188 TUB LIFE OF

chief The following letters, written by him at the
of the campaign, may serve to illustrate and confirm
servations, and may conduce to the reader's acquaintance
the character of our hero.
 LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
 "The Governor-General to General Dessalines, Co
in-chief of the army of the West.
 IHFrDQP.ARTERA GON tivis, Feb. 8,1
 There i- no reason ftr despair, Citizen-General, if you
succeed in removing from the troops that hav. landed the
source- nlere-d to them li P.rrt RIlpuhli. an. Endeavor, by"
the mean olf l brr e and addrce;, to ,et that place on fire; is
contructed entirely of woodl; you have only to send int&
some faithlill emissaries. Are there none under your e
devoted enough lor thi srvrie ? Ah my dikar General, w
a misfortune that there was a traitor in that city, and that
orders and mine were not put into execution.
 Watlh the niomicnt whb-n the -,Lrrison -hall be weak
consequence of expEditlon- into the plains, and then try to
prise and carry that city, I.lling on it in the rear.
 Do nt Ibr;get, while waiting t;r the rainy seaon which
rid u o.f I.ur It'ha. that iw. hati no rothr r' -ourie than de
tion and flamf Dear in mind that the ~*;l bathed with
sweat m.-t rn,,t 1rni'li our renemirt aith the mallest alime
Tear up thl r.oad- with bot r, tlhr..- corpr-es and biorses into
the fr.untains; Iiirn and annihilate e\:rything, in order
those wLht haie I.nme to r,.Juee u to lavrery may have
their eyes the iima im of i that III 1 whli, h thi.- deerr.
 S" Salutation and Fritnd;hip,
 (Signed) "Tous.sAINT L'Ouv'EItTUl RE.

 Touisaint L'Ouverture, Guvernor of Saint Domingo,
Citizen Domagt., Brigadier-General, comiranding the di
of J&rdmil.
 llE i nIQ'.1n T rn, SAINT MAROe, the 9th or Feb., 10l.
 "I send to you, my dear General, my aide-de-camp, C