Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-08-17
From The New York Post
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
John Brown, Jr., 20 the President of
Hnytf.

AN INTERESTING LETTER.
John Brown, Jr, 20. the President of
Hayti.
We have received the Moniteur Haitien
of July 7th, containing the following letter,
translated in French by M. de Doucet, Sec
rotary of the Police Of Hayti. In re-trans-
lating into English we may not bit the
exact language of the original, as written
by Mr.. Brown.
"To HIS EIrceuency, General Fd6re
Ge6rard, President Of the Republic Of
Hayh.
"Words, full of consolation, have come
to me and those who in this country cher
ish liberty, equality and fraternity. They
inform us that the people Of your republic
have given a unanimous manifestation of
their grief on the occasion Of the execution
of my lsmented father, Capt. 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, to say to you and through you to
all the good Haytians that we entertain for
you most cordial sympathy. Although
your country is far from ours, and though
we speak different languages, we neverthe-
less feel that hearts can meet notwithstand-
ing intervening distances; we remember
that God has formed of ono 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
Without other assistance than that you
, found in your own energy and valor, you
have thrown off and broken the yoke Of
the tyrant and forced him to seek refuge on
the ocean, your enemies themselves call you
brave; your friends know that you are hu-
name and magnanimous. The entire
world to-day behold in you the sublime
spectacle of people who, knowing the val
uo of the liberty they have conquered, have
arrived at that stage of progress which per.
mits them to extend generous sympathy
to their oppressed brethren in foreign
land
"In this you have proven that spirit o.
progress which permits them to extend g
generous sympathy to their oppressed breth
rem in foreign land.
an this you have proven that spirit o
progress which is the omen of your future
grandeur and the guaranty of the accom-
! plishment of our most brilliant hopes-thC
T. reign of universal emancipation.
awe have heard how slave powe
seized one of your most noble champions
: CToussaint LOuverture) and cast him int
: cold, damp dungeon, where he died 0
= hunger In our country, fines, imprison
, ment, hot iron, or the gibbet is the portion
of those who will not PROSTATE themselve
before the Moloch of Slavery. Neverthe
u less in spite Of all these chastisements, w
are not discouraged.
: "The mutlated body can disappear; bu
~ the soul survives it.
$50 it is then only the body of Toussain
> IOuverturo which sleeps in the tomb; hi
soul visits the cabins OF the slaves of th
South when night is spread over the face {
nature. The ears of our American slave
n hear his voice in the wind gusts which swee
/ over the prairies of Texas, of Arkansa
d and Missouri; his voice finds an echo j
# the immense valleys of Florida, among tn
pines of the Carolinas, in the Dismt
Swamp and upon the mountain tops, pre-
D. claiming that the despots of America shaI
l. yet know the strength of the toiler's arm
aud that he who would be free must him
. self strike the first blow.
). "Loug live Fabre Geffrard. Long liv
. the Republic.
: "Such is the aspiration of the SINGER
4 friend of both. JOHN BRowN Jr.
!. Jefferson, Ashlabula county, o., Apr
! 10th, 1860"