Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-01-14
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's,-,s<sssasss>s ~
lsdzendtxre Of s.. Domingo. = A. late arrival al
Philadelphia from Cape. Francois, brought the fol-
lowing Proclamation, BY Which !, appears that that
valuable Hand i sgAin declared independent, and
Is now Ia poGsfion Of the blacks, with the exeep-
ton Of Cape NiehoIa Mas.--Acccons Rate ,ha.
the Engli0 made prize, at Cape Francois. of three
ffigates, nine fail Of Fsenehs merchantmen, cut
ter, brig and fshooaer. Roehambsau. and lis
troops, were carried to Jamaica, As prisoners Of
Wa.
PROCLAMATION
0f DsssALlHfs, CslMrotHr ard clrxsEAux, cAsG IF
s.. Ds~sxs
IN the name Of the black people and me cfeocur ofss
Domingo
THE Independence OF ST. Domingo is proclaim
ed Referred 10 orr primitive dignity, we have
claimed our right We fwear never 10 yi.id them
to arr power on earth. The srightfai Ill Of pre-
JUDGE Is torn to pieces. and is 70 fdsyM Woe Sc
g ~horfoe,es would dare aSan to put .ogesasr its
Bloody tatiess,.
OF Landholder. Of St. Damiaeo, wandering
ia foreign eouatfies, b. proclsming our indeper.
denee, we do not intend 10 forbid you ndifc,inin.
ately from Returning to Jour properly. Far be
from as this unj1R idea. We are not igncrant,
that there are fome among yoa, that have renoun.
eed theis old errors, zbjured the ia;uiee of their
exorbtant pretcn6ons, and Acknowledged the law
fulnels Of the eauie for which We have been fpikng
orr blood thefe twelve years. Towards ,heies
mon WHO do q, Juice, we viii al as broshess lee
them rely forever on our ctesm and fsiendlhip =
let them return among u.s.. sIhe God wao protect.
Us, the God Of freeEnsp bid, Us to laretch ont TO-
wards them cur cnnqdering arms. BIZ, a for thcic
who, intoxicated with fooliM pride and in,e,eliei
Aaves 70 guilty pretertion, are Endsd +, much
as to think that they arc The easse4 Of human ma
turt, and alta 10 believe. that Thy are defined
by Heaven to be our maltess and DIR syranss ies
them never come near the land Of ST. q m;nso ! il
they come hither, they will meet only With chains
and deportation let them fay then where they
and tormcnsed BY their we'll defeIvsd nniiesy.
and the irowns OF the Jun men ,hs, ,heJ havehus
too long Knocked at, let them couliCuc 70 move the
pity and ceneern of nobody
We have lwosn no, to hQen to elerency towayds
all thofe who would dare to ipeak TO us Il lavery
we ihall be MEMORABLE. perhaps even eaucl ,ovasd,
all the troops who, themfeives forgetting ,he OBJ
jed for which they have not eeaAd 6.hl;ng free
1889, ihould come yet from Europe, to carry
mong Us death and iervi'ude. Nothing too dear,
and every means are lawful, 20 men from whom il
is wiihed to tear the 6.ff of all b'eflfngs. Were
they to ezufe rivers and torrents Of blood 70
were they, in oder TO maintain their liberty. to
conf erate The fsven eighhs Of The globe. they
nnoeeut before the tribunal Of Providence. 'ha has
not created men, to Zee them groaning under .
hard and fhameful fevviud-.
ifia the various iniursfiors that took place
tonne Inhabitants, aganR xHom We had NO, TO
complain, have teea victims Of the c.uelsy o! few
folders or eo,ivators, l.o much blipded by she
ma mbraoee Of their paR fuifsrngs, 10 be able 10
diiiinguifh the good and humane lardh"ld~s IT, n,
thels thar were unseeiirg and erne!; We. lsmen,
wnh oil fslihe (culs e derlorstic end. and de.
clare "a tie world. Whatever may &c "a TO ne
sbusr,ry b. wicked people, that ,hefe r6uresis