I can speak of her not only words of admiration, but words of gratitude as well. She has grandly served the cause of universal human liberty. The freedom that 800 thousand colored people enjoy in the british west indies is largely due to the brave stand taken by the black sons of haite 90 years ago when they struck for freedom. Their swords were not drawn, and could not be drawn simply for themselves alone. They were linked and interlinked with their race. And striking for their freedom, they struck for the freedom of every black man in the world.