Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-03

of the chapter OF commerce that the
ports Of St. Domingo are open TO the
trade Of the world" with lofty in
difference TO race. superior 20 all
envy or prejudice. Toussaint had
] formed this committee OF eight white
proprietors and one mulatto.-nOt a
soldier nor a negro on the list. al
though Haytien history proves that
with the exception of Rigaud. the
1 rarest genius has always been shown
by pure negroes.
Again. it was in 1900, at a time
when England was poisoned on ev-
cry page OF her statute book with
religious intolerance. when a man
could not enter the House of Com
mons without taking an Episcopal
communion, when every State I'm the
Union. except Rhode Island. was full
Of the iutensest religious bigotry.
This man was a negro. You say
that is a superstitious blood. He
was uneducated. You say that
makes q man narrow-minded. He
was a Catholic. Many say that Is
but another name for Intolerance.
took his place by the side Of Roger
Williams. and said 90 his committee.
Make 10 the first line OF my Consti-
tuition that 7 know no difference be
tween rehgious beliefs"
Now. blue-eyed Saxon. proud OF
your race. go back with me 20 the
commencement of the century. and
select what statesman you please.
Let him be either American or Eu-
ropean: let him have a brain
the result OF six generations OF Gull
ture; let him have the ripest train
ing of university routine. let him add
TO 90 the better education Of practical
ife- crown his temple with the sill
yer Of seventy years: and show me
the man Of Saxon lineage for whom
his most sanguine admirer will
wreathe q laurel such as embittered
foes have placed on the brow OF this
ncgro.-rarc military skin. profound
knowledge of human nature. content.
TO blot ont an party distinctions. and
trust a state 20 the blood of IT'S sons.
anticipating Sir Robert Peel fifty
years. and taking his station by the
side OF Roger Williams before auy|
Englishman or American had won the
right. and yet this is the record
which the history OF rival states
makes mp for this inspired black oil
81. Domingo.
I would caU him Napoleon. butt
Napoleon made bis way 10 empire
over broken oaths and through a sea
of blood. This man never broke his
word. NO Retaliation" was hIsI
great motto and the rule of his life:
and the last words he uttered 20 hisI
son in France were these. "Afv how
you viii one day 60 back to 81. Do
mingo; forget that France murdered
your father"
would call him Cromwell. but
Cromwell was only a soldier. and the
state he founded went down with
him into his grave.
I would call him washington. but
the great Nirginiau held slaves. This
man risked his empire rather than
permit the slave-trade I'm the hum
blest village OF his dominions.
You think me fanatic TONIGHT.
Tor you read history, not with your
eyes. but with your prejudlces. But
nifty years hence. when Truth gets "a
hearing. the Muse of History will nut
Pbocion for the Greek. and Brums
for the Roman, Hampden for En-
gland. Lafayette for France. choose
Washington as the bright consum-
mate flower of our earlier civiliza-
ton. and John Brown The ripe fruit
/ of our noon day. then dipping his
/ pen I'm the sunlight. win write in tho
clear blue. above them am. the name
/ of Che solder. the statesman. the
martyr Toussaint L'Ouvcrturc.