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 CHAPTER I.
 Anilens-Bonaparte contemplates the subjugation of Saint Do-
 and the restoration of slavery-Excitement caused by report
 efect In the Island- Views of Tounsaint L'Ouverture on the

 year 1801 did not close without seeing the peace of
 iens definitively concluded. By the treaty then signed,
 .found herself confirmedd in the possrssions she had cap-
 ng the war, and at liberty to proicute any enter-
 ch she might judge required by her position, or likely
 ce to the conirmatior. of her power. Her destinies
 .the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte, who, under the mo.d-
 of Consul, concealed de-igns which already looked to
 'al throne, and rul'ed the nation and its dependencies
.i:aceptre more powerful aind more de.spotie than the sway
 contemporaneous legitimate rum.narch. Born with the
 which gi'e and insure (onniand, Bonaparte, to a
 ambition, a-dded a re-tle-~ activity which constantly
 new efforts, a thirst fur dominion, which as cou-
 demanded new acquisition, and a jealousy oT power
 :made rival jre-tnes intolerable. With an evil eye,
 ,did he regard the high position obtained by Toussaint
 e through his wise and generous efforts in the French
 of Saint Domingo. The brilliancy of his own fame
 dimmed in hi. eyes by the glory achieved by a negro
 who had been a slave.
 termination of the war had left unoccupied in France a
 -body of soldiers, who mihlt be dangerous at home, and
 leaders, in the repose of peace, might trouble his actual
 or prove impediment to his amiiitious designs. Diasat-
 lth seeing thelmsnie outstripped by a soldier of fortune,
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