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

OF human rights. commenced thus: 4" Men Iora
and continue free and equal in their righfs; such'
citizens is the gospel Of France it is more than time
it proclaimed in all the departments OF the Rcpub-
hc' 1t then proceeds to state What tie Commission
ers had before publicly and solemnly denied, that the
commission sent not only TO the equality OF
the free but TO prepare gradually for the general
enfranchisement Of the slaves and plead the most
funny and ingenious excuses for having sustained
Slavery as we have seenthey did. The anicapation
sfterward made universal in the West, and COM
peted BY proclamation of POverel in the province Of
tie South, October 81 1893
After the sst chain was broken there were no hor-
rors, except those which necessarily arose from the
Engish invasion invited by the rebel planters lie
planters who remained in the colony faithful to France
found no difficulty in carrying their plantations pros
perousy with the hired labor of their former slaves.
After two months trial of freedom in the North and
West Poyere the distinguished veteran, cool and sa'
gacious Partisan lawyer bas these remarkable words
in his aforementioned proclamation of liberty for the
South:
1.-TWO years Of war against the insurgent Africans
had convinced the p-opret0rs that it thenceioth
impossible maintain slavery. Their works were de-
serted their houses and their plantations were burned
and laid waste. France poured ont men and money!
aud while her armies anniniled 10 St. Domingo,
those of lie Africans were recruited every Gay oy new
desertions from The l4vegangs. The coloni despaed
of ever seeing bis land restored TO value, because LIE
knew of no culture but that OF slayes.
"The dele1ae of the Republic presented 10 the AZ
ricans the idea ard hope Of general liberty, certainly
of living to the warriors, and ehare III toe produce
10 tie cultivaors this word suifced to create soors
for the Republic to reetablish order TO repeope Tue
workshors and reanimate industry. The proprietor
asoui,hed at this prodigy for such 1t WAS 10 theml
voluntarily and Win spirit OF generous 1vary, gave
liberty to the Africans who had till then been uhdsr
their cortrol They eDtreated the Gvn eonllu's
zion TO hasten as much as possible the de dratlon OF
general l9ery and the publication of the regulations
which the new order of things demanded
Just after this, the Blitish Government that never
does things by the halves, landed an invading army.
The effort to make ST. Domingo British colony was
continued about five years, cost Great Britain about
one hundred millions Of dollars and forty-hve thousand
lives, and finally che had the honor of being expelled
from the island by black and mulstto troops under
pure black geaersl-n-chief.
Under that chief the born statesman who probably
planned the first saye insurrecton, Of August % E9l
the colony wos sa,ed 10 France. Under bis wise,
though rather despotc civil administration from 1896 to
1902 the colony TO use the language OF the French
General Lscroix " marched as if by enchantment
toward lie ancient spleDdor." Though the laboring
population by the slsughters ard famnes of war had
been reduced to less than four hundred housand and
The productive capital, other than land, had been
mainly annihated, the exports Of one OF Toussaints
beet wears compare with those Of year n the palmest
nerod of Slavery in regard 70 three principal items,
es follows: