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London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Yesterday befog the celebration of the Knees Birth Day, tho
Home et Commons did not alt.

HAYTI.

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PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT BOYRR.
L!SIRTY-ZQUALITY.

HATTIANS ! The power with which I have been in-
vested by the Constitution, and the confidence of which
you have given me the,proofs in the most difficult cir-
cumstances, have laid me under an honourable obliga-
tion, at all times, to inform you what I have undertiken
to insure your happiness, and to consecrate the rights
which you have so gloriously gained by conquest.
My Proclamation of the 11th July, 1825, informed
you of the negotiation concluded in this Capital with
the Envoys of his Christian Majesty. In accepting
the act which recognises the independence of Hayti, we
id not conceal horn ourselves the vagueness of its
dispositions. We saw at once the diversity of interpre-
lotion that might be given to it ; but we should have
thought it injurious to the French Government to sup•,
pose it actuated by any other thoughts or intentions
than such as, in a declaration of that nature, can alone
honour and immortalise the Sovereign who proclaimed
it. Interests, however,-and rights so dear as those of our
country, could not be abandoned to arbitrary interpre-
tation. My duty required of me to ask precise explana.
tions. I have asked them. The Commissioners chosen
for that purpose. whom I invested with full powers,
and who were moreover charged to regulate in France
the basis of our commercial relations, have returned.
They have done everything in their power worthily to
fulfil their mission, but they haw not obtained that which
they were especially charged to require. The essential
clauses of the Convention they have handed to me, not
being conformable precisely with the interests of Hayti,
prudence requires that nothing shall be concluded in
the business, in the well-founded hope that ulterior ex-
planation may produce the desired result. lam far
from prejudging anything against the loyalty of the
views of the French Ministry; time, doubtless, will
clear up, to the satisfaction of both parties, the import-
ant points as to which it is our duty to exercise the
most scrupulous vigilance. Nevertheless, I shall always
feel bound by my engagement, because good faith
should be the first rule of conduct for those who govern
States. Still, in the existing condition of things, I owe
it to myself, to my country, and to the world, to declare
the sense in which the Government of Hayti accepted
the Ordonnance of the 17th of April.
Free and independent for twenty-two years, Hayti
only saw in that Ordonnance the application with res-
pect,to her of a formality, to legitimatise, in the eyes of
other nations, the government of a people who had con-
stituted themselves sovereign. It is this formality from
which results the reounciatton by the King of France
for himself and his successors, of all sovereignty over the
territory of the Republic, which we have obtained fur
an indemnity, of which the first instalment has been
paid, as will the others be, punctually. The present
legislature, in declaring this indemnity a national 464
have given a new guarantee of the good faith of their
Government. Thus thete cannot exist, in the opinion of
the world, the least doubt that such is the only rea-
sonable interpretation of the Ordonnance recognising
the independence of Hayti—an interpretation, more-
over, in strict accordance with the preceding manifestoes
of this Government.

Citizens I—The declaration of your Chief Magistrate
is in harmony with your unalterable determination,
which has long been known—preserve the attitude to
which you owe the rank you hold. Let loyalty con-
stantly characterise your transactions, and yourrelations
with foreign commerce.. Redouble your ardour in fer-
tilizing your fields: labour will afford you the means
of multiplying your 'exchanges, and teach you to appre-
ciate more the happiness of a wise liberty. Preserve
the profoudest respect for the law, and for the func-
tionaries who are its organs, the confidence and obe-
dience which are their due. Forget not that union and
concord will ever make your greatest strength.—
Cherish the purest love for the country l and let your
thankful hearts daily offer to the Surname BUNG the
tribute of homage demanded by the wonderful protec-
tion he has granted you.
Soldiers I—ln charging you with the particular care
la watching for its defence, the country does not
dispense with the obligations I have enumerated. You
I have already given the measure of what valour can do,

guided by patriotism. Show yourselves, in all circum-
stances, faithful to honour and your duty. I will confide
my glory to your devotedness, as I trust my happiness
in the glory of my country.
Gives at thit National Palace of Port-av•Prlace, March Sib,
s3d year at Indepeedence. BOYER.