The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-01
THE ST. DOMINGO INsURRECrI0N.

THE ST. DOMINGO INSURRECTI0N.
Wendell Phillips ON Toussaint Lower
ture, the John Brown OF st. Domingo.
The Cooper Institute crowded last evening to hear
wendell Phhps lecture the deectabe subject OF the
ravages and massacre OF the St Domingo revolution
under roussaint LOuverture. Tho platform was dned
with gentcmen and ladies', and in the auditorium the
ladies were In decided majority. Nf
Mr.. PHiIIrs, on coming forward on the PLATFORM was
received with loud applause and bowling 70 the audience
In proceeded address them as fol-
lows
Nv lecture night shall be one II = biography
and an argument In biographical sketch Of its subject
fence OF the which belonged and Tor whi,n he
sunered-the negro race. Toussaint IOuverture, the
c.s % %a s saint s D,moo WAS
blood flowing in his veins II anything that ! have
70 say 70 night, therefore, moves your admiration
compare races 70 weigh them against another aud
sSssnss the saxon some people love 70 be judged by
the great they have produced who are the represen
sSsss Sy the the Averages ooosd il the
masses. There three tests BY which the Saxon
4 viii "s brave danger IN ali iw forms, and meet
every obstacle that presents itself to men, and
which they hod has not diminished since l. first left
governed by law aud which teaches that genius doubles
It's power when under the direction Of adherence
persistence Of purpose, by which We know what the OBJ
ject Of life may be, and stick TO tive put feet
down upon spot, and all the world fails TO move US
These three qualities make up the preiomnstug char
scter Of the Saxon race-its pluck use the
tesmand 70 these We trace all the triamphs has &C
hopeless S TO that tie
much despsed negro racehat which We put under
these elements that make up character as we mAa-
sure ourselves, equal In Ivory respect TO US Saxons
and that where IL has had the opportunity OF assert
iu0 1
10 any that have traced upon the scroll OF
history Applause And for the purpose OF my illus
tration, take island in the ST. Domingo, spot
Of land about large Rhode Island and Connecticut,
lying in the Southern waters originally seized by
and Hbus,ers Of the world. Tho Spanards sett them
selves upon the and the French the western
and every advantage OF nature and position the French
coony progressed rapidly until at the time OF which we
speak, between the years 1855 and $780, had become
the pet colony Of the Kingdom It's palaces rvaed 10
their gorgeous luxury those at Versailles and not all the
m.endcenee Of the Loaises, not all the waseta prodi
could rival the spendor OF the planters Of St Domingo
There the island 80 COO whites, constituting the
privileged and titled citizens, the OF the SOIL AMI
the proprietors OF the slaves. Like those OF
country the Shareholders OF St Domingo ntermixed with
their slaves. But, unlike own they acknowledged
their children; for the Frenchman forge.s his Off
spring They treated them with consideration while
they lived sent them the schools Of Paris; gave
them the highest advantages wealth could procure;
and when they died, left them their fortunes BY
these means there created middle class, comprising
2OO highly educated muAttoes rich and spirited some
OF them owning thousand slaves They lived with the
dIen were either sent to France to be Educated or the
best talent OF the kingdom called for them Bat
al the same time they abored under the same disabes
which encompass and crush the u our
Southern States and which continually reminded them Of
the iner,ory OF their orgin For instance, If mulao
riding upon a highway and met privileged white,
be mus unseat himself He could not sit on tho same
seat with white boy. he horseback approach
ing walled town. he must dismount and lead the animal
into the place by the bride He could not for the
purpose of serving his God, church in which white
man was engaged in worship. And when he died mis-
body could be buried in the ground where the
bones OF the whites laid These and other gndred
ne S @ to h san
ton, wealth. and various advantages inherited from his
white progentor only served 70 make him moro keeny
nized but still disabled muatoes comprised the two
higher classes, moving upon the thin m OF civilization
spbdued mass Of 600 slaves The slave trade at this
time in full blast, and 10 600 bls year, kdnap
ped the coast Of Africa barely served TO supply the
breaks the ranks Of the plantation hands, caused by
the murderous culture Of And upon these rod the
the vossno above which they moved" Il was over such
heterogeneous and divided society this that there
broke $780, the Of the French revolution. And
the war cry Of republic borne across the ocean oa
ed upon the island Of Sc Domingo The white man heard
0ar the not 10 %
pieces his island dcsPotsm for he had seen the streets Of
Paris So, deluged i, with blood Toe slave heard
rel in the upper air, something about which he
knew nothing and whatever might be its results he did
o. sei na. nsy Mou'u ,n.erI n' lac muAup heard
VIII e.uiusiasm. tne 'acooin cry was l1oery,
EIus.y anu Ia equauly ne iooseu anu nope1 Tor tns
VI VIZ a'en .eslaas .nosca upon nm ana
s 70 .oe my! u, u. o tue privileges ms educa-
ZOE ana wcatn naa taught hini 80 ngny 10 prize Inc
~. tose;pr ana GO. commlttee 10 france,
WIN sn nhos Oh hVres 70 Jay al the leet OF the conven
non Twas their Tree GIN to the necessities oil the state
ana an tney claimed 10 return Tor " was the removal OF
the social CHAINS when called their inoS oues they
sad, "we The sons OF France. All ask 10 bs
s h ass S,s sssn o
imagine better than can describe To the spirit With
wnicn such men as lafayette, ana Rooesp'eEre and
Mraoeau received thus gen. roos Offering and tins pe
Wn Ibe prayer was granted Inc famous cecree WAS
promulgated which declared mat al the Tree BORN chill
oren Of France were It's czrns and entitled TO an equal
ENJOY cnent on me privileges OF iroeucn young Geae
raj, named ASget, VINO a.d served WIN nsan snisaed
success IN ay aho VINO hao won aures on Jams IN tae