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238 THE LIFE OF

aeter of realities. What is the painful reality here?
nothing less than theft. Touszaint L'Ouverture was
The First Consul was a man-stealer. lie was more, be
burglar; he broke into Tou>aiut's house, and, having ran
and plundered it, he stole the limily, alter hating perfidy
carried off it head. And, having trolen father, mother,.'
children, he not ornl separated tlhm one lir.m the other,
murdered, at least, the father. Tlii i- plain -peaking.
least, it is intended to be so. Criui. .nes not appear crime.
men's eyves unless. it is bradnrd-Il a; rim-. Thi.'r..lbre do Ii
clare and proulaimi, that Bounapa'rte, anl hlii a'. omplices w
and forever remain, guilty of manr-.tealing. robb, ry, and
der, in their treacherous, violent, and muot Bicked condu
toward this virtuous household.
 Madame Toussaint and her children wre (onveyed to
onne, where they were pla,'id under the up>lervision ofGene
Ducos. L'Ouverture, with his -ernant, Maar, Planiir, was
on shore at Landerneau, where tbie wer- trake-n in charge.
two companiA of cavalry. C'ump,-lltd to quit inunediat l0
Toussaint in nne carriage and Nlarr in another ,-tt ut for Par
under a strong guard. At Guirigamp, ,.umre ollicers of ti
Eighty-second. who had served und.-r Tou-saint L'Ourerturmi
orders, prevailed on the commander to stop the caval>ado eij
they might enjoy the or.porluniry nt' alutin.g their slil Genert
The permission was act.ord-jd. This l as tin- tinl solace tdM
the captive etrijoyt.d on the Fren..h toil. le r a.-hbed Paris
the 17th of August, and vwa ; inmediatrl imprisoned in t
Temple. Thence, without any inter,- wv with Bonaparte q
his ministers, and without the slight,:-t .-xplanation, hr was hi
ried away into the Department of Jura, an'd ennAigned to d
dungeous of the Castle of Joux. Singular capr;,.e of what
called hi-tory: at that very h Iir [rh.- -am- pri-on hi.-i in chai#
Rigaud, te: rival and fitu of To.ju-.iihur. aratil in the bu4
hours of public lill, Toii.saint anr Ri.ga'.d i, re united by mi0
lurtune. And yet the union was little UmorI. thau nominal, fq
they were too powerful, eenu in a dungeo)n, tu be allowed


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