Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-15
LEGITIME.

LEGfTIME. HYPPOLITE.
k45,OO0,OOO, chiefly TO France The white
planters claimed a share in the French re-
public, the poor whites opposed the planters,
the colorcd tmulatto, intrigued against both,
and in due time the blacks rose against all
three. The English came In and joined the
blacks against thelFrench and mulattoes The
horrorsof the war can never be told. Political
prisoners were bound between boards and
sawed in two. Town after town was burnt
and every person in it killed, regardless Of age
or sex.
At length arose tho talented and humane
Toussaint L'Ouverture, and succeeded in uni
ting tho colored Of all shades; 10000 French
soldiers died OF yellow fever and tho remnant
surrendered to the English and left the island.
Toussaint declared general amnesty and
entered into treaty with Napoleon Bona
parte; the latter had him captured and inn
prisoned him In fortress in the Alps, where
he died Of cold and neglect.
MASSACRE or THE WHITES.
Tie Haytians established republic, and
then began the long struggle between the
pure blacks and the colored On the first day
OF 1904 Dessalines was chosen president for
life, and his first decree was an order to mas
sacre all the French except the doctors and
priests Many were protected In the coast
towns; OF the rest not one escaped Old and
young, both sexes, tho patriarch, the neg
born babo and nursing mother were beaten &c
death, tossed on pixies or hewed in pieces witt
cane knives. The news arrived that Bona
parte was made emperor. Dessalines imme
diately assumed the same title for Hayti but
ss no was n black the mulattoes robelled, aud
he was defeated and shct haylrs rci:ned no,
quite two years.
There was a year Of war, then a new CON
stitution was adopted, and Potion (mulatto)
made president late in 1906 Tho blacks led
by Christopbe, Rigaud and others, revoltcd
and there were five years Of war. The coun.
try was then divided under five rulers, un.
til Christophe consolidated tho blacks aud
crowned himself US King Henry l. He wus
soon killed.
In lslG a new constitution was adopted pro-
viding for q four years presidency, and Pc
tion was chosen, but he died in lSiS-"not
without suspicion Of Vaudoux poison" says
the mulatto historian
Gen Boyer was chosen TO succeed and an
nexed San Domingo. thus reuniting tho
island. As president protector, dictator and
provisional general, ho reigned many years;
but San Domingo seeded, and 30 tho Hayti-
ans drove Boyer into exile and the senate
chose Gen. Herard- -Riviere In his stead -Four
mouths later there was another revelation
and he fed to Jamaica
Ths muiattoes now got control again aid
chose Gen Guerrier president: but In yeas
no died Of debauchery.
MASSACRE OF THE MULATToEs
There was a short, sharp fight; tho mulat-
toes were beaten and the blacks madc Pierrot
president. In year he fled from his own
soldiers and Richie, another black was chosen
In a year he died-early In isi7-the cause
not being given in the histories Capt Sou
lOuque, full black and VaudOux worship
er, was then elected and Ia due time be-
came the noted Emperor faustin l. His
whole reign was an orgy of reyel, riot, mur.
der and massacre. His policy was plain and
explicit, and thus declared.
Crush the mulattoes, they are the curses
OF the land They hate their fathers and de
spise their mothers They would sell US TO the
foreigners"
One by one, but rapidly, the rich and edu-
Gated colored were destroyed, aud in 1919,
under pretense Of a plot, he ordered a
general massacre Of the coiored caste in
Port au Prince Many escaped TO tho
shipping in the harbor and others
were protected by the FOREIGN minis
ters- The rest were buteberc1 H. then do.
clared war against San Domingo but IL
proved war OF races The ordinary
practice Of the Haytian soldier was TO shut
his eyes, turn away his head anl fire his
piece once, then break for tho nearest noun
tain, screaming 20, Jesu- Mare Mainaloil
HijsIicprsls inissricnrdsl"