The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

stage managed nice little cony anti
OF ten by which he was declared o. 4
ernor for life, with power to name
successor, and by which, with a stros'
Of genius for the comic, the sov.,
eighty of France was "aCknowl edyad,,
TCussaint was ever ready ;p let ~,
adversaries dictate the words. II onl,
he might mould the Substance
After numerous and varlousk rau,o,
delays Bonaparte set abou. the COW
quest of san Domingo in rtrn,s, a.
Instructions to his envoy ana brothsr
in-law. Gen. LeclerC. are "A n.f.. -,
compact Cumprehensivencss. O,.-,
tons were to he divided into mr..
periods. The first, of not moro tb..
twenty days, was to bc given lr, :.
occupation Of the coast towns and -
ganization Of the invading forces. ~.
second 10 a rapid Convcrging att,,i.
upon the organized resistance. and ,r,'
third to pursuit Of refugees and ..Yor.
riilas Then with equal clcarncs. nm,
precision Napoleon dictated - sob er,.
Of political reconstruction. If tn.
saint could he taken in arms be- was ID,
be court -martiallcd and shot s. ~,
grocs were to be disarmeL Tins.
saints white soldiers guilty Of .utr,r,
were to be sent to Guiana. the b.,cl,
Of military rank, If Of good bchayio.
to Rrest, and all blacks or muait,a.
who have acted badly 10 Corsica
Leclerc began operations with igooo
troops in line; Toussaint had an ARM
Of 10000 negro troops hardened Inv
years Of war, well armed aud pro,ty
well disciplined But against Lee ..prc',
veterans and his superior strategy tho
black army was helpless Blow alto,
blow was struck by the regulars ana
just at the psychological moment a
French fleet arrived with rocuror,a.
ments of fresh troops. The natil, fight.
ers were driven back into the noun.
tains Then an epidemic OF yellow fcyer
ravaged the French forces and thu, war
ended Of inanition. As a final moasur.
Leclcrc fought Toussaints craft with
equal craft, The negro leader was h,red
within the French lines, captured and
deported He died April :. 1913. al For,
de JouN. post in the heart ~ the
Jura near the Swiss frontier
With Toussaint's removal an might
j have been WE'LL but the Napoleon 70.
gimc was harshcr than it's predecessor
and slavery was rechartered The fires
OF instruction were rekindlcd. Lcccrr
was helpless, his army demora lied
himself victim of the fever. HI.
troops had suffered terribly one reg1-
ment. 1895 strong at landing. had dwin.
died t. 81 men with the colors and iO7
in hospital; another numbering .aO5 at
the start had 1853 fit for duty and 200
in hospital; "A third had shrunk from a
roster of 1000 to II men available and
I 1873 on the sick list. And the mortality
among the officers had been equally
severe Tho mulattu allies had been
/ the most effective foe Of tho negroes
/ The restoration Of SLAYER, hoI h.,u
/ attended by rcestahlishmont ~ tho
! former status Of the mulattocs. and M
mulattocS turned against ON" French
} The negroes. having once tasted froe-
I dom. would have endured cNJorT'rs-
/ ton rather than reconciliation. En-
/ the crd Of white san Domingo We.
entered ON the book of fate. The peace
of Amens died an early death Va.
polcOn was again at war with England
British ships hlockadod the island M.
. French troops were withdrawn in 1908
I'm 1905 a terrible massacre of tho Re-.
naming white population PAT an IN,
to the history of French san D'm.1r
aud the history Of the Black GcpUnl
was begun.
Mr.. Studdard's book is oNccllcu, -ea5
inp I'm history. tn" big" thing IN +. .
the report of TnuSsaint LouvcU"r,
THE autumn I"-- ~, io1vi nis ''p",r
in respect cf value. MT an modern g..