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executed the orders he had received, since he had lan t
the island like an enemy, and done evil merely for the pl
of doing it, without addressing himself to the commander j
making known to him hi, powers. I then asked Citizen Coisa
my children's tutor, if Gen. Leeler had not given himti*
dispatch fop me or charged him with Komething to tell me.
replied in the negative, adr ising me, however, to got the Cap4
to confer with the general; my children arded their solieW.c
tions to persuade me to do so. I represented to them, tha
after the conduct of' this general, I could have no confidence la
him; that he had landed like an enemy; that, in spite of that, i
had believed it my duty to go to meet him in order to prevent
the progress of the eil; that he had fired upon me, and I hdWi
run the greatest dangers; that, in short, it' his intentions were
as pure as those of the Government which sent him, he should
have taken the trouble to write to me to inform me of his mis-
sion; that, before arriving in the nJadtead, he should have sent
me an advi.e-boat with you, sir, and my children, that being
the ordinary pratice,-to announce their arrival, and to
impart to me his powers; that. eince he had. observed none of.
these formalities, the ecil was done, and therelbre I should
refuse decidedly to go in sear-h of him; that, nevertheless, to
prove my attachment and submission to the French Governmeat,
I would cornent to write a letter to Gen. Leclerc. I shall send
to him," I continued, by Mr. Granville, a worthy man, accom-
panied by myn two children and their tutor, whom I shall charge
to say to Gen. Leclere, that it is absolutely dependent upon
himself whether this (olony is entirely lost, or preserved to
France; that I will enter into all possible arrangements with
him; that I am ready to submit to the orders of the French'
Government; but that Gen. Leclere shall show me orders of
which he is bearer, and shall, above all, cease fiom every
species of hostility."
 In fact, I wrote the letter, and the deputation set out. In the
hope that after the desire I had just manifested to render my
submission, order would again be restored, I remained at