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JUNE, 1861.     DOUGLASS' MONTHLY.     479
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Still driving onwards, till the tide
Hath burst the vessel's rampart side,
Through which the torrents pour--
And pour like cataracts from the rocks,
Tremendous as the earthquake's shocks,
While all her dungeons roar.

His woe-worn face was full and round,
Where health sat smiling through the jet,
And eyes still more expressive found
Are sunk, like suns untimely set;
But deeper shadows than the skin,
Like mists, from troubled thoughts within,
Arise, to dim the joyous sight,
And fret away the frame of might,
Without the power to flee;
Those shadows, sudden as a squall,
Flit o'er the face, and darken all,
Like winds across the sea.

Lo! in the precincts of the court,
Where Justice only should preside,
To blacks, for proof, will none resort,
The white man's oath is ne'er denied;
Though undefiled the negro's hands,
In lifeless silence still he stands;
His inward spirit shrieks unheard,
Unheeded like the wailing bird
Upon some lonely tower,
While Terror, from his lurid seat,
And withering as the lightning's heat
Descends supreme in power.

To slaves--except the Christian few--
The Sabbath's holy calm is lost,
And THESE* their weekly toils pursue,
With minds by human tempests toss'd;
There boding thoughts from endless ills,
Like floods amidst the wildest hills,
Which rage throughout the lengthened night, 
Rush headlong from their fearful height,
And court the stream that flows;
For, stooping from its dreary place,
The mind sweeps through the means of grace,
Till fury finds repose.

But oft, ere that repose is found,
The men of Belial crowd the road,
And dare to visit holy ground,
And stand among 'the sons of God:'
Where demon art the balance holds.
To weigh the truth the priest unfolds;
Or basely--and by civil test,
Confound the freedom of the blest,
With freedom to the slave;
And boldly charge THAT priest to flee,
Or try, with cruel mockery,
And doom him to the grave.

The negro, branded at the mart,
Pours forth in vain the rending sigh;
A single bid will quail his heart,
And sever each domestic tie:
And wheresoe'er his feet may roam,
His manhood ne'er will know a home!
No wife to sooth, or raise his head!
No infant child to cheer his shed,
Or fan affection's flame!
His grave is distant and alone,
The spot by wife and babes unknown--
No tablet for his name.

Not one of all the infant throng,
That lies upon a mother's knee,
But gives to agony--a tongue,
Unknown to children of the free;
Unknown to those whose tears but flow
From transient fits of tiny woe,
And who, like troubled sea-birds, cry,
While passing through the stormy sky,
And then--upon the wave--
As softly fall as gleams of light.
And float in beauty to the sight, 
All fearless as a grave.

Ah! no--to babes in slavery born,
Few are the seas and skies serene,
All ruthless, from a mother torn,
Her weeping image still is seen;
Her distant voice they seem to hear,
In lingering tones on memory's ear;
Now echoing sweet--now wildly roll
Through all the regions of the soul--
Then soft--and far away--
Like music on the midnight lake,
Till, starting from the dream, they wake 
To misery a prey.

Nor say, the mother cannot feel,
At whom the poisoned dart is flung;
The body owns the quivering steel,
The tortured wild-cat loves her young:
And can she from her babes depart,
Whose life-strings twine around her heart--
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*In the West Indies.
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Those babes, whom nature e'er must own, 
As flesh of flesh, and bone of bone,
And part without a pang?
O no! employ the scourge, the knife,
And tear the limbs, and threaten life,
On THESE she still must hang.

Away--away--for Terror here
Usurps an universal reign,
Where parents, children, live in fear,
And walk upon their kindred slain.
Away--for now those beauteous isles;
With breath of balm, and face of smiles--
Which yet had man's Elysium been,
Had man himself not changed the scene--
Are threatened from above;
And Judgment, though it linger long,
Will burst in wrath for Afric's wrong,
And now begins to move.

Away--for men of blood have piled
The fabric of their guilt so high,
That dark, o'er isles, which e'er had smiled,
It spreads its shadow to the eye:
Away--for Vengeance springs to birth,
And with the whirlwind sweeps the earth,
And bears, like Autumn leaves, away
The men of guilt, whose iron sway
Hold innocence in chains;
Away--for down the fabric falls,
The voice of blood for justice calls,
And God in vengeance reigns.

Awake--AMERICA, awake!
Ere terminates the day of grace;
Repent, and timely warning take,
While Mercy gives thee time and space:
Repent--like Nineveh, repent,
With smitten heart, and garments rent.
A brother's voice has pierced the sky,
A brother's blood is in the cry,
And Vengeance shakes' the rod;
O haste! redress a brother's woe,
Nor think to shun the menaced blow--
'Prepare to meet thy God!'

JAMES EVERETT.
Sunderland, Durham, (Eng.,)
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EMIGRATION TO HAYTI.
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CIRCULAR.--NO. I.

To the Blacks, Men of Color, and Indians in the United States and British North American Provinces:

FRIENDS:--I am authorized and instructed by the Government of the Republic, to offer you, individually and by communities, a welcome, a home, and a free homestead, in Hayti.

Such of you as are unable to pay your passage will be provided with the means of defraying it.

Two classes of emigrants are especially invited--laborers and farmers.  None of either class, or any class, will be furnished with passports, who cannot produce, before sailing, the proofs of good character for industry and integrity.

To each family of emigrants, five carreaux (a carreau is 3 acres and 3 1-3 rods) of fresh and fertile land, capable of growing all the fruits and staples of the tropics, will be gratuitously given, on the sole condition that they shall settle on it and cultivate it, and declare their intention of becoming citizens of Hayti.  To unmarried men, on similar conditions, two carreaux will be granted.

Board and lodging, free of cost, will be furnished to the emigrants for at least eight days after their arrival in the island.

The government also will find remunerative work for those of you whose means will not permit you to begin immediately an independent cultivation.

Emigrants are invited to settle in communities.

Sites for the erection of schools and chapels will be donated by the State, without regard to the religious belief of the emigrants.

The same protection and civil rights that the laws give to Haytians are solemnly guaranteed to the emigrants.

The fullest religious liberty will be secured to them; they will never be called on to support the Roman Catholic Church.

No military service will be demanded of them, excepting that they shall form military companies and drill themselves once a month.

All the necessary personal effects, machinery and agricultural instruments introduced by the emigrants, shall be entered free of duty.

The emigrants shall be at liberty to leave the country at any moment they please; but those whose passage shall be paid by government, if they wish to return before the expiration of 
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three years, will be required to refund the money expended on their account.  A contract, fixing the amount, will be made with each emigrant before leaving the continent.

I have been commissioned to superintend the interests of the emigrants, and charged with the entire control of the movement in America, and all persons, therefore, desiring to avail themselves of the invitation and bounty of the Haytian Government, are requested to correspond with me.

I shall at once, as directed by the Government, establish a bureau of emigration in Boston, and publish a Guide Book for the use of those persons of African or Indian descent who may wish to make themselves acquainted with the resources of the country and the disposition of its authorities.

I shall also appoint Agents to visit such communities as may seriously entertain the project of emigration.

Immediate arrangements, both here and in Hayti, can be made for the embarkment and settlement of one hundred thousand persons.

By order of the Government of the Republic of Hayti.
JAMES REDPATH,
General Agent of Emigration.
Boston, Nov. 3, 1860.
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CIRCULAR.--NO. VI.

HAYTIAN BUREAU OF EMIGRATION, }
Boston, March 8, 1861.        }

To Men of African descent in the United States and Canadas:

FRIENDS:--Arrangements have been made by this Bureau by which emigrants can sail from this port in regular packets, every two weeks, or oftener, for the Republic of Hayti. 

Those who go by these packets must in all cases pay their own passage; the price of which will be $18, provisions being found.  This is about one-third the usual rates of charge from Northern ports.

Whenever any colony of eighty, or over, signify their readiness to sail at a designated time, a vessel will be chartered expressly for the purpose of conveying them comfortably and speedily from either Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, to Hayti.  Price of passage, same as above.  Children under 12 years, half price; under 2, free.

Laborers and farmers, going by these chartered vessels, if unable to pay their own passage, can have it advanced to them, including provisions.  But they must furnish their own bedding for the voyage.

All whose passage money is thus advanced will sign a contract engaging to repay the amount ($18) to the Government of Hayti within three years, in case they take grants of Government lands, or choose to leave the country within the time specified.

Those who do not choose to accept Government lands, but remain over three years in the Island, will not be required to repay it at all.

Emigrants must defray their own expenses in reaching the port of embarkation.

Those who go in vessels specially chartered by this Bureau will be allowed to take any reasonable amount of household goods and farming implements free of charge.

Those who go by regular packets will be charged for freight at the rate of 90 cents per barrel, or 18 cents per square foot.

Usual length of voyage, from 14 to 20 days.

All who design to emigrate are earnestly requested to give this Bureau ample notice of their readiness to sail.
JAMES REDPATH,
General Agent.
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CIRCULAR.--NO. VII.

HAYTIAN BUREAU OF EMIGRATION, }
Boston, March 20, 1861.       }

Experience has shown that it has become an imperative necessity that a change should be made from the terms of a recent Circular relative to the system of boarding emigrants during their passage to the Republic of Hayti.  It was stated that passengers might choose between boarding themselves or paying $8 in advance for their board.  The passengers both by the "Janet Kidston" and the 'Mary A. Jones," decided to board themselves; but, in both cases, in a majority of instances, failed to provide for the wants of an ordinary voyage.  If this system were continued, a long passage would necessarily result in starvation, unless the Bureau should provide against such a contingency, by laying in a sufficient amount of provisions.  To avoid the expense, therefore, the embarrassment and danger attending the present system, after a full consultation with other agents and men experienced in the business, I have come to the resolution to have the ship provide provisions for all the emigrants,
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