Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-28
Translated far The Bal. A~srie.as.
pROcLAMaTIoN
TO THE
PEOPLE md NIL G Z

; s,,a,,s ,s ss nan atoms wAich haadteles
evil d,soossd pvrsons have darrd.ro put IN
practice agaiass your freedom. hess
s ,uen. strangers 10 every human. ssnilsnsns,
Rave scemossisd ne, against my WILL, TO
var wltl.alaeaa. Waas rigat nave tiss J. 70
nretend to domin>er over the proPic s. -
]. What srryices nave they rendered 70 she
pus,;c Iihss,v? By what sacrifices have
they maaifgstrd sheirs devotion 10 their
eosnsry? j is he same Potion, that be-
traye8 general 'ronssaiu (ssho had aavans.
Z ed him 20 a snpesior grads s5uzsgte Al a,sett
with Rioaud whom he afterwards aban.
daasd, Joining the FreEsh. 10 order iassoai:
hatus onsii. froaa personal daagss,ne was
cor,3r!led 10 seek his own safety; Tor whom
HEY nave claimed right TO public graft
rode. This crafty man. at al times full
! er aecsp.ion, epsertains an iEameasurabie
4 amh;.ion, 10 whieh he has given hinssa
mn: sad. ssasr the Gaask-ot dscei'sps,
phifosophv. proceeds, step By step, 10 tbs
execution ct his odieus designs sYho mas
: beea seen, from aehyloeriticai disRosiiton,s
80 afsrct.as weaysness Of the burshen OF COM
n,aue, and appear 10 abandon tito ms sub.
Z alerns. Wills, he has pretended to regret
in public The. fasesof the cultivators aud or
,he soldiers, and TO lamepsths figoar OF shoss
priva,ions which they have exnesieneed,ln
order TO secure, by afalse compassion, she
esteem OF those dsluded men, who, at tse
moment he spoke tothem ot'iree aon,wefe
By him psecipita,sd into alaverT, He dsf
not wait for theiavorablc instant TO navsl
,he,a.roci.y Of ms soul he determined to
ucmask himself Aided by wIstehes,
-koown only by the baseness OF their dispo'
s;,ior,s. be has dared TO Insult NE nleAc.
authority.
Bonnet, the English spy, at Pesisssuave,
where he turaed traitor, where DE was at.
forwards the inssrument OF the 3ofh Ven
tose. and where, after having detaded lac
too easg general Viia,te, Peaceaesy with,
drew himself before the event, and has
bsen:one of the causes of all ,he. disgraces
&C that ess;nsable, bat unaappliy, sos ere
d,yone osseer. Rlannhef. the elder, who
having been treasurer at Jeremie, during
the civil war of the South, transported 10
the con,ipent the funds Of The state which
had been eop6ded to him, aod-emp'oyed
then.for his own purposes. Blanchet, The.
Younger. knomo only by his ambition, his.
fary, and his hatred ofsahe whites sa4
blacks. Domaicq, of whom the nanss~a-
ore is an injury others. such Rs Lsys,
i~hom il is rspagnansio name; ioge;hsf
with .,ac rest of The low and vile blood.
hounds OF this infamous hoFde--Who shall
guarantee .ha. they wiltnot betray you IN.
the same manner that they have betrayed
all the partiss,they- have hsrstotors ssas
braced?
Where can you fad an:egaal asseHblsge
Of crimes? After having massaered The
empercr, whom they charged with shed.
ding ihe blood Of the Haytiaas,, did they
noscruelly asssssinaie more shap thirty OF
The superior officers :? And, for what req.
sons One reddens to think of It! Solely
because they are blacks, and enligh.sRs
ed.
What motives can,hey have for the con-.
mission of such nnheard Of crimes, unless
j, be the thirst OF command and the unhap-
ny rage of their cruel hatred against those
men who, a long tine siscs, excited their
unjust jealousy
They have dared 10 assributets the un.
happy Desssliues those very crimes which
they had suggested TO him, and OF swhiea
,hsy hayerbeen the violent inssiga,ors. AT
,srkaying steazed him with eon,iaual soil.
citations, nd,when he had yielded 70 their.
a,rociou. ensreaties, did they not charge
him with decreeing the death of Thomas
Thouat, which they had ipsslgased with SO
much rage?
Dessalines was peaeeably at Gonaives,
when they forged afaIse correspondence
betwesn that merchant and FerraId, by
The aid of which they denounced hin, 40
traitor, that they might be enabled, by
his death, to obtain the pillage OF his ef-