Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-17
prophetic THEIR LEADER.
The Haytian Esiles Organize for q Great
Revolution.

New YORK. July 16.-According to
advices received here the Haytian revo-
lutionists who were exiled to Kingston,
on the Island of Jamaica, met in general
assembly June 90, and elected Gen. An
seine Prophetic General-in-Chief OF their
forces. The new commander has issued
the following address TO the people OF
Hayti:
Q"FELLow CITIZENS: Gen. Hippolyte's
long restrained ferocity has burst upon
the people in such sinister fashion
that silence is no longer pardonable.
The thirst for blood has captured his
diseased brain. He slaughters to-day
with his despotic hand those Of his
friends whom he cannot sell. The toe
sin OF Port-au-Prince, the death knell
which resounds all over the territory Of
the republic, sounds also the hour for
manly revenge.
The moment has come to drag from
power, usurped by the crime of national
lest majesty, a tyrant who has only the
insanity OF murder for virtue. No
ambition for power has ever been the
motive of my acts. always have been,
l am now and always will be the Jealous
servant of the institutions OF Hayti.
The citizens who have just miraculously
escaped the death platoon, the patriots
dragged from their homes by Govern
mental fury the unfortunate brethren
thrown naked and starving on foreign
shores-all these have elected me, by
L., nj in Nf ha
revolution. Always faithful in the SER
vice Of my country in hours of national
distress, a soldier devoted TO the honor
of the nation, / consider it my duty TO
accept this supreme call There is moth
ing but danger in it for me, but there is
also salvation for my mourning country.
Zone duty is imposed upon me.
understand its sublime Importance, aud
l shall fulfill it. know the terrible
results that must come from bearing the
sword into my country. May all the
clouds be dissipated in advance. | only
want to attain one thing, that is, to de-
liver the Haytian people once more.
Once this great work is accomplished
Hayti may confide the direction OF her
future destiny to him whom ii thinks
most worthy. do not draw the sword
in favor of any party. | belong TO all,
without accepting any one. You know
l am essentially soldier, and not po-
litical dreamer, prey TO unsound
hatred or to that spirit Of system which
has already annihilated so many Illus
trious compatriots.
"Felow citizens, have confidence in
in "a
energy. will not fail the task. God
and right are on our side. From one end
of the country to the other, from Cape
Jacmel to the Mole of Tiburon, from
Hinch to Gonaive, take up your holy
weapons and shout with energy the war
cry which should bring you deliverance
and by which the blcod-stained country
will spring into prominence again, the
aureola on its brow, radiant and reha-
bilitated in the eyes OF outraged civiliza-
ton. From both sides Of the ocean the
foreigner looks at us, expecting the end
of this conflagration in order TO give his
verdict on the fate Of the Black Repub-
lie. Let US prove to be grand and
worthy Of an independence acquired at
the price of so many sacrifices. Long
live Hayti, free and independent Long
live liberal institutions
Executed at Kingston, Jamaica,
June 80, 1891"
The news of this important event is
said to have been furnished by man
who was at Kingston during this extra
ordinary gathering. 1t was a grand
council of the leading men among the
exiles now in Cuba, st. Thomas and
Jamaica. They acted upon the advice
of their friends in Hayti. The new
commander is considered one of the
ablest soldiers Hayti ever produced.