The herald., 1893-06-22
DAUGHTERS OF ATHENA.

Rev. @. w. white Lectures Before the
University Young Ladies'.
The young ladies OF the Athena Liter
ary society departed from the usual
routine of literary society programmes
and added to their stock OF intellectual
lore by listening to lecture on "The
Black Napoleon" by Rev. George w.
White. The college chapel WAS filled
with friends OF the society. The room
was simply adorned with drapery of ivy
and pepper boughs.
The programme was opened with
vocal solo, 'Sancta Maria" by Miss
Jessie Carton. She responded to an
encore.
Miss Edna Marsh, Athena's president,
introduced Rev. Mr.. White, who deliv-
cred his lecture on the negro liberator
OF the island of Hayti, Francia Tuscon.
1t ia especially appropriate in this
Columbian year to magnify everything
American. In this list we must not
omit the negro race. We claim to be
the emancipators OF the negro race, but
the fact is that the race worked out it's
own liberator. Columbus son was the
fret American African slave holder, and
the place is in Hispanola (Littie SPAIN
go named by Columbus himself When
he came to Hayti he found the Indian
race, a race to which labor was un-
known, to which nature furnished every
thing, and most trsctable character.
Columbus made himself master of the
! island, and with his despotism crushed
the number of islanders from 800, 900 to
| $4,000 in Is years. He made them
slaves One hundred years ago there
were 100000 blacks to serve 10000
| whites.
AT this time the news of the rise OF
the French republic came across the sea
to Hayti. The new principles thus
| promulgated received support among
the islanders. The French republic
sent decree placing 10000 mulattos
upon the free plane OF their white
fathers. The fathers tore the decree to
shreds and declared that the island
should sink before liberty, equality and
fraternity should be given to the mulat-
tos, and the body of the mulattos. Vim
cent Ugee was cut into four pieces and
sent to the four quarters of the island.
After much confusion, the black sol
diers saved their own land to Bourbon
ism. They asked ths governor for re-
ward, one days rest in seven. This
modest reward the black soldiers, the
masters OF the situation, asked for. He
refused and ordered them as slaves,
back to their tasks. Then the blacks
warned the governor if these were not
granted they would take what they
wanted.
Then it was that sable leader of 80
years with cool head arose. He had
been given en- education by a philan-
thropist as an experiment, to see if the
negro could DO educatsd. He studied
books-literally devoured them. But
he had special liking for military af-
fairs. He knew all the famous military
tactics OF history, but he had never seen
an army. He dreamed. however, him
self Spartacus OF the negro race. When
the governor refused the soldiers de-
mands he thought his hour had come
and started with his army to fight for
freedom against all the hosts OF the
islands. He declared war. France re-
newed the decree that all whites, mu-
lattoes and blacks should be free. He
declared his army in favor of France.
He took his stand on the mountain
ridge in the middle of the island and in
one year he drove the whites to the sea
on both sides, and gave the island to
French rule. The French rewarded him
with the rulersbip of Hayti under the
protectorate of France.
The character of this negro was spot
less. He was Christian before he was
a warrior.
After war WAS over and peace restored
this negro conquror invited the exiled
owners back to their farms. and told the
negroes to return as the tenants, and to
receive one-fourth of that which they
raised on the land, This was q match
less show OF magnsnimity in conqusrers.
At the opening OF this ninteenth CEN
tury Hayti was declared independent,
with Tuscon as president for life, with a
white legislature. Emancipation was
here declared 63 years before Lincoln's 8
famous document.
His constitution first declared for free
trade AZ years before Robert Peel of
England advocated it. The whole paper
teemed with high and noble principles,
which animated his life.
After all these successes the saddest
incident occurred. Napoleon betrayed
his promise for liberty to Hayti and
brought ruin to the island, and by be-
trayal OF written armistice, cowardly
captured Tucson and took him in chains
lnJO tu6 iuporihl VIbbeuCc. IlS cOulu
not COW Tucson by the rack and put
him in cave in the mountains of
Switzerland, where he was starved to
death, by the deliberate order of Bona
| parte.
The negroes reveDged the starvation
OF their sable leader by dreadful carnage
and bloodshed. The Haytian republic
was more firmly established, while the
| throne of Napoleon tottered and fell.
Miss Bovard closed the programme
with an instrumental solo.
The programme for today will be-:
10 100 a.m.-Commencement exercises
OF the senior class in the college chapel.
500 p.m.-Dean's reception at the
musical college building.
200 to loo .m.--Kappa Alpha Theta
fraternity reception to graduates, corner
Thirty-seventh street and Wesley ave.
The annual Theta breakfast occurred
In the college halls of the q. s. @. at
at O'Clock Wednesday morning. The
usual number Of jolly girls was in at
tendance, and for several hours wit and
mirth reigned supreme. And ere the
ordinary breakfast hour arrived, the
kokak fiend was called into requisition,
with most astonishing results.
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