The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

OCNRY CRRISTOPNC, NRIVIORNT AND OrNIMILIS-
SI Pao OF Tilt WM11.41111! AND AAAAA TORCH OF
Tii6 STATE Uf II•11/11, TO TOE ACHY AND

rtopt. L.

" The light has broken in upon us, and a beneficent
Constitution has put an end to the plots and maohi.
nations, of which you were on the point of becoming
riaims. A wise code, adapted to our manners, our
climate, and our custom., nes sprung, as it may be
said, out of chaos, and filed once more the destinies
of Hayti.

" Long had I in vain sought to present you with
this precious gift ; in vain did I assemble the Die.
tiias, and urge them to send Deputies to Port.ati.
Prince, to give you a Constitution. My anxiety,
instead of being followed with the desired success,
only operated as an additional incitement to the lay
thous. to per Yen the public opinion, and to establish
a Constitution favourable to their interests. and those
of their adherents ; but as hostile to the liberty of
the people, as it was to the principles of sound reason.
" Fellow•Citisens, you have all bees witnesses to
the purity of my views, and the sincerity of my in-
tentions. You know bow this sincerity has been
abused, by the miscreants who fomented molt, and
kindled civil war. Their efforts never intimidated
me fur a single moment, or divested me from my
design of serving my country. By night or by day
I have never ceased to occupy myself io providing
for the public safety. What have I not done to
effea it? What have I not suffered in counteraCting
the secret wiles and plots of the factious ?
" I have always Leon in the midst cf you, and you
can say whether my conduct has ever been influenced.
or my honour tarnished, by ambition. Invested
with the Supreme Power, this day, by the wish of
my fellow-citisens and my companions in arms' I
have yielded to their desires : and I have consented
to bear this weighty but honontable btaJen, be.
cause it was their wish that it should be entrusted
to my hands, and because I arn K illing again to
serve my country. Happy shall 1 be if my efforts
are crowned with success, and if they tend to the
happiness of my fellow.citizen% !
" But, to attain this. my efforts alone will not be
sufficient! the Laws and Constitution which have
just been presented to you must be observed. It
provides for the religions preservation of your
rights; it sectues to every citizen his ;torso sal liberty,
his right of property. and that of ilk, 1./3;:ly.
" The fatal consequences of the wars ii which
we have Ines engaged, and still more the i.ontoral

of other countries. Eavtt ynorrelves, thou,
trious Cultivators, to fill your Milrehouset 1.4 the
produce of our fertile soil. Display to the eyes of
the merchants of Europe all that s.an tempt she
desires, and you will soon see your trade filarial
much above your most sanguine expeetations
" After having reestablished religion, defecated
morality, restored manners, and encouraged agri.
culture and trade, we shall have still great labors
to encounter. We must not neglect the use of at an.
The enemy watches our movements, and solders •
our proceedings. We have as yet no guarante. f
the aaialion of our friends. We must bind aa
latter to us by treaties ; we meat be ready u es
the former in the field. Abandoned to ourselves,
our resources are in ourselves. They are in von,
soldiers, who are ready generously to spill you
blood sooner than yield to a haughty enemy your
liberty, which it the reward of your conear:e
They are in you, inhabitants and industrious etilti.
vanes. from whom the state derives its wealth 1 ft
is your union. your sols:aission to Coe laws. which
are to be the cement and lapel of oar independence.
" The line of pllities which Foreign Poseet• will
pursue with rerpea to us is not yet manifest: what-
ever it may be, let us place ourselves in such a situ.
tion, that without holding out any defiance to them.
we may, at the same time, have nothing to dread
from those who may entertain beside intentions.—
Let those who wish a political connetioa with n:,
or who would with to enjoy the advantage 91 our
commerce. dead an equitable oeciprocity. To 60
rest let as only oiler dc tth and. battle.
" At the same time that we are occupied with
ihesei thoughts. let we „sew furgetr that the
'safety of a free people is best maintained by
arias. Its cultivation employs a part of our fellow-
citizens ; let us remember that we are all soldiers,
and that it is watlike nations alone who have bees
able to preserve their liberty. Let us call to mind
that a handful of Greeks, devoted to their ceentry,
confounded the rage of a million of barbarians, who
endeavoured to wrest from them their liberty. Let
us swear to imitate their esansple ; let us swear
to observe our sacred constitution, to cause it to be
observed, and to perish sooner than allow iet•-ites
violated in the smallest degree.
Published at the iteackuartert at the
bruary 17, 1807.
4. Hismar CotisTerffe, Presiding.
Roveasez, Secretary
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Too.day last, Mrs. J. H. Phillips, of Howard
daughter.

DILATII.

At Twickenham, May 25.f1;eme Rae
in the Army. Ile e.sa sec..evl ran of the late St.
Esq. of Tei.:kenhans, in the ro,anta
theoin-lar to the late Sir /lab,* Ihbetion, Bart.
Pat k, ie the aunty at York.

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example held cot to Its by the FlNatiss had amens every principle of religion, The tiord
system was publicly laughed at, and 4 corrupt
youth abandoned itself, without ratterse, to di she
licentiousness ol= its age ; public education was ae,
graded, and confided to cryiestreitors, it
was necessary to restore ro rel:gion its dignity—it,
c tune it to be respelled and cherished. It was ise„
ci ssary to revive morality, to give it due distinelion.
v
to inculcate in:o the ?rinds of youth its saedin
stout, to ten.
ciples, and those of honour also; in
vince the people, that without religioa sued nor,.
lily, hsman society could not exist.
w Your interests will he secured to yon by prep.?
tribunals ; the judgments pronounced by ?lint Mi.
nist.re will be dietated by equity and justice, i'i
remains for the people of Hayti to make themtels,
distinguished by their pmbity and good fa4h. Fe.
smtia:lv a trading country, as well from its lima.
Lion as the nature of the commodities it peentseesi it
is meessary that it shonld aura& the Inereheah r,l
(very country on the globe, both by its equity lei
its produce.
."frade being the source of all rusr wealth, it i,
important that the forei7n merchants ,site fresii,e•
our parts, should be equally proteeted with nn, f.:
low-citizens: and that th.y should riealso al! Cr.
hospitality due ro this tseful class of sidlety.
.1 To feed this trade—to give it a tweenotirg_
agriculture most he pro 'scored ', with .
and vieour. Placed tinder the finest Al=ern'
of 'he
world, favoured by nature with her fount precii4", ..
Rifts, even to profoi.ion. the husbandman turned,
idayt; to contend with the rigour of a ftnitenegek
nt to fortify himself against the inckmeWeibigial
seasons. A little labour is sufficient to Wiriete hie.
and to place trim on a level with the niannia/stiroi

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lostsiosts
its wealth 1 It
we laws, which
independence.
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in such a situ.
fiance to them.
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intentions.—
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maintained by
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their country,
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3 allow arcf t" be
the Cape, Fe.
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:Lary of State"
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