Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-01

Cape Eayti. under the protection of Bo-
| yer.
Tile troops behaved extremely vel
after the arriya! of Boyer, aud every thing
was conducted with perfect order. The
Officers were quartered upon the citizens
the men in the barracks aud public pla
ces.
The people are highly .Iaiyd al the
change, and the popularity Of The new
Government WAS unbounded The per
sopagc formerly styled The Duke OF Mar
malade was re-appointed Governor OF the
| Cape.
Business was suspended at the Cape on
the breaking ont or The Revolution. Az
embargo was laid on The shipping, ana
| grea, apprehensions .xisied among The
merchants previous TO the arrival of Boy
er's troops. But on his arrival, The,
wer assured that property of all kinds
would be respected. The embargo VAS
removed, aud business revived.
A fleet of 6 sail, q ke,ch ami 5 schrs. J
arrived from PORT au Prince the day be-
fore Captain PousIand sailed, with Prov
| slons.
American produce was plenty al the
Cape. Four vessels with -four arrived al
| ter the Revolution commences.
President Boyer, on the day he entered
the capital OF his late encmy. ISSUED the
following Proclamation =
[TRANSLATION.l
REPUBLIC OF HAYTi.
JOHN z. BOYER. President Of Hayti
to the HayHans
HAYTIANs The time of dscord ana
DIVISION is passed. The day OF re- union
and concord, the most happy in my lite,
Is arrived, ChIldren of The same family
We have all rallied under the shade ri the
sacred tree OF liberty. rhe Constitution
- restored throughout Hayri; from The
North TO the South. from The East 10 the
West; the Republic behoIds citizens ds
voted Ia lis prosperity and Independence.
VIII not recount the history of your past
miserigs; preserve the memory of them,
| IN order 10 secure yourselves against the
| recurrence ct sucb evil. After having
taken up arms 10 free ourselves and on,
fathers from a wrrtcbed state OF slavery,
to which we were III subsection two cen
| turies; after we had poured nui our blood
and made She greatest sacrifices tor The
country, who could have imagined thai
we should have become the vi, tins of am
biiious men, who did every thing ior
themselves, aud nothing for the proplc
\ OH know their names. Their fatal cele
brlly fixed all those dreadful evils upou
the country, and has seui their names
down tn posieriiy with the execraiions OF
IN oppressed people. You have beior
! your eyes the history of the Ubiquitous gn-
| verDmeni of Christophe, whose caprices
| we're the supreme Law. T;is ough, g.,
| convince yOu That al all times The Law
should emanaie from The general wifi
| and NOT from the fancy of the individual
| who Is placed at The head Of the state.
he Constitution Of the Republic, the
work OF the Representatives IF all the De
| parimcnis, has esta bished wise securities
against arbitrary power. II, during four
ieon years, u; has blessed those who re
manned faithful TO its provisions, i, shall
now constitute the happiness OF those,
whom The rebel Cirs.opue led INTO error.
and who this day shall return TO the con-
| siiutIonal government. But TO obtain
| this result, II is necessary, Havtians, that
each one of you divest himself of all per-
sonai considerations, OF all particular pre-
| tensions, recollecting il,at every mans
SERVICES are for the country, and not for
himself, dIs'lalnng all advantages which
take their source III intrigue or favor.
| We ought never 10 forget The names {
those brav" patriots who ceased not In
contend against d.spoiism TO The very
| last. Those who gave The most solemn
! pledge to tho people, to make an effort
for fhc recovery of their libsriy, are wor
| Thy OF The national remembrance.
Ircgrei ilai that blood OF which shall
always be sparing, flowed so profusely !;
all my care shall now be TO save. Nv
order OF the I7ih, sent express 10 the
Cape, by my abide camp, did mol arrive
in time TO save the life of The son OF
Christophe, or those cificers who have
been most conspicuous IN executing the
barbatous orders OF his government.
Eayiians 7! The past i forgotten I. q. :. |
declare 1t most so!emnly believe me
haste TO concur with the government in
lis designs 20 establish the independence
OF the country. The first President OF
jayii Is the depostary of the public iran
guilty and prosperity He will spare
neither pains nor cares III making this
his duty LIT every citizen initiate his
example, AMI The wounds of The country,
occasioned BY tile civil var will very
soon be healed.
Hay'ians render thanks 10 The Su.
preme Being, who has permitted us to
unite as one nation, and has brought us
| may be inspired with sentiments of peace
and the precepis OF wisdom and that we
may leave our children the heritage OF
peace in "a free aud independent country.
Vire Ia Repubhque
ViUe la Constitution
Viue Ia Li6erte ct EE,gatfte.
| Givtn al the National Palace at Cape
Hayden, the 2Glh October. 1920, and in
the I7ih year of independence
BOYER.
By The President.