Identifier: illustratedbiogr00sava (find matches)
Title: Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: Buffalo, Phinney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nforced, and gave the whole weight of his example and influence infavor of decency and sobriety of life. He frowned upon every indication oflicentiousness of manners, and avoided all favorable notice of persons, howeverotherwise graced, who were not modest, quiet, and diligent in their vocation.His public levees were conducted with the strictest decorum, and the best pri-vate societies of Europe were not superior in mariners to his evening parties.Everything was magnificent around him, and his retinue was as splendid as thatof an oriental monarch ; but he was plain in his dress, and all his habits. Hewore a turban always on his head, and was thence called by his enemies themonkey with the linen head-dress. He made a meal of cakes and fruit, with aglass of water. His bodily strength was prodigious, and he maintained it byropatant vigorous exercise. It was his custom to make sudden excursions toparts of the island, always, choosing the points where he was least TOUSSAINT-LOUVERTURE. 379
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Toussaint-Lonvertnre, in the Costume of Commander of the Black Army of Hayti. 380 TOUSSA1NT-LOUVERTURE. pected. He sometimes rode one hundred and fifty miles without rest, perpet-ually outstripping all his attendants, except two trumpeters, who were as wellmounted as himself. After such fatigue, he would sleep for two hours, andstart up again refreshed for new toils. He was accessible to aU who wishedto see him; and it is said that no one ever left his presence dissatisfied : if hecould not grant the request, he contrived to please the applicant. His generalswere as obedient as children before him ; his soldiers regarded him as a supe-rior being, and the people at large worshipped him as their deliverer. It is nowonder that the conviction existing in his mind escaped his lips, that he wasthe Bonaparte of St. Domingo, and that the colony could not exist without him.This was no more than a moderate expression of the truth. He employed a council of his adherents to prepare a colonial con

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