68 THE LTFE O1

unnaturally grew alarmed. Revolving the means at ,i
posal, they determined to celebrate theb fi.urth anni,-'-ary.l
the capture of the Bastille, in order t.. rl..iie' thb republican
enthusiasm, and thereby gain powe-r lor rrrirwrtd -(fl:rt, ag'"int:
the insurgents.
 Is the reader qtruik with the inron,.i-ti'ei. of their i rnnduct?
Yes, these friendly ol' liberty are' -.*-king ariu against lilnbrty.'
Believing that th, fall of th. U.Datill, was. th. Id.11 ul tYrjnny i'.
France, thby dri'elberaltly lurn th, eventr to account ii. order to'
buttress up o[iprt-,ionu in Ilayti. Amid the 11 tiitie which
were dJr-i.neid o nail in the .ubitugation of tine r,?':'ltc"l n,'groe
theer words were spoken by the C('onmil.ni r P',lirrlt The
oppr-ssed were Africans whom king- and their -ati.llhtes ent
to purchase, at their own hearthl, of kins hoi, hald unt th,
right to sell them into perpetual slan-ry in Ameritc. The
oppressed were defendant. ofr the Ar 'i an; whih, -ven whei
they had reco-ered their lihb.rly, w,-r,- a',countrid unworthy o
the rights of man. The oppressors are all the kins who tra
in the life and liberty of men of all .uunri-s an..I all color
The oppressors are all the traitor. aurl brigajLdl wlhoi wish to
store royalty and 'lavery.."
 This elffion u.f indlinalion a;ainzut kin aud thr.ir satel
lites" laL'k.-l I.IIn w oril. 11f rp ItI'lirni" bad bLen add-uil, th
dei:, riptio'n would I aiie lb t n iori ..,rr-, t. The itat -me-nt.
illuitrattid hF. li thi. tIrt thnt rlnthi.;na, ;:I.:'tb.r of the Co'mmi
rionvi-rt, ina 3 p ..-ih dl. h1 r..I on tll( i .' a-tn, I-'.at te-rizrd t
mnirgents as "a ma's 'i1' 'aLab uil and ibll,. rs, wh-i "ill neith
cultivate the land nor dio l'nd the iultivatori," and "hom it w
a primary duty to reduce and compel to resume their toils.
 The treacherous favors offered to the blacks by the Co
sion had offended and alienated the culonisra. At thr town
Jdremie, in the extreme northwest ,' the South.rn D-partme
the pl'nttr had ernu Ibrmed an enanIapm,.-nt hostile to
ciril nu Lth rity. T .-v hail, m :.rl ': r, 'Iriv..u ir..m thl' towns
th-e 'jitri'.t thie m 'ni lt' i c.le r wh, h:ii tI kl.- ri'fu in
Ca'i -s, on the southern -idi ,' c th.,e ame tongnu:. 'if lir. So