TO1SSATNT L'OUVERTURtE.


 .l ai wily epistle there is only one mistake, but it is a
 one. Brunet declares that he is an honorable man.
 this declaration, you, Touissaint, surely paued. Here
 Sunning hand displays its cunning. Yt thvy ~illcs rna-
 .will not entertain a distrust. In general, the epirtle has a
 seeming. You will accept the invitation. Suspicion of
 y is dishonorable to him who entertains it. And had
 .,Tousaint, when th, clouds were really dark, gone to the
 tpe ? And did not a fieudly arrangement ensue ? The
jpth of Leclere remained in ftrce. And here was an opportu-
V not only to benefit his neighbors, but to purge himself from
py suspicions which weak men, or designing men, had raised.
Sto the rumors of peril to himself, the timid always abound
millions of their own fabrication. A brave: man never fears
anger, and a wise man is not very 'areful to shun danger.
 des, the civilitiis of hosiitality ha-ve their claims. Clearly,
*. the whole, there was no valid rcas,:,n against guiing, and
ma*y valid reasons for going. Tou-raint had intended to go
p Gonaijes belbre he received Bruner'., letter. HI was on his
ay thither; he turned not back when the invitation was put
hFa his hands.
i. Proceeding on his journey, he met Brunet on the plantation
Ulled Georges, where the General was waiting tbr him. For
*ome time they .couvermed together. Then Brunet begged to
'S excused, and left the room. The next moment there en-
red from eighteen to twenty olliterq, with drawn swords and
$jlat in their hand. Toussaint L'Ouvrrture took, them for
piassins, and arose. He drew his sabre, resolved to sell his
feB dearly. Then the colonel, who was at the head of the band,
Sieng that he waited for them with intrepidity, advanced tow-
ipd him with his sword lowered, and said, General, we have
mot come her. to attl.mpt yuur life. We have merely the order
Io secure .!)ur p-rson." At thrse worini, Toussaint put his
word back into the st.abbard, saving, *' The justice of Heaven
a[tll avenge my ,:ause."
l,,,.Those prophetic words have had accomplishment; those pro-