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cribed its prosperity and order as almost incredible. You might trust a child with a bag of gold to go from Samana to Port-au-Prince without risk. Peace was in every household; the valleys laughed with fertility; culture climbed the mountains; the commerce of the world was represented in its harbors. At this time Europe concluded the Peace of Amiens, and Napoleon took his seat on the throne of France. He glanced his eyes across the Atlantic, and, with a single stroke of his pen, reduced Cayenne and Martinique back into chains. He then said to his Council, What shall I do with St. Domingo? The slaveholders said, Give it to us. Napoleon turned to the Abbe Gregoire, What is your opinion? I think those men would change their opinions, if they changed their skins. Colonel Vincent, who had been private secretary to Toussaint, wrote a letter to Napoleon, in which he said: Sire, leave it alone; it is the happiest spot in your dominions; God raised this man to govern; races melt unde