336 NOTES AND TESTIMONIZ8.

 General Leclere had already announced the eonquemt
the island, and had received 'rom almost all the maritime ti
of France (where resided the chief advocates of slavery) 1S
terms of congratulation on his pretended conquest. Ashamed.
having given rise to such deceittul hores, mortified at not beia
able to achieve the drtestable enterprise, and mistrusting ti*
approach of another terrible war, despair shortened his dayi
and dragged him down to the grave.
 "Amid this long tissue of crimes which marked the ad
traction of General Leclere, we will merely point out his ooa,
duct toward the Haytian General, Maurepas, which could a
but excite the commiseration even of the most cold-hert
Manrepas, a man of gentle and areeablk manners, esteemd.
by his fellow-citizens for his integrity, was one 0o' the first
join the French, and rendered them the mont signal service
Nevertheless, he was suddenly carried off to Port-au-Prine
and taken on board the admiral's vessel, which was then at se-
chor near the Cape coasts; and then, having been bound to t
mainmast, in mcsxkery they put two epaulettes on his shoulder
fastened them on by nailb such as th,.y use in naval carpenti
and covered his hceadl with a general's hat. In this frightfo
condition, these savages, after ha'n ig gi'en free vent to thei;
ferocious joy, precipitated him, with hi, wile and children, inat
the sea. Such was the destiny of this virnuots though unfort,
nate soldier."- Hiltoire de llle d'llyti, par Placide Justine,
891 -Paris. 1826. "





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