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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1931)
THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION— March 7. 19S1 GEN. ALEXANDER PETION, Haiti's Blood- ha ting '' ¡mailer " In Some Respects, He Was Greater Than Toussaint L ’Ouverture Then came the c u llile of Napoleon'* expedition for Haiti, under N apoleon * brother-in-law , G eneral L edere. Some o f the mulatto leader* were givrn generalship* in the white regiments, among them Petion. Petion had consented to serve only after Napolron had assured him that the expedition was going to protect H aiti and rstablish a governm ent o f the highest equity for its eitiaen*. tion arrived and Toussaint was beaten. The »pedi • B y J. A . R O C E R S In te r n a tio n a l C o r r e s p o n d e n t and A u t h o r G e n e r a l A le x a n d e r P e tio n w as H a it i’s g e n tle s t an d b e s t 1 b e lo v e d ru ler. At a time when war. bloodshed, and s------------------- la t toes; and <3> the slaves, nearly all massacre were the order of the day. frredmrn. under Oen Beauvais P e of D Juus Petion explained his rea urged by Touasatnt with 30 000 men. blacks Petion distinguished himself by a hu The first numbered 40.000; the sec ncil Joined the freedmen. and distin son for deserting Toussaint thus "1 In Jacmel he lie Id out fur a king manity and a forbearance rare In his guished himself so well that he roar could not," he said, "support Oen time, and Anally fought his way out ond. 20.000; and the third. 440 000 tory. The devastating war between The Jealousy and Ill-feeling between to be a gencrwl of artillery, toiler, Toussaint agaUist what 1 considered to liberty with 1VO0 survivors through the whites and the blacks grieved him the three groups were strong; the when the mulattoes had won equality the beat Interests of the Haitian peo Tuusaaliit's large army immensely, and the bloody conflicts whites hated the mulattoes and con ion papen Petion fought under Tous ple. Hove could Toussaint ever have Not lung after Touaaatait was vic between the mulattoes and the blacks It was counted upon 11 te alncerlly of Uir torious. and when Napoleon confirm broke his heart. Yet, as a military temned the blacks; the mulattoes de- 1 saint against the English sptsed the blacks. The blacks hated Petion » brilliant capture of l a Coupe whites, he. their former slave, when 1 ed him as commander-In chief, ths commander, he was the equal of every both whites and mulattoes. and If that forced the English out of Port hate not the friendship even of my mulatto leaders fled to Prance Pe- one. white or black, engaged in the own father simply because I have llo*». however, wax raptured by the their hate of the mulatto was d if au Prince. gieat struggle. ferent. It was. perhaps, fiercer British, and spent two months In Petion. from the first, was ter w ip African blood In my veins?" At his death It was said of him: "II In this civil strife Petion again dis prlaou The freedmen. while demanding. ing out Prench rule altogether. The n a jamais fait couler tea larmes de It tad leg la ?>»s*re equality, did not wish to see the •aland was exceedingly wealthy; the tinguished himself. He defeated Oea- personne." (He never caused snyone blacks free. Many of them owned slaves were a source of great profit, sallnes at Orand Onave. and raptured Arriving In Prance he devoted him te shed s tear.) slaves. and Petion saw that there would be Port au Prince His most notable ek self to the study of military tactics, More Fortunate than Toussaint plott. however, was his entry Into Jae- This situation is. of course, orradly strife as long as this tempting bait mel. In open boats under a heavy shell especially artillery. Then came thd Petion was Dorn April 2, 1770 the stated During the revolution, num existed. Toussaint. on the o ile r hand, Ore. Tile city was being closely be ( ont! need « a Page 4. son of a rich Prench planter and a bers of each class fought beside the free black woman. He had a fair ed other Many whites ind mulattoes ions virtual ruler, waa patriotically ucation. being In this respect more aided the blacks, and the blacks Prench, or pretended to be. Alter fortunate than any of the three great | nearly all Illiterate, fought In great slavery had been abolished by decree black leaders. Toussaint Chrlstophe, numbers with the mulattoes. of the Prench. Toussaint abandoning and Dessalines, all of whom were bom C aptured Purl au Prince Spain, had returned feeling that slaves. When Petion was twenty one. a henceforth ail would be well At the time the imputation of Haiti was divided Into three classes ( I ) double Insurrection broke out; that of With the whites subdued U e rivalry the white* and very near whites; <21 the slaves under Btasaou. Jean Fran- ! the freedmen, who were chiefly mu- cols, and Toussaint, and that of the between the mulattoes and tlx blac i increased The former charged that Toussaint, flattered by his exalted po sition and the advances of his former masters, was depriving them of Utelr rights and was using the eg-slave* for that purpose, all for the benefit of the whites and of himself Touaaalr.t, on his side, asserted that the mulattoes objected to him because of color. "Oen. Rlgaud '' he said. 'Te- I uses to serve under me because I am j L L children are subject to little black. Mulattoes, I aee to the bottom U|Micts. T h e y come at unex Get Rid of Colds Before They Weaken You, Make You of your souls. You are ready to rise against me. I am leaving Port R e pected tim et. T h e y seem tw ite as Liable to More Serious Troubles. publican for the Cape but 1 leave my serious in the dead o f night, liut eye and my arm: my eye to watch, there's one form o f com fort on Nowadays it’s important to stop your cold quick before it weakens my arm to strike." which a mother can always rrly i your resistance to more serious trouble. W om en and Children T o rtu re d good old Caatoria. This pure vege A n y o f the older treatments will bring relief— after a time. But Civil war broke out the blacks un table preparation can 't harm the der Touisalnt. the mulattoes under tiniest infant. Y e t mild as it is, it thousands say this new way is the quickest o f any. Oen Andre Rlgaud Denallnex, Tous- soolhes a restless, fretful baby like For tale by all druggists. Be sure Begin when you feel a cold coming. Take a tablespoon ful of .salnt's lieutenant, ruthlessly ordered to g rt the genuine |>mdurt with a massacre of all the mulatto«-a In his nothing else. Its quirk relief soon Phillips Milk o f Magnesia in a glass o f water, morning, noon, and Chas. H. I let« her * signature on power Women and children were see* the youngster com fortable once night, tlie first day. Do same the second day. Then wrapiwr, and this familiar name done to death by the most horrible more, liack to sleep. Even an attack only at night. Colds reduce fhe alkaline balance o f your torture. When Toussaint was re of colic, o r diarrhea, yiekia to the plate: system. That makes you feel achy, feverish, weak. proached for this he Mild “ I told toothing influence o f Castoria. Phillips Milk o f Magnesia relieves this, and restores Dessalines to prune the tree, not to Keep Castoria in mind, and keep uproot It." th* alkaline balance. Petion feeling that Toussaint was a bottle in the house— always. Doctors prescribe Phillips M ilk o f Magnesia; hospitals being used as a tool by the whites, G iv e it to any child whose longue is left him. ond threw his support to coaled, or whose breath is la d . ir e it. Millions know how it relieves sour stomachs, Rlgaud Idler, when Toussaint was Continue with Castoria until the gas, indigestion, constipation and other symptoms of treacherously captured by the whites child it grown). too much acid. Get the genuine. and sent to die In the froarn fortress Q uick M a k e system alkaline to ... Stop Colds QUICK/ COMFORT for fretful upset children A