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 CHAPTER X.

'Ioussaint L'Ouvurtnre composes agitation, and brings back prosperity
 Is opposed by the Commitiiouer, Utdluudlle, whi flies fo IFrancel
 Appeals, In self-jusllliu tlon, lu the directorr ) in Pirls.

* AVING reaf.h-d the commanding position wbhi. he held
 T,) Touaiut L'Ou'erture, with a true patriorti-m and a wii
benervolenre, applied himsell' to the ditficult taik of' healing(l
wounds of his country. The first task was to induce the pla$
ers to resume posFession of their estates, and re-, ommtmrne tN
tillage or the soil. This he effuctrd in part by pIrr.uasion, 
part by gentle compulsion; numerous deta- hments of inland
Iraversing ibe cities, collected togerihr their scattered owner
and conducted them to the plantations. The rcnduc t of
troops employed in the -ernice was as worthy of noti" e as
obedience of the ngriculturist ; for. ,oberving the striktest
cipline, they -howed the greatpe;t rpf-tI.r to property, a
condut.ted thei.'m i-l%, tooard all with lb.t-i.min_ umld.-ration
milnoi.;s. The c.ontril over tht. r rude- nature. n hi, h this
p:.-ranc.' implivl wa; the result tl' the dicipline io.tituted
Tous.;aint, andl ul' thie lo\ and in, Il tar ahi-h his nanm inspire
Among hi; s'inal triumphs thii was, p.rhiap-, the nmot Sig
Not by .Ila,:ks only, but 1.y white. ;waI hii extraordinary I
obeyed. Obedier':esec ured To:uussaint' protection. Rega
of the color of the &kin, he received with avocr, and treated
confidence, and promoted with readine'q, all whom he had v
re'asns for belie-.ing sincerely bent on advancing the pu
gno'l Di.dainiug to gnvern by the rivalry of ilascJs, he
t, sI r'e the wh.le, by the nim-an and with the aidl of
Emigrant or crer.-, l, Iblak o(r white, men were treated by
men,-being placed in the posts Ibr which they were 11
whether military or ci'il. If there was a difference in his