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 S C CHAPTER XIII.

iWOnerture Inaugurates a better future Publishes a general
-Deelares his tak accomplished In putting an end to civil
id establishing peace on a sound basis- Takes possession of
i Raytl, and elops the slave-trade- Welcomes back the old
i-Restores asrriiilltur.- Recalls prosperity-Studies perp
bmaraece on public occasiors- Smplicily of his life and man-
t. audiences and receprlons Is held in general respect.

e, first or August, ISO0, L'Ouverture made his tri-
hal entrance into Cayes. All ofl ial honors were ren-
Ihim. Hearts on every side beat with enthusiastic
i toward the general benelactor. He aseended the
ad proclaimed the oblivion of wrongs. le complained
the absence of the mulattoes. TLr- sense of their dis-
p was too recent. rwo of their thieif-, however, went
him afterward, and be received them in a cordial man-
is aim was to direct men's mind_ from the dark past to
at future. On the 17th rfl the month he put forth his
option.
wena, All the event which have taken place at Saint
d during the civil war occasioned by Rigaud are of a
6 merit public attention.
|:that they are no longer likely to be renewed, it is of
6ee to the prosperity of the colony, and to the hap-
Sthe inhabitants, to draw the curtain on the past, in
t we may be occupied exs.lusively in repairing the
Sof necessity, have resulted t'rom the intestine war
irth by the pride and ambition of an individual.
i.t of the citizens of St. Domingo have been deceived
hd credulous, they did not sufficiently suspect the
 had been laid to draw them into their criminal


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