ries, who shall come to reside in the
Republic, shall be recognized as Haytians, but shall not enjoy the
rights of citizenship until after a year's residence."
The same constitution that excludes the white man, invites the
black; and, gentlemen from Port au Prince have assured us, that
President Petion gives a marked welcome to the Free Blacks from the
United States who settle in Hayti."
THE END.
_Printed by C. Clement._
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] The liberty of the black population in but a single state, is
estimated at about thirty millions of dollars.
[2] Governor Miller's message to the legislature of North Carolina in
1815.
[3] The Capitol at Washington.
[4] "Political subordination, however hateful to a liberal mind, is as
bright as day when compared with the dark and hopeless bondage of the
Negro."
[5] Since writing the above, I have been favoured with the perusal of a
letter from the brother of the late Governor of the State of Delaware,
to his friend in Philadelphia, dated Lewes, November 27, 1816, in which,
after mentioning the arrest of a banditti of kidnappers, &c. he relates
the following narrative:--
"A melancholy catastrophe has recently occurred here. A pilot, who owned
a young black man, last Thursday morning, when in the bay off here, for
some small offence, struck him three or four times with a rope's end;
his man observed, 'Master, you have promised whenever I am unwilling to
serve you, that I might choose another master; I now want to leave you.'
'Very well, (replied the master) but I will settle with you first, pull
off your shirt,' and signified or said he would beat him until sun-set.
His man replied, 'I will die first,' and immediately jumped overboard
and drowned himself."
[6] The aboriginal Americans have offered their civilized brethren a
most beautiful and instructive lesson on this subject. The author of
"The Star in the West," Elias Boudinot, LL. D. relates the following
fact. From page 232:--
"The writer of these sheets, many years ago, was one of the
corresponding members of a society in Scotland for promoting the gospel
among the Indians. To further the great work, they educated two young
men, of very serious and religious dispositions, and who were desirous
of undertaking the mission for this purpose. When they were ordained and
ready to depart, we wrote a letter in the Indian style, to the Dela
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