Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-09

An Interesting Letter---JOhn Brown, JF.,
TO the President Of Hayti.

An Interesting Letfer---JOhn Brown, Jr.,
TO the President Of Hayti.
We have received the Moniteur HaiRen of
July 7th, containing the following letter,
translated in French by NJ. de Doucet, Secre-
tary of the Police of Hayti. In re-transla-
ting in English we may not hit the exact
language of the original, as written by Mr..
Brown.-M Y Post.
n TO His EzeelLeHey General Fdbrs Ge7Tard,
President Of the Republic Of Hsyti:
p "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 on the occasion of the execution of my
lamented father, Captain john Brown, and
his companions in arms.
"Allow me in behalf of the members of
my family who are not yet fallen victims be-
meath the iron rod of the Shareholders in
America, to say to you, and through you to
all the good Haytians, that we entertain for
you a most cordial sympathy. Although
your country is far from ours, and though we
speak different languages, we nevertheless
feel that hearts can meet notwithstanding in
tervening 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 the defamation that the African is
incapable of selfgovernment. You have
given proof of your ability as soldiers. With
out other assistance than that you found in
your own energy and yalor, you have thrown
off and broken the yoke Of the tyrant, and
obliged him to seek refuge on the ocean.
Your enemies themselves call you brave; your
friends know that you are humane and mag
Unanimous. The entire world to-day beholds
in you the sublime spectacle of people who,
knowing the value of the liberty they have
conquered, have arrived at that stage of pro-
gress which permits them TO extend gener-
Gus sympathy to their oppressed brethren in
a foreign land.
SIN this you have proven that spirit Of pro-
gress which is the omen of your future
grandeur and the guaranty of the accom-
plishment of our most brilliant hopes-the
reign Of universal emancipation.
awe have heard how q slave-power seized
one Of your most noble champions (Touissant
L0verture) and cast him into a cold, damp
dungeon, where he died of hunger. In our
country, fines, Imprisonment hot-iron, or the
gibbet is the portion of those who viii not
PROSTATE 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 it.
$50 it is then only the body of Touissant
L'Overturs 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 i'm
mense valleys of Florida, among the pines of
the Carolinas, in the Dismal Swamp and up
on the mountain tops, prOclaiming that the
despots of America shall yet know the
strength of the toiler's arm, and that he who
would be free must himself strike the first
blow.
'GOng live Fabre Ge6rard. Long live the
Republic.
"Such is tbe aspiration ofthe sincere friend
OF both. ~ d JOHN BRowN, Jr.
Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, 10th
of April, 1870.