The loyal Georgian. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1867, 1866-03-17

and he was never known to connlye at
fraud in others. t.
His love of truth was SO remarkable
that it was proverb among his people,
that their l-ader never broke his word
Another and most unusual trait IN one
who had risen from lowlY position to
rank and power was his forgiviDg spirit
Those who had done him cruel wrong,
after being shown the enormity of their
conduct, were generously pardoned.
Toussaint had now reached the height
of his prosperity. As governor of the
island and commander in chief of all the
French and native forces, be gave the
whole weight of bis example in favor OF
virtue and religion. He frowned upon
the vicious, aud only noticed with favor
the modest, the quiet, the diligent sol>
der and citizen.
His public levees were patterns OF
order and decorum, and the best societies
in Europe were not superior in manners
to his evening parties. Yet, though his
surrounding and retinue were splendid,
Toussaint himself was simple in his dress,
his food, ond all his habits. Cakes and
fruit with a glass of water, made him
good meal Every part OF ST. Domingo
was in quiet subsection to his rule Cons
MERGE and finance p ospered; the island
, gained rapidly in wealth; the negroes
worked faithfully on the plantations, and
, receiving the wages of their labor, were
= contented, obedient and industrious.
They submitted to wise regulations
and necessary authority, and, being free,
we're satisfied and happy.
I Thus, through the genius, wisdom and
efforts of TousSaint lOuverture, a nation
! of freedmen had been created out of negro
q slaves; ard their leader had succeeded
f in teaching them that virtue, order, indus
O try, and necessary self.restraint, were,
under God, ths only aud sufficient guar
: anty of civil and social liberty.
, But the noble and distinguished career
E, of this good and great man was, soon tc
4 close, and his sun, when at the brightest
4 to set suddenly in darkness. The restless
ambition of Napoleon Bonaparte plunged
q the lovely and peaceful island of 81
re- D--:~en again into fierce and bloody
war. 10 carry out HE plaus, he found i
IN Necessary ne to break down the influence O
" Toussaint Overture; and he cOuIu u,
5, this only by destroying him. So h
eel caused him to be treacherously arrested
v put on board of French ship in tn
- harbor, and carried to French prison
tic There, about ten months afterward, il
he cold, hunger, and solitude, he ended hi
days, at the age of sixty years.
u The following is an extract from tn
n, remarks made by Geo A Trenholm be
Id fore the Chaml err of Commerce in thi
N city, on Tuesday the 18th inst.
m 'And we can give no better evidence
of Ike manner in which we have acquit-
10 ted ourselves of those duties, than il
ne afforded by the judgment of others as tt
as the quail TO. citizenship of ou
y emancipated slaves Sir, we have educa
Or ted them, we took them barbarians, w
az returned them Christiaaized and civil
P zed to those from whom we received
~ them; we paid for them, we return then
'h without compensation. Our conscience
81 are clear, our hands are clean. But, Sir
D we have still duties to perform toward
them. take the ground that we ar,
s. their best friends; that they are our fell
Le low citizens. because they were borr
y upon our soil-in our very houses They
1t are our children, for we have reared
le them. Such as they are, we have made
~ them and educated them. 1t is for us tt
e bear with their faults, to be indugent tc
70 their foibles, to encourage and uphold
them, and give them that light by which
- they may walk in safety. We should en-.
: courage them to go on in their old paths
a Of industry and write. Our relative con
IL diions are changed. We cannot now
re place our reliance upon their sinews and
lie muscles. The institution of slavery dir
n vided our community into two great
q classes--the class of intellect and the
r class of muscle Now both intellect and
muscle must be combined in the same in,
% dividual, and we must improve their in
t. tellect. South Carolina Leader.
il. A SQUARE OF WoRDs.-A correspon
W dent sends US the following ingenious
N combination: