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which will not fail to be manifested afresh, wheo i
mnat bak hinted wit t6e sanction of the Governmenua
saltians and pjmound respect.
 4 TouAIenT L'Ouvn

 Thi eonstitution, which had been made public and
aams solemn brmalities and universal joy, was worthy
ca e in which L'Ouverture had risked his lif and a
the utmost of his strength. Proceeding on the basis
very was abolished and could never more exist in Saina
mingo, and that all men there born were free citizens
French Republic, it provided that ever' one, whatever
color, was admissible to all employment, on the special
that among the citizens there was no other distinction
distinction of virtue and of ability. Establishing Roman
icism as the sole religion to be professed and protected, it
ognized the sanctity of marriage by abolishing divorce.
required that agriculture should receive special encoura
for which purpose measures were to be taken for the inc
the number of laborers. The reins of government it in
to one governor, to be appointed for the period of five
with authority to prolong the term as a recompense for
conduct; and that in consideration of the important
vices which General Toussaint L'Ouverture has rend
the colony, be is named Governor for life, with powertq-
point his successor."
 One provision we have advisedly omitted in order to
into full relief. In a very short sentence the contitutiou
clares commerce free. Thus free trade was first proclaimed
the negro chief of IIayti. Is any other proof necessary-
Toussaint was more than a successful warrior ? more th
social liberator? more than a disinterested patriot ? His
nomical views were large and liberal. They were in adv
of their age; how much in advance let the fact declare,
nearly a half a century had to elapse before evef England
trained the boon which Hayti not only claimed but