The Dillon tribune., 1882-11-25
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.rr rOUvnRruRE, who has
fou s sssu one Of the greatest statss.
"A seosrals 1t The nfncts:nsn can.
M m master and family y hurry.
~ =. hosrd . vessel at the insurrsc.
~ 4. ssrToss 1t Hayti He then
~ .sCro army, and soon found
~ 4. M head. Napoleon cent .
=! ~ rrsnch veterans. with orders 70
w ~ France q al hasardA But
mi At the French soldisss could
s'dss re rsgro Amy and they a s
~ t1saty, placing Ious.eans AOu'
~. sc,ernof Of the island. The nsgross
~, di1bsnded their army, than .
.sidiers seised Toussaint By night.
~ him On board vessel. hurried
!. 1,snoe. There he Wa placed In .
- IA finally starved 20 dsaAh.l
n - b tell you the story Of NApo.
.hou,d take II from the lips Of The
49,. who And no language rich
I Il y paint the great captain Of Tie
..,enth century. Were !! to tell you the
= Il Warrington, ! should take II from
ssrse-you, who hink NO marble
n. snoneh on which 10 carve the name
n. isfher Of his country. But I am 10
,on The story Of . negro, Touasaint
,nrerturs who has left hardly one writ
ina: am to CLEAN It from the reluo-
Z. teshmouy Of his enemies, men who
sn;.sd him bscauae he was = negro and .
Il. hated him because he had beaten
s,m IN battle.
Immwrll organized his own army. Ma.
.I.on. st the age Of twenty seven, waa
.,sd Il the head Of the best troops
Emma ever saw. Cromwell manufactured
n own army-out Of what ?-Englishmen,
IL best blood in Europe /; ont Of the mid
le clasa Englishmeu. the best blood Of
n. Hand, And with it he conquered
|rhat. Englisbmen. their equals. This
nan manufactured his army ont Of what
|Mt Of what you call . drspicable race Of
Eauoss, debased. demoralized by two hun.
|arsd years Of slavery. one hundred thou.
md Of them imported into the island
within four short years, unable to sreak Z
dialect Ineligible even to each other. Yet
out Of this mixed, and, "a you say, despic.
,ble mass, he forged . thunderbolt and
hurled it At whaty At the proudest blood
h Europe, the Spaniart1s, and sent him
home conquered; at the most warlike
Hood in Europe, the French, and put them
Inder bis feet at the pluckiest blood in
Europe, the English, and they skulked
oma to Jamaica. Now, If Cromwell wa.
general. at least this man was q soldier.
Now. blue-eyed Saxon, proud of your
nee. 60 back with me to the commence
nfnt Of the century, and select what states
nan you please. Let him be either ~
.mrrican or European let him have .
Rain the result IT nix generations of cul
ne; let him have the ripest training oi
he university routine; let him add to il
he lie; ter ducat:o,l Of pract cal life ; crown
lis temple witt, the silver locks of sevent!
'ars. amt show mo the nlnn If saxon linz
sr for whom his most ean"uine admire
vii wr.athe laurel. itch ~ cmbittcrc'
as have .lace,l on the brow Of this Negro
rare military skill, profound knowledge
4 human nature. cont.nt to blot out al
rrty DISTINCT ns. n, Il trust q state to tn
l"od OF its sons, -anticipating Sir aober
lei fifty years. aud taking his station be
lie Of Roger Williams. before any English
III, or American had won the right an
1t his IN the record which the history q
posing st t.s mikes up for this inspires
a"k III st. Domingo.
Some doubt tile courage of the negro
0 I" ll"yti. and stand ON those fifty thou
md graves 1T the best soldiers France eve
mi "sk them what they think Of tt
y:o's sword.
vonsi call him Napoleon, but Napoleo
'ade his way IT, empire over broken oath
nj through II sra of blood. This ma
ever broke his word would call hir
but Cromwell was only soldier
ri the state he founded went down wit
m into his grave. I would call hi,
.ashington. but the great Virginian hcl
ayes. This man risked his empire rath.
IAN permit the slave. trade in the humble.
a.e of his dominions.
You think me a fanatic. for you rca
story. not with your eyes, but with you
IN stubborn, wiliul prejndices. Is,
!ty years hence, when Truth gets hea
x. the Muse of history will put Pht'ci''
" the Greek, Brutus for the Roman
anp'len for England, Fayette for Franc'
a'n'>e Washington az the bright consu,,
'a,e flower Of our earlier civ lization. thel
pping her pen in the sunlight, will writ
the clear blue, above them all, the nan
the soldier, the statesman. the marty
Ullxsni,,t ION 20 rt,, RI - lCehNtuL /XilliIx