The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-07
BLOODY WARS MADE
HAYTl A REPUBLIC
The Story Of Her Long and Hard Struggle for Freedom Is
Full Of Pertinent Interest just Now With the
Cuban Problem Unsolved.

Spanish part of the island. The gov
ernor general demanded Oge from the
Spaniards. and in March, 1871. the en-
thusiastic boy was broken alive upon
the wheel. Fifteen executions followed
this futile uprising. The execution of
Oge forever separated the whites and
mulattoes. His death became the in
spiration of his race. Before his death
Oge a informed the French of an in
tended uprising among the blacks. but
no attention was paid to this warning
and the French c~olonists were abso-
lutely un~prepared when the appalling
news spread through the island that
'the blacks had risen"
The outbreak had been fixed for the
25th of August. but the blacks. i'm
patient as the time drew near, had
commenced the insurrection on the
night of the 22d.
The slaves of the plantation Turpin
headed by an English negro. set out at
10 o'clock at night; they were soon
Joined by the slaves of the adjacent
plantations. They burned every house
which they approached, and murdered
every White person, irrespective of age
or sex, who fell into their hands. Ev-
cry atrocity attended this massacre. Bv
morning they had devastated the en-
tire plain of Cape Francois. The ranks
of the rebels were increased at every
step.
General Tousard was sent against the
rebels with a detachment of troops Cf
the line and the national guard. but
he was soon recalled for the defense
of Cape Francois. Fearful cruelties
| were practiced upon both sides. Pris-
oners taken in battle were torn TO
pieces with red-hot plncers and tor
lures too terrible to contemplate were
practiced daily by the negro insur-
gents.
Their principal leader was a man
named Jean Francois. Jeannot was an
other chief who arose at this time.
He was an atrocious monster, and his
barbarities revolted even his followers.
He was put to death by them.
The mulattoes also rose against the
whites. and for a time general chaos
reigned. Port au Prince was burned.
The whites were collected in the forts
and cities. where they bade defiance
TO the insurgents.
The difficulties Of the situation in
Hayti were much increased by the I'M
stable government at home. DEGREES
were constantly being made and re-
| pealed in Paris. Every shin that ar
rived from France might bring new
commissioners. or a new governor. The
| year 1891 closed amid scenes of war and
devastation. The mulattoes and blacks
sometimes fought together. sometimes
under separate banners,
Many of the colonists left the island.
| War was declared between france and
England. and in 1898 a British force
landed on San Domingo. Later his
force was increased and the English
captured Port au Prince.
Alarmed. the French government
abolished slavery and at the same time
invited the blacks to join them against
the English invaders. Several thou
sand did SO, but the great majority
Joined Francois and Biasson, the negro
chieftains, in the hills.
At this desperate recoup, when
black. mulattoes. French and English
were all struggling for the possession Of
the island. there arose a master spirit
from the ranks of the slaves. This man
was Toussaint TOuverture.
He was born in 1913. his father and
mother having been slaves before him.
He was as when the first insurrection
of the blacks took place in 1871. He
did not join this insurrection. He pro-
tected his master and his masters in
terests faithfully. sending him money
after he had fed to the United States.
Once. however, these ties were broken,
Touusaint Joined the blacks and soon
became the leader of the revolution.
For awhile he served under the gov
ernor of the Spanish colony at the end
of the island Later ne look the oath
of fidelity to the French republic, and
was made a b%rigadier general. 1t was
mainly through his genius that . the
English were finally driven from the
island. In reward he was appointed
lieutenant governor of the island.
Shortly after the French general, La
veaux. being recalled to France, Tous-
saint was created his successor as COM
mander-in-chief of the French forces
in st. Domingo. At the age of SO. after
80 years spent as a slave Toussaint
rOuverture was the virtual master OF
the island.
The condition of the colony improved
greatly. the blacks obeyed a leader Of
their own race and submitted to dis
cipline. Under Toussaint the colony
knew a brief season of prosperity. BY
one pretext or another Toussaint sent
the French commissioners back %