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 ture organized the best resistance in his power.
 were on the island. True, some of the places they
 only heaps of ruins. Nevertheless, they had effected a
 The island, however, was not in their possession. Nel
 nor treachery had subdued the natives. Toussaint wetI
 that the seaports could not withstand so formidable an
 But he knew also that a country which is full of
 inexpugnable. For the desultory warfare of the mou
Prepared himself, and, backed by the population at I
 of his own blood, he defied defeat, and Iflt confident
 and the climate would unstring the arm, and lay w
 spirits as well as the frames of his assailants. Even
 vantage he had gained; for, whereas, at the first, the i
 knew not whether they had to expect peare or war,'
 leader, consequently, wouldd fully prepare fIr neither:
 length, the cloak was stripped otT. and to all eyes it war
 that the only alternative was victory or servitude.
 On his part, Lecldrc. Though victoriou-, did not deceive
 self with the notion ol' having a..compli.hed his work.
 contrary, in view of the t.irts to which we have just ad
 he was aware that h. hadi everything but the first step t6
 complish. The SpartarLn of Hayti was on his own mo
 supported by a whole people able and ready to resist to
 utmost.. How was Leclere to succeed ? How could a
 tory warfare in ravines and on pre'.ipir'-e, in recesses and
 mountain t'ahtn-,-e", he either carril-d on or brought to a de
 issue against what was not ;n name but literally a levyn
 A different method must be tried. So long as T
 L'Ouverture was at the head of those predatory bands, the
 ~euences of victory would be only a little less beneficial
 those of defeat. But treachery has power, and treachery
 the basest kind was put into action.