New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-27

into three PROVINCES, distinBlished as tDe No"
Wes, and South, which in little time nomina'ec u'
ecatef 10 general Colonial Convention, TO H'.e' "'
S. Mac Thus the white Shareholders iDiiiAte' ''o
in.ular revolution. The muat;oes, however "'-'
not nninteres.ed nor without hore. from "hh' wan
Going ON ia France tiat they would s.'are ihe pio
inps Of political rofcrm. The spirit OF 'ne wn''e
planters was soon manifested to be very oiH''e"'
from that Of the revoutionss IN the nnoLer '''"'
try. The latter, by decree of the National A'Senn'
bly, March 2 rs, had in favor oil mnia't"es eA'
pressly accorded political privileges 20 s ree PERSONS
over twenty-five years Of age who were proletofsm III
the colonies And they Rad alec, in an abstract way,
August 90. I7s9 declared that all men are
born and continue free end eQnal TO their rights.
But neither Of these decrees having yet reached the
colony in an official form on the ID Of November,
1889, Lacornbe mulai'o in written petition ad-
dressed of the aforesaid provincial assembies OF
white planters requested that his class uigh enov the
benefit of this declaration of the rights Of man, and
be represented in the assembly. They voted bis
petition ncendiay, and hung himl This was the first
victim and the first "horror" Seventeen days after,
Ferrsnd de Beaudiere white man, of seventy year,
who held an inferior judicial office, for the crime of
drawing ND for sorne coored men memorial similar 10
that Of Laconbe was lynched and decapta,ed. This
war the second victim and the second horror" The
convention at S. Marc proceeded at once TO Set at de-
Gance The special decree Of the National Convention
in favor of the free men of the colonies, which lad
now resched the colony officially and went further to
declare themselves independent Of The mother country,
and 10 assert tha, they acted by the authority Of their
cousii ueuts and not Of the National Assembly More
than that they proceeded TO seise the magazine a.
IeogaHe. The Governor, Peynier, could not toer-
ate these usurpatiops and there resulted two
governments The national guard was divided,
pant serving the Governor and part the Planters
Assembly Of ST. Marc. TIE latter stuck red pom
pons on their caps the former adhered o the white and
the two factions took the Of pOmpon rouge and
pompons bloncs from this Circumstance. The Planters
Assembly called the Governor to their bar to give an
account Of himsef lie came and pronounced their
dissolution, ordering Colonel Mauduit to disperse
them, which he did after an obstinate resist
ance and the loss Of fifteen men, carrying OIL
the flag Of the pompoHs rouge. The desperate
nlspters then offered 10 the free coored men, but
ON terms 40 degrading that they were not accepted
The uatt.es preferred the side OF the mother
country as had also the fetts 6dncs and most OF the
professional men. They offered to bear arms under the
Governor but here the udice Of color came IN and
they could be allowed 10 wear the white pompon OF
the French service but must be distinguished by yei-
otc one They returned the arms they had already re-
ceved and took 8 neutral position.
The revolutionary quarrel between the pure whiies
continued to the 23i October $780, without any active
interference from the free coored cass any sign Of in
teres on the psr the slsves. Atthe latter date Vincent
Oee a young muatto who had been residing in France
for his education landed furtvey at the Cape, without
TROOPS or arms He Pit himself at the head of two or
three hundred Of bis class in arms and made modest
demand upon the Planters Assembly Of the North Of
the legal rights Of his c.ass Ia this address he took
care 70 sav shall not have recourse 10 any raising
of the slave gangs;" " / never comprehended in my
claims tie negroes in state Of Slavery" and Our
adversaries not merely unjust TO us, but to them
selves for they do not 20 know that eIr iHterei
IRE o,e rii gprs" The planters gave him very little
time 10 concentrate the strength that belonged TO hs
cause. They rnshed on him with an overwhelming
force and drove all whom they did not alay into the
apjsh pan Of the island. The refugees were given
up by the Spansb Governor who only asked the cross
Of S.. Louis as the reward of his treaehery The
punishment Of these modest mula,toes n worthy OF
particular MENTION since, Of all the horrors aiterward
penetrated BY colored or black man, there was none
10 exceed IT, and there had been nothing on the part oi
the coored or black 10 provoke IT, Of the prson-
ers, the white Assembly formally condemned thirteen
to the gtlleys twenty-five TO be gbbeied, and two
Oge aud his lieutenant, Cbavannes-to have their
arms legs, thighs and hips broken alive on the wheel,
upon scafold and then to live in their tormente with
their faces toward Heaven, in presence Of all behode,
as long as God should spare their lives. The white
Assembly attended in bodv 20 witness the spectacle,
and the heads of the victims after their death, were
paraded on poles and made public possible. This
was on the 25th Of February. 1891.
In the meantime the French National Assembly had
approved the stand taken by the colonial governor and
or6ered two bataons of troops TO be sent TO Lis and
Unfortunately, the partsans Of the Assembly of 81.
Mare who in great numbers had been driven 10 France
by the governor found opportunity TO corrupt the
troops while they were in the hRrbor Of Brest- 80
when they landed in St. Domingo, in spite OF Blanche
lsnde, Peynierss successor they took part with the
planters and mounted the pompos rouge. The planters
managed also to seduce the members of Col. Maui
duits regiment and to attract by their gold and their
condescension the petIs bancs and like present
secessionis,s they raised, army OF white vagabonds
whom they supported by levyng heavy taxes. plan
ter by the name Of Bore who wrote the troubles Of
the time complains that he had to pay tax Of two
| Thousand hrres, though be owned but twenty-one
slaves The consequence Of all this was that the Pro-
ysona Assembly Of the West resumed s sittings and
called on Col Maudut to restore the flag which he car
RED of when be dispersed them. Mauduit, having
means of resistance started at the head Of his demo-
azed regiment on the 4tb Of March I79l TO restore
the flag. On the way he was not only asaiied ard
nssxacred by the white mob mixed with French and
colonial soldiers but his corpse hacked in pieces
and born in triumph into the city. Among the muiiia
tors was said 10 be Madame Martin, white lady, who
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