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In the pressing affairs of to-day, we must not overlook the future security of the colony. The story which Hedouville will tell at home must be met and illustrated by our statement. Write so fully to the First Consul as that he may clearly see that it is to Hedouville's ignorance and presumption that the present disturbances are owing." "It is a clear case." "It is to us. Make it so to him.
This new violence had for its object the few whites who were rash and weak enough to insist on the terms of Hedouville's intended proclamation, instead of abiding by that of L'Ouverture. The cultivators on the estates of these whites left work, rather than be reduced to a condition of virtual slavery.
"If you knew what is said by the officers of Hedouville's staff " "They say," proceeded Toussaint, smiling, "that they only want three or four brigands to seize the ape with the Madras head dress; and then all would go well. These gentlemen are mistaken; and I am going to prove this to them. An armed escort proves nothing. I carry something stronger still in my mind and on my tongue.
Not a moment is to be lost." "There is light enough," said Toussaint, turning so that the moonlight fell upon the page. While he read, Monsieur Pascal told Madame L'Ouverture that messengers had brought news of a quarrel at Cap a quarrel between the races, unhappily, about Hedouville's proclamation again; a quarrel in which several whites had been killed.
She was glad that the agent was engaged in a deep discussion with his employer when the carriage came round; so that she was able to make one more short circuit in the twilight while they were settling their point. The gentlemen were talking over the two late proclamations L'Ouverture's and Hedouville's.
It would have been by far the wisest plan to leave that class of affairs in the hands of the person who understood them best; and, if he was not much mistaken, the Government at home would yet rue Hedouville's rashness in acting without so much as consulting L'Ouverture.
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