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

4 he had been borne 6 Slaves l sai
an unmixed black, His father stols
from Atrica-on q plantation in th
south Of the island. He was 50 year
old at this time. A kind priest hai
taught him to read. His faFoFite book
were Polybius, the lives Of Hampden
the French wars of the middle ages
Plutsrch. In the woods ne Learned
some Of the qualities Of herbs, and VA
village doctor. On the estate the high
est place he ever reached was that o
ooachman. At so he Joined the arm,
IS physician. Before he went, he pla
ced his master and mistress on ship
board, freighted the vessel with 9 car
go Of sugar and coffee, and sent them
to Baltimore, and never afterwards die
he forget to send them year by yeEl
lavish means Of support. And 1 might
add that Of all the leading negro gan.
erals each one saved the man under
whose roof he was born, and protected
his family. [Cheeringl
Let me add another thing. If
stood here tonight to tell the story oi
Napoleon, should take it from the
lips Of Frenchmen, whs End no Ian
guage rich enough 20 paint the great
capt2in ofthe century. If were to tell
you the story of Washington. I should
take it from your hearts-you whs
think no marble Hhite enough in which
to carve the name Of the Fsther Of his
Country. Applause.l lam about 70
tell you the story Of 9 nsgro who has
LEFT hardly one written line. l am to
CLEAN it from the reluctant testimony
Of Englishmsn, Spsniards, Freuchmen
men who dispiss him becauss he was
. negro and slave, and hated him be-
cause he had beaten them in battle
All the materials for his biography are
from the lips of his enemies.
The second story told of him is this:
About the time he reached the camp,
the army had been subjected 10 two
insults. First, their Commissioners,
summoned to meet the French Com
mittee, we're ignominiouSly and insult
ingly dismissed; and when, afterwards
young Francois, their General, was
summoned to q second conference, and
went to it on horseback, accompanied
by two officers. . young EeutenAntwho
had known him IS . slave, for his pre-
in daring TO come mounted,
raised his riding whip and struck him
over the shoulders. If he had been
the savage which the negro,is painted
to US, he had only to breathe the insult
TO his %, 600 soldiers, and they would
have trodden out the FrenchmAn in
blood. But the indignant chief rode
back to his tent, and it was twenty
four hours before his troops heard of
the insult to their General. Then the
word went forth, "Death to every white
man 70 They had ], 500 prisoners. The
prisoners were ranged in order to be
shot. Toussant, who had = vein Of re-
lgious fanaticism like most great lead
Napoleon. like Cromwell, like
John Brown lcheeFsl, he could preach
ss well as fght-mounting . hillock
and getting the ear Of the crowd, ex-
,laimed: Brothers, that blood viii
not wipe out the insult offered to our
chief; only the blood in yonder French
camp can wipe it out. To shed that Is
courage; to shed this Is coWardice and
cruelty beside )" and he saved 1900
ives. Applause
Icannot stop TO give in detail every
,ne of his efforts. This vas in 1893.--
Leap with me over 6Vs years; come to
I798, what has he achieVedf he has
iriven the Spaniard back into bis own
,tate, conquered him there and pat
he Bourbon banner over every Span
sh town; and for the first time and the
asst the Island obeys one laa. He has
,ut the mulatto under his feet. He
les attacked Maitland, dafsnted him
a three pitcned battles and permitted
Iim TO retreat TO Iamaca and When
he French army rosa upon LeEeaux,
heir General, and put him In prison,
'oussaint defeated than, took LsEeanz
ut of prison and put him at the head
{ his own troops and grateful French.
zen in turn named him Gsueralin-
'hief. Get homzle fat PGlpertHre gartout, !
aid he, this man makes an opening
and they named him |
1ouvertare, the opening.
Now this Wssthe work Of Eve years.
top q moment and let ne give you
70 measure him BY. You
smsmber that Macanlay says. compa-
ing Cromwell with Napoleon, that
romwel showed greater military
enius on this account; he neEer saw
aw an enemy till he was 40l Napoleon
as educated from boy in the best
,ilitary schools of Europe; Cromwell
Manufactured his own army; Napole-
q At the age Of 10 was placed at the
cad of the best troops Europe eVer
~. They both conquered; bat, says
[aesulay,, with such disadvantages,
he Englshman showed the greater
enius. Whether you allow the result
+ not, you will at least allow that that
q fair mode Of measurements. Now
pply it to Toussaint. Cromwell never
w an army till he was 40; this man
ever saw q soldier till he was 50.-
manufactured his own army
out Of Whatf Englishmen-the best
Iood in Europe. Out of the middle
ass among Englishmsn, the best
Io0d Of the islsnd. And with it he
what7 Euglishmen-thsir |
luals. This man manufactured his
my out Of whati Out of what you
Ill the despicable race Of negroes, de-
used, demoralized by 200 years of Sls-
cry 100000 of them imported into
le island within four years, unable to
,eak an Ineligible dialect. Yet out
this mixed and, as you say, despica-
10 mass he forged Q thunderbolt aud |,
1rled it at whati At the proudest
God in Europe, the SpaniArd, and sent
m home lcheersl at the most WaFlikal /
ood in England, the French, and putt
m under his feet; at the pluckiest
ood in Europe, the English and they
,ulked home to Jsmsca. Applause.
oW if Cromwell was q general, at
ast this man. .was = soldier know
was q small territory; it was not ssl
rye as the continent; it was as largo
that Attica which, with Athens for
capital, has filed the earth with its
me for 2 600 yesrs. Its not by quaint.
but BY quality that We measure ge-
us.
And then Cromwell was only SOL |
es; his fame stops there. Not one
se in the statute book Of Britain can
traced to Cromwell; NOT one step i
the social life Of England finds Its
olive power in his brain. The state
, founded went down With him to
s grave. But this man no sooner
und himself at the helm Of state than !
% ship steadied with an upright keel, 7
ID he began to eVince astatesmauship |
marvellous IS his military genius.-I {
iStory says that the most salesman
re act Of Napoleon WAshis prcclama-