Note 40 — FIFTH CONGRESS.—THIRD SESSION.
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This whole debate abounds with valuable information on the condition of the French West Indies—political, commercial and historical—during the period of the French Revolution. Toussaint, Santhonax, Polverel, Victor Hugues, Hedouville, Rigaud, Deforneaux, were household words fifty years ago; and words of portent in their day, and giving shape to events of present import—though hardly known now.