TOIUSAINT L'OUVEPrTUr.E. 2S3

 ot s Consul proved abortive. Bonaparte's mind was made
r His ear, therelre, was closed. Toussaint spoke to a
6gegonc conclusion; his words were encountered by a fixed
termirnation. That determination was so fixed, and ,so well
wn, that no one dared to speak in favor of the oppressed
pd doomed hero. Fear or the supreme, magistrate occupied
q minds around him, and gave to, hi will the free of law.
:.That precipitate and iron mind found the process of slow
murder too slow. Solitude, cold, and short fare were .tardy in
feir operation. Their natural tardiness was not abated by the
p esenc with the captive of his faithful servant. Mars Plaisir
pte therelbre taken away by an express order of the Govern-
gent. In parting from him, Tuss-aint L'Ouverture said, Car-
my last farewell to my wilh, m.y children, and my niece.
]Would I could ,onsole thee under this cruel separation: be
tured of my friendship and of the r, mn. mhbrau.ce which I shall
sways pri.servei (.r thy service and of thy dvr.otedness."
 Toussaint, thou arr 'ill the same, still :a.lltlotrgatful, still
pIdful of thy wi. andl family. The disinterested br.nerolence
rhich made the' a [patriot, anl whii.h the prlpoItt of supreme
lower could not .rihe into suljUction, remains unchillil by the
pid of the Jura Mlountainm, and unsuppressed by bodily weak-
ra and unpervertid by ingratitude and perfidy.
SMars Plai-ir was loaded with thains and sent to Nantes,
whore he was put in prison. But unwelcome truths make their

 y guarded and wattche, lest, before his master's demise,
 should dis'lo'e t'acts that might prove troublesome, or set in
 on instruments that might traverse the designs of the

 iAhe progress made in Ilayti by the a&-ertors of the national
 ndence kept Bonaparte in a constant state of solicitude.
 could not conceal from himself that the escape of Toussaint
 his dungeon was a possible event He was well aware
 Shis reappearan:e in Saint Domingo would make the redue-
 of tIi. inhabitants impos.iblh. Nay, the mere kuowledgo