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1888-08-04

General Séïde Thélémaque takes up arms against Salomon

Haitian

On 4 August 1888 General Séïde Thélémaque, commandant of the arrondissement of the Cap, took up arms against President Salomon, who embarks at Port-au-Prince on the 10th, before the movement led by the former president, General Boisrond-Canal. Séïde set out for Port-au-Prince on the eve of the harvest with a numerous army, which was not judged necessary, since Salomon had left the country and there was no enemy to fight. He had put forward his candidacy for the presidency. In the night of 28 September a collision took place at Port-au-Prince between his soldiers and the guard of the National Palace, entrusted to General Anselme Prophète. General Séïde fell victim to political schemers who never ceased urging him to seize power by force. The victors manifested their triumph with cries of “Long live Légitime!”, General Séïde’s competitor for the presidency. On learning this news, the Cap accused Port-au-Prince and Senator Légitime of having assassinated Séïde, and took up arms. Soon Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, the Northwest, the Artibonite and the North embraced the cause of the…

Rouzier tells this under the entry Cap-haïtien (le).

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 182 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 182