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' ' ' i v ' AND NorfkGaroliiia Staie; Gazette Our arc tb plajKaf faldclightrul beate, . 1 : irp'd by party frajei totiJlk.e brother. ; Unwarp'tl by party MosnAtyJuLt 29, 1S05.- Vol. VT. Tr)l..sUd for the Mercantile Aeveuit. CONSTITUTION or llATTL . Christonhe, Clervaa t, GabAit, Pctsoti; Getfiard Brave, Raituel, Romaw, La- si . ,,t l"l jut . ftnnfre. l-loire, Ambi is:, Voyou, jun lis Francois, Uerm. iiut.-u, IV: Bazclais, Martial l&fr a?. mtiu owfVaLmc as in that cfthe .people of Hayti, wWlmt tr jly constituted u-4 .far.hfut brgans and intet prefers of their will presence ol the bim-tme uing, ue V c whom all mankind '.-ae equal, j. who lias distributed ko many 5,11 if. creatures on the wit face Tiheir'-'io'Ve Prposi of ma II fctffoi? hU glory P"er tK dnersky f his work : In the t.' us ow-cas cr.iUtrcu . jt.r.- ih;at-lhe ttnpr. of the p-eentcnnti'.uittn is "he ou and invariahLexprfSsi pontinc- n ol our 1 of- our K-:lt-ts and tne eeiiru. . . . 1 f.o.-Mj!.uents ; and we su'Him ii w iK ciK ll t ol n. iv Emperor, Tnpues D-ssaliiie our deliverer to receive its edy and enure exc cution. Preliminary Dcdcmtion. .. r i Th nto-i'.a inhabi'.in?! in i - - v- ' the I'and: formerly ca5U-d St. Do nuntvo, hereby agree to Wrm them selves into a free f Slate, soeren anl independent of any ohe.- powt-. iu the universe, undr the name ol Empire of Hayti.- 2. SUvery is forever abolished. 3. T h- ci iers of Haf i are bro hers at home, equal ty in tht eye of the la s inj:ontestaWv ckoWledsced ; ant there caiuici tx;st any tUU s, advantages or pri .Ug." o'hf r than those tiecessaril re sid tin-' 'from ihe':onsid:ration "ami reward of services rendered io Hber ty and indopen encc 1 1 " 4. The lavr is the same to all, vh'ther it punishes, or vhethcr i: J)J'"'!.CtS. . . : . 4. The bw hasnoretroactivefiTect 6. Ptoerty is s'xrv-d, its viola tion shailhe severely prostcuted. . 7. The quality of citizen of ILiyli is lost by e;msTaiK-n hd jna uraiiz i tionin foyeigr. count r'u s, and by cn ''demiiatien to c'orp' "-a! ordirra-cfu; punish'jntnt The first jc.se earn. wi h it the imnishment of dc-th anc.: c fiscrftion cf v r.-perty.. . S. Theqi.'tlry of ciiish i su 'pen 4 d m conseciuetict oi buwkrupui.b .cod fid'tnvf. ! 9. Nc person is worthy--of being' a IiaytiavJ who W not a oid father, a uood son a gooil husbaad, and esptcielly a goaci sold.eri 10. Fathers and mothers 'are hot permitted to dUinhrrit '.heifchildren. U. Every Citizen inUst possess a 3Tiechar.ic''art. , '12. XoViiite man, of whatsoever nation he. iiay be j 'na on this territory villi master cr proprietor 1 put his loo. the title, cf neither shaH he in future acquire :iny preffert); therein. ; ''-X - ' 13. The precis article can - ot in the smallest degree ante; whi'e women who have. been na' ura iixcd Haytians by Grvernmcntv no -does it extend o cn IJfen airbed born or th-.: may l.b4 .i n of the sai: vooncii. The G-r-"ns md Pola;; lcri naturalized H 'iar.s by Go vtrnmtnt are uio comprized in I lit '-tlisposivi-jr.3 ol Ute pifs-t i.iluie. 14 All-exception of cy! Airamon the children ef one und the same ianiily, -of whom 'he chief uulgis trute is the father,' "being nectssardv to ceasr, Uie Haytian shall hetue forward be known al by the gene ric appellation of Blkrka. ' .r Of thf Lixpire.' 15. The Em-iiv of liitytt, one avu mcivioil.i4t' Its ', ar ib aied i r to-Vi x m'di C. Ech .military cvntorv is dis a: V. .divisions (iivisioa s-ha! "becorniiitiided by genvd of divi. ! V7. Titesc generals of di visits - sbill be independent pf one anothvi--as-kcl 'sUali'-cofFespond directly wit I the Emperor or with vise general i titf uppo'.nled by hfe majesty. l3;ihfctowig Islui.ds ii 1 " er id .art t J he 1 'A npire: wz. lii-iis La TortueV Uz'j na Of the Government. 19. The Government of Hayti - 35 . The, Generals of Division an" entrusted to a first Magistrate, who 0f Brigade, are of right members of assumes the title of Emperor and . the Council of State, and they com conVmander in chief of -the army, ij nose it. 9n.Thf nmnle aetnowlecire tor fni.trnr anH Commander in Chief : - t i . , f, the army, Jacqifes Dessalims the avenger, and deliverer of his fellow citizens. The title of '-Majesty, . U; couferrcd upon hini,as.well as upon 2 1. The 'person of their majestic ij n4"ne depamneht. - -j . 1 1 J l 4044. flntenor regulat is sacred ina inviolable.. , u . , 22. The Slate will aunronriate a fixed anmul allowance to her Ma- jesty the .Empressj which he wdl con inue to enjoy even after the tle ceae of the Emperor, as princess dowager ; 33. The crown is elective, not ; her-ditary, 1 24. The e shall be assigned by the Suite an 'annual income to the chil -' dnn acknowledged by hii Majesty the Emperor. ; 25. The male thildrtri ackrow-! jrdtrtd by the Emperor shall be ;bli- : - i gv-i! m the si.me manner .ootner tize,,. to pass successively imm .j gvadi to giade, .with this only i:it. i; Urencc, that then- entrahre m o ser in-o ser. ; vice shall begia at the fourth derm- i- trracie, from the penod of the:r buth. j i6. The Emperor, designates, m m the5 manner hv may judge Vxpedient, i', tie person who is io ljc nis succes- or either bef ore or after his death 27. A suitable provision shall be i made by the state to that successor from the moment of his accession to the throve. 2. The Emperor, and his suc cessors, shall, i;i no cac and un der no pretext whatsoever, have the right ot attaching to their pet sons any particular o: privileged body, whe ther as guards, of honour, or un der any oher denomination. 5:j. Every successordeviating from the dispositions of the preceding ar ticle, or from the principles conse crated in the present constitution, shall be considered and declared in a si.ite of warfare against the so- arty. J In Mich a case, the Counsellors of ! tate will assemslc in order to nro nounce his removal, and to cl.use j whose organization and maioi) bc :u:o:ig themselves who shall belj' o esSwiitully to the mioxslej: ct iiri:r.r! iNi- iri'ist wnfthv nt'rf n'arimr ! t hnaiice. .lini ; and if it should hap; en that 'll tne suid successor oppose the cxecu- jj .-.on of this measure authorised by i 1 iw, the Generals, cour.cellors of -SUte, s; all appeal to the people and ;he army, who will imraediatel) give heir whole strength ;and assis.ance t7 maintain Libeny. , 30. The Emperor makes, seals, arid prom ulgates the laws; appoifis lies at will,4 the Ministers,! -rrj hi Chief of the Arm. he Geher.-l m Chief of the Army, I he Counci ilorsof State, the Gener is and other agents of the Empire, ;hc U'ndf. and, sea 'officers, the rhm btrs of the local administrations, the Commissaries bf Government near Ue, ttihunuli, the judges, and other public functionaries. fl Ti... tr r .t:- iLU a,- i. i iic Liincior lire ir- c.'ip's.and expenditures of -the State, su vvvs the Mint,, of which "he alone orders the emission, ar.d fixes the weight and the model. 32. To him alone is reserved the power of i&aking peace or war, to mamtatn 7pviivicai intercourse, ana to 'form treaties. 33. He provides for the inferior :H.tv iiiid - for the defeMce oPthe State ; ami distributes at pleasure the ea and laud forces. J S4 In case of conspiracies man V- f4tiv.g tbrnsselves. ajjuir.st tne .Safety, of the State, aai.ii: the Constitution r agiunst his person, the Emperor shall caust the. authors or accompli ces to be an t: ted and tried before a special Courcil. , ; .S5. His Majesty has : alone the itVht to absolve a criminal or to commute h"t3 punishment. 36. Thtf Emror slall never form any enrp'.izc with the view of rma king conques's, nor to disturb the .je-oce" and the interior administration of fji;etn colonies. , 37. Every public act ;shall be. made in Ahes.;: -terms : ' ' 41 -The Emneror I. of Hayti, and Commander n Chief of the'-' Army by the grrce of Godansl theiConstif Of the Council of State. ., Of the Sinister. : 39. -There shall be in the empire two Ministers and a Secretary of State. . The Mirister of finance ha ving the department of the interior. and the Minister of war having the ions re- pecung me .mmisiry . j Of the Tribunals 45. No one caf'ih'.crfere with the right which every individual has of j being judged amicably by arbitrators j of his own ch'.:si;,g, whose decisions J shall Jjc ac knowledged legal. 4G. There thill be a justice ofJJ peuce in each comuuincr Any suit amounting to more than one hundred dollars Vhail not come within his cognizance. And w hen the partu s cuvnot cOntiliutc themselves ar liis. tribunal, they may appeal to thetri-- ci-b.majs cf their .respective districts 47. 1 rz shah be fix tribunals esr tablislv.d in cities herein destnuled, t s. Marc, -the Cape, Burl ati p if c Aux-Cavcs, Lanse a-Vtaux i . ' i ort-tle-Pui.. The Emperor .Wrmh...s their oreanizulion, their number: - .their tompvtei-ce and the teiiiiorv. loi ming thu-disM-ct ot eacli. These tribunals take coi;:;izance of all aSai'rs puv civil. . . , -.1 4S. Military cumcs arc suonuueo to special eouncits and to panic Uni forms of judgment. 49. Particular laws shall- be made for the national transac'tpns, r.nd , respecting ths civil ome'ers cf the i state. Of Worship. : 50. The law admits of no predo minant religion. - 5 1 . The freedom of worship is tb- leruted. . vi. Thp state does not nrovide -for the maintenance of any rdi.iuus institution, nor of any minls'.tr. . Of the Admrn:strt:t::n. 53. 'i here shalije in each military division a uiincirial i'dmiustrauon, General Dispoai(i:ns.' Akt- 1. To the Emperor and Empress belong the choice, the st L'.rv, and the tnainteiumc of the M p;rsons composing thctr comi. j 2. Alter the decease oi the rcign- ug Emp-ror, when a rcv.s-un ot the i;con-Aituiioa shall 'have been juilgeo 1 8 necess -ry, tne cw..iui u. s.avc 1 assemble ior that purpose, arnasui.i; be presided by tlu oldest racml)tr. . 3. The crimes of hi.U treason, tlv ! dilapidations t)t' ths n miMeis a.-.;i generals, shall be judg'.d by a spe cial coyncil, called and presided by Jthe Emperor. 4. The armed fare-: cscnti lh 'obedient, no ai'med body cau; deli I borate. " :. x 5. No person s'v-U t.e jude 1 1 i w.itkot;t having been' l.-udy hcartl it his defence. - 6. The hotfie tf cvety utirjn i-: ah .inVioiable a'RyHim. - .7. It carmo: be cnUred but in cat of conflagrftkm, inuiiuatitn,, recli- mation -from hi in euor, of by vif lue of an order- tVom t'ue Emperor or from -ny other, authority legally constiturca. . r? . m 8. He deserves death. whp gives U to his fellow. ; v. 9. Every judgment to which the pain of dealh or corporal pi irishmen: is annexed, shall not be cart led into xecutton until it lias been cor;hrmco bv the Emperor.' . ' 10. Theft 'shaft 'be punisled ac cording to the. circumstances wh'cb may nave pieoeutu, ntwinpw) followed it. ' V 11. Every stranger inhibiting the territory f -Hayti shall bej equally Willi tiay VIUia5 Miwjwv tion al and criVmai laws of the coun irv 12. All property which formerly belongetLto any white Frenchman is contestlbly and of right confiscated to the use of the state. .- 13. Every Haytian, who, having purchased propeit.frdm a white Frenchman, mayhsv paid part Oi J act cf sale? shall he responsible to the domains f the state for the re mainder cf the sum due. 14. Marriage is an act purely ci vil, and authorised by the Govern ment, V 15. The law authorises divorce in all cases which shallhayc been pre viously provided for and determined, 16. A particularlaw shall be issued corrcerning xhildren born out of wed lock.::, ; ' : ,-; 7. Kespect for the chiefs subor dination and discipline are rigotously necessaty. la. A penal code shall be pub lislud and scverefy observed. 19. Within each military division a public school shall be establbheti for the instruction? of ycutb. '20. The national colours shall be black and red. 1 I. Agriculture, ss it is the firsi and the most noble, hnd tlie most useful cf all the arts shall b hono red and protected. 22. Commerce, the second source of prosperity of states, wiH not admit tif any impedimcut : it ouht to be favoured. and sperial'y protected; 23. In tach miniaty division a tr'.bi.ml of commerce shall be formed whose members shall c chosen By the Emperor fivm the class cf mer chants. 24. Good , faith and integrity in lo'mmercial- operaiions .shall berr-j iiyiously maintained. , 23. The government assures safe ty and protection to neutral nat ons and friends v. ho may be desirous of establishing a commercial inter course with this island, they con forming to the regulations and cus toms of rhe country. . i:2 1 he -ccunting houses and the merchandize of foreigners shall be under the safeguard and guarantee of the state. 7 27. There.shall .be national festi vals for celebrating. IndependeRct, the birth-day "of the Emperor and his august s ousci that -of Aj nculture and of the Constitut;pti. . 2a. At the 'first firing of the alarm gun the cities w ill disappear, and the nation rise. ' ..r We the undersigned, place under th safeguar d cf the magistrates, fa thers and .mothers , cf f imilics, the citizens, and the army,, this explicit anvl soi.-mn covenant of the sacred rights cf man and, the duties f the citizen. , r, r. ; We recommend it i aur succes sor, and prese.t it to the friends cf Ubcr.y, to philanthropists or ; -.ountrits, as f signal pledge of the ; Diviti! Bounty,, who, in the course of his immortal ilecreeslias given us th opportu))ityf2iaiing our t iters, and dtv constituting ourselves - people fret, civiKzed, and inde pendent. ' . f -Signed, II. Ckrictopjie, fee. fast fort.) Having seen the preient Constitu tion. . .. ...'--. XV-e..-7'.:.r'M: Detsalin's', Envpe. .'or I, cf LlaVti, and Commander m Chief of the army, by the grace f God and the constitutional law of the v.aic. , -. .. Accept it whcllyard sanction it, that it may receive, with the least j,vs..ib!e delay, its full and entire execution throughout the whole o! our empire.! And we Swear to main tain it, and to cause it to be observed-in itsimcKii.v, to the lat breath of our life. At the- Imperial Palace of Dessa- "'lir.tk the 2(h May, 1805, se cond year of the Independence of Hayti, and ef ur rtign the first. - ' - DESSALINES. 3 ib Emperor, ' I JUSTE CH ANLATTE; '. Secretary Genfral THE GRAND LOEJGE . . . . . - s-. . or . North - Carolina and Tennessee WILL con vene in the Lodge Roomr in thisCity on the Evening of Wed-I nesday, the llii day at December next At which time and jdacejheOffisers. Mtnr berj and Reprrsei: atives fi'ofli the susords- aate Lodges are Teqmred to attend. Bv'crdtrof the most Worshipful the Honourable Joiif Loeia TXYXqa, ; Grand Masiet. bUSRT -WILLIAMS; Grand S&rar?i VALUABLE PROPER TY. A Greeably to the last-Will and Tes. tainento? Peter Maliet, Esq. late of Fayer.'eville, rhe Subscribers otter for Sab on a ITbcrl Credit, the. tollow&g. Property lying in difFc.-entpar-.s-nf North-Carolmai Cum berkvaJ Cowny (vid Ttiun of fa,ettcvtl!e.t A Tract of Liid doinin Lands of Mrs Srnjth and Isaac tViliams, Esq. ucar Ave" Tz.bborough, on thfe shuth-vyest bidCiOf Capi Fear Rivet, aboyt iO milss a&ove Fajetie v ve u ' " ' - -t ' A Tract of Lnd containing abo;tt Acres, knorn by the rime cf Council Hall Tract, adjoining tht town &f Fayet'teville, ; Ftr,m thi fertility of the1 Soil antiits VicU nity to the Town, thjsLtr.d is "considered as vety-valuable, and w 11 t la:d ff in Lots to suit tkc .Purchasers. A- L t ar.d H-uae on the west Side of JjC:i'esp:e Street, in Fayettevilif , Where the - jldcCvSed tbrtrx'Vly resided. The buildin- are i Ou-d Kepair, and the whole wtllcalr eela'eel to accomuioc'ate a genteel Family. J Tirree U.iimp cveti i-o:s on the west side - j cf fiillespie Street, -between Franklki- and j ilirrlbvd Syte-ts, ac!j-.)iiiirg the LoU;ii ! which ths lJwIhiisr Houe stands. a , Teapr iittcn . unin-.pcvteT Lots on ihe wrst Side of jGiiltepie btreet, between Mmii ibm Street and Muilett's MU1. A lare Wareiiojise at present occupied by Messrs Kebott and Catr.; ' M, on Gil lespie Street, near the l o-.fu Kousi, subject to a nrnal! Orvtmjl tenf, .' . A Lot and D velKng.oyse on tlie cast Sid ot Green. Street, uearHie Court -hcuxe t;ow Occupied bytV'tn. H. Wiliien, Ej,. A L-'t and' Dwelling-House on the east Si :c j( Greeii Street, in possession of Mrsi Eir.met, and s'b'bject to her Life Rent. - -Tvo Lots, a; Lower Fayetttyiiie, e wh:ch rhete is a Tobacco laspectio, under ' thedircoticn cf ytlessrs. .Davis and M'Do- V nald, together -h'a: -large three Stcry Warehouse; .three' f.rhall Warehouses, ard three extensive -.Sheds, with every necessary ,7 Acct rnmcdatios: for the Inspection an4 Sto rage of Toijaceo. If rlie Purchaser should incline, one of the Lo-s on which stands a larje Sl:eri, will be sold eeparateor divideal intotvo Lets. : . . . Oraiigt County If Town rf StUshoroub. i 3U0 Acrusi" Lar.d inrc H?w-fields,,ad joining La. ids of General M thane. A Grtet Md.l on Eno liiver. in rl 'e Tt;jyf , of HHLsborough. The Jfiil run'w Vai s f Stones', v.i'tb the nectary Machinery bT"' a. Merchant tdl ; t"e whcle is in"toieiao!e Repair. Fr-m lias na'uraT AdvAiftagelthia M 11 possesses, it is crn'sidied to be the - most valuable in the State. - Kew- ffar.orer Cout:; Tbhwitf Wilmington. . Oin? Half efa Lot in theTowii uWiU mtngton, on the south Side of l'rirxe Street, extending along sid Streer, frora Front Street to the River. - , - A Tract of Land on the east Fide of the north-west Branch of Cape Fear LtiVer, a- lacut three' miles-above W ilmkigtcn, joinin I.aads oT Wm. W. J -nes and llehryWat- , terSjEs. Acoris derable, Iart of this Land is of the very best Tide Swamp, a'd is cob . sideredhy Judges to beefcraJ, if i:ot tape nor to any Hce Lands in'the State. It ii welt worth the Atteiuioii of those .who pro- pos", engaging in ine uuitare ot Kice. i . whole wilt be sold, or it will be divided to accommodate tl;e Purchaser; ' . A large Body of Land en the west Sidr' )f the nerth east HiVer, extending alopg; the B.ivcr from Henry Watters's Plantatioa ailed Foreeput, fo Major Moote'a on Fish ing Cretk. A part of t!i:s' Lavid is Tide stwaiyp, and well suited to . the Cultivation. office. Alio, thre Tracts of Land cn Little Cohery, well calculated for Cora or Cotton , - The Subt ct ibers will receive Pr eposals at Fayettevyie, by letter or other .vise, for alt -or anv Part jef the abave desCTibed PropertT juntil the 1st of October next, If unsold, "the? Mill and Lands in Orange county will 6: flficred-at Auction m HilTsbbrcugh ea th 9th dav of October. The LotSj Hduseran1 Lands in Cbmbeiland, at Fayettevillej, o the 26 A 'day of the same Month And th Lands in New-Hanover oil the 18;h; day f November next. Apptrcatiou aiay, k . made to Mr- James Mumford, at Wilming ton , who will describe and 'shew- the LanaX m the Vicinity cf thatPlace. " JOHNECCLES. , JOHN WINSLOW, i v Execaton cf PeterMalletii rjue 19, 185. ... ' -: Lund fsr Sale. '.. TpHE Subscwiber will dir ose f his Tract of Land, conraing 800 Acres, situated" on the Waters Ci aRivrr4 ve !Lles West prHulbborech, on- the trfiim Pest Road, with a largr ar.dvaJoable Piaek ;, Orchard which never fads" to produce Fruit. " aoung Apple Orchard," Camaining 362 Trees of excellent Fruit of aJ VarieTy r Kinds. The Lard is well watered, well timbered, and of a good quality, hand- j spmery situated. It is presumed, that any person having a disposuion to jmrchase, will examine the lYemisVsL therefore furiher description is noeceasary. -Thi Land wiH. be ftispesed. v. 'V 'ft ,':01 . i r ft- -. .. f . w v . the -'tmrehasc mwey siipuUtsd in the ... V-sle-it. V i , . . - . ,.4 V -. .
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