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

lees existence, fair representative Of ssxon Any,
place against him, az proper sample q the Affc,
h!s fate with dignity and without murmur the granite
walls the swiss dungeon (Cheers They heard OF tas
the island, and instantly the people rushed .
ams excamirg, death TO the wbitesl All the blacks
abandoned the French man save Maurepas Summoned oy
lie Cerc to join the army, he Twas shot dead upon ns
deck Of the vessel where the General met him. Five
hundred he tooS with him we're shot one by oas,
auo tuihbed into pit. Dessalnes-the Murat OF ina
black aImy-saw the dreadful spectacle from the brow
of bill where he Stationed and avenged the nnur
der by hanging five hundred French prisoners IN his
camp, by onc each on separate tree Born within
@ bssssss H be S s & H. as
more The sword ard fever killed arty two thousand OF
gathered up the remains and carried them To France
When Napoleon met her, be exclaimed, Sister, gave
you 40 army you have Cr"ug me IsSe
troops He wrote, landing, insoent letter to
Dessalines saying: Fellow, wnen take you, win NOT
you like traitor, will whip you to death like dog"
Deseaiines, who was the 4urat OF the 81 Domingo
voutISo chased him from city p city, Unit b had a.,
cannon balls red hot TO sink tn ship in lica
the boastDg Frenchman was abor' ?, ~. Rochau
their SUIT the generous uIatto forgave him and let him
Co. (Applause) When word came Of the movements o.
Which Ss Sso mse % Ss WAN
,hey came the people Of tae city whore they landed
turned out In body to receive thon, and tho women
from off thei white necks tied them about the dogs
Then the dogs taken 10 the theatre and negroes
thrown IN 20 them that tho people might them whet
iber teeth in African blood Afterwards, the negroes
scz The 10 closely and long that the people
glad to eat the sh Of the very hounds they hld
man hss no courageY Go 70 st. Domingo Bend down
and ask the graves OF those 81 900 Frenchmen who per
shed and buried there Go to France aud ask for
the graves OF the 900 soldiers who skuked away under
the Of the English Jack And that is not enough
come home, you please, BY the way Of
quaking Virginia. Applause and hisscs Remsm
Der, that our proud Saxon race was enslAved, viii
eins and sers by law for moro than i've hundred years
and remember TOO that they lost their manhood tho
roughly that they did not dare strike for their wn
and advancing Christianity had melted their feters
off Proud Saxon, must you be told that the BLACKS
The only race and St. Domingo the only spot where slaves
have had the manhood and the bravery rise and strike
the letters from their limbs We might call Toussant
the Cromwell Of the racc-but Cromwell was only q
soldier, while T0uasaint a statesman well. We
might call him the Napoleon-he resembsd him in
many striking points OF character but Napoleon
waded to power through Of blood The noble Wash
neton our own patriot father, came nearest to him. bat
maRnabmiy Toussaint exhibited ia bidding his
boy farewell he you willooe day 60 back 70
St DomnRoforget that France murdered your father
You think that a fanatic 10 night. But you
read history with your prcjudices, and not with your
hundred years hence, some Tacitus Sill take
Pbocon the nobee model of the Greek and Brutus OF
the Roman-put Hampden for the glory Of England and
Lafayette for FraDce-choose Washington the bright
cousuumate flower OF the last and John Brown
of Harpers Ferry, for this cloud kissing and applause
high in the clear blue above them ALL the name Of the pa
trt, soldier, state sman and martyr Toussant Ouver
ture Mr. Phillips bowed and retired amidst general APP
piause and some kissing.