THE LIFE OF


for thy base purpose I Didst thou remember those words
thou didst beat thyself against the bars of thy own cage i 
island of St. Helena, complaining daily of a table which,S
pared with thy allowance to "the first of the blacks," wai.
banquet of delicacies to a dinner of herbs 4l
 While the process of gradual starvation was going forwla
its unconqcinus victim, outraged by his sulferings, wrote tlj
spirited epistle to his persecutor:-

 In lhe dungeon of Tort ,loux, this 7 Veudim aire, An 4i.
 i. i -prriember, l iw .) "
" GENERAL, AND FIIST CON-;UL,
 "I beg you, in the name o'. Godl, in the name of human
to cast a favorable ee oun my appeal, on my position, and g
family ; direct your great genius to my conduct, to the maana
in which I have served my country, to all the ilangers I ha
run in discharging my Jlt). I have srvr~d my country wil
fidelity and probity ; P ha'e [erved it with zeal and courage';.
have been devoted tc. the lGo;-rr-ment undir which I wa'f'
hace sarrifi.ed my Iload aud a part 0t what I poisseed,!
serve my i.un[try, and] inu spire of niy -iffrts, all my lal
have bc.un in vain. Yoiu will p. rmit imei, First C(onsul, to Bayi
you. with all thie resp,.'t nil' submi-'ion wkiih I owe you,
the G've-rnment has Lbeen .-:omplet-e! dJecvir-l in regard'
Toussaint L'Ouverturi,, in regard to one of its must zei
and 'oiinratg:,oui servants in Saint Domingo. I labored I
acquire lhnor aul gliry from the Governmnnt, and to gaint
Csteem of my rfllCo-citiiz,'i, and I am nouw, ftr my rei
crowned with thorns anil th. mr,-t inarkl:d iniratitude.
not deny the faults I may have committ-d, and hIr which I.
your pardon. But those faults ldo nit de-erre the- fIurth of
punisimi:n nt I have recr ivedl, nl-r the treatment I harel
dergui,.. i"
 Fir-t C('n-ul. it i, a mi-'lbrt:une- Ihnr me that I am not k
 to vou. II' you hail thoroughly known me whilk I was at SL.
 mingo, you would have donor i mi- ore justice; my heart is