Star.
London, England, 1807-05-28 00:00:00

INC COLONIES.

The Government of Hayti declares to thofc powers who hate
Caligula in in neighbourhood, its fixed determinatiou to give no
difturbanee to the Government of thofe Colonies.

The people of Hayti make no can quells out of their own Wand,
and confine themfebros to the prerervation of their own territory.
[After thole nine beads, there follow fame general regulations,
the Principal of which are—That every Hayt an from t 6 to so,
can ;leaned into the army,whenever the fafety of the State requires
it—that the Government folemnly guarantees the Foreipa Mer-
'chants the (reality of their perfons and properties—divorce is
&All forbid in Hayti, and agriculture, which is declared the
mina ancient, the moa noble, and the moft ufeful of alt the Arts,
is to be encouraged and protafted.)
This beatitude° was publifbed at the Cape= the tyth of Fe-
hruary, tiloy, and is *geed by three Geseraio of Divifion, eight
Generals of Erll4e, joar Adpuost Getterolo, owl a gooy= of
Civil Oki".

PROCLAMATION.
HENRY CHRIPTOPRE, Pre&lent and General;Rimo orate Maka-T
atal Na•al Foices of the State of Hayti, to the ARMY and

PEOPLE :-

K The light has broke in upon us, and a benefi.
cent Conflituti at has put an end to the plots and
machinations, of which you were an the point of be-
coming vkli,nt. A wife code. adapted to our man.
tiers, our climate, and nor cullonis, has fprung, as
it may be laid, out of chaos, and fired once note
the deltittits of Hayti.
el Lung had I in vain (ought to prefent you whis
this precious gift ; in vain did I *tremble the
and urge them to fend Deputies to Port au Prince,
to Rive you a Conflitution. My anxiety, inflead of
being followed with the defired fuccefs, Only Operated
as• an additional incitement to the faCtious, to pervert
the public opinion, and to efiablilis a Contlitutim
favourable to their intereffs, and diary of their adhe.
rents—but as hoflile to the liberty of the people, as
it was to the principles of found reafon.
el Fellow Citizens, you have all been witneffes to
the purity of my views, and the fincerity of my In-
tentions. You know bow this fincetity hi, been
abufed, by the mifcreants who fomented rer.dt, and
kindled civil war. Their efforts never intimidated
me for a fingle moment, or diverted me from my
defign of ferving my country. By night or by day
I have never ceafed to occupy myfelt in providing
for the public fifety. What have I not done to effect
it ? What have I not foffered in c itulteraCting the
fecret wiles and plots of the faetious
" I have always been in the taidtt of you, and pin
can fay whether my c indna has ever been influenced,
or my honour tarnilbed, by ambition. Invelled with
the Supreme P,. wet, this day, by the with of my
Fenton Citi4ens and my companions in arms, I have
yielded to their defires—and I have confented to bear
this weighty hut honourable burthen, becaufe it was
their with that it lbruld be entrulled to my hands—
and becaufe I am willing again to ferve my country.
Happy (hall I be if my eff 'it. are crowned with loc.
eels, and if they tend to the hepeinefs of my Fellow
Chimps!
" But, to attain this, my efforts alone will not he
fuffi ient—.he Ltwsand Conti itto ion which have jolt
been ptefented to you, mu% be °hie ved. It provides
for the religious prefer vation of your rights—it fc
cures to every Citizen his perfonal liberty, his tight
of property, and that of hi, family.
" The fatal confequences of the wars in which we
have been engaged, aid hill mote the immotal ex-
ample held out to u' by the French, had almoft ee•
tiroyed every principle of religion. The moral fylietn
was puilicly laughed at, and a c 4ropted youth
aband .ned t fell without remo.fe to all the licentioul.
nefs of its age—public education was degraded, and
confi tel to mercenary infiruflote. It was neceffary
to tell•ce to teligion its dignity—to caufc it to be
retpec)ed and cherilhed. It was necelfary to revive
morality, to, give it due dittinCtion—to inculcate into
the minds of youth its facred principles, and ttnifc of
honour alfo : in thou, to c invitee the people,. that
without religi .n and morality, human focie y could
not
01 Your interefl will be (mired to you by proper
Ttibunals ; the judgment. pronounced by their Mi-
'tillers will be (Mated by equity and jottice. It re-
mains for the people of Hayti to make themfelves
ditlirguilbed by their probity and good faith. Ellen.
tially a trading country, as well from its foliation as
the na nreof thecommoditiesitpr aduces,iti,necelTuy
that it amid attt aft the ,werchants of every country
n the gl .he, bolt by its equity and its produce.
" Trade being the fou ce all our wealth, it is
imp rtant that the foreign merchants who frequent
our ports, fhould be equally proteeed with our fellow.
citiz.ns ; and that they lb odd receive all that hofpi•
tality due to this ufeftil clars of fociety.
" T a feed this trade ; to give it a new fpring ;
agi ;culture mutt be prufecuted with perfeverance and
vigour. Placed under the climate of the world,
favoured by nature with her molt precious gifts, eves
to profufion, the hufbandman has not at Hayti to
contend with the ii,:ottr of a frozen climate, or to
fortify himfelf againli the inclemencies of (tarots%
A little labour is fufficient to enrich him, and to
place him on a level with the manufadurers of other
countries. Exert gout felves, then, iodulltious Cold.
vents, to fill your warehoufes with the produce
our fertile foil. Dif„lay to the eyes of the merchants
of Europe all that can tempt their defire., and you
I will foon fee your trade ffourills much above your
molt Canguine expeflations.
el After having to ellablifhed religion, revived nits
rali:y, reamed manners, and encouraged agricul.
lure and trade, we (ball have dill great labours to
encounter. We molt not negleft the ufe of arms.
The enemy watches our movements, and cbierets
our proceetings. We have as yet nn guarantee of
the affeition oh our friends. We mull bind the latter
to us by treaties ; we mutt be ready to meet the for-
mer in the field. Abandoned to ourfelves, our ro
founts are in out felves. They are in you, lets,
who are ready generoufly to fpill y• ur bl one!
than yield to a haughty enemy your No
is the reward of your courage ! Thrt act in'
habitants and indult tilos cultivators, from opt the
State derives its wealth ! It is your union, youl fulv
million to the laws, which are to be the cement ail
bond of our independence.
" The line of politics which Foreign Powers rill
purfue with refpeel to us is not yet manila : what
ever it may be, let us place nurfelves in fich a fi-tut
lion that, without holding out any defiance millet
we may, at the fame time, have nothing to dica 1 flea
thofe who may entertain hoflile intentions. I.tt ahak
who with a political connation with us, or who %toll
with to enjoy the advantage of our commerce, fin]
an equitable reciprocity. To the le I, let us oatf
offer death and battles.
le At the fame time that we are occupied trithr
theft thoughts, let us never forget that the fafett°'
a free people is bell maintained by arms. Ifcultiro
tion employs a part of our fellow citizens, let us 1C•
member that we are an foldiers, and that it is sodila
nations alone who have been able to prefeeve thirst
liberty., Let us call to mind, that a handful of Greeks,
devoted to their country, confounded the rage Isf a
, million of barbarians, who endeavoured to wreli from
' them their liberty. Lee us twear to imitate their ex-
ample ; let us (wear to obfervc our facred Contlitutioni
and to caufe it to be obferved, and to ptrilh,Nact
than allow it to be violated in the (mallet! degree.
" Pablithed at the licast•quarvia, at the Cape, Feb. ff. a'n.
H6llllll CHRI.TOPME, Prefident;
44 ROVANSZ, SCCICIarY 01.811".'

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, MAY zB.
TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Confols, for money, 341—for July 641-omnium if.
Reduced 64—Exchequer Bills as. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. ,
Bonk Stock I India Bonds 5s 6s prem:
3 per Cent. R. An. 63f 63 Imp. 3 per C.-
3 pr. C. Cod An. 630 Ezcheq. Bills, par 3s. pr.
s 4 per CAM. uranium if pretn
5 per C. Navy 99 gn 99 981 Itifh Ditto ef pr.
Long Ann. 171 z c-16ths Lottery Tickos 191 161.
Indlis Stock ayi tB7 Confols for acc.64fii