170 THE LIFE OF

 Toussaint L'Ouverture, after running his eyes ra
this compound of cajolery and menace, was about
when his sons and Ml. Coasnon spoke to him of the
reception they had had from the Consul, and the m
promises he had madl thi-m; they also did justice Pii.
forth the assurance given them by Bonaparte, that
commanded by Leclerc was not sent to Saint Do
hostile views; adding, that it was the desire of that ge
enter into an accommodation with Toussaint L'Ou
Th.n the lib.-rator ofl Hayti said in reply, "' You. Ci.
you, whom I consider az thb preceptor of my sons, and t
vov of France, mnit :onft'e.s that the words and the let
the First Con-ul are altogether in opposition it the cond
General Leclerc; those announce peace, -he makes w
me.
 *' General Le-lere, in falling on Saint Domino as a cli.
 thunder, has announced hi? mission to mI only by the b
 of the capital, which he. might have avoided ; hy the capt
 Fort Dauphin, and the landing on the coa-t of Limbd e
 by main forte.
 I ha'v' j.st been intblrmed that General MNaIrepas has
attacked by a Frnc h (lviAion, which he ha- rtipul-ed; that
commander orf Saint Marn" ha tlbri.ed two Fr-nc.h vessels w
cannonaded tht hat .y to put to sea. In thI nmiLht of so
diastcer' an1 .rtof vi .,l.-ne, I muit n,.t forget that I w
sword. But, Ibr what r.-aon is so unju-t, ., impolitic, a
declared aga;unt me I; it bcauoe I hart:- l-livervd my
try from the plague 1o foreign anl ci il ICnflli' : that with
my power I have labored for her prosperity and her splen
that I hare established order and justice herr ? Since t
action, are regarded as a rime, why are my childrenn sent'
me, in su':h a juncture, to share that crime
 A. fur the rest, ilt as you tell me, General LeIelir fran
 d-sire? p'aI.e, let him rtop the march ol hi-s troops. He.
 prv-s:rse Saint Domingo from total subr.:rir.n, and will
 quillize minds exasperated by his system o o aggre-rion and i,