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London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

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KINGDOM OF HAYTI.
i . PROCLAMATION.—THE KING, so sag HAYTIAN&
I ./ANVADT I, IBIS.
Ilavvessts!—Civil and political liberty, next to personal, is
the first of blessings to man 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 Proclamation of
1 the Independence of our Country. May the glorious recollection
of this Epoch ever glow in our bosoms, and animate our actions
and those of our latest posterity.
To form an adequate estimate of the advantages we at pre-
-1 sent enjoy, let us retrace in imagination those periods of horror,
when, plunged into the depths of misery, of ignorance, and of
degradation, we groaned without relief, without support, and
without protection. Robbed of every right, civil, natural, and
political, we were destitute of every thing—without country,
1 i asylum, or possessions : bent beneath the yoke of tyrants whom
we detested, we held no rank in the scale of rational beings, but
were in effect civilly and politically dead to the world.
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By the inscrutable decrees, and resistless aid of an over-ruling
PaoviniNce, however, our courage, our perseverance, and our
i valour succeeded in purchasing for us a country, civil and poli-
tical rights; an asylum and possessions. AU these invaluable
i blessings, which we cannot appreciate too highly, or cherish too
tenderly, we doubtless owe to the infinite goodness of the Str-
-11 ?Ann Al/SITED of the UNITSIISS ! they are the happy results of
that immortal Irtizeraeognes which his favouring arm enabled
t • us to achieve. Too long had we been deprived of these bless-
ings. Too dear have been the sacrifices which they cost, not to
instruct us in the value of preserving them. Haytians alone
can justly appreciate their importance ; for what other people
1 I have experienced equal persecution, equal tortures, and equal
II calamities, previous to the period of their emancipation? Let
ass then enjoy tascarr and nittermroxaic.e, but let us enjoy them
1 I with W/SDOM and MODULATION.
" I/ is gratifying to our paternal heart to behold the pitch of
prosperity to which our people have attained. Plenty prevails,
we feel all its effects. Want is a phantom with which we are
I ' A...acquainted. It is this unexampled prosperity, we well know,
w loch fills with dismay the hearts of our fees, who are unceas-
it.gly occupied in fabricating the grossest falsehoods against us.
Their design cannot be misunderstood, or their aim mistaken;
t:-.eir object is to prevent the acknowledgment of our tvozrzer-
!mace, to damp the ardour of our friends and swell the ranks
of our foes. We will continue to oppose to their c dumnies the
1 1 1 conduct which we have hithetto pursued ; we will meet them
with dignified silence and profound contempt.
The honest and peaceable Merchants who are established
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within our dominions,.or visit our pens, can attest this truth,
and say whether there exists a nation more peaceable than the
. klaytians, or more disposed to live upon terms 6f harmony and
i! : good understanding with its friends.
Mariam "—Let us continue to improve the state of society,
to watch over the laws, to promote agriculture and commerce,
, • irtd to correct and remedy those abuses which check their pros-
perity—in tiae, let us purify our morals by the cultivation of re-
4. 1 ligiun, propriety, and ptblic and private virtues.
Through our care two more National Schools have been es-
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tablished, those of Gonaives and S:. Marc, and Learning only
• waits the arrival of richt.. foreign Professors to extend her cheer-
ii.g radiance over the whole of our population, and dispel the
i last mists of Ignorance and Prejudice which yet hover over our
harpy la,td, meal retard the progress of het improv4ment.
PARZI:TS 1 who have sent your children to drink at the foun-
tain of Instruction, and imbibe the prelpt4 of Wisdom in the
National SaLools, you have, in so doing, seconded the fondest
wish of our hearts, and already feel the happy reran. of your
conduct. Contiuue then to send your children to the Public
Schools, whate, with the first rudiments of knowledge, they will
learn the gio:iplesof;eue Rstd3tars substantial Vtait/7.., and un-
sophisticated Mosar..rry.
Dscosox, the source of domestic peace, and basis of national
prosperity, adds to the splendour and stability of our kir.zdorn.
Harlan', banished from society, and rewarded with the most
brutal is eauneat in return for their toil, were formerly disquali-
fied from holding property—an advantage this, however, which at
the present day they enjoy to the fullest extent ; and each is ena-
bled to exclaim In the manly pride of honest independence, " This
land Aid I cultioate is ray own : by my industry I fertilise it; and
toe in tnepiecoing nape ,f iranteduing it, wiA the noble inheritance
of Leserty, purchased by my sword, to my posterity. 4 wide reuurd
flunfrotrs these gond uctions inspired by an enthusiastic line of nip
auntry, for lat length enjv a,: dignity of my being, and find th.a I
LIM A I.LANI"
C insider, that if we have been able to dispatch the multitude
• of f ir,:ign vessels which have entered our ports during the las-.
' year, how much, by the augmentation of cultivation, you may
hape to increase your revenues, and promote commerce.
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Agriculturists I—Fearlessly pursue your useful labours. The
army La at hand, and watches but for your security.
I Haytians!---Let this Fuzzier= anniversary of our immorta
nrozrz.voznoe be signalized by fresh exertions for the public good.
Let brotherly affection ever unite us in bonds of the sweetest
amity : and let our unvarying attention be directed to what is
great and good.
Men who have purchased at the price of their blood the inde-
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pte.dence of their countr f, who have shaken off the load of un-
just prejudice which weighed them down, who have conciliated
the esteem and friendship of foreign nations'; men, in a ward
who have so many and such important demands upon thei: at:
( tendon, cannot, and ought not to think of an thing but the
• glory and prosperity of their country.
Our rights are well founded, just, and legitimate—let *
strengthen them then still further by the practice of JOSTICS, 'of
. I:..,iutrv, and of HumAiterv. '
The time is at hand when RFASON will prevail: her triumph
: cannot fail to be ultimately complete. We will secure peace at
home and abroad, and, by the wisdom of our proceedings and
i the integrity of our conduct, we will reap the proud reward of
seeing the immortal pillar of our Inoaramairsee reared upon the
tombs of our heroes, and cemented with blood drawn from our
own veins, bidding proud defiance to the corrosion, of time, and
improving daily in beauty and durability.
Given at our Royal Palace of Sans Souci, this let day of Ja-
nuary, tblit, in the 15th year of Independence, and seventh
of our Reign. (Signed) HENRY.
By the Kin/.
I The Secretary of State, Minister for Feeeign Affairs,
(Signed) Comte Ds LIMOMADL
i A letter from New Orleans, laced January 24, says,
" New Orleans, at this season of the year, exhibits
rk all the bustle of a great Pair. Here are crowded to-
gether multitudes of sellers and buyers from Alaba.
ma to Nagitchos, and North to Canada, Ohio, and
the extreme of Missouri ; all seem eager to grasp
their object, And may obtain it, for it is a country
. , richer in its productions than if it possessed the mines
of Mexico. COtton is abundant, and arrives at this
place as though it grew in floating down the river.
I have seen this steam-boat arrive with 800 bales of
cotton on deck, and this repeated again and again,"
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