The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-14
GAS Happy a Fate"

Mr.. Phillips, in bis lecture on Tuesday
evening, referring to a statement that if
South Carolina should 60 out Of the Union
she would become another St. Domingo,
remarked, "God grant that she may have
as happy fate" Let us see what that
wish implied. Mr.. Everett, in his great
speech at the great Union meeting in Fan
eui Hall, last year, referring to the John
Brown raid said
No, sir, it was an attempt to do on
vast scale what was done in st. Domingo
in 1871, where the colored population was
about equal to that of Virginia; and if
any one would form distinct idea what
such an operation is, let him see it--not as
a matter of vague conception-a crude
project-in the mind of the heated fanatic,
but as it stands in the sober pages of bis.
tory, which record the revolt 10 that Island;
the midnight burnings, the Wholesale mas
sacres, the merciless tortures, the abomina-
tions not to be named by Christian lips in
hearing of Christian ears-some of which,
too unutterately atrocious for the English
language, are of necessity yelled in the
obscurity of the Latin tongue. Allow me
to read you few sentences which can be
read 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, but sudden and
partial instruction only. The largest
sugar plantation on the plain was that of
Mons. Gallifet, situated about eight miles
from the town, the negroes belonging to
which had always been treated with such
kindness and liberality, and possessed so
many advantages, that it became prover>
bal expression among the lower white
people, in speaking Of any mans good for
tune, to say, IL est heureur CONNIE I'm negre
de Galltet, (he is as happy as one of Nj.
Gallifet's negroes.) M. Odelue, an attor-
ney, or agent. for this plantation, was a
member Of the General Assembly, and being
fully persuaded that the negroes belonging
to it would remain firm in their obedience,
determined to repair thither to encourage
them in opposing the insurgents; to which
end he desired the assistance of few
soldiers from the town guard, which was
granted him. He proceeded accordingly,
but on approaching the estate, to his SUR
prise and grief, be found all the negroes in
arms on the side of the rebels, and, horrid
to tell, their standard wos the body of
mhite infant, actleh they had recently impaled
on stake! M. Odelue had advanced too
far to retreat undiscovered, and both he and
friend who had accompanied him, with
most of the soldiers, were killed without
mercy. Two or three only of the patrol
escaped by flight, aud conveyed the dread
full tidings to the inhabitants of the town.
By this time, all or most of the white
persons. who had been found on several
plantations, being massacred or forced to
seek their safety in fight, the ruffans ex-
changed the sword for the torch. The
buildings and cane-6elds were everywhere
set on fire; and the confagrations, which
were visible from the town, in thousand {
different quarters. furnished prospect more
shocking, and reflections more dismal than
fancy can paint or the powers Of man de.
scribe.
Such, sir, as a matter Of history, is
servile Instruction.
The effects of the revolution and black
ascendancy may be judged of by these
extracts from the article on Hayti in Ap-
pleton's new Cyelopedia:
The exports for the year 1889 were
valued at $27 $4,000, consisting princi-
pally of sugar, coffee and cotton. Sugar is
no longer exported, and the quantity of
coffee exported hardly exceeds third and
of cotton tenth of the year named. \
The public revenue is derived chiefly
from customs, navigation dues, monopolies,
&c., and averages about 81 600, 900 a year.
The expenditures exceed the amount, and
hence the public debt has been constantly
increas ipg.-New Cyelopedsa, 1860.