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 which was the abode of beneficence and hospitality.
e men, those women, and those children, in the excess of
fei grief, expre ~ed their Iears and their regrets with deep
sibiliy. Madame," cried they, "are you leaving us?
 we never see each other again ? Then, addressing the
linlanding officer, they added, "Ah, at least, sir, don't kill
Ari:don't kill her -hildren !"- they all believed that Touqsaint
Overture himself was dead. That woman who was worthy
those marks of attachment and love quitted her home with-
t taking anithin' with h(r.
4Madame T.uu--aint and her bon Isaae and her niece were *
inducted to the Cape, and put on board the Hero. The ves-
.tforthwith set sail lr France. It is rated that, in fixing,
br the ladt linm-, his straining *-yes on the mountains made
memorable by his exploits, Tou.-aint L'Ouverture exclaimed,
WJhey have only felled the trunk of the tree (of the freedom
Sthe black;); hraon:h,- will sprout, f)r the roots are numer-
i and deep."
*And in that confidlence, thou large-hearted man, dost thou
il over that waste of waters; raildened. but not overwhelmed.
Ihzu carries the cause of thy color in thy soul, and, with a
ind replete with Christian principles and affections, thou
Either doubtest nor despondest. Twenty-five days hast thou
live on the sea, uncertain of thy own fate; but with sueh
fiwledge of thy oppressors as must have occasioned dark
'Ocastinap. To thy own view, however, thy past is bright.
tlt for thyself, but l r others hast thou toiled and bled; and
ibe others are the outcast, the ignorant, the injured, and the
 STrue disciple of thy Galilean Master, bear up in the ree-
 ttion of his load and his persecutiono,-- et heavier than
 E. And now. in the hour of darkness, find and acknowl-
 thy glory, in that which heathen France accounts thy
 me. Not on man's judgment dovt thou rely. Not by a
 tribunal wilt thou he judged. The wide earth will take
 izan-e of what thou didat attempt and achieve, and pro-
 ce thee a b-elxactor, not of thy color only, but of thy
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