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I '-to ' • ’’[- We arc Indebted to the polite tie fa ofcaptain Fifk, who arrived here on Mon^ day laft from St# Marks, for t he,com?of which the following is a tran(lation.fnhht-oerRAXSLATEB FOR THE AMERICAN.I-d?To my jeliow~vtt ikettSm * yRThe moiiicntooi event which apra»n“Si f . x W ** •; -V' ' • 9r,. .. A;takes place in cur country, (fo fut jedl to vitifit u4t$) is of !ult; h a natme, a* will particularly arr*£t the attention ofthe O d Continent* Id its folds cur fu| ture delltqies are involved ; ahd it demands eur nioft vigilant attention, to preserve to pcfterity, the at^^ev^$ich the oppreifion of the white French hks compelled us to sflumr, bj^repclling evety encroachment to tyrannyC* ~ I f* !. r ■ • * - ** • V ■* , #• It}ilo general aprofcription ? Shall the name of African—(hall, to be fprung From an African, Be a perpetual ftigdja, thtf mark of indelible opprobrium?-— Shall the Colour of our vifage, be alone thit fral of eternal reprobation ? Does the black or yellow (lain, that you feeon our foreheads, put a (top to tjn^ro gpefs of arts, to virtue, to courage ?—Hat it prevented our rifing fuperior to thofeovho, hecaule we are blaclcr^htttK ti vi their inferiors? Hencef rth let thisideal, this unwoi ty nrivilege be obliterated. The Almighty, when he peopled the world, f«]J to no one race or fee ofvIdymm, destroy you that. The Frenchlook down upon us—thty are our fupr-ricra^the^ Are whites, we art negroes; but let us flvcty them, we are fuperior to£hrm rrr courage, in greatnefs ofTonl,Self preiervation, a delire cotval with I but above ail, in attachment to our •f f 1 ‘ r -m V . i “a * • 6 ' 4* _-*N * ^ ' -rri I . \ n ? •bItexift r?cc—RdilUnce of opprrffion, oiy^r fuft d uty ; ocyfinoft natoial right, have placed arms in our hands; and thank*to the Almighty, who willeth not the dlt; ftruttion of the i inccent, our oppref-atthavfinyicountry. Let their country, a Havet | ;fbr|Agpr ttMu(Ibi^ipus mailer, 1 ^rn, from a people Ot lavager, the fee ret to be fiee !--Weare deemed unworthy of their equality ; iitrn have difp^ifed before our native Tt fd-*Jfet the deCfte fall upon their:hiiianv*ff. ac imnm K irulle v«4 * Its* ftlVfl ItVphalanxes, as the impu:e mills of the mornfrfg b$f;oie the rays of th.« fun* F^.ver, indeed, did a cfiufe mo^laudable, more, facred,i fpire Heroifm:I at An fenr my ever more dajj^fdly, moreP11perfidioti'’, or more blood thirdy appearthan the Ibench. Me thinks I feeysssdser.t hf fit ft arrival on ouf cpn{bUl-iAnd whodoubts not bijt tfie ent%fnl'ms df liberty, emanating from their bt^ans^ would pervade our molt diflant the only palliative they 7could offer for the aborninarfojbs with which they havji delaced the face of Europe. 1 his nation, without doubt,rienced4 and drnonnnatlajpQtitnrn*nt and expc-itfelf rrfin-PuITrnlt;Ci a i»rgo* • afhoeed, will inevitably hold forth to our infant people, the example gf the^ vff-tue?, of their generofity and modera-tioix*, Eui^oft, to huimanitjr! At firll inflnuating andfigning, their fnares aqb ftjw art,ai d the way that lead* tfcftfttAion, to death, and iu, which they flatteredown heads* We, in our turn, prolcr«be£ 11 i j jjc rfidloust rafte rp\|^- toyIn our turn, let us thunder again it iWfllitheftfjiii;Tile|eiich-fthin^;' usfit inlylpfivc wo^3flt;4*begWB.df thi dulrf, jBfiqSjeh ^ I^Valoi1-tuii^ Why do 1 Let us takeup our relidence -.»ur :nacce(l»’!e , etreats; i: theie we fltAil he iuviiu.*-hie. Oh, 't s tlier^, v here the TuteL;Dc ty of his belo^dchildren* At a re I lution fo generousthe cerements of our brethren, the b ties-of the martyrs to our liberty reanimate. There our arfenals, our arms, out provi-1' fibns, ouf refources, our families will be immediately under thepro Ccuon of r.a-luft'i Sco i Go cf. to v/ f: s,,i fa w hi 1 e jfor any momentary advantage, they be fuffe,irl9 to exifff tye thotneiit of invalioq. 'Which Wf havi ^onlct ^j.d, tfi^^cly 1 P §nr we ouglit:' «^e^^i’have railed, bfir:a1gckdr«t:0itiuthe firong, the iuuifioluble chain, aroundtftemfelves to eufn^re our cudulous (im- i which a nation of brethren are everirplif’ty, isftrewed wi h flowers.Nnw, .infoleut ^ud vain, they affume the rod of dominion, and contend fin tire prop rty of our pcrfons. But tamiUnriz-tf ; cd with crime and fkilful iqJts pe»pe** j t rat ion, their ftr ft attempt is direfted c j againlt thr-fe heroes, who, proud of theirindependence, and fpuming with i»idig-I j nation the proffered gold of the Spam-] ards and of the EuglHh, iprinkled with?, ( their blood the tri-coloured fLndard ofI liberty—and nowj when jplottrd withd j the blood of th^ir countrympjfy and dripping with its.dearell goie, they meditate an univerfai carnage, an etherI Su Bartholomews* The earth now opens with regret, to receive in her la-Iterated bofotpv the children (be hadborne, that flie h-d fi proudly nuitured,and whom, but a few hours before, lt;he* f had beheld in all the pride of manhood ;v 1 while, in the Imlds of certain velfds,nv) prepared with,d^olical |i|t, oflr.trpmb-ri , ling virgins, our children, finding onc i the breads of their dilhelTcd mothers,titiac-1r.c lt;hrratcj ! our wives, cur matrons, areIViflednwith the fumes of fuipfiur. Behuld,ready to unite. In this pgli ipp, placedfiy n e ceffi t y,'. th t mb fi imperiou^f laws.Wo^V jdpici;. fnoula j dsttcmtt to diflo.b U^rpnion and har- ja mony which (hou J reign amongft us.— ! Let liim, like the \ *.lticfl and venom-J '.•us vinlt;-, lie extirpated from focstty.Kity otn,i!tflat ipirit. c.4i£'cord and diyifi m, winch, by (1 w y t 1 llt; fure degree?, undermines the belt con- • C fofidated ^. r.-; x ^Freed from the fimckles of our ancient nature, and thrown into this newtititit 'mi ^ tip-mrnt forget, that in thedifcdh»fiture olenemies, we Ivave drowned, in theirhloodjW^t ft^^ihetit of hatred and wdifcord ; ; ut ablt; ve all, faithful to the laws of difciptine and Itibortlination—kf jus iiyejind dkjind^^.ofth^^fi’Cious itul itrtrepid chief, jfjioni Heaven has appointed ovcuvj-.., Theve is a virtue the fcource of hap-pinefs and profperity to ftat-s, that wc fh u!d fcruploudy revere. It is go *d faith iu our treaties, the religious obfer*. vance of our pronafes, and fidelity inat-UPnt!Jt«syet, c ur fhores are ^daily Co- fulfilling our engagements with thevcred with the the bodies which the4 j ocean itfelf, delivering up difdains toc£y9ifCnkeleicitc.dfhi-irconceal. Fcn now if reipedling neither age nor fex, had ||w at once tcr^minated an exilienee they judged incam-patible with their^yiewa I But no! Torments alone can glut them. Thofeflranger. Little ambitious of intermingling in the affairs of neighbouring pow ers ; let tuhcreiw ar n vlt;-r to molcflthlt; m in th ir polVeifions, but to confi ,e ourfelves alone to the pi efe* vatu n of out own.—-*~Then ftiait jftie Ifland of Hay-cycIt'I]nIati, after feeing ita bowels torn out by itswho, by an unjult traufportation, have I childrlt; , after having beeo confomed by fieen then.felves torn from their tender- its own ruii.s, like the Phoenix, againell, their dearcll connexions, condemned to niofl bitter flavery, tkc ant a ferable exiflence•,jj^ine of the der the ignominious badge of galley fiaves, chained to the oar, are carelefs iyvi»v©king death tjxput af^Snd atj^nce, to their milery and flramc : Others unrife from its allies, more beautilul andLong 1 vc the InucpcPvl ; ce of 1 layti • Long live tU * Governor (ietieral !REPLYt%iralitder the impending fcourge of n pitilefs j OK THE COMMISSARY COL-e.I)-:e1)l-S)dttinand vigilant tafk«anafter, are daily ex-hauflingithe irnall remains of vigourleft them by tlie battles of their country : Others bamlhed to Ajaccio, in thenuferies lt;»f oppreilion, ^can find ronfo-lation only in their virtue, and f;om the pleafing celtimony of a well fpent life : Others ag«.n balVly fold by the orders of a government, boalling of its liberty, from the bottom of mines, are con*l demned to explore—vainly left theirreplicating I ands, enfeeble ! and de-bafed by fervitucl^, to a country, which, alas 1 Fhev mull never fee a (ain:EM* .-.I • 1 A *' ^ | ^ ***Others, in hue, miraculously l'n*tched 1rom thefe evils, ind lcattered over the vtrious parts of the globe, difplay to th« eye ol indifference, their inife.rie* aitd tlieir wots ; leaving Vo a trod of retribution, the care of their venge-auce, and the means of returhing' to, their native foil.What then is our crime? Of whathave we been guilty, to et.^ail upon usRF.iUyfO GENERAL liOCHAMrtEAU,UPON THE QUICSTON,91 What is the Present Situation ofPoitr-AU P til NCR.IIO W ealy it is to fulfil the tafk which you have impoled upon me !Youcsll f-y particulars refpefting our iituat’on ; you believe that it is time, once more, to remedy the evils which opprefled us, ami you are ignorant that our diffrefs isincrraliog while I write ;you are ignorant that the only effedVuairemedy to lighten the weight of our evils, is in the overthrow of this very organization which gives you the fupreme power. The government alone, the public functionaries, and above all, the generals chargecLwith the defence of cer-tiin parts of the colony, ought to beconfiderrd as the prime-inoVers of the pfftiing events which infure our difiruc-tion. The intertft which you fieem tobaEcvV1ter8dtc ■ ’ 1!cta(ctvcIFFJ?A
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Washington National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser
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