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 SI resolution worthy of all thy previous con-
 e-hearted man! All ior others, nothing for thy-
 ,had he now the option ofr retaining supreme power
 sanctioned and guaranteed by French authority.
 of that supreme power, were he ambitious, he might
 Sed a crown. But didst thou think that thy frank dis-
 might be turned to thy own ruin ? The possi-
 hardly have escaped thy sagacious and foreseeing
 ,Jererteless, rather wilt thou incur any persons risk
 the horrors of this war, which every day becomes
 S tidal and more disastrous !
 consequence of thi; accommodation, an interview be-
 T'Eussaint and Leclere was agreed on. It was proposed
 y should meet on a spot in the mountains of Mornay.
 that the place had gi en rise to supii ions, Toussaint
 m ously resolved to repair to the Cape. His journey
 triumph. Everywhere crowds pressed and protracted
 ies belbre the hero. They hailed him as their friend;
 Jailed him as their liberator; lbr in thetr acclaim they
 .a mind that the liberty fbr which he had fought was
 dand ,ecurt-d by the Captain-General's solemn oath.
 ral at the Cape was announced by savos from both the
 the land ibrces. The multitude surrounded him with
 traions of' love and veneration; the mother pointed
 tto her child, and girls strewed his path with flower.
 received him in his mansion, situated near the sea.
 the interview, four hundred horsemen, who had aceom-
 Touseain, stood near, drawn up in order and with bare
 To the Captain-General Toussaint was no longer a
 slave in revolt, and condemned to death, nor was he
 I lural father. The Consul's brother-in-law took pains to
 his good faith and his magnanimity. He dwelt with
 on the reconciliation thus ratified, which would restore
 ty o the colony. He repeated his oath in presence of
 ahbiel of the two armies. General," he said, one cn-
Ikbt praise you and admire you when one has, as you have