothers, sons, an
daughters,-pcrsons who would ador
any station Of society in any countr
applausc, l. men who read the san
Bible that we do, and in the name of IL
same master knecl at the throne Of Il
same God, forming class Of men fro
which have gone forth some Of the greO
est and purest characters which ado
our hisiary = Washington, Jcfferso
Madison, Monroe, Marshall. Gre
chcering.] These are the men, &
women, for whose bosoms pixies and riff
are manufactured in New England, to
placed in the hands Of an ignorant ST.
jet race, supposed, most wrongtully
recen: events lave shown, 10 he waltz
for an opportunity to use theml
Sir, have on three or four dffere