The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-26 00:00:00

oN TAE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION /A

1141 TI.
Titainstroviou TIM Sala" DU lISTIT.II MATS,
ST ALIMANDER JAMIESON. Eat.

MCAT' 11.

After the expel/lion of the French armies, the con-
querors blisiesi themselves in framing a farm of go-
vernment and establishing the liberty and independ-
ence of the people. We could nut reasonably hope
to find great knowledge and superlative principles of
legislation among men who had etswrgesl from the
yoke of slavery and ignorance, among men 1111.9 had
yet au ulcerated heart, and a mind diseased by misfor-
tunes, and who had so long tnaintained an oh.tinate
awl barbarous war, who bad alwa)s lived amid•? dan
gers, iniroods and the dust of camps. Hence, in the
Arts and measures of those times entlinsiasto i. pre-
dominant, and an IL-Imitation awl 'mercy of mind in
which may he retraced the spirit that animates! their
anthors. The Ist ofJannary 1140.1, about two months
after the expulsion of the Vernet► army, the thoterrl-
in-Chief of the army of Hayti convoltml the Genes als,
the principal officers of the army, and of the people
in a general assembly of the nation at lionaires, in or-
der to take measures which might secure the happi-
ness s f the people. and establish immoveably, on ra-
tional principles of liberty, their fnture i•elependenee.
On the that st••ps of our lerislatiye raret-r depended
the happiness or th • misery of our country ; and we
then committed a capital fault, from which perhaps
have fol'owed all our future civil wars. It n•as, not

having erected a good constitution. We hail not then
arquire4l the experience and prudence which we now
eoioy ; our ideas were not lived on the mechanises of
representative and monarchical government, and our
legislators could handle the sour I better tha•i the
pro. It was, therefore, via/tin:l that, a; W;:friOrli, we
should tweet a iiiititary co:erun►^nt. ti.l this dime,
the art of independence a•as procliti:ne.l: the officers,
the people, and the tr!.iors, ',wore unai.iiivittsly to pos.
eerily sad to the uttiver.,c, Mat Meg otirefy wad
for errs► Ferro, troold die• other Man
!ie.. osseler he :. lint we to.:•ie un eotesti-
tation.

Jean Jacque lie•ssalinea, General-inAltief of the
iedigenal army, Iris raised and proelaioted Chief of
the tioveroment, nit!' the title of t; 9rremor-11. semi
tic with the rizht of making peace or declaring
war. This title was trt eon-istent with,an independ-
ent Government; but as it had been given to bleneral
Tonit:saut., it was assigned, by the vim of habit, to
tieneral Dresalines• with.tut relleetinz on the true se.
cepiation of a word which was longer applicable
to our change of situation. The name of tin- ii de also
was changed; the Saint Poinia4oo of the Prench gave
place to the ancient Hayti; and from this name the
natives. blacks and olive coloured, took the appellation
of Ilaytiane : and for these titles ive were as jealous as
the French had been far the names. Joint Dooliarve rl
nat.* et jqeats. The tdove.ator-Ileneral pohlished a
very pat ria!ic Address to the people of in whi h
he retraced with energy 0* calamitie.. the horrors,
and the inlnstires which we I. iii eels :ertcefl at the
hands of the Frew+ : anti in %hilt he •itt•treti the ne-
er...City there was of our lilting free and independent,
or in defence of our rights. After the dis,o-
brio,' of the assembly. the Generals returned to their
respective military stations, a% 7-lleorfi Chris-
tdip',c, to the (*ape; Vfe rrea..., Marme!..: te; l •,•rt,
to tionaivt• • t;,..,t r. to St. Mark : I', e. so Port-!
au-Priti.e (;:r L'i.yrs. :Not: :v. Car tiv-

HOUSE OF LORDS. TessDAT. APRIL 25.

The House stet shoat three o'clock ; after pr.tv rs
were read, the oaths were administered to the Lords
who attended until four, when an adjournment too*:
place until to-morrow (this day).

--als.—
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

At two o'clock the House met. A reit' number tif
%lembers took the oaths and their seats. Anitonl
them we observed—

Lord F. °shortie, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. Tierney, Mr.
Bvng, Mr. S. C. Whitbread, Mr. Brougham, Sir
Sivtt, Sir J. Nichol!, Mr. Canning, Mr. Long. Sir G.
Warremler, Sir J. Coffin, Mr. Walborn. Mr. I.n.lilng-
ton; Lord J. Beresford, Sir ti. Beresford, Lord Gran v:.!le
Somerset, Admiral Sotheron. Mr. Pyle, Mr. P. ourte.
nay, Mr. M. Dawson, Mr. Ramebottous, Mr. O. Philip.,
Mr. W. Lewis. Mr. Weise Prins. Ms. binsisam. Lori Lair-
ds'''. Mr. Broirslas. Mr. Peso % 1111r4N. C.Ftsioe, herd
Binning, Mr. Forbes. Mr. IL Said', Sir G. Ileatheore.
Aldensau Wood, Sir N. Couldsorst, Mr. K. A. Smith,
Mr. Jolla**. Sir H. K. Neale, Lord Rocksavage, Mr. G.
K. Philips, Mr. Seymour, Mr. W. Lamb, Lord Howard.
Sir C. Robinson. Sir R. Ferguson, Lord A. Hamilton,
Mr. K. Finlay. Lord Sefton, Mr. J. Tiontnuson, Lord
Yarmouth, Lord James Stuart. Sir James Montgomery,
Lord ti. Thyme, Mr. Calcraft. Mr. Si. M. Grant, Loot
Stanley. Lord Dunrannon, Mr. W. Pule. Sir T. Daring.
Mr. Corbett, Marquis of Tavistock, Mr. Calvert, Let,i
H. W. Russell, Mr. S. Smith, Mr. Curteis, Mr. F. Robin-
son, Mr. D. Gilbert. Mr. Macdonald, Sir J. tit-akin,
Mr. Greville, Mr. K. Ward, Mr. Gasket!, Mr. Harborrl,
Mr. Robarts, Mr. Barham, Mr. 'Whorl% Mr. Niaherly,
Mr. Money. Mr. Bran, Mr. ('arson, Mr. Pitt, Sir M.
Follies. Lord Polling's'''. Mr. liicketts, Mr. Latabt..44
Mr. W. Cuurtenay, Itte. lac. •
Adjourned soon atter four o'clock.