HISTORY OF 
While these events were taking 
place on the Spanish main, the ne- 
groes of Hispaniola rose against 
Dessalines their chief, who in imita- 
tion of Bonaparte had assumed the 
title of emperor of Hayti, and hav- 
ing attacked him unawares, put him 
to death,* a catastrophe he had me- 
rited by the cruelty and injustice of 
his government, and provoked by 
the indulgence of a jealous and vin- 
dictive temper, against which no 
Station or services afforded protec- 
tion. His successor Christophe 
contented himself with the humbler 
title of chief of the government of 
Hayti, and in that capacity issued 
a remarkable proclamation,+ open_ 
ing to neutral nations the com- 
merce of his dominions on princi- 
ples the most liberal and enlight-- 
ened. ; ; 
Towards the close of 1805 a for- 
midable conspiracy of the negrocs 
of Trinidad against the white inha- 
bitants was fortunately detected a 
few days before the time fixed for 
its execution. It was to have bro_ 
ken out on Christmas eve with cir- 
cumstances of great barbarity. The 
ringleaders were seized and punish- 
ed, and for greater security, martial 
law was for some time established in 
the island. 
The United States of America 
continued to prosper under the pa- 
cific administration of Mr. Jefferson, 
and protected by their neutrality, 
which in the midst of so many belli- 
gerent powers they were still able, 
though with difficulty, to maintain, 
they extended their trade and na- 
vigation beyond all former example. 
Fromthe ist of October 1805 to 
the 30th of September 1806 their 
exports were valued at 101 millions 
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of dollars, of which 41 millions were 
in native commodities and the rest 
in foreign goods re-exported. Their 
revenue, arising almost entirely 
from the receipt of customs, which 
in 1805 had not exceeded 13 milli. 
ons of dollars, rose in 1806 to near 
15 millions. The reduction of their 
national debt proceeded as ra 
pidly asthe conditions on which it 
had been contracted would permit, 
aud at the close of the present year 
the sum actually redeemed amount- 
ed to 23 millions of dollars, equal to 
more than = of what remained un- 
paid. “The tranquillity of their In. 
dian frontier was secured by the 
wise and just policy of their go. 
vernment towards the native tribes, 
whose esteem and confidence it had 
gained by the unvarying rectitude 
of its conduct in all its transactions 
with them, and by its unceasing at- 
tention to promote their happiness 
and welfare. So successful had 
been its exertions in eradicating the 
prejudices,ard softening the charac- 
ter of these savages, that many of 
their tribes were engaged in the 
pursuits of agriculture and house. 
hold manufacture, and some had 
disposed of part of their territory, 
to purchase the means of improving 
the remainder, and enable them to 
subsist their families, while preparing 
their farms. In the prosecution of this 
wise'and laudable policy,the brightest 
part by far of Mr. Jefferson’s adminis- 
tration, he was powerfully seconded 
by his precursors in this beneficent 
work, the Quakers of Pensylvania, 
who had been for some years dili- 
gently employed in inspiring the 
American savages with a taste for 
the comforts of civilized life, and in 
teaching them arts which’ they had 
+ Oct. 24th, 
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