Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-04-22

| Domingo, weary ofwars and calamitles,
have no longer to fear the violent treat.
ments which irrritated them. Convinced
that PROMISES, which shall be made to
them, will be religiously observed, pro-
Itected BY the Royal authority, which IS
1.-The shelter Of France itself, every thing
|foreteIls both the reconciliation OF the
chiefs. and the submission OF the rest.
/ lie the government may REASONABLY rely
on this happy issue, no other expedition,
must he prepared than such a one as will
suffice for the establishment of good
| order, for the maintenance OF an active
police, the protection Of all classes, and
! the guarantee Of all rights.
What previous attempts have they pro-
Ibably made? what preparatory measures
/ have they taken3 It is what we
cannot know, and questions upon which
it be might imprudent to solicit an expla-
nation from. the!goyernment. The epoch,
4 the nature of an expedition, it's forces,
/ the dispositions which ought to precede
| it all is depending on the facts, on the IN
formation, on the prudence of the execu-
tive. It is in the government therefore.
that we must essentially icon6de.
Should the king think expedient to
| send agents, either before any expedi-
ton takes place, or to accompany it
when he thinks properto dispose ola force
for that object, those plenipotentiariess
invested with the powers OF king OF
France, will obtain that ascendancy me-
lcessary for the success of their mission.
Ifthese missionaries of.peace add to the
insgence of respected name, reputa-
ton of wisdom and equity, they will hap
PLY prepare the way for return to order
and tranquility.
1t is in the will of the king, in that OF
the coIonists, as in the wishes OF those
who inhabit the island, that the con-
dition of the laborers of the plantations be
improved; that the fate of the proPrle-
tors of all ranks and colors be safe. But
here it is impossible to abandon ourselves
entirely to the impulse of humanity and
justice-We must be better acquainted
with the interior state Of the colony, to
speak of the concessions which may be
granted with propriety, 4 to pronounce on
the regulations to be established for the
protection of some, the industry Of others
and the rights OF all.
These objects. can be but the result of
established relations with those who have
been in power, and are still the chiefs OF
the population. Those men whose sweat
and hard labor fertiIize the soil of St.
Domingo, are not ignorant that the. an
Gent kings of France were full of solici-
tude for their fate, and it will be easy Tor
the delegates of the government to con
vince the new chiefs and their interiors
of the benevolence of a king, the legiti-
mate successor of him whom they so nsuch !
deioced (idolatroient.
1t is reasonable to expect that such
communications will produce a regular
order OF things, calculated to put an end |
to all sorts Of calamities, by curbing all
the passions, and giving a common dnec-
ton to the different interests, conforma-
bic to Justice and wisdom.
Thus by the same reason thatit is con-
venient to refer to the government on the
nature, the epoch, as swell as on the mode
of the expedition, it is also necessity OF
abandoning ourselves to its prudence, IN
bestowing rewards, granting indemmtles
and in adopting proper measures 70 es-
tablish the interior CT the colony, these
wise regulations which may secure the
RIGHTS ofmen of all classes.
Indeed whatever is relative toa pacl-
fication, is like war in the attributions OF
a king. The question before US embraces
at once the termination of the war In st.
Domingo, and that Of internal disturban-
ces of that colony: Thus all the means
which may attain an end SO desirable.
are necessarily Of the province OF the ex-
ecutive power.
By a consequence which derives from
those principles, from the nature OF things
and from the state of the island, it is to
the king that it also belongs to prepare &
establish those interior regulations,
which in St. Domingo must be the neces-
sary consequences Of ADVISABLE measures
to operate pacification.
The constitutional chart stipulates that
the colonies are placed in particular 81
tuation. 1t says, :" the colonies are 60
verned by particular laws and regula-
TONS"
Undoubtedly these expressions OF the
chart do not necessarily invest the execu-
tive power with right to make alone the
laws, in which the fate Of all the colonies
and thpir inhabitants is concerned. But