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 TIE following is the view taken of the struggle for negro
 freedom by CHRISTOPHE; the passage is quoted from a
E manilesto, published in 1814, by that warrior, then King of
 Hayti, and threatened with a new invasion by the whites.

 We have deserved the favors of liberty, by our indissoluble
 attachment to the mother country. We hare proved to her our
 gratitude.
 At the tlim when, nrduced tn our own priatc resources, cut
 off" 1rum all conununication with Frau.e. we resisted every al-
 lurenment; when, inflexible to menaces, d.af to proposals, inac-
 cer-iblr to artifice, we braved misery), lfmine, and privation of
 every kind, and finally triumphed over our enemies both within
 and without.
 We were then far from perceiving that twelve years after,
 as the pri.e of so much perseverance, sacrifice, and blood,
 France would deprive us in a most barbarous manner of the
 most preu'ius of our possessions, liberty.
 Under the administration of Governor-General Tonasaint
 L'Oulerture, Hayli arosl from her ruins, and everything seemed
 to promise a happy future. The arrival of General Hedouville
 compl-tely changed the aspect of affairs, and struck a deadly
 blow tu public tranquillity. We will not enter into the detail
 of his intrigues with the Haytian General, Rigaud, whom
 hi persuaded to revolt against the legitimate chief. Wo
 will only say, that before leaving the island, Hdouville had put
 every thing into confusion, by casting among us the firebrands of
 di-ord, and lighting the torth of civil war.