The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-06-22

Besides tie letter thas anoted. we have n
onf hshas iile official Gazette 81 Havti-Ls
Isi' gruFhs. % tire 10th ult inriu-te. II
confirms 81 iAe statements 0f the letter
touching politics. Tie nnr.bcr III the IBtL
slay contains ong ogkcsal article. headed
I" II yon SSH y Obtain peace. prepare Tor
war 40 elaborate attempt l. maUe IN Il 10
siew That t,e Flastiens had lhe ssme. ana
other motisas, % separate from France. that
SC 81 Tic Jaited States had 10 shake OF ths
juAe If uHr mother country add ihe parallel
y pursued Id tie form ln Itn.lrvtlo ID Tie
Americans.
hayt, says the article. f" is IN a political
situation ia regard 20 certain European powers
which does rot allow her 10 c0unI upon lhe Jur.
alton 81 the tranquility which She enjoys. and
siill less to trust 10 appearances 81 reconcilia.
ton, which, perhaps, ere made 70 glitter before
Der eyrs, Only N order NJ blind her "a The fatal
ahNt- which are spread tOr her destruction
=" Since tie public opinion has revealed to "
that the oid coafinent is cOnspiling once more
against tie new, we must no longer deceive
ourselves with respect 10 our dearest interests
ne report a agmaments III Frunce, and he
cries OF our wretched brethren OF Martinique
whose ehaius are riveited, o. from whom some
small privileges q freedom are violently wrest.
edo not these tell us that we ought 10 RELY
less upon the justice and good viii Of Others.
than upon oar own energy and cur infexible
resolution % defend oar rights Z"
n IS stated IN the Article that letters and
papers from Europe confirm .be prescntiEncnt
EXPIRE sscd-that the establishment OF a coloni-
al bank 10 defray the expenses ofthe war no.
on Hayti, &c. IL IS declared that. II. a. was
said, orders had been issued in France I'd The
lcusiom-houses to clear no merchant vessels
for Hayii, but under the French flag, this was
done without consulting the Has ten govern
meri, and that the FreDchHag will not be ad-
mitted into tie ports Of IIayti unless the law
fitness ofthe Haytien flag be recognized.
The official paper proceeds thus -
eve coufess with regret that the speech u
Ills Most Christian Majesty 70 the French Le-
gisaiare, IN 'caich he has not done its the honor 10
name as, does not dissipate the appearances of 4
war against Hayti; and il his Majesty speaks d
the affairs Of the East and Of Spanish and Portu
lguese America, il is in a style 50 ambiguous, thai
I the eOasitaii0n0l;sis of the new world NAV ap
prehend the fate OF those Of old Europe
\ {" acknowledgement Of the Independence of h,
g0hoie Of Hayii. Without this preliminary stem
let US have no treaties with the Frenchman lei
| US, on the contrary, dread his approach Like
the alligator he watches us; he prowls abon
! ~ he studies his opportunity to art upon hi
prey and drag Il to the bottom Of the abvss.
1t is evident that the Haytien authoritie
have conceived strong suspicious of the de
/ signs Of the French Government, and thinI
it matter OF expediency, or necessity, to i'm
press The people with the belief that an inva
sion is extremely probable, ifnot fully decide,
and matured. Since the Termination Of III,
Spanish war we have entertained like suspi
lcions, which the language and movements o
the Hayhens have not at least weakened.