The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-02 00:00:00

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DUTCH MAIL.

'try; hP ,Aho b the 'AMA worthy and OW most capa-
ble of directing us in oor political career, noble and
generous in his character : he it is whose paternal
voice your now hear.
0 Haytiarts of the West and of the South! ye
should not be deaf to.the call of your country, we

Invites you to her bosom to form but orte snd Oa,
some family, to form one and the same baud agaiust

the common enemy.
All your, evils and ours are about to vanish ; why
hesitate then to tly into our arms, or to declare your-
selves for the cause of re-union? What have you
then to fear ? There cannot exist either enemies or
delinquents among the Hoydens. The King ktiows
slot of them. This legitimate Chief, whom you
have first proclaimed and recognized as head 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 authors of our troubles and disasters is; but that
per,on is no more ! Every thing is rendered plain by
the voice of Divine Providence, which seems desirous
to put a period to the dissensions and misfortunes of
the Haytian People. Can you, my fellow-country-
men, can you refuse to listen to counsels of wisdom
and reason when you have no longer any motive for
continuing disunited, and that your interest, on the
contrary, calls upon you and counsels you to ally
yourselves to us in the most intimate manner ?
Would you not be mad, the enemies of yourselves,
unjust and inhuman to persist, without any reason,
and without any motive whatsoever, in keeping on
foot a civil war, in tearing the bosom of your coun-
try, and causing the blood of your brethren and fel.
low-citizens to flow ?
No, it Is impossible to believe that such men can
exist amongst you. No, they do not exist any
mole amongst you than with os ; (Or if such sangui-
nary beings could exist, if such eeemies to their coun-
try and to Its true interest as to desire a continuance
of civil war, did exist, they could not be flay tians ;
they must be Frenchmen or their secret partisans.
ifsytians! When our King is the first to set
the eaaraple of wisdom, of moderation, and of
generosity ; when he only wishes you to listen
to the voice of reason, of justice) of humanity,
can vou fer_.a moment hesitate to follow his
noble, his. generous example? Can you, ought
you to have any other opinion than pis, and not to
follow the impulse which he gives- you, at the mo-
ment when he is only concerned for poor happiness,
your real interests, and the safety of your country ?
Think, then, that the whole world is witness to the
generosity, to the magnanimity of the King; reflect
. on the goodness, the justice, and the legitimacy of
his cause; and if, after his paternal Proclamation,
you persist in keeping your Selves away from him,
' think that it is you who will be responsible for all
• the evils and calamities which may again befal our
country. Recollect that you will be ioexcusable in
• the eyes of your cotemporaries and of posterity, who
will judge you with all the severity and impartiality
which you will deserve by your obduracy.