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State of Ptiblic /Jfa'irs In September, 1805; 



[oa. 1, 



is not a good father, a good Con, a good hufband, 

 and efptcially a good loldier. 



Every citizen mult pofTcfs a mechanic art. 



No while man, of whatever nation he may 

 be, Ihall put his foot on this territory with the 

 title oi maiUr or proprietor, neither (hall he 

 in I'utiire acquire any pioperiy therrin. 



The preceding article cannot in the finalleft 

 degree affcil white women who have been na- 

 turalized Haytians by Government, nor does it 

 extend to cliilJrcn alreadyborn or that may be 

 born of the faid women The Germans and 

 Vol.inders naturalized by Government are alfo 

 con-.priied in the dilpofitions of tfie preient 

 article. 



All acceptation of colour among the children 

 of one and the fame family, of whom the 

 Chief Masiftr.iie is the fuher, being necefTarily 

 to ceafc, the Haytians Ihall henceforward be 

 known only by the generic appellation of 

 Elatks. 



OF THE, EMPIRE. 



The Emperor ot Hayli is one and indivifible. 

 Its iciritory is diftribuled into fix military di- 

 v.fions. 



The following iflands are integral parts of 

 the empirt;, viz. Samana, La Tortu, La Go- 

 nave, Les Cayemites, La Saone, L'ifle a 

 Vache, and other adjacent iflands. 

 OF ti;k covi r.NMr n r. 



The poveinmeiit oi H.i)li is c;-.irufted to a 

 firlt M.^g (Iraic, who afl"umes the title ot Em- 

 peror, aiui Commander in Chietot the Army. 



The people acknowledge for Emperor and 

 Commander in Chief of the Army Jacques 

 Deflalines, the avenger and deliverer of his 

 lellow-ciiizcns. The title of Majcfty is con- 

 ferred upon him, as well as upon his auguft 

 fpoule the Emprefs. 



1 he perfons of llieir Majefties are facred 

 and inviolab'e 



The State will app'opriate a fixed annuil 

 ellowance to her iMijclly the Emprel's, which 

 flie will continue to enjoy even alter tl-.e de- 

 ceafe of the Emperor, as Princefs Dowager. 



The Crown is elective, not hereditary. 



There Ihall be alfigned by the State an an- 

 nual income to the cliildren acknowledged by 

 lifS M.'.jc'.ty the Emperor. 



The male children acknowledged by the 

 Emperor fhall be obhged, in the lame manner 

 at otlier citizens, to pais lucccfiively Irom grade 

 to grade, with this only diffnence, that iheir 

 entrance into fervice ihall b(?gin at the iourth 

 iiemi- brigade, from the period ot iheir birth. 



The hmperor makes, (eals, ai.d promulgates 

 the laws; appoints ar.d revokes at will the 

 Minifters, the General in Ch:et of ihe Army, 

 ihe Couiifeliors of State, the Generals and 

 eiher agLiits of the Empire, the lea officers, 

 the members of the Local Adminiltrations, 

 the cclnniiiTarics of Government near the 

 tr.b-inal?, the judges, and other public func- 

 tionaries. 



'lo the Emperor alone is refcrvcd the power 

 cf makii.g peace or war, to maintain political 

 intcrcourlc, and to form treaties. 



He provides lor tlie interior fafety and for 



the defence of the State, and difttibutes at plea- 

 lure the lea and land forces. 



In cafe of confpiracies manifefting them- 

 felves agaiF.lt the fafety of the Stale, againft 

 the Conitiiution, or againit his Majelty's per- 

 fon, the Emperor fliall caufe the authors or 

 accomplices to be arretted and tried before a 

 Special Council. 



His M jclty has alone the rieht to ibfoive a 

 criminal, or commute his punillinient. 



The Emperor fliail never iorm any enler- 

 prize with the view of making conquefts, nor 

 to dilfurb the peace and the imerior admi- 

 niftration of foreign colonies. 



Every public aft (hall be made in thefe 

 terms: '-'Ihe Emperor \. of Hayii, and 

 Commander in Chief of the Army, by the 

 Grace of Clod, and the Conitiiuiional Law of 

 the State." 



OF voi sn IP. 



The law admits of no picdominant religion. 



1 l-.e freedom of woilhip is tolerated. 



The State dees not provide for the main- 

 tenance of any religious inltitution. or ot any 

 nuniller. 



GeNF.RAL DIbPOSJTION'S. 



The Crimes of high ireafon, the dilapida- 

 tions of the M'liiilteis and Generals, fliall be 

 judijert by a Special Council called and pro- 

 vided by the Empeior. 



The houfe of every citizen is an inviolable 

 al) lum. 



All property which formerly belonged to any 

 white Ercpchman is inconteltibly and ot right 

 conhfcated to the uli: of the Slaie. 



Every Haylian, who, having purchafed pro.- 

 petiy Irom a while Frenchman, may have paid 

 pjrt 01 the purchafe- money itipulatcd in the 

 ;i(ft of fale, Ihall be refponlible to ihe domains 

 of ihe Slate for the remainder ot the fum due. 



Marriage is an act purely civil, and auiho- 

 rilcd by the t.i.vcrnnicnt. 



The law autlioriles divorce in all cafes which 

 (hill have been prcvioully provided lor and 

 determined. 



Good faiih and integrity in commercial ope- 

 rations (hall be religioufly maintained. 



There fhall be national Icltivals for cele- 

 brating independence, the birth-day of the 

 Empej-or and his augult fpoule ; that ai Agri- 

 culture ai.d the V on.iiiulion. 



.\l the firft tiring ol the alarm gun, the 

 cities will dif«ppear, and the nation rife. 



We, the undtrfigned, place under the fafe- 

 guard of the magillrales, laihcrs and mothers 

 of families, the citizens, and the army, the 

 explicit and folemn covenant ct the (acred 

 rights cf man and the duties of the citizen. 



VVc recommend it lo our lud-etlors, and prc- 

 fcnl It to the friends of libeity, to philanthro- 

 pilts of all countries, as a iignal pledge ol the 

 Divine Bounty, who in the couile ol his im- 

 mortal decrees, has given us an opportunity 

 of breaking our fetters, and of conltltuting our- 

 lelvcs a people, free, civil. zed, and independent. 

 (Signed) H.Christophe, &c. 



(as before} 

 Having I'een the £refe;U Ccnllitution : — 



We, 



