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1805-06-16

The road to Marchand. The Constitution is published there from the altar of the fatherland.

Haitian

On 16 June, from daybreak, the troops of the garrison of the capital, the Polish battalion and the German battalion as well, were drawn up on the parade ground around the altar of the fatherland, surmounted by the throne. There was great joy among the people. At eight o’clock the emperor, followed by his retinue, came out of the palace and advanced onto the parade ground. The troops presented arms and knelt. He mounted the altar of the fatherland and sat on his throne, surrounded by his principal secretaries and by the generals of the Empire who were at Marchand. The secretary-general, Juste Chanlatte, read the Constitution to the people and the army. Squadron chief Diaquoi then read the military penal code in a strong voice. After a salvo from all the forts of Marchand, His Majesty, through the mouth of Boisrond-Tonnerre, delivered the following speech.

Source  ·  p. 217 Thomas Madiou, Histoire d’Haïti, vol. III, p. 217