The enterprise., 1900-01-12

Georgia soil at the seige oSa-
vannah. Besides Henri Ch to-
phe and his valiant comrade ey
were reinforced by Tous.nt c
L'Ouverture. Z
When the great French ee-
dltlon reached Hayti, the Freh l
general, LeClerc, sent a mess G
ger urging surrender and pror- f
ing commission; to which a
black chief returned IN deian +
this answer; go tell yourcha I
that the decision of arms will Z. T
NIT him only into city in ash c
and then on these ashes viii
fight still" The brave Tot
saint L'Ouverture declared thaf
mot France with all her troop
of the Rhine, the Alps. the Mi
nor all Europe to help her, ca
extinguish the soul of Africa
That soul, when the soul of !;
man and not that of a slave, car
overthrow the Pyramids and Alp,
themselves sooner than again bt
crushed in slavery" The worlc
knows the result: Franc did no
succeed in crushing the soul 81
liberty out of the blacks of Sar
Domingo. &
Now the failure of France il
her attempt to subdue San Do,
mingo frustrated Napoleon!
plan of empire in America ant
enabled Thomas Jefferson to eff
feet the most splendid achieye
ment of his admiration-the pur
chase Of Louisiana. Had Napo
leon secured the subjection ot
San Domingo it is very doubtful
whether he would have agreed
Certainly not so readily) to the
surrender of Frances entire pos
sessions in the southern part ot
the United States. Thus history
shows that black men aided the
United States in securing oul
republic without bloodshed on the
part of the white men of this ma.
tion more territory than was won
in the eight years contest of A.
merican patriots against the
British.
Not only does history show that
the negro has place in its bat
ties for American independence
and for expansion in this coun-
try, but that he has some place
and name in its record of discov-
cries and explorations. Not long
ago it was my pleasure to an
nounce the name of a negro eX-
plorer and discoverer. l did so
by the authority of DR.. Clement
r. Markham, president of the
Hayluyt Historical society OF
London. That the Spanish me-
gro, Estevanico, was the discov-
erer and explorer of that portion
Of our country khowu as New
MeXicd and Arizona is a fact so
we'll authenticated that it needs
no discussion here. The story of
the hariships and the successes
of this negro explorer is equal to
any ever told. The pluck and
courage of that man ought to in
spire everyone.
The na anes of Dabney, Chris
tophe, LDuverture aud Estevan-
leo oughtnot to be left out of A
merican history. There are
many Others, but l mention only
these. Tha SDeCial record of the
negro in ID story may not be very
long nor bflIiant, but it is wor-
thy of INVESTIGATION. The tall
granite sha aft which a gratified
state has feared above its own
sons who i'd in defending Fort
Griswold aSainst the attacks Of
AAold, bears the name
of John Fresman aud others Of
the Americal race who there ce-
mented tHtheir blood, the cor
ner stone o1the republic. The
Shaw monuhent and the AttuckS
nit less than the Bun
ker Hill mouHment keep vigil a
Dove the sane soil consecrated by
The blood of iatriots and dedicat-
ed to the prof 1pSition that all men
are born fred and equal and are
endowed witHcertain lnallenable
tights, among which are life, Ii
oerty and thI pursuit of hap oi-
ness.
LawtOn's B0y on the Thomas.
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