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 rTOUBSAIVT L'OUVIRTURE. 117

 and Miehel were deputed to Hayti, in order
 the Consular Constitution and a proclamation
 thabe inhabitants. Rigaud was recalled to France.
i'Ouverture was confirmed is his post as General-in-

IIlBmation was far from inspiring confidence or pro-
hmaquillity among the blacks, since it postponed and
t6 another legislative aet the promulgation of the laws
pito govern Hayti. Michel, dissatisfied with the bra-
lmasaint L'Ouverture, returned into France. Ray-
ben mulatto's skin made him an object of suspicion,
led to remain nt the Cape. Vincent alone was re-
ie confident c. I- presented to the Commander-in-
Piew Constitution, a letter written from the Minister
tg'and the pro larmaion of the Consuls. In the proc-
wurae these woils: Brave bla-ks. remember that the
ipublc has given you li;brty, and that it only can
itiberty to be- resp,,ted."' These words, it was or-
hdd be in'crib,.-l in letters of gold on all the flags of
IWI national pardl. Toutaint manifested no haste
Jablish the proi 1imatinn or embrodler the sentence on
li" How tould 1,i promulgate a known falsehood?
tblic had not civen fre-eom to the blacks. The
der their able b.-aldr, had extorted freedom from the
1Uieir masters. Toii-nint, who was well informed of
ind intrigue. regardin' the colonyy which were nour-
IN, knew that his ruin had been resolved on before
 t n of Bonaparte to the Consulkhip. Had the ill-
 wayv? Why, then, had not the First Consul
 m under hiq own signature ? Distrust and disqni-
 d in the rtlation- of L'Ouverture and the repre-
 the new Gonrnmcnt in Fran,'e. It is true that
 disowned, but T.ou-,aint was not cordially em-
 :ivere the rights of the blacks frankly recognized
 s httled.
 7'she had given audience to Vincent, Toussaint