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 an eagle thou hast proved thyself to be; an eagle's e
 thee distant but coming realities; may thine eagle's pJ
 thee above danger, and place thee, where thou longest
 o in rok,"-the ro.k of a wisely-constituted and we
 earned commonwealth! Then, like thy Hebrew prototype,
 at last thou descriest the promised land, and while tholt
 templatest its fertility and lovpliness, thou m:ayest depart'
 "among men." falling to sleep in thy lotll eyrie, and ,bui
 the mountain, which stall be at once thy eepullhre and 
 monument.
 We do not pno.-.s the materials tor dh terminal: whether.
 idea or" drawing up a constitution tbr llalti originted l
 Tousaint L'OuverturL himself, or wai pr,.-nredl to him at
 proper course hy his colonial ad iqers. The- Irc--rnination of
 question is of the less con ~ uenre since, lcond a doubt,
 nimity prevailed to a v'er .-at extent lhcrwr..n the Gener
 chief and the principal authorities and, p.r-rons in the i
 One party, and but one, evintLd repunan' e to t he mea
 The small number who represented the vi.-ws of Bonaparse
 the colony were naturally adverse to the conrnirution. At t
 head was Brigadier-General Vincent, who emplo-.ed the i
 ence which excellence of' character justly gave him
 L'Ouverture to turn him aide from the project. The
 proved nugtatory.
 Resolved to persevere in a course which his judgment
 proved, and h;s position required, Tou-s.aint L'Ouverturei
 possessing the highe-st authority in the island, tailed toeti
 council to take into consideration the propriery" of draw
 up a constitution, and to determine what its provis
 should be. The council consisted of nine members. The
 position of this deliberative assembly display th,: integrity
 the Genearal-in-chief. He might have Ibrned it out ot"
 o:liecrs. He might have given predominance in it to n
 blood. These things, doubtless, he would have done, had
( sought his own aggrandizement. But le chose its mem
 among the men of property and inteligence. Of the