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 CHAPTER IV.
 oe1 opens a negotiation with Toussaint I.'Onverture by means
 |0o sons, I.aae and Placlde-lhe negotiation ends In nothing-
 h CommanderInn-chief outlaws Toussaint, and prepares for a


 ORE he was vet informed of the success of the expedi-
 in the East, the South, and the West. Leelerc, well
 .that in Toussaint L'Ou'erture he had to do with an
 not easy to overcome, rolIved. when now he adl him-
 en up a firm position in the North, to put into play a
 of operation from which he cxpertcd a dl-ciive and
 iate result. Vintent, who tbresaw the terrible wasting
 the European troops wOLrld have to endure under the
 advised the Consul to st-n-I back, parrly as hostage,
 artly as mediators, the sons of Tousaiint, -and so take a
 for bringing the colony into subjection, both more sure
 a costly than the appeal to arms. This advice he urged
 ly on the ground that, as Toussaint had strong domestic
 he would not be able to stand out against the influence
 h the return of the young men, water a long absence, would
 on their father in flavor o' the. Consul's r.ligpns. Accord-
 the Captain-General, ha\in'I sent tbr the youths, who had
 Jied on board the Uleet, spoke to them uf the calamities
 ih had befallen the island, urged the ner.ce-ity of a speedy
 odarion, and reminded them of the letter written to
 ir father by the First Consul. I havr.," he added, "the
 test hope ofl' coming to a goCd understanding with your
 her; he was ab-'nt; he could not command the resistance.
oUn must carry to him the First Consul's letter; let him know
intentions, and the high opinion I entertain of him." It