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 CHAPTER II.

Bonaparte cannot be turned from undertakIng an expedition against
 alnt Resolves on the enterprise in order clltfly to get rid of-
 republican associatc- in armi Rcatores slarery and the save-
 Excepl e ntiR 11rom the decree--Mileada rousalint's ons-
 epatchel an armament under Leclere.

IN vain was it that Vincent, who had attempted to di
 Toussaint against the adicnture of a constitution, now
played his hone-t and prudent arguments to turn aide
part from the intended expedition aiLain't Saint Dom
Disregardful of the effect which his advice- miiijht have on
self, he urged on the Consul that the li,.toirinus warriors
Europe would lose their energy, togeth-r with their street
under the climate of the Antilles; that such a climate w
annihilate the army even if the as.enden y or Tou j
L'Ouvertnrl over tih inhabitants did ti,.t .ncreed ;n destro
it by arms; he added tl,- conrid.ration ,u' the pr.-bability
the Engli-h would open? or s eretly cund.eaunr to traverse
object, .and frusLrate his attempt. To the l;-t remark Bonap
answeri:d. The cabinet of St. Jami.'s b a been disposed
fet itself in opposition to my sending a squadron to Saintl
mingo; I lnave notified it, that it' it did not consent, I wo
asnd to Toussaint unlimited powers, and al knowledge him.
independent. It hassaidno more to me on the. poinC." If
is correct, England, it may be presumed, was intli.nced y f
for the effect of such a recognition on her neighllxrin sUl'
colony of Jamaica. Thus does wrong support wrong. Havi
effected nothing in conversation, Vin'ent addressed to the
sul a written document, in which, after s tting forth the m
of def'lnee which the colony posesed. li.- -ai.l, ** At the h
of so many resources is a man the most active anl indelatig