MEMOIR OF


 In a conversation which I had at the Cape with Gun. Ledlerei ..
he told me that while at Samana he had sent a spy to Santo
Domingo to learn if I was there, who brought back word that
I was. .Why did he not go there to find me and 'ive me the
orders of the First Consul, before commencing hostilities?
He knew my readiness to obey orders. Inst>.al tof this, he
took advantage of my absence at St. Domingo to pro, ced to
the Cape and send troops to all parts of the colony. This con-
duct. proves that he had nointention ofcommunirnting anything
to me.
 If Gen. Leelerc went to the colony to do evil, it should not
be charged upon me. It is true that only one of u. can be '
blamed; but however little one may with to do me justice. it
is clear that he is the author of all the evils which the island
haA suffered, since, without warning me, he enter-d the olony,
which he found in a state of prosperity, II1 upon the inhab-
itnts, who were at their work, contributing to the welfare of
the community, and shed their blood upon their native soil.
That is the true source of the evil.
 If two children were quarrelling together, should not their
father or mother stop them, find out which was the aggressor,
and punish him, or punish them. if they were both wrong?
Gen. Leclerc had no right to arrest me; Government alone
could arrest us both, hear us, and judge us. Yet Gen. Leelerc
enjoys liberty, and I am in a dungeon.
 Having given an account of my conduct since the arrival of
 the fleet at St. Domingo, I will enter into some details of pre-
 vious events.
 Since I entered the service of the Republic, I have not'-
claimed a penny of my salary; Gen. Laveaux, Government "
agents, all responsible persons connected with the public treas-'-"
ury, can do me this justice, that no' one has been more pru-'':
dent, more disinterested than I. I have only now and then re-:
ceived the extra pay allowed me; very niten I hare not asked +J
even this. Whenever I have taken money from the treasury
t-has been for some public use; the governor (i'trdonnateurY)#.