TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. 177

 M. Coasnon, write him a letter having this
 you, my two children, and M. Granville, the tutor
 son, shall put into his hands."
 on was prolonged far into the night. Tous-
 ed on the inconsistency or recognizing him as C'om-
 Hef of Saint Domingo, at the scry time that he
 by an overpowering Ifhr e. He could not suppress
 tion whi:-h he f lt at the thought that his children
 to him as the price of his surrender. He bade
 take them hack to General Leelerc, because, at
 ard, he owed th.- sa'rifike o' his lilf to the freedom of
 B -itizens. The Ithher struggled with the liberator, and
 a flood of tears from his eyV. The liberator overpow-
 the father, and exacted the -tern--t regard to public

 days the letter was ready. On the night of February
 2, the appointed m-;.csenger- were de.patehed with the
 nation. As they travellel toward the Cape', M. Gran-
 nainted M. (oasnon with the irritation that prevailed
 the black-s. The lile of the unibrtunate whites hung
'bead, and, at any moment, a word would be suffiLient
 the slender ti... IIn lii riepl, Toussaint reproached
r with having :i.,'.m.. t.- di-Ilare him by means of cannon
'with not bhaing. dJ-li:reil to him the letter of the Firnt
l,until thbr:.-- motiths after itI dlart; and with having, by
I. acts, rendere.l doubtful the rights and the services of his
. He det lardl that those rights imposed upon him duties
Were superior to tbo-e: of nature, that he was prepared to
ie his chilircn to hii color, and that he sent them back
It might not be suppo-ied they were bound by his presence.
ided by saying, that, being more diistrnstful than ever, he
fed time in order to dIide the i-Iurse which remained for
to take.
iiere hastened to ':.nd ha,.k the young men with a reply,
which he invited Touisaint to come and concert with him
i for putting a stop to the public disorders; giving him his