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 and to treat them as rebels to the French Repub-


 i -From the day when the French army shall
 taken up quarters, every officer, whether civil or
 who shall obey othcr orders than those of the
 erals of the army of the French Republic, which I
 and, shall be treated as a rebel.
 ele 8.- The agricultural laborers who have been led
 pjto error, and who. deceiifd by the perfidious insinua-
 or the rebel Generals, may have taken up anns,
 I be treated a3 wandering children, and shall be sent
1-ack to tillage, provided they ha\.- not endeavored to
kxite insurnrection.
Iftiele 4. The soldiers or the drmi-brigades who shall
y'abandon the army of Tus~aint, shall form part of the
SFrench army.
Irticle 5.-General Augzjtin Clervaux, who commands
: the Department of the (iboa, ha'iun acknowledged the
 French government, and the authority of the Captain-
.general, is maintained in his rank and in his command.
Irticle 6. The Gene-ral-in-chicf of the Staff will cause
- this proclamation to b- printed and published.
s Captain-General romnianding the army of Saint Do-
 mingo. (Signed) LECLERC."
hii is plain language Let.lrec c would speak so as to be
irstood, when it -uited his I.urpo'l.
bassaint L'Ouverture, on his part, was not dismayed by the
atening storm. The greater the danger the loftier was his
t; he reviewed his guard, and acquainted them with Gen-
Leclerc's imperious determination. '* General," they
ted with one \oice, we will all dl;- with you."