Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-28
KINGDOM OF HATTI.
PROCLAMATION.

fIFytuHS
Liberty independence Honour
Country may these words be ever engraven
ON our hearts For blessings such as these we
have valiartly fought during seven and twenty
yearS--tor these we have submitted 10 the no
blest, the most unbouuded sacrhces-and i'm
10 die
EaytjGns! This is the day, forever mernora-
bic, on which by our courage and perseverance,
we founded the Independence of our country,
ai'rr having delivered 1t from the yoke OF n
barbarous bondage May this day of eternal
memory, be forever to Us and onr posterity
day ofelory, of happiness and rejoicing
After having offered upour thanksgiving TO
the Almighty for the benefits he hath vouchsa-
ted untouS, orr people and cur faIniIy tho first
desire osour hcartsis toconvey car satisfaction
our sincere thanks and the expression of our
regard 10 the general officers, Sub-o officers and
prvates. the land and sea forces 10 the pub
lie functionaries, civil and military for the
fresh proofs of zeal and fidelity they have dis.
played towards our person as well as for the
general good of our kingdom-and we hope
Tor continuation of their efforts. According
To the custom we have invariably observed
at this period, we shall lay before Won a sue
cinct exposition of the situation of the King
dom ana or our views regardiDgits future pros.
pcT.tv.
1t iSwith peculiar satisfaction vie are ena-
hied To announce, that our political and COM
mercial relations with the various powers gra-
dually improve, ana that with the advance of
time we appear TO become more ADVANTAGE
ousiy known to them all.
The augmentation of our commerce neces-
sarily gives rise to the improved cultivation of
orr SOIL, the productions OF which supply that
commerce with the means Of barter We re-
commend Our cultivators to accelerate and ex-
tend their prosperous labours n constant mo-
tive tor which exists in the lucrative disposal
OF their several commodities. We will neYlcct
nothing that tend to favor these two
branches OF the national wealth
Inc french Cabinet has again renewed this
year, IT'S Intellectual projects. Force cannot
Intimdate us; threats carry weight with
them and we are not to be caioIed Palliative
means were sought TO be employed in order to
effect, in time, the reduction ofour country TO
Il state of slavery The propositions OF this
Cabinet having been made to us in form un-
usual, contrary to our accustonea Institutions
aud insulting TO brave and generous people
who had conquered tlIeir independence, they
were rejected with indignation.
According to all the received principles of
the law of nature & of nations, it is not cOmpe-
tent for one country to propose TO another the
remuneration of its independent rights TO sub
nit to the yoke of the other
Should our enemies come to attack us the
Supreme Arbiter Of the Universe, who hath
placed in our hands tho means OF asserting aud
maintaining our independence, will be our
righteous Judge.
HaWidRs!-The independence of orr coun.
try, founded on the general will of the people
IS placed on solid aud durable basis every
day tends more and more 10 consolidate and
strengthen our resources. so that we have the
firmest guarantee against the odiOus prctensi-
rms OF France, but POLITICAL Illustrations, howe
yer perfect ought not To be our sole guarantee
lit IS hy reforming our manners, our customs
and our rabIts, by changing altogether whatc-
YER we NAV have retained of French cha rartcr
by dscardiBg ia time the very tongue we
speak that we shall at leugth succeed in sap
ping at iIayti French influence to its very
source tcn shall we have madetO disappear
the last Vestiges of that germ OF corruption still
existing amongst us. Its by preserving * che
rishing assiduOnsly IN our minds public spirit,
accompanied by that national hatred We have
vowed 10 rance and its government, that we
may flattcr ourselves in having secured 10 IT'S
and oar Posterity pre'crvative against the
Vaccinations Of a tyrannical country, whose
expressions and whose cruelties we never eau
forget
Our attention then has been particularly di.
rccted towards public Instructions, as thc most
etectual means of reforming and polishing tile
manners ofa people, and acquiring toll ma
tional character; we have thought proper to
appoint board of public instruction, TO found
Royal College, and to direct tho establish
meat Of National Schools, in every town and
village Of tie Kingdom.
Tie latter will commence By disseminating
the prisiafy rudimcnts IT knowledge and cx-
periencc sitisfactoIily etinccs, after the suc-
cess ofihose National Schools already in opc-
ration in thy capital. fuJ thcpr0CrCsS We have
Observed in the young pupils, tlat our just
hopes arc Becoming realized.
imprcs cd with these ideas, we have been
dcsirOus Of i.igourin@ Hose professors and ar
tlst, who visit us for the prrnosc Of levotine
theni elves to clio instruction Of youth. " is
essential go the -.,1lic welfare, that regular
system OF national education should be organi
red as ihcfe are laws FOR manhood 80 should
there be Tor youth 10 "a from the first m0nicit
Persistence tl9t we ought 10 learn how 20 me-
rit dat existence. and from that moment the
f.sfcire. O. ON Oates should cen.nQDge IL