TEE LIFE OF


traces of the branding iron, the breasts which hktH
their masters' children. And then, with what pride didl
tmn to the blessings of freedom ? Heaven, in its
given us a new country in this land of exile, of grief,
shame; shall it be torn from us '"
 Soon the standanI of revolt was raised. At first the
was unfurled by obscure men who ocrasioned little solicit
But iivil wars are pregnant with great. leaders. In the
tains of Saint Domingo there were always tribes ofun
Africans, who had thrown off thl i..1ke of .larvry. At.
head of one of' these tribes was Lamour de Ranre, an
stern, savage man, ialf-nakc-d, with epaulettfes tied by a
for his only token of authority. At home in the mountains, .
passed from one to the other with something of the ease of
of their own birds. Toussaint himself had in vain p uB
him in those retreats whose proper inhabitants are wild beas
that chief acknowl-dged no other authority than that whilq
Nature gave, in no way thinking or t ariug about monarchy i;
republicanism. His tender of obedience to the G(fiernme4q
had been a matter of mere -inrm. Hi- dre- ;, his manner, lti
character, his mode of fighting, at th.- C'ipv, where he just
showed himself, were objei.n cf curiosity and amune-ment witb
the Fren.-h army. A greater insult could not be gi'en thaa b,
ask this savage warrior ibr his arm,. 'Were they not the prl
teetors of his lifl He arenged the insult by carrying fire anoil
sword over the highldands in the viriuitr of Purt-au-Prineea:!
In the plain of Li'nane hei rrldue:td to a.his- more than a bu;.::
dried plantation; he carriedd c-I thin laborers, and infirted bart.'
barous cruellhitu n the whites.
 The revolt extended. In the North, as well as in the Sout| 
 and the West, it broke out and spread de%-astation. As repor .s.
 of these insurrections got abroad at the Cape and Port-ae
 PrinL.e, onternation increased. News was eagerly sought
 after, though almost always the source of fresh anxiety. Somaj
 reported that tihe had seen on tirhethe mounains wlih koveta;
 hang Prt-au-Prin'.e; others that LImour do: Rance had r..