Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-06-13


must therefore render YOU Forever one, in,
Invisible, and inseparAbie. Maintain that
precious concord, tiIat happy harmony a,
mongst yourselves; 1t is the pledge OF your
happiness, your salvation andyour success:
it is the secret oil being inviucible.
1t Is necessary, IN order to strengthen
these ties, TO recall TO yonr remembrance
the catalogue OF atrocities committed a.
ganst our species: the massacre of the
entire population Of this island mcdituted
in the silence and sang froid Of the cabi-
net: the execution OF That abomnabie
project 10 me unb.ushing'y proposed, and
already begun by the French with the
caimness and serenity. of coun,enance
accustomed to similar crimes. Guada
loupe. pil!aged and destroyed: It's ruins
still eeking with the blood OF the child en-,
women and old men put to The sword :
Pelage (himself the victim CT their cralti-
messy aiterhaving basely BETRAYED his coun-
try and his brothers The brave and i'm
mortal Delgresse, blown into the air with
the fort which he defended rather than
accept their offered chains--magnanimo
warrior! that noble death, far from en-
ieebling our courage, serves only To rouse
within us the determination of ayenging
or following thee. Shall | again recall To
your memory The plots lately framed at
Jeremie? The terrible explosion which
was TO be the result, notwithstanding the
generous pardon granted to these moor.
iiglbie btings at the expulsion of the
French army? The deplorable fate Of our
departed brothers in Europe And (dreatl
haibinger of death) the trighlhtl despo,.
ism exercised at M@rti:.ique ? UnIortu-
nate people of Martinique, could but hv
TO your assistance, and break your letters
Alas an insurmounrsDle barrier separates
us. Perhaps a spa from the same fire
which enhances us, will light upon your
bosoms: perhaps at The sound of this com
MOTION, suddenly awakening from your le
thargy, with arms III your hands, YOU will
reclaim your sacred and insprescliptabie
rights.
After the terribl: example which have
Just given, that sooner or later divine Jus
tee will unchain on earth some mighty
m.Uds, above the weakness OF The VULGAR.
for he destruction and terror ofthc wick
ed tremble tyrants, usurpers, sceurgers
OF the new world d! our daggers are shar-
pened; OUR punishment is ready sixty
thousand men, equipped, Injured to war,
obedient TO my orders, burn to offer a new
sacrifice to the names of their assassinat-
ed brothers. Let that nation come who
may be mad and daring enough TO attack
me. Already at its approach, the irri.
tated genius of Hayti, rising out of the
bosom OF The ocean, appears his mena
eng aspect throw The waves into commo.
ton, exCites tempests, and with his NIGH
ty hand ~tiisper3es ships, or dashes them
in pieces i'.to his. formidable voice the
laws OF nature pay obedience diseases,
plague, farnlne, conaagration, poison, are
his constant attendants. But why calcu.
late ola the assistance of the climate and
OF the elements! HaveI forgot that com
mand people of no common cast, bro't
up in adversely, whose audacicus daring
irowns al obstacles Increased by dangers?
Let Them come, then, these honicid..l Co
horts wall for them with irmness and
with steady eye. | abandon to them
treeiy the'sea shore, and the places where
cities have existed but woe to those who
may approach too near the mountains 1t
1890 wv NhN'ii liielt TIC SD TeCGIV-
cd them INA, its profound abyss, than to
be devoured by tn anger of The children
OF Hayl.
g Var 10 death 10 fyrants :" this is nv
MOTTO" Liberty! indehendence ." this is
our rallying cry.
Generals, officers, and soldiers, a little
unlike him who hal preceded me, the ex
gen Toussaint Louvertuie, | have been
faithful to the Promise which made YOU
when took up arms against tyranny, and
whilst the last spark oil life remain in me
L shall keep my oath. Never again shaHa
cofo77ist or En,'ohean ser his foot ufon llls
territory zyifh The !ttie of master or hrotrie
tor. This resolution shall henceforward
form the fundamental basis of our consti
tuition.
Should other chiefs after me by pursu-
ing a conduct diametricalIy opposite to
nine, dig their owa graves and those of
their species, you will have to accuse only
the law Of destiny which shall have taken
me away from the happiness and welfare
OF my fellow citizens. May my success
ors follow the path ] shall have traced for
them 1t is lie system best adapted for