The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-19 00:00:00

i'EW EMPIRE IN Sr. DOMINGO.

NOMINATION OF 'THE EMPEROR OF HAYTI,
• . J. J. DESS.%LINES.
WI, Generals Of tlit Army of Hayti, desirens• of anise.
crating, by an atithentie..ici, the will of our hearts, and to
answer to the strongly-pronounced wall of the People of
Hayti: '
.Persuaded that the Supreme Atithority should be undivirleA,
and that the interest of the Country retpdres the reins of. the
Administration to be placed • itt the hinds of hint who tutic:s
the confidence, the affeetions, and the love of Ins t.elloW.
citizens r•
Well•convinced, by cruel experience, and by the history of
nations, that a People cartitor be-properly governe.tt but by
one man ; and that he only is worthy of the pictekniee• who,
by his services, hiS influence and his talents, has known
how to consolidate the Wake of ou r indepenAence and larieity
Considering that-, after so longli`senes of misfortunes 3,4
of vicissitudes, it is necessary to assure the guaranty and safety
• of the citizens in a manner tlurable and irrevocable;. anti
the most certain inethottof artainiag this object is to.besto r
upon the only Chief capable of representing and olgoiwrii..
ing the nation worthily, an august and sacred title which
will concentrate in hint the tercesofthe State, wilt be
ing abroad, and will be the pledge of tram:lanai itittl
• sperity at home:
Considering that the title of GovernbrXerieraf,' heretofore
'conferred op the Citizen IEAN IAQUIS .1)/11i.SALINEs, due;
not express in a satisfaitory tlianneethe general wish, as it
supposes a secondary power, depending, upon a foreign au.
thority, whose yoke we have shaken off for ever.
Without having any longer regard to the constant and obsti:,
nate retimal of Citizen ILAN lAttUEs Data Al.l NAS tO atccpt
the power which had been delegated to hint by the People and
the Army at the epoch ofthe Declaration ofour Independence,
such refusal being contrary to the interests, the wishes, and
the welfare of this Country :
We confer upon the said I ZAN 14QUES DEssALINis the
title of EMPEROR Of HAYTI. and the right Of clinsing atnt
nominating his Successor. •
We desire that this tree expression of our hearts, alr6rly ,
called for by the People, be uttered to their sanction voth t. e
least delay, and receive its prompt and entire cxecutioli ny a
Decree from the • Sitlialei: winch shall be extraordinarily ‘on-
yoked for that purpose..
At Port.int-!'riper, the.zeth of January, in the year rBa..i,
the fiiSt of the llulepeaulence of Hayti.
(Signed) VERN ET, Minister of finances. • •
. CLER VADX, CHRISTOPHE, Com,
milldams of the Division .0 the North.r
rl lON, GA/3A RD, and GUFFI.
RA RD, Commandants of• Division and
Councillors of State.
[To these signatures, in the french copy, arc added 2511
others, coirsisungof Councillors of State, Staff.ofliceri,
the heals of the ditlinent departments of Government.)
Ar Dess,stbrei Eth It rear Li' Imirtendekce.
THC GOVERNOkt-GENkRAL OF ifiCF-FI, TO THE caNXRALS
OF rats AILMY, AND TO Tilt C. 11,11. AND t4I,LITAxt
Aurnoitztiti, ORGANS OA Tlit_Pgo,l.l.2.

CUNZENS•
I f any COlisidergion justifies, In my sight, the, august title
.which your confittence,coniers upon me, it . must b.; waltont
doubt my zeal to watch over the welfare et' the Empire,
rely good will to consolidate our enterprize, an enterplize
will impress upon the Nations least friendly to lii;crty.' not
the opinion that we arc a herd of revolted staves, but that wt
Are.. Men who'have;founded our independence.tointprejtidice
of that consideration which Powers never concede in
who, like us, ate the authors of their own liberty, :mil who
have had'no occasion t 4 beg for foreign assistance to break tlpe
idol to which we were sacrificed.

That idol, like Saturn, devoured itleitildren; and we halite
trampled it under our .teet.t.bnt .let us riot (like thossre.
ineitiorances wlin.li the recency of our mittiatithes Ira Ittl-
print,%dint oar hearts. These will be powerful preservatives
against the surprieS of our Enemies, and Witt to:toy,
against all idea co indulgence to them..
1 f the sober. passions make Common men, half Ineasurea
will arrest the rapid march at revolittiow.
thi•refore, you have judged it essential to the inte-
rest of the State that I shotilo accept the rank to which you
would elevate mea by imposing upon me this new bortheri,
1 contract no re.w obligatiuns towards my:Country. ; 1 nave
.hing Puree made it every sacritikx ; 'but 1 feet that a :greateil,
a more holy duty- binds me; 1 feel, 1 say,' that I ought to
conduct rapidly our enterprize to its :terniinai ion,.anit by wise
laws favourable to our habits, so that ever„,- c,ticuitmay
march within its liberty without infringing upon the rights
of others, and without injuring the authority winch watchers •
over the general h?ppiness-. ".lii sh9rt,' by accepting this bur-
then, as heavy as it is holiourahh,, 1 [Ake charge Of the stun
total of good or sell v,ln,h iaa) result from illy adniilustr4.
tan; hut do not Witter, that it' is: in the uwst stonily InSe
that you confine to thy care the helm of the vessel of the
State.
1 aril a Soldier : War has ever been nty.portlon ; and us lens
.as;lhe cruelty, the barbarity, and the avarice of our _Eitemiea,
bring them to our shores, I will justify your choice, and, Com.
hating at your head, I shall piOve that the title of your Gene. -
tat will be ever Ito mourabte to ate.
The supreme rant to winch you elevate me, tells me that
I sin become the rather of my tellow.citizens,of whom .1 was
the defender; but the father of a family of warriors neverauf.
ti rs the sword to steel), if he wishes to transmit his.valour to
his descendants, and to inure them to betties.
is to you, Getiu,als and Alilitary Men, who arc to ai-
cend after the to stinretne rank, that 1 atkiress myself; happy
that 1 can transmit my authority to those who have' ahOtt
their blond for the Country: I renounce,
,yea, 1 .thrinally.
renounce, the unjust usage of continuing illy power in 'toy
own Faintly. ,
I Shall never have any regard to seniority, when the qua.
Liles requisite hor governing well shall nor.be round unite;;
:he :arne pinson; otten the head which conceals:the fiery
impetuosity of youth contributes more efficaennisly to the
happiness el his cannily, than the cool and :experienced head'
of old age; who temporises in those moments when temerity •
alone in, seasonable. •

It is on these COiltlitions that! am your Emperor and wo
to' itim who shall carry upon the footsteps at ,a 111(0110# ele-
vated by the gratitude of his People, WI), other •Selltialdllti
than those ot 4 Littler of a family. DLSSALINES.
By the Covernor.Oeneral,
13()IS t !<UNU I'ONNERE, Adjutant•Genertd.

We observe in the Jamaica ?apers, that the zeal
and exertions of the Naval Commander in Chief on
Oil Station, for the protetlion otlhe cotnmerce and
coast of that ishnd, has called, forth the -general ap.
probation of its knhabitants. Among the Addresses
from the different Parishei, we 'oeletl, the following:
41 To silt 1014 N TitostAs X. S.
bfltiALol 'tax K L. 41, Apo) cohiMANOlit IN Ca ta.f, r •
thitifill anct 'IOYur Subjects, the'
Custos, Alagistrtkics, YettrY, and other linnabit:ints or St.
Tligin in Site alit, b4,..ipve to present to you our sincere
thaliks fortorn groat ind tit.r•rnir-ting atteiltl*U paid iyy you to
the pitteOtiou of the. Tr,l4„nitt Nayiisation of this Island in
general, and tt PariAl iu partieular. Neveri in our
nietnury, hare both been so.elli:ctually dercitd,.'d and secured
frotti the depred4 t ions of t rrMitatts of the Enatoy:.; and
NYC ropeethilly 333111.; yroU, Ciaei tain the highest
xenars ut your !;‘eritorlous.conduct, upon tin, every other
ohm inttheos Island :Itc .concernail.
we Are also pi:riectiry senuittle of the tn:olio ze.ii unit ictivity
she+yn by the Conti-mintier; at the Crinzers doting under your
urdms, 4vid ;Aatioited round the !.,Lind, for the protection of
the Cuitsr,"

The Dztachment of the sth Reserve, at
,present
hotioneti at Noltinshon, being ortiticti to join,
some ot the B.ltt,dons cif the Line. the Noctinvaits
Volunteiirs [Live undettaken the net 6t and Barr.
rack Guards durint the absence of the regular
Troops. •
The Kula has been ideswd to nominate' and
point Coinimidore SAMUEL irtfrOD C,lllol3llclef
the Sicilian 4tdMr of S. Ferdinand and of Merit)
to be one cat the Knight's Companions of the Most
eon. Order of 14 .13.ith.

The Merchants of Pool .th have entettti into
Vi luntary Subbcripti ,n to ai t in 'the prolectuton of
the Wur apinst tioLKft.
General Liltd LAta, It Appears. by the Official
Returns, took twin the Eflealy 120 riaCCS at Brass
Ottinance Outing the Lite Wit to

SATE it AM, t—oe newan of G3ZZeiat, has raised 3
lame tcolewary Force on die 01 tang D41441i41.
fur Of defence of ids Frontiers.