The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

1(!NG DOM OF HAY 11.

'ROYAL OAZETIT, OF HAYTI, JUNE 12, 1511.

THE t 3rit YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE,.
SANS SOUCt, Jur'n i I.—Milk( our angnst So-
vereign i• traversmg hirwgflow, end using his
endeavours tq ameliorate our internal situation,
eu unrxi)ecre,! event has just seized upon the

public at;ention
Petio,,, the •oie tititltor of the civil war, is 110
'wore A few (-cyl after bit clece4se, we were
perfectlt acqiiainted %%jilt Ate circurbo antes of his
indisposition Hod of his death, by intelligence,
.I!itect and certain, re, eivril how Putt-an-Prince ;

bur ue forbore lo mtuoion ir, because we were
41esirou, helorehand It) know What blight have

'been his last testamentary dispositions. '
i,
During his lite, the matt was wrapt up in itna-
ginary hopes. His passons rendered him blind
to his wrongs and his injustice ; hut, when the
close of life approached, and passion ceased to
operate, these illusions vanished, and truth dis-
played itself in all its nakedness.
A reortlintr to the recital COW'S(' of human affairs.
there was reason to hope, that General Petion,
on the hunk of the grave, about to appear be-
fore the Tribunal of the Eternal, would have been
desirous to render unto ttesar what belonged to
Cmsar ; that touched with the evils he brought
upon his cotrry, he would have been desirous to
compensate, by one good and glorious action, the
errors of his life. Vain hope He had a heart
which nothing could change. lit place of con-ti-
ming, as he always did, both in life and death,
ico reject the voice of reason, of justice, and ha-
why was his heart not softened ? %%you'd
to God that he had listened to the sage councils
of our august Sovereign, and accepted his pa-
ternal offers. Ile would then have acquired his

good will, and merited the national gratitude ;
but he allowed himself to be drawn away by the
illusions of ambition. He knew not-his true in-
terests. He ceased to regard either honour or
duty. 11.! is to be pitied, and let us pity him.
In a Government where nothing is stable,where
every thing is ephemeral., • among, so-many claim-
ants having some right to the Presidency, it was
impossible to foresee in what hands the helm ni the
State should be placed.
Among the General Officers of colour, Bazelais
was the oldest of all who belonged to this party.

He was appointed General of Brigade in the year
1503, by the Emperor, and also Chief of his Staff.
Next in succession were the Generals Botgella,
Francisque, Bergerac Trichet, Lys, Brotty, Le
Blanc, and Boyer. Among the black Generals,
Va, al, the oldest, was appointed General of Bri-
gade in 1804. Next to him are Gedeon, and
Frederic. Among so many claimants, as we be-
fore remarked, it was impossible to foresee upon
whom the choice ought to fall. This doubt, how-
ever, Wits not of long co9tionance;
Some time after the death of General Petion,
we understand that lie determined upon General
Jean Pierre Boyer as his successor in the Presi-
dency. Having bat lately engaged in the mili-
tary career, he was but imperfectly known in this
point of view. General Boyer, up to 1807, was
only the Secretary of. General l'etion. He then
discovered high and honourable seotimerits. He
publicly condemned the ilimeaaurable ambition
of General Pet ion, who, he said, was to be the
ruin of his Country. • We have at present grounds
.for believing that General Boyer will add example
to precept, and -will pursue a cour,e'cpposite
to
that of his predecessor, for without doubt, he
would not wish to do that himself which he blam-
ed in another.
A crew era has then arisen upon Hayti. The
time is at length arrived, in which thinking men,
and men of virtue, the worthy fathers of a family,
they who aspire only to enjoy tranquillity and se-
curity, may openly declare themselves, and labour
with us for the re-union of cite Haytians, and as-
sist us in creating a new order of things, an un-
changing and happy fortuity.
A Sovereign, the oldest existing Chief of the
army of Hayti, the most met itor ions, the most il-
•lostritts among; all the Haytians ; he who ren-
dered the most important awl the most lasting
aervices to his country; he who is the most worthy
and the most capable of directing us in our politi-
cal career, ruble and generous in his chatcter he
it is whose pa.ernal voice you now hear.
0 Haytians of the Vest and of the Smith, you
abould not be deaf to the call of your country,
who invites you to her bosom to form but one and
the same family, to form one and the same band
-against the common enemy.
All y air evils and ours are about to vanish ;
why hesi!are then to fly into out at ms, or to de-
vlare yourselves for the cause of re-union)- What
'have you then to fear There cannot exi-t either
enemies or delinquents among the Haytians. The
King knows not of them. This legitimate Chief,
whom you have first proclaimed and recognized
as bead of the Government, extends his paternal
arms to you; he knows well how you have been
drawn into the horrors of civil war ; he knows
-that you are completely innocent ; he knows who
the only and real au: hot of our troubles and disasters
is ; 'hut that person is no more! Every thing; is
rendered plain by the voice of Divine Providence,
which seems desirous to ,put a period to the dis-
sentious and misfortunes of the Haytiatr people.
Can you, my fellow-countrytnen, can you refuse
to listen to counsels of wisdom anti reason, when
you have no longer any motive for continuing dis-
united, and that your interest, on the contrary,
calls upon you, and counsels you to ally your-
selves to us in the most intimate nsaamer ? Would
you not be mad, the enemies of yourselYes, unjust
and inhuman, to persist, vyithout any reason,
and without any motive wkratsoever, in keep-
ing on foot a civil war, in`teariog the bosom.
of your country, and causing the blood of your
brethren and fellow-citizens to flow
No, it is impossible to believe that such men
can exist amongst you. No, they do not exist
any more amongst you than with us, for if such
sanguinary beings could exist, if such enemies to
their country and to its true interest as to desire a
continuance of civil war, did exist, they could not
he Haytians
.; they must be Frenchmen or their
secret pail
Haytidns I when our King is the first to set the
example of wisdom, of moderation, and of geoe-