Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-23
Interesting Letter--JOhn Brown
Jr.. to the President of Hayti.

We have received the Moniteur Haticaa Of Ju-
ly 7th, containing the following letter, transla-
ted in French by NJ. de Doucet, Secretary OF
the Police of Hayti. In re-translaiing in En-
glish We may not hit the exact language of the
original, as written by Mr.. Brown.-N. y Post.
"To HIS Eucelle,lcy General Fa6er Geffrard, Pre-
Side,at of the Republic Of Rayti:
Words full of consolation have come to me
and those who in this country cherish liberty,
equality and fraternity. They inform US that
the good people OF your republic have given us
a unanimous manifestation of their grief OF the
occasion of the execution of my lamented IA
ther, Captain John Brown, and his companions
in arms.
"Allow me in behalf of the members of my
family who are not yet fallen victims beneath
the iron rod Of the Shareholders in America, 10
say TO you, and through you to all the good
Havtians, that we entertain for you most cor
dial sympathy. Although your country is far
from ours, and though we speak different Ian
guages, we nevertheless feel that hearts can
meet notwithstanding intervening distances; we
remember that God has formed of one blood all
the inhabitants of the earth.
"Haytians, brothers and sisters, here, in this
land of slaves, the warmest friends of your race
are watching you to observe how you refute
self-government. You have given proof OF
your ability as soldiers. Without any other
assistance than that you found in your own en-
ergy and valor. you have thrown off and broken
the yoke of the tyrant, and obliged him to
seek refuge on the ocean. Your enemies them
selves call you brave; your friends know that
you arc humane and magnanimous. The entire
world to-day beholds in you the sublime spec
tacle of people, who know nothing of the val
ne of the liberty they have conquered, have ar
rived at that stage of progress which permits
them 10 extend generous sympathy to their
oppressed brethren in foreign land.
"In this you have proven that spirit of pro-
gress which is the omen Of your future grandeur
and the guaranty of the accomplishment of our
most brilliant hopes-the reign of universal
emancipation.
I'VE have heard how a slave-power seized
one of your most noble champions (Touissant
L'Overture) and cast him into cold damp
dungeon, where he died of hunger In our
country, fines, imprisonment, hot-iron, or the
gibbet is the portion of those who will not pros
trate themselves before the Moloch of slavery.
Nevertheless in spite of all these chastisements
we are not discouraged.
The mutilated body can disappear; but the
soul survives 1t.
$50 it is then only the body of Todissant
L'Overture which sleeps in the tomb; his soul
visits the cabins of the slaves of the South when
night is spread over the face of nature. The
ears of our American slaves hear his voice in
the wind gusts which sweep over the prairies OF
Texas, of Arkansas and Missouri; his voice finds
an echo in the immense valleys of Florida
among the pines of the Carolinas, in the Dis
NAL Swamp and upon The mountain tops; pro-
claiming that the despots of America shall yet
know the strength of their toiler's arm, and
that he who would be free must himself strike
the first blow.
"Long live Fabre Geffrard. Long live the
Republic.
.'Such is the aspiration of the sincere friend
of both JoHN BRowN, Jr.
jefferson, AShtabula county, Ohio. 10th OF
April, 1860.