TOUBfAIhT L'OUVTITUXE.


 jews for Hayti wore a suspicions aspect, and were
 r ted. And if France wished to give the colony a
 Slaws, bad she the power ? How could the requi-
 be possessed by a legislature which sat thA nds
 From those who were to obey the laws ? Metro-
 msent for colonial dependencies is full of evils,
 t only from ignorance and incompetence, but intrigue
p$mion.. Besides, Bonaparte was now the sole legila-
Ithe sole ruling power in France. The position which
bi. had fancied himself to possess, when he declared
tbo be the state, -" L'dtat, c'est moi," -the Cors~aan
pr had fully realized. The ruling passion of Bon-
i.ambition; his mfIns, resort to force. What had tte
 !espect but a coup d'eiatfimilar to that which had
pimeed the Directory and concentrated all power in
4aof the First Consul ? The thought is said tohave dis-
Ib short hours of Tou.saint's repose. The probability
ah the conqueror of Italy only waited the moment of
ty-Jeisure, and that moment, as the event afterward
a might shortly arrive. Undesirable was it, therefore,
['the initiative with France. The colony itself must
Klead, the colony only could act with wisdom and effect
Ss doing, the colony was setting up for independence."
L first step in drawing up a constitution cannot be
characterized. A draft of a constitution was only 4
('petition. Until sanctioned by legislation,it amounted
wlmore than a bill of rights. It did no more than say,
ra formal statement of what will suit us, what will con-
kgd augment our existing weal, what we entreat you
jack with the seal of your solemn sanction." And
pE a step a step toward independence, who can blame
Ike colony had acquired strength enough to run alona,
Id it remain in leading-strings ? Nay, the desire har
pnee, it' cherished, was a worthy feeling. SuBh. a
pared that black men could appreciate liberty, andwell
1hie degree of freedom they had already gained. The