nort h-c arolii a g a z e t t e vol xi 1 saturday j»x-va ijod no 540.3 liberty eqjtalitv in the name of the french fepublie a proclamation them even to their haun:s and deftroy tht laft of them — what is it nat incumbent upon y cm to revenge your brethren whjrn they keep fettered in the futrounding nlands yes citizens ! every thing ought to imprefs you with an implacable hatred for thofe ty rants whofe moft lucrative trade is of re du ing you to ilavery mifery and death what can withhold ycur vengeance ? rufli on that imperious race ; make it difappear from that facred fpot which too long has been the theatre of its crimes nd depre dations parent there to ludy in a more perfect de gree thofe fciences or arts to which they may have ihewn a mor decided inclinat rm i he fame rcfources are likewife t\r2 red to the children ofthe whites ami nl'thecol ur ed people for the primary i^k^k which will be edablilhed will i>copen to ill huh u duals born in the colony of whatever colour they may be all men are equal in rigt1 i's an irreproachable probity is confi<ier d hy the conftitution as io uietul o citizens that when they are punilhed by law the lofe for a while their political rights irisrh •». lore neceflary that the man who w ilbes ai ire ferve his liberty without interruption ihould to labour andinftrucnon and morals which are abiblutely neceflary to the preservation of a focial ftate vmy a what you have j.i.t now reai vou will no more doubi t t ie i i tentioi ol the wnxrn'tt'-p rtvauammvaa in o-.c in srfletuble rights ol voiir liberty fo you ci izens whoiu t barbarous cuf tomhad made formerly proprietors o ilves we hall obferve that in coiileqeunce only ol th mott ftr tire fubverlion of what ia known under the iiaiiieofjuitice and humanity the-moft iaci-cu rights of man had been for faken in the l^nnfr order of things which al io ved men to be reduced to the molt iiilui ferable nnd abject ilavery ; we lhall ted you that a ftate fo contrary 10 nature though apparently favourable to your mtereits uas oi too violent a nature to lit long i onv could thr matter iliake olf the though ot the dangers with which he w^s in ceflantly threatened ? does rot the experts ence or ages and nations tranftnitted by hif tory ir.toi m us that tyranny has fy ays alien a victim to irs own cri lies undoubt edly six hundred thoufand flaves iltijuiuy and cruelly tortured in allnpft every in itant ot their lives could not afford a great degree offecurity to thefmaii number ol their malters surrounded with foes torment ed with rhiftruft and tear wh it < oold be l ha enjoyments of matters 1 hey were molt if furedly difturbed by the moft cruel enormi ties add to this the coot nual fear they la boured under tolee themfelves utterly ruin ed by that morality which is the ineviubls confequence of the manner in much tha blacks were treated in the colonies lever feltcite sonthor.ax juliert kaimond mark antoinr alexis giraud pierre g lehiane ami philippe kote koume coin nthfaries dt-icgatedby the french govern ment to the windward illand to all the citizens of the colony and to ail v ho compofe the land a.ud fea f > r ces ae;tir.c;i a its defence c 1 t 1 z x n *, \ ftf.lt fo n-i-vpy ftorms an 1 critical erner i ncies infeperable concomitants of a revol'jtion france enjoy at lall a conftituti n worthy t ! a people who know how to value liberty already under a truly republican govern aient the french people begin to relt from their long and ai duous toil and to enjoy the happy effert ofthe liberty which they haye attained already the govei nment directs its folicitudes towards thofe objects which are to preferve the rights and encreafe the happinefs of the people firmly refolved to caufe the « nftitution so be executed the executive directory is conftantly occupied in fearching out means to have it eftabhihed in all parts of the repub lic fhe republic his not only provided you with means to deltroy your moft cruel ene mies but has farther teftiried her parrntal folicitude in indicating and facilitating to j on loch means as can only consolidate your reconquered liberty — thofe mean's citi zens you lhall find in labour 2nd mftru&i on and in the practice of moral and civil virtues tc m labour and inflruftion > citiz *">/ % nr celfary to the prefervation of m people and the conftitutionimpofes tnem asa duty upon ai citizens be icth article ofthe fecond title contains thefe words " young men cannot be infcribed in the civic reghter if they do not prove that they can read write and follow a mechanical branch of bufinefs : ' that claufe citizens can nd ought to take place only agreeably to the conftitution after the hrif day ofthc twelfth year of the republic i he manual operations of agriculture be long to the mechanic arts yes labour ami agriculture particular iy is abfolutely neceflary to him « ho willi es to preferve his rights nd enjoy his li berty through ■< labour we procure trie neceflary things to our exifteuce and enjoy ment through labour only we can pre ferve our liberty woe to the people who neglect labour ; — fuch people cannot fail be coming laves to an active nation — never forget that the engiifh your neighbours are very active and that they may rivet vour chains once more ihould you ev?r for i;,ke labour — ab ! has not a dreadful and too long experience taught you that truth ? had your anceftors the inhabitants of a frica devoted themfelves to the culture of their fruitful lands they moft alluredly would not have debated themfelves by reci procal bloody wars of which greedy euro peans have availed themfelves 10 reduce them to the moft in^ollcrable and degrading ilavery — what remains for you to do in order to avoid all misfortunes which are in feparable concomitants of idlenefs no thing but to devote yourfelves to the cul ture of tbe rich productions of the colony you inhabit ! many of yru hive been to france — they will tell you that the peo pie are there conflantly occupied at ufeful labours and agriculture in particular i mitate that atftive people who adopts ycu as their brethren and will eftablilh by that mean a trade f exchange with them which cement an.l ftrengthenyour brother ly relatio 5 inltru&ion ss as ufeful to you as a byityouwill iea n h uv to fulfil -.'*•*■' tfgood citizens finally by inftruftionyou will attain that decree of mi rali ■ - i.:h do tinguilhes the civilited trom the -■•* <> * nan the onei't frcm the peryei fe citizen the government will aint nothing u at tain an object fo interefting if.d fo worthy of folicitude public fchools will be efta bli<hed throughout ai the co nies ; your children hall there receive inftru&ion m bibe atafte for labour and morals which are to accompuih their f ii regeneratii — t - republic willexter ' farther * er cares - ... u . • for ihe wilhes that acer ta 1 r.u ur t the ewh - 2 all haye pi odu ed s - e-.e :.• an 1 zeal 7 i ftruc • . •;.-;.-• f'ranse r th •«•'*• • • *■ . . that conftiruti«n ftif art'r'e 1 56 that the legifiative body ca uthorife the direc tory to fend into all the rencb colonies as tbe emergei ly of the cafe may require one r more particular agents whom it will ap point for a particular time thole agents are to exercife tbe tam func hon -..> che directory aud be under its or tiers the 6rh article of the conftitution f*-ates iha the french colonies at infeparable jarts f the republic and lubmiued to tbe fame ontvitutional law it 3 particularly for the execution of that article that we have received from the go vernment the honorable million intruded to es ; and at the fame time to let you know a the means you ou^ht to employ to preferve liberty and equality which are the fun damental law of that conftitutibn you will undoubtedly believe yo't eld sno ihcerc friends : undoubtedly you will fill i ro philanthrophiit who have fpontane uilv devoted themfelves to almoit certain death in order to vindicate your rights bound bv the lime principles they propofe to themfelves only one end that ot leading you to the true happinefs in preserving a r.onor you liberty and equality citizens ! rally then at the voice of the delegates of the republic iince it is in her i.aine and for your deareft iuterelts that they are going to addrels you the ancient government of the colonies had diftinguifhed three different clafles : the whites the coloured people a.id the laves to thofe different dalles row united and honored with the nam of french citizens . e are goii g :<> fpeak alternately we hall f rlt a idrefi thai \ i tion of the people ofthe • sony wh • 2 has n ft fullered under cl ? i . rat lie order which has been at olithed and we ball fay to them — " by the republican • nft tution v hich tbe french nation has inft o ; ted you have recovered your primitive - a ■.' ■ fa ut you tn aft know the proper means it preferve them v thout interruption to v remoteft pofterity — thofe ihips tbe ■ trriors whom they bring to you *. all thofe rmidable preparations are defigned againft the eng ifh who are the moft i ruel enemies o your liberty ! they dare to indulge the • e of framing new chains for you see uiofe blood tnirfty tygers bending dill ethren under their homicidal whips — \\ t cannot uifrer any longer io difmal an • * - join the forces which france fends - i ', exnel fronuheterritory ofthe frer ; <•%>«»..,, .**.« tyrants tf bimmumi purli : initead of that violent tt.it in wh lin gered the late proprietors of tlveshber ; equality wlutii tlow from rhe to frrto thera nothing but true en'ovu .-. peiieit fecurity to their lives and fo oui rounded with free and peaceable hull men who will cultivate the lands foi i i falary the owner will dread no more m fury of the revolted have ; he wiil i:ve a u;on thofe men as amcnji his children • he will afliit their activity with his knowledge their nofterity will no more decline bur rathe create in proportion to the miter ing cares paid to them ; and that increafe ol population as it will give more hand io agnculrure will improve mo e and more tii eltat of the owner and procure him enjoi - ments more iweet aud gratifications mot * real as they will not be aquired at the tr.i oence ofthe happinefs as they will not ho the lhameful price o the tears and the blne-.j of their equals a.s by the new fyltrn i the p-opriet^r oi lands will dread no moj.e thofe fudden changes of fortune be will }>• able to encreafc hll nore his enjoyment and give a gi eater lalubrity to his pofleiiion s by thofe rural ornameiits which have made france lo delicious a pot the landholder in hr colonies wii a'.loenjoy all that advan tage ;•.'*:• '.; r inhabitant of france which ure to i derived from a beautiful climate a : the high prices the .'. ral productions ofthe country the republic therefor hi a right ttt expect that the aiis*?t>rtun vh . have - - tended the rste'wv • t wjiiiuve . * happy