Status Updates From The Haitian Revolution

“First Consul, father of all soldiers, upright judge, defender of innocence, pronounce my destiny.”

“This reply shows the injustice of imputing to me the assassinations that were committed, because, it is said, as chief, I could have prevented them; but am I responsible for the evil that was done in my absence and without my knowledge?”

“I was one of your soldiers, and the first servant of the Republic in Saint Domingue; but now I am wretched, ruined, dishonored, a victim of my own services; let your sensibilities be moved in my position.”