Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-08-08

lou may 0oDuy Una&to0 tu0 SoMP0 -
which 1irabeau and Lafayette welcons4
thia muni6cent gih of the fra mulattoes Il
the West Indies, and In which the patitioa
for equal civil righfs was received BY body
which had just resolved that all msn wHs
equal. The Convention hastened to express
their gratitude for the liberal offer Of thsis
fellow.citisens Of the Republic, and they Il
sued q, decree which commences thus All
freshorn French citisens are equal before tho
law" They selected Oge--ths friend Of
Lafaystts, q Ilsst. Col. in tho Dutch sesviees
tho - Of wealthy mulatto woman. educated
in Paris, the comrade of al the leading French
Republicans-to carry the decree aud The
message Of French Democracy to the Island.
He landed. The decree Of the National
Convention was laid on the table Of the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the island. One old planter
seized it, tore it in fragments, and tramplsd it
under his feet. swearing by all the saints In
the calendar that the island might sink before
they would share their rights with bastsrdA
They took an old mulatto. worth million,
who had simply asked for his rights under
that decree, and hung him. A white lawyer
Of seventy, who drafted the petition. they
hung him at his side. They took Oge. broke
him on the wheel, ordered him to be dawn
and quartered, and one quarter Of his body
10 be hung up in each Of the four principal
cities of the island and they then adjourned.
You can conceive better than I can de-
scribe the mood in which Mirabeau and Dam
ton received the news that their decree had
been torn in pieces and trampled under foot
by the petty Legislature Of an island colony.
and their comrade drawn and quartered by
the orders Of it's governor. Robespierre rush
ed to the tribune and shouted, Perish tho
islands before We sacrifice one title Of the
rights of French citizens |" The Convention
reafirmed their decree, and sent it out q second
time to be executed.
But it was not then a. now, when steam
has married the continets. 1t took months
to communicate; and while this news Of the
death of Oge and the defiance Of the National
Convention was going to France, and the an
swer returning, great events had taken place
in the island itself. Tho Spanish or the
eastern section, perceiving these divisions, In
vaded the towns of the western, and conquer.
ed many of it's cities. One-half Of the slave.
holders were republicans. in love with the
new constellation which had just gone up in
our Northern eky, seeking to be admitted .
State in this Republic, plotting for annexation.
The other halt were loyalists, anxious, -
they supposed themselves by the Bourbons.
to make alliance with George III. They
sent to Jamaica, and entreated its Governor
to assist them in their intrigue. He finally
sent Gen. Maitland, afterwards the Admiral
who carried Napoleon to St. Helena,) who
landed with 5000 Englishmen on the north
side Of the island and gained many successes.
The mulattoes were in the mountains. await
ing events. They distrusted the Government
which few years before they had assisted to
put down an insurrection Of the whites, and
which had forfeited its promise to grant them
civil privileges. Deserted by both sectiona,
Blanchelande, the Governor, had left the cap
ital, and fed for refuge to q neighboring city.
In this state of affairs, the second decree
had reached the island. The whites forgot
their quarrel, sought out Blanchelands. and
obliged him to promise thse he never would
publish the decree. Afhighted. the Cover.
nor consented to that course. and they left
him. He then began to reflect that in reality
he was deposed, that the Bcurbous had lost
the scepter Of the island. He remembered
his appeal to the mulattots Eve years before to
put down IN insurrectiou. Derssrted now
by the whites, and BY the mulattoes, only
one force was left him Ia the island-shat Wa
the blacks. They had always remembered
with gratitude the code Mosv, black code. Il
Louis XIV, the first interference Of any
power in their behalf To tho blacks Blanch.
iande appealed. He sent dsputation to the
slaves. He was aided by the agents Of Count
D'Artois, afterward Charles <, who WAS
seeking to do in 81. Domingo what Chas1es1I
did in Virginia. whence its name Of Old Do.
minion,) institute . reaction against the Re.
be]liou at home. The two Joined forces, and
cent first to Toussaint. Nature made him =
Metternich, a diplomatist. He probably
wished to avail himself Of this Offer, ferrsss.
ing advantage to his race, but to avail him
self of it 40 cautiously 40 to provide against
failure. rskng as little AZ possible till einten.
tions Of the other party had been tested, and
90 managing to BE- able to 30 on or withdraw
as the best interest Of bis race demanded.
He said, therefore, to the Envoys, Where
arc your credentiale r. I'VE have none. "
II will have nothing to do with you." They
then sought Francois and Biassou, two other
slaves Of strong pastions, considerable intel.
lect, and great influence over their fellow
slaves, aud said. Arm. assist the Government.
put down the Euglish on the one hand and
the Spanish on the other" On the 2lst Of
August, 1871. $4,000 blacks. led by Francois
and Biassou. supplied with arms from the
arsenal Of the Government. appeared In the
midst of the colony. Il 10 believed that
Toussaint. unwilling himself to head the
movement, was etill desirous that It sheuld
20 forward. trusting. as proved The ease. thet
L would result in benefit to his race. He b
supposed to have advised Francois in his
course-aaving him for = moro momsntous
hour. .a.. asglftggtyT