Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-09-25

IN teQls Ioussains finding that tHo o.
his regiments had deserted aud gone
10 Leciere, drew his sword, flung Il
away, went across the field to than
folded his arms and said: Children
can you point . bayones at me2n and
they fell on their knees and prayed his
pardon. His bitterest enemies watched
him, and none OF them charged him
with love Of money or any cruel char.
acteristic. Above the lust of gold, gen.
erous in, the use Of his power, It was
against such . man that Napoleon sent
his troops.
Holland leat him 60 ships, England
promised by special message to be neu-
tral. and you know neutrality meanz
sueering at fresdom and sending
arms to .tyrants. Loud and long-con-
tinusd applauss. England promised
neutrality, and the black looked out on
the whole civilized world msrshalled
against himS America, full of slaves,
Of course was hostile. Only the Yam.
KEGS sold him poor muskets at q very
high price. laughter Mounting his
horse, he rode to the eastern end OF
the island, SGmaua, looked out on the
scene such as no native had ever gazed
on before. Sixty ships of the line,
crowded BY the best soldiers of Europe,
rounded the point. They were the
soldiers who had meyer vet met an
equal, whose tread had shaken Furope
more than any foot lad ever shaken it
since Rome-soldisrs who had scaled
the Pyramids and carrisd the French
banner TO the walls Of Rome. He
looked 9 moment, counted the fiotilla,
let his reins fall on the neck of his
horse and. turning to Christophe,
sid HAl Frzncsiis come 70 Hayti |,
they can only come 10 make Us slaves !;
all is lost" And he then recognized
the only mistake of his life-his conf
dence in Bonaparte, which had led him
to disband his army.
Returning, he issued the only procla-
nation that bears his name and
breathes vengeance: my children.
France comes to make Us slaves. God
gave us liberty; France has no right
take it away. Burn the cities, destroy
the harvests. tear up the roads with
cannon, poison the wells, show the
white man the hell he comes TO make I:
and ne was obeysd- Applause. When
the great William Of Orange saw Louis
XIV. cover Holland with troops, he
said: Break down the dykes, give
Holland back to ocean !" and Europe
said Sublimel When Alexander saw
the armies Of France descend upon
Russia, he said: HBurn Moscow, starye
back the invaders :" and Europe an
swered, Sublime. This black saw all
Europe msrshsled 10 crush him, and
gave to his people the same heroic ex-
ample Of despair.
Leclerc sent word to Christophe that
he was about 10 land. He said "Tous-
saint Is Governor of the island. Twill
send to him for permission. If with
out it 3 French soldier sets foot OF the
shore, ] viii burn the town.
LeeleFc landed. Christophe took
2,5OO women and children, carried
them to the mountains in safety, and
and then with his own hands set fire TO
the splendid palace which French srchi-
tectz had just finished for him, and in 40
hours the place was in ashes. The battle
was fought in its streets, and the French
driven back to their boats. (Cheers -
Wherever they went they were met with
fire and sword Mounting a hill inside
the forts, the blacks, Frenchmen born,
shouted the Msrselllaiss Hymn, and the
French soldiers stood still; they would not
fight the Marssillaise- And it was not
till their officers sabered them on that they
advanced, and then they were beaten
Beaten in the field, the French then took
to lies. They Issued proclamations; they
said: "We do not come to make you
slaves; this man Toussiant tells you lies.
Join Us, and you shall have the rights
you claim" They cheated every one Of |
his officers except Christophe and Des-
sslines, and his own brothar Pierre, and /
finally they, too, deserted him, and be l
was lett alone. BE then sent word TO
Leclerc, al will submit; win come in"
He came In with 5000 troops. He took
the oath, and on the same cruci1x Leclerc
swore that he should be faithfully pro-
tected- As the French General glanced /
along the line Of his own splendidly /
equipped troops, and saw his ragged, i'll
armed followers, he said 70 hun: s'Li0Ver-
ture, kad yoo continued the war, where
could you haye got srmsi" 81 would
have taken yours Cheers He went
down 70 his house in peace; it was June;
Leelerc remembered tEatthe fevG months
were coming, when his army would be in
he hospitals, and when one motion Of
that royal right hand would sweep bis ar
my into the sea, he was too dangerous
% be LEFT at large. So they summoned
him to attend council, and here is the
1nly charge made against him, the oaly
shsrges They say he was . fool enough
70 go. Grant it, what Is the record. =
The white man lies to cheat the negro
knight erRantly was truth The foulest
insult you can offer to 6 man since the
Crussdes Is: You lie. Tousssint Herman
iez the Spanish General whom he con- I,
luered, says: He was the purest soul that
God ever put into q body. Maitland was
travelling in the depths of the woods to
meet Tousssint, when he was met by
Messenger and told he was betrayed. He
vent on; he came to Toussaint. Toujs-
amt showed him two letters from the /,
French General, one offering him any |
-ank If be would put Maitland in his pow
n, and the other his reply. It was; "Slr,
have promised the Englishman he shall
20 back" [Cheers-
But he was not cheated. He was under
'spionage. Suppose he had refused, the
government would have doubted him
would have found cause to arrest him.
lie probably reasoned thus: If 90 will
ingly, shall be treated accordingly, and
le went The moment be entered the
DOM the officers drew their swords and !
old him he was their prisoner, and one |
'oung lieutenant who was present says: I
He was not at all surprised, but seemed
cry sad" They put him on shipboard |
nd weighed anchor for France. As the !
slsnd receded he tslrned to the Captain ,
nd said: You think you have rooted up :
be tree Of liberty, but I am only q
ranch; l have planted the tree 80 deep,
hat all France can never root il up.-I
Cheersl Arrived in Paris he was flung
nto 8 isll and Napelean sent his Secreta- :
y, Cafareli to him supposing he had
urried large treasures he listened to
i'm and replied: It is true I have lost
but they are not such as you
ome 70 seek" Then he sent him to the
,astle ofSL Joux, to 3 dungeon twelve {
Get BY twenty, built wholly Of rock, with
narrow window high up on the side
boxing out on the SHOWS OF SwitzsrlAnd.
n winter ice covers the floor; In summer 8
. is deep with water. In this living tomb &
'oussaint was LEFT to die. From this dun 9
con he wrote two letters TO Napolson.-
me OF them ran thus:
Sire, am . French citizen I nevsr b-Oks
oa the ffst IIi1nd ofyear domInions. sire. Of i
cur d arny rraut ne iugfica. \