Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-09

The following is a translation of letter
written by John Brown, Jr., to the president
of Hayt =
TO his Ercei'ency, Gen. Fabre Ge6iard, Presi
| dent Of The Republic Of Hayti
Words full of consolation have come to me
and those in this country who cherish 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 lamentable
father, Captain John Brown, and his compan.
ions 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 Hay
tians, that we entertain for you most cordial
sympathy. Although your country is far
from ours, and though we speak different Ian
guages, we nevertheless feel that hearts can
meet notwithstanding intervening distances
we remember that God has formed of one
blood all inhabitants OF the earth.
"Haytiens, brothers and sisters, here, in this
land OF slaves, the warmest friends of your
race are watching you to observe how you re.
lutte the defamation that the African is incapa
bic OF selt-government. 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 obig-
ed 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
III you the sublime spectacle OF people who,
knowing the value of the liberty they have
conquered, have arrived at that stage of prog
ress which permits them to extend a generous
SVmDafhV n tbpIr sod hratl in for
eign land.
I'm this you have proven that spirit of pro-
gress which is the omen Of your future gran
deur and the guarantee of the accomplish.
ment Of our most brilliant hopes-the reign of
universal emancipation.
1--WE have heard how a slave power seized
one of your most noble champions (Toussant
L'Ouverture) and cast him into cold, damn
| dungeon, where he died of hunger In our
country, fines, Imprisonment, hot iron, or the
| gibbet is the portion of those who will moi
PROSTATE themselves before the Mooch Of
slavery. Nevertheless, in spite of all the Sc
chastisements, we are not discouraged
"The mutilated body can disappear but the
soul survives it,
So it is then only the body of Toussain
| lIOuverture which sleeps in the tomb; hi
soul visits the cabins OF the slaves of the soutl
when night is spread over the face of nature
The ears of our American slaves hear hi
voice in the wind gusts which sweep over til,
prairies of Texas, of Arkansas and Missouri
his voice finds an echo in the immense valley
of Florida, among the pines of the Caroinas
III the Dismal Swamp and upon the mountain
tops, procaimng that the despots of Americi
shall yet know the strength of the toiler's arm
and that he who would be free must himsel
strike the first blow.
Long live Fabre Geffrard Long live TIN
republic
Such is the aspiration of the sincere frienc
oil both. JOHN Brown, Jr.
Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, 10th April 1860"