The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-26 00:00:00

11 A Y T I.

.491,6bLAMATION of the KING to the IIAYTIA.
IlAytiAls.lsl—Next to personal, civil and poll-
Ilea] liberty are the first of blessings to mail in a
state Of society.

Behold this day of deathless memory, on which
we were first assured of the possession of these
inestimable blessings by the pr oclantation of the
independence at our country. May the glorious
recollection of this memorable epoch ever gloW
in our bosoms, and animate our actions, and those
of our, latest posterity.

o form an adequate estimate of the advantagest'
we at present enjoy, let us retrace in imagination'
those periods of horror, when, plunged into the
leptli of misery, of ignorance, and of degradation,
we groaned without relief, witho►tt support, and
without protection. Robbed of every right., civil,
natural, and political, we were destitute of every
thing 5 wit hoot counsq, asylum, or possess►ons.
But, benea;:i the yoke of tyrants whom we de-
tested, we held no rank in the scale of nren„ but
were, in etlect, civilly and politically dead to the
world.

By the inscrutable decrees and reiistless aid of
en over-ruling Providence, however, our courage,
our perseverauce,, and our valour, succeeded in
porehaSing lot us a country, civil and political
rights, an asslum, and possessions. All thesein-
valuable blessingS, which we cannot appreciate
too highly,' Or. cherish too:tenderly, we doubtless
o'se to the i,ifinite goodness of the Supreme-Ar-
biter of the-Universe; they are the happy results
of that immortal indepentience which his favour-
ing Arm enabled us to achieve.. Too long had we
been deprived of these blessings,--too dear have
been the sacrifices which they cost, nut to instruct
in the value of preserving, them.
~.11,aytians: alone.
eau appreci4te their importauce, for where,
is-the mltion, besides that has expel iviced usual
persecutions, equal tort ur
„equal calarni!
previous to efuancipating themselyes Letusthen
enjta ty and ludep,ndeuce—butlet us then"
enjoy them with NVisdom and Moderation
it is gratifyiug,to our paternal heart to licholcl.
the pitch t‘f Kospetity whicl) our people, have
attained. Plenty. prevails—we feel allits effects..
Warit is. a phantom with wh:on we are turac-•
quainte<l.. It is .this unexampled.prosper it y, ice
Well know, which. fills Avid) dismay the, hearts. of
our foes, who are unceasingly occupied in fabri-
.
eating the grossest talselloolk against us. Their
design cannot be mismider!tood, or,rher aim mis-
taken ; their only object is to preVent the acknow-
ledgment of our independence, to damp the Ardour
of our friends, and add to the number if our toes.
We, will Cot-virtue- to oppose to their calumnies,
the.conduct which we have hithertop.urPueo ;
will meet them with dignified silence, and: pro 7
found contempt. The honest and peaceable mer-
chants who are established whirl:l_our dominions
or visit our ports can attest this truth,, and
,say
whether there exists a Thltiori more dispOsed (o-
live upon terms of harmony kind good undetstand-
ing with its friends.

Ilitytians:!:—Let us contimie to. improve the
state of society, to watch over the. laws, to pro-
mote agiicultioe and conimeree„ and to correct
and remedy those abuses which check their pros-
perity ; in fine, let ns purify our .morals by tell-
gioipf'hy morality, and by the cultivation of public
andprivate-virtue. Through our care tWo more.
national schools have been establislied—those at
GoAaives and St. INlarc,; and learning only waits
the arrivalof otherforeign Professors to extend
her cheeriot radiance over the whole of our pupil-,
lation, and dispel the, last mists of ignorance and,
prejudice which. yet,linver aver our happy land,
and retard the progress of her improvement.
Parents who, have sent their children to drihk at
the fountains of instruction, and imbide'the pre-
cepts of wisdom at the 'rational schools, you have
secured the fondest wish of our heart; and already
feel the hapoy results tot' . your .conduct continue
then to send your children to the public schoOls,
where,- with the first rudinieots of knowledge,
they will. receive the,first principles of religion, of
virtue, and of morality,
Decorum, the source of domestic peace, and
basis of national pi osperity, has come in aid of
the splendour and stability of our kingdom.
Maytians, banished from society, and rewarded
with the most brutal trcatrkrent in, return for their:
toil, avere formerly disqualified,from bidding pro'-,
pert y,; an advantage' this, however, which at the
r,tsent.day they enjoy. to the 'fullest extent ;
,and
each is enabled to cry out,: in the manly pride
honest independence—" This land which I eulti-
.
vale is -miy own ; by. my industry I.fertilize it ;
and I live in the pleasing hope oltransmitting it,
with the noble inheritance .of liberty, imr,chased
by my sword, to my posterity.. A noble reward
flows from: those. good actions, inspired, by Alit;
love of my country ; at- length enjoy the
dignity of my being, and feel that I am a man!"
, 'Consider, that if we have been able to dispatch
the 'multitude of foreign vessels which have en-
tered our 'ports during the past year, how much,
by the )logmentation of cultivation,, you may hirpe
to increase your revenues and promote`cornmerce
~9 e;riculturi,ts, fearlessly • pursue your useful la-
bours,; the army is at hand, and Watches but fur
your security, •

Ilaytians!—Let this Fifteenth Anniversary of
otir immortal independence be signalized by fresh
exerqous tor tine
:public good. Let brotherly af-
telion even unite us in the bonds of the sweetest
annty ; and let our unvarying Attention be ever
drteeted .to What is great and good. Men who
Lave pore:,aed with tip. it Wood the independence
oris.,eir country; who have shaken. off the load of
preHlice w!2igliedthem doivn; who
It vt eoneiiiared the esteem and friendship of fo-
rti..r,n ,na'tions.; in a word, men. ‘vlip have so many
aitil 'itch irrportak affairs to'demand their atten-
i,n, coilot and. origlti not' to think of any thing
I„,' 'he glory and prospetity of their country. _
rights are well founded, just, and legitimate

- - • • •
;•-•,-41 ttrengthenlliem With tLe audittolial sup-
port 'of justice, 'e'iMt`Y, and huMaiiify.' •
./I.eason will prevall•-:-her friuniph "canriot.fail to
$e ultimately emnplate ; we will Beciire- peace at
and abroad ; and by the wisdoth of our
proceedings, and integrity of our conduct,, we
ilia)! tee the lovely and immortal pillar, of our in-
deTudence, reared upon the tombs of our heroes,
ant cemented Nvith blood,-drawn , from our own
-veins, bidding proud defiance to, the,,corrosions of
time, and ipprovingrlaily in beauty and durability.
Giren at our -Royal Palace of Sails tionci; this first day of
January, 1818,in the 15th year of independence, and 7th
NI oar reign. HE\ltd'.
By the lii
Thu Secretary of State, Minister for Foreign'Affairs,
• COM'I'E DE LIMONADE.