Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
.lisd sfI .-l..s1ss al For the Republican
EMANCIPATION---No. L.
HAYT

proof Of this. we might find it in the gross
errors Of opinion current on the most i'm
portant topic Of the hour--Emsncipation.
Few know the facts-everybody vents his
opinion. Instead Of seeking to know the
history of Negro Slavery. and its termina-
tioH in those places ~hsre it is now happi-
ly ended, our editors and orators take ref
uge in The worn out common places about
.'mistaken philanthropy .blind fanat-
les. !" "horrors of St. Domingo. etc., etc.
Sidney Smith mentioned critic who said
he never liked to read book till he had
reviewed il. because reading was apt to
bias the mind. Our would-be leaders of
opinion are careful not to be biased by any
acquaintance with the facts, they are ideal
lists Of the first water. an.l as dednctive as
Mr.. Bsckle's Scotchmen. -
We propose in series of papers TO ex-
anime this matter by the light. of history.
that we may learn what experience really
teaches. ailtsf aiil .iiaasFs-a-t na 2 d
Negro Slavery Is older than the discov-
cry of America. though its rapid growth
is connected with the settlement of the new
continent. Spain and Portugal were the
first nations Of Europe to engaye in the
slave trade. and the Spanish colonies in
America FIRST saw ths experiment Of negro
slavery tried on a large SCALE Hispanio-
Ia. the present Hayti. was the first land to
behold Emancipation. as it had been the
earliest to endure the unhappy experiment.
In 1893. the slaves of the French portion
Of the Island. half million in number.
were set free by order Of the French COM
missioners. Sonthonax and Polverei. -
What was the cause. and what the conse-
lqucncc of this act? ...,,s-. -...s.. = -.s
l. The French Revolution. beginning in
l7sS. hal shaken the social system of the
French colonies as wen as OF all the nations
of Europe. The white planters qnarreled.
some siding with the king, some with the
republic. The mula,toes. numerous AMI
wealthy. had claime,, and received privi-
leges from the National Assembly which
the naughty whites. would not concede;
hence arose. civil war between the mulat-
toes and whites. At first the slaves.
though so numerous anil so cruelty treated.
took no part. But the emissarics of the
Count l'Artois ansl the Spanisrds. aide.l
by the invincible love of free lom in every
breast. at last brought the insurrection OF
1791. Thousands Of whites, and tens of
thousands Of blacks were slain. but gener.
al emancipation did not take place. The
insurrection overspreal but small part
/. of the Island; the lca.lers in it took the
!. pay Of the Spanish king. and even engaged
themselves ia the slave trade. Two year,
later. when the canse Of the republic SCENE,
Host on the Island. attacked as the repub
: Ilicans were. by the planters. by the Span
) ish anu by the English from Jamaica. TIN
, French com missioners. as last resort, "a
!. military necessity" set free the slaves
p and caIlcd them to the armies Of the re
: public From that moment success fol
lowed the French flag. Toussaint Lon
verture. great general and wise states
man. though an emancipated negro. lef
the service Of Spain. and became the leade
Of black armies under the tri-color. Meth
er Carnot OF Napoleon organized victory
in Europe more brilliantly than Toussain
in St. Domingo. In 1896 he was appoint
ell lieutenant governor of the Island; i,
179S he expelled the last enemy Of France
During the FIVE years that followed eman
n cipation st. Domingo suffered the horror
e Of war. but no worse than Flanders, an,
Italy. and La vandee at the same period
!. Emancipation did not ipcrease these hor
rors. ssa.
For a year or two longer Toussaint car
Il ried on, war with the mnlattocs. and fnaIl
y paci6e,l the whole Island He then dc
e voted his genius for organization to tn
i. establishment Of his famous Code Rura
which. so long as it lasted. was the mos
successful solution of the difficulties in tn
way Of emancipation. ever jet sttenpte
snywhere- This negro. himself free
slave. brought back the whole laborin
Sisss Of freed slaves from the enforced idle
u ress Of civil war TO the faithful service I
/
their old masters. They worked for ray
= but they worked IS we'll as under the viii
Of the loverseer. Prosperity returned I
: the decimated Island. Her trade increase
!. wonderfully; her people were strictly 60,
crned, but they were happy. and shey wei
!. rising in civilization. Property was saf
~ the Justly edious whites wers respected an
& allowed to enrich themselves. For : yea
OF two this almost fabulous prosperii
continued. till the vanity and Ignorance |
Napoleon. An entire ignorsnce Of the seg'
charss::sS..,--drove hin: to the strange GRIN
y o. restoring tie old bondage Ho bega
By seading out an army whose gsner
periodically seized The black leFe Toussail
1o md sent him ko| T<nnen IN die IN r dnnoeo,