New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-13

was oepD.O II. remembered that he had appealed
IA the mo,attoes FIVE years before 10 put aown hn
;nsnrrec ion. Deserted by the whites, deserted oy
the mpiatoes, no force was 'et niDi ia sa' ,sd
| liz ,ent a deputation to the slaves. lie was aued
| NV CouptU' Artos, afterwsrd Charles ~, VINO Was
seeking TO do in 81. Domingo what ,haiies A S' ~
Virginia institute reaction "Baihf' 'no neco
lion on home The two Joined forces, ana sent nrs'
| 70 Tons.sint. Nature made him Metternich, u
d;pIoma,ist Is said to tho Enyoya, where are
vanr cradentlslsf" "We have none. wll'
hay. nothing TO do with yon." They then sought
Frsucoi, and Bissson. two other slaves OF strong
nsssons mid considerable intellect, and great IN
uanro over their feow.s slaves, aud they said: arm,
assist the Government, put down tho hugIth on
the ono hand, and the Spanish on the other; and on
the DIST of August, 1871, 1900 blacks led by
Francois and Bisssou, supplied with arms from tho
arsenal of the Government sppeared IN the center
Of the colony.
TAs is what Edward Everett calls the 1nsurrec-
ton OF st. Domingo. IL bore for i,s motto on one
! side Of It's banner, "L0ng live tho kilB;" and on
! the Other 1--WE clnm the Ola Government" Sln-
lnlar m0ttoes Tor rebellion. In fact. 1t was tue
! posse conitatus; il WAS the only French army on
the island it was the only force that had rignt to
beer arms; and what ii undertook, II achieved. IL
put Blnchand in his scat ii put the Isand beneath
/ him. When IL was done, the blacas ssid TO the
Governor they had created, "Now, grant us one
tay in seven; give us one day labor; we will buy
I ~,
ito method of emancipation of that era. Like the
blanchard Of five years before, he refused. lie
sald: "DIbaTn, Oispersci ard the blacks answered.,
| &" The right hand that has saved you--tbe rlsnt
hand that has ravcd the islaud ior the bourCons
may perohance save our own riglts;' aud they
stood still lChccrIng.l THIS is the first gem OF
il surreoton If any such there be in st. Domingo
the first determined purpose on TIE part OF he Me-
gro, having saved tho Government, TO save himself
Now let me stop a moment and remind you OF one
I IN oh fttp Of Cod
hjstCry--no doubt Of II. Who sct the example !
WHO drg up from lis grave Of 200 years the bdeous
puniabnent of the wheel md broke ogC, every bOne
a living man Who fiared in the face of indignant
and astonshed Europe The forgotten baI6atiiy Of
quartoring the yet palptatng body Our race.
And if The black man lsarned the Lesson but too we'll
it does not lie in lips to complain. During this
whole struggle, written, mark you, by the white
man--the whole picture from the pencil Of The white
race-,.e record s flat for life that the Eegro
took in battle in the heat Of contest, the white
took in tho cool nagniiy Of revenge three to answer
Tor H.
At this moment, then, the island stands thus:
| The Spaniard is on the east triumphant; the En-
| clislGan IL on the northwest in'renched; the mt
attoes are in the mountain waiting; the blacks are
in the vseys victorious; ore-bai the French slave
holding element is republican, the other halt royal
! ist; tho white race against the mnlatto and the
black; the black against both; the Frenchlnan
asaintt the English aud Spaniardi the spaniard
|
tons. At such 0 moGcnt l0ussalnI IL OayeIIure
annaared:
lie had been born slave-as said. On unmixed
black. his father stolen from Afca-On plantation
In the south OF tho island. He was 30 cara old at
this time. A kind priest had taught MN 10 Ield;
| On, fayori,e books were Polybius, the lives OF
U.lppdep the French wars OF the middle ages
Plntarch. I. In the woods no learned some OF the
qualities Of herbs, and was village doctor. On the
esta the highest place he ever reaeaed wac that Of
4 fcipad tha army "a 4 hV. i.iap
| Before he went he placed his master aud mistress
on shpboard, frsighied the vessel with cnfgo OF
,nOsr and coffee end scut them 20 baltimore, and
never aitsrvsrd did he forge. to ,end them year by
wear lavish means Of support. And might add
that Of oil tie leading negro generals each one raved
| the man under whose root be wab born, and pro-
| tected his family Cheering.
| let me add another thing. II l stood here to-
night to tell the story OF Napoleon. should take IL
from the lips Of frenchu,en who find no lsnsu aRe
rich enough 10 paint the great captain OF the
tnry, II were to tell you the story Of Washington,
| | should take II from yvu hoaItr-yv", who think
no marble white enough in which 10 carve the nans
i OF the Father Of his Country. Applause. ] am
about to tell you the story OF negro who has lef,
hardly ono written line am 10 CLEAN II from the
re uctant testimony Of Englisbinen, Spauisrts,
FrsnchInen--nen who despised him because he was
! a negro and slave, and hated him bocaGso he had
bestea them ia battle. All the materials for bis
/ biography are from the lips Of bis enemies.
| The second story told Of him Is the. About the
time lie reached the camp, the army had been sub.
iected to Two insults. First, their ComVissiOnou,
snumoned 70 meet tho French Committee, were
! jgnoninionsIy and insutlgly dismissed and when,
sfterward, young Francois their General, WA sum
noned 10 second conference, and went TO II on
horseback, accompanied by two officers, young
| lieutenant who had known Lin ss slave, for his
presumption in daring 10 come mounted, raised his
| ding-whip and struck him over the shoulders. II
he mad been the savage which the negro il painted
to u.s. he had only 10 breathe the insult TO his ~, 900
soldiers and they would have trodden ont the
FrsucLman in blood Bat the indignant chief rode
back 10 his tent, and IL twenty-four hours be-
fore his troops beard Of the insult to their General.
Then the word went FORTH " Death to every white
man r. They had 500 prisoners. The prisoners
were ranged in order 10 be shot. ToussaInt, who
had IA vein of religious fanatcism like most great
leeders-like Napoleon, like Cromwell, Ike John
Brown Icheers he could preach as we'll as fight
mounting q hilllock and getting the car Of the
crowd exclaimed: &" Brothers, that blood will not
wine out the usnlt offered to our chief only the
blood in yonder French camp can wire 1t out. 10
.bed that il courage; to shed this IS oOwardce ald
crnclty beside;" and lie saved 500 ives. Jay
plan,e.
eforts. This was in 1893. Leap with NE over hye
yearr; come to 1873; what has he achiovedi
! lie bias driven the spaniard back into Lis
own State conquered Inn there, and pat tho
bourbon banner over every byanhh town;
ard for tie first time and the last tue
Island obeys one law. lie has put the muiatto IN.
der his feet, lie las attacked Maitland, defeated
him in three pitched battles and permitted hin to re-
treat 10 jamaica aud when the treuch army roso
upon Leveanx, their General, and Put hin IN prison,
1onssaint defeated them took Leyeaux out Of pfson
aud put him al the head ot his own troops; anu
grateful Frenchnon IN turn Dnmed him Gcnersl-ln-
Chief Get hon.D,e fat PONvrfaTe partOut, said lie,
this m0n makes al opening every who're, and they
uamed him HOuvertuIe, the opening.
Now this wac the work of five years Stop mo-
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