NT L'OUVERTUBE. 75

 .dit-1. O mon p6re, et de quol
 r qum Dien prepare et qul se lee en tol
 Iolrs Ignorants, depuib eerie aenture,
 Ie Oirompant oe nom m'appellent L'Ourerture.*

pIaniar.on has been given. According to Pamphile
 STonssaint assumed the epithet, in order to an-
..s people that he was about to open the door to
better future. In this view his name became a token
at. That object he was too prudent to make known
ly period of his florts. Now, however, might he
Imnouncement without serious risk. The event juati-
$duct. That event would be aided forward by the
At.penirg was bibri, the neg'roi. Whenever they
*t, they were remirnd.rl of the opening; whenever
inced his name, tbh.y were encourlaged to advance
.pening. There was the door; they had only to be
ter in to the 'd'rn.d t, ml)ipl of freedom.
A:L'Ouverture had rn.turned to his mountain strong-
4ade, where he fixed his headquarters. From that
ptre, he survey- ed the whul..- island, which to a great
pw held under his domination. Already the shep-
 become a potentate.. It was a time not only for
ir the endearmruta of home. From the time of his
slervicee o Spain, he had removed his wife from the

*rnslated:-
tky a Capuchin, one ,tf thnrr poor fathers,
Lirla of the Faith, of whom the blark are the brothers,
 to visll the workshop -f Jremcl,
 Before me like another somucl.
 L y name?"" T rouralnt IPoor victllm of infamy,
 Inme of thy b-. ; but the name of thy moul
 roral daw ," fir hI. ".1. liather, air] **. what i"
 Sday whkih 'r.d haitb prtparrd anrd ri.e. ill hee."
 Imignorant t.la'k,. silea trh t adi --niurr,
opting mY tranr, liart caledl m- L'l.ucertlrc."
IPOnverturc," P'um Dramatique, par A. De Lamartine.

1A haint Dominique." Vol. I. p. W.3.