Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-04-04
, NUMBER 80.
The Horrible Desds of ths Nulotfoes

"S A0' ''''s' DeSo0 " fHe IuHt0uOeS
The mulattoes scorned to be outdone 10
deeds Of vengeance and atrocities shame.
full to humanity In the neig ghborhood Of
Jcrernie, y body Of them attacked the
house Of Mons. Lejourne, and secured the
persons both Of him ard bis wife. This
unfortunate woman-my hand itrembles
while write-was far advanced in preg.
nancy, The monsters, whose prisoner.,sh
was, having FIRST murdered her husband in
her presence, ripped her up alive, and
Mrew tie infant to tn: hogs They then
lhow shalt relate it?) se,ced up the head
Of the murdered husband in-!! Such
are thy triumphs, philanthropy! And
such an act was committed By mulattoes,
some Of whom had received an education
in France What may have been the deeds
Of the untaught negro slaves
With justice may we excaim, of our
Abolition Republican leaders, who are
now busily engaged in preparing the ad.
vent Of such horrd scenes-the impend.
ing crisis as they style tin our midst,
"Forgive them they know not what they
or, if they do, they are the great.
est -; but everybody can answer that
for himself
The Close Of the Year l-0l.-Wi,h
these enormities terminated the disastrous
year 1871. Just before Christmas the
three civil commissioners nominated by
the Natioral Assembly for St. Domingo.
arrived at Cape Francois. They proclaim.
ed general amnesty and pardon to all
who should desist from acts Of insubordi.
nation, and who would subscribe to the
new Consultation. This proposition vas
dIsapproved by the Colonial Assembly,
and by all parties The commissioners
then left the Island, in which they found
themselves powerless, and disrespected -
BY the white iuha oi,an,s, general amnes.
ty to the men Of color and revol,ed slaves
was considered as a justification Of the
most horrible atrocities, and as holding
out dangerous example TO such Of tho
negroes as preserved their fidelity. The
mulattoes received the decree of tie com.
mlss'oners with contempt and iud gni,y,
as IT annulled their favorite decree of the
18th of May. At Petit Goavc, the free
colored persons We're masters and held in
close confinement thirty four white per.
sons, whom they reserved for vengeance.
On the publication OF this amnesty thew
led them to execu'on; but instead Of put.
ting them to immediate death, they caused
each Of them to be brohen alive, and, in
the midst Of their tor,ures, read to them.
IA a strain Of diabo!ical mockery, the pro.
c'amation, affecting to consider i. .sa
pardon for the cruel,ies they Lad Just
committed.
The Decree cfMe 4M Of April, l792.-
The Society Of Ams d.s Nors had soon
obtained considerable influence in the Ma.
tlonal Assembly. On the 9th of February
49,, Garan de Coulon, after a long and
'nhamatory harangue against the PLAN
teEs IN general, proposed n decree for
ahroga'ing that Of the oath of September
declaring general amnesty Throughout.
the French colonies. and granting to all
free colored persons the right Of suffrage,
and Of being eligible to the Legislature
and places Of trust; enactng tha, new
Colonial Assemblies should be formed.
which should transmit their sentiments
not only ou The subject of the internal
government Of the colonies, but also on
the best method Of c6ecting the abolition
OF negro slarery in toto. Frantic as the
new Legislature had shown i,s elf on many
occasions since its FIRST meetings, a mao.
rity could not at this time be found to vote
Tor so senseless and extrayagan, propo.
s'tion. But short time afterwards, this
Assembly passed the famous decree of the
4,h Of April. 1892.
The carrying of this decree into effect
was intrusted to three COMMISSIONER
Sau,honax, Pulverel and Aihaud-whc,
with q force Of 5000 men, arrived at St.
Domingo on the 18th of September fol.
lowing. They Immediately dissolved the
Colonial Assembly, and sent the Governor
(Blanchelaune) to France, where he was
tried nnd guilotined. Mons. Desparbes.
his successor, having disagreed with tho
commissioners, was suspended and sent to
France. where he was it is said, also
guillo,ined.
The commissioners Of the National Al.
sembly, in the end, openly declared that
the m'lat.ces. with the free negroes, sho'd
enjoy their civil privileges, and the pro.
lection Of 5000 National Guards. The
commissioners held secret comm uni ications
with the chiefs Of the mulat,oes, in all
parts Of tho colony. Besides, they sen. .