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 S on a permanent basis that constitution which had been
 S y constructed, and that liberty which had been pur-
 at so larg,- a prie, and of which the Ilaytian negroes
 proved thernls'.les io worthy ? Alas! iu,-h a friendly
 tdid not ex.it. EnlandI and thie United Starr-i were
 committed to the tisupport of slavery; and the great war
 e Aftican world had to be fIught out by Toussaint alone.
 was the tooutlitt susrtainl, andl though the immediate
 t was adver-.., lth stri'fe, we trust., will not have to be
 wed. It' the plaius, the mountains, and the ravines of
 t Dominpo say nothing effectually on behalf of negro
ts, surely th.y try with so loud a voice. declaring the hor-
 Sof a war of blo',ds," that eo \.n I'tar will suffice to break
 bonds of ih-. .Mla !
,,From the rii;ns aI..l earnriag. (of Crtie-h-Pii-rnrt, L'Ouverture
tened tothe r'. esI of Mtluint ('ah)is, whilher he had
dered the bra\e dl.-.f;nilerN 'j' that r,-t to tislliow him. Thvy,
tl well as he, n.t-i.dt a fi:w dlavs' r, p.."... ndl tllere, iher-e lie
dfor swne time t'..rmrly d. It, lhr it-.Lt hii wrifl anrd 'thmily,
Wd in their o',.i,-ty -rnti.'-d a .hort tranquillity. Of this brief
swre he availtld liri filt to write to Bonaparte in order to
plain to himui li.- r'nilu,.t ot' GCentral Le-lere and to ask him
I send anu.,ther to. take hiLi Ila,. into whose hands he might
oign the command of the island.
, This was an hour for calm retlrlction Toussaint L'Ouverture
id not let slip. Tho:ightlful by nature, he now. by the force of
Ihumstantes, was drawn to their ont idration of his past career
ad his pre-eit position. Hl- h-Id efl'r ted much. At one
me, he thought he had a. hievid the permanent freedom of
i color. But, alas! the i..oinstitution had not been ratified.
defence of that olh:min national act, Ih, had not only again
Again risked hl life and ut-early I;orleited all be possessed,
t he had gi,.-n nainy a rt-e\re ljesn to its assailants, and
itht them to re-feit and Ie-ar a man whom they disgracefully
Tempted to ensla.:-. Yl amid these triumphs, the final suo-
pw of his undertaking seemed now to recede into distant ista.