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 12G TUIE LIFE or

 As soon as he had removed the impediment, Toussaint
overture took effectual steps for putting down the slave-
and occupying the east of the island. After a few
he entered Santo Domingo on the 2,1 of January, 1801, a
head of 10,it00 men, and hoisted] the lag of the Frendcl
public on its ramparts, to the salvo of two-and-tw.enty ca
He was received at the mansion-hou-,. by the chief author
who wished him to take, in the namt of the Holy Trinityj
oath to govern with wisdom. Such a course would[
proper," he replied, in an otfier appointed by the Con
Madrid, but I am the servant of the Republic. There
am unable to do what you ask; 1ut I sweir solemnly b
God, who hears the oath, that I forget thi pat, and that:
watching and my cares shall have n:o rehr object tha
render the Spaniards, now become Frenu hm-,n, ontented
happy." On the utterance of these wordQ, Don Garcia,
governor, handed him the kry of' tihe city. I accept th"
said Toussaint, "in the name of th.: Fren .h R,-public;"
then turning toward the asse.mibly, he al, ldd,d with an h
voice, Let us go and thank tht Author ofall things for ha
crowned with the greatest success our trnt, rpri;e, prescribe'
treaties andl the laws o'f thi Pwpuhlic." Fllow It'l by the
ernor and all the Span lL- autliritie-, he- w,.nt to the cathe
wherr- a Tf Dretm was wantedd in token of gratitude to God
 Thus, from Cape S.miana in the East to, Cape Tiburon in
We.t, the power of Tuus<,-ir.t L'Ouverture was every
established and a,.knowledd.'-. Knoivwing the favorable e
produced on the popular mind by the ipro-re s ofl dltin,,
personages in the parts under their admini-tration, To
L'Ouverture traversed the Spanish territory and viiiled
principal place'. He was everywhere received with the ac
nations of the people, the merry peal of bells, and the th
ders of cannon. The clergy, haretboted, came on all aides
give him welcome. He treat.ed them with prolbund res
Within a few da)s he was master of the obedience of
Spaniards as much as of the confidence of the black.