Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-06-22

On she brink 81 the precipice which is
dug under your feet, viii that diabolical
minister save you. when with FIRE and
sword shall have pursued you 10 your
last entertainments s. 4.s sS
Ali without douht,shis prayers, his
grimaces, his relics, would be no impe.
dimentto my career. Vain Is power.
less, can he preserve you from my just
anger after I shall have buried him and
tie collection ofbrigands he commands
under the ruin Of your capital Let them
both recollect that it IS before my intre.
pid phalanxes that all the resources and
the skill Of Europeans have proved inef.
fectual and that into my victorious
hands the destiny of the captain-general
Rochambeau has been surrendered. To
lure the Spaniards 70 their party, they
propagate the report that vessels laden
with troops have arriyen at Santo Do
mingo. Why Is it not the truthl They
little imagine that 10 delaying TO attack
them until this time my principal object
has been 70 suffer them TO increase the
rnass Of our resources and the number of
our victims. To spread distrust and
terror, they necessarily dwell upon the
tate which the French have just expert
enced but have ! had reason to treat
them 30 The wrongs Of the French do
they appertain 10 the Spaniards /! and
must visit onthe latter the crimes which
the former have conceived, ordered, and
executed upon our speciess They have
the effrontery to say, that, reduced to
seek safety in flight, ! am gone to con-
ceal my defeat in the southern part Of the
island. Well then Let them learnthas
am ready that the thunder bolt is 20.
ing TO fall upon their heads. Let them
know that my soldiers are impatiently
wailins for the signal to go and recon-
quer the boundaries which nature and
the elements have assigned to US. A
few moments more, and I shall crush the
remnant ofthe French under the weight
Of mighty power. IS
Spaniards! you to whom I address
myself, solely because 1 wish to save
you you who, for having been guilty of
evasion, shall speedily preserve your ex.
istence only so far as my. clemency may
deign to spare you It is YET time ab-
jure an error which may be fatal to you |;
and break off all connections with my
enemy If You wish your blood may not
be COMPOUNDED with his. Name to me
without delay that part Of your territory
on which my first blow is to be struck,
or inform me whether ! must strife
ON all parts without Discrimination. I
give you fifteen days from the date Of this
notification to forward your last intenti-
ons, and to rally under my banners. You
are not ignorant that all the roads Of St.
Domingo in every direction are familiar
to uss that more than once we have seen
your dispersed bands ay before Us. In a
word, you know what ! can do, and
what I dare think ofyour preservation.
+ Receive here the sacred promise which
I make, not TO do any thing against your
personal safety or your interest, If you
seize upon this occasion to shew your
selves worthy FLEEING admitted amongst
the children Of Hayti,S u
Head-Q Quarters, at the Cape, May 9th,
1904, FIRST year Of Independence.
tz7T.-z The Governor, General, IT.
(Signed) DESSALINES.
A true Copy. The Secretary General,
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