Altar of the Fatherland (Port-au-Prince). The conspirators mount it to read the manifesto of 3 May.

The conspirators, accompanied by general Bellanton and colonel Paul Cupidon, went there and mounted the altar of the Fatherland. Citizen Beaubrun Ardouin drew the revolutionary manifesto out of the barrel of his musket and read it aloud in a strong voice. Liberty. Equality. Republic of Haiti. Manifesto

“It is no longer possible to expect anything of the man whom the Nation had called to the direction of the government. He has in no way understood his noble mission; his incapacity, joined to cruel, vile and abject passions, has made him the mover of our present troubles.

“Haitians, let us awake! Let us rally to our brothers of the North by proclaiming the brave, the modest general Guerrier President of the Haitian Republic. He is worthy of the nation’s confidence. His fine record, in every period of our several revolutions, gives him just titles to this popular election. Let us choose at the same time, to assist the President of the Republic, the worthy and valiant Lazarre, that hero of the Revolution who has been faithful to his principles, as general-in-chief of the Departments of the West and of the South. We further declare that we confer the rank of general of division on the honorable Bellanton, commanding the arrondissement of Port-Républicain; he has lately proved his civic virtue by refusing to have soldiers shot without trial. Let us entrust, finally, to colonel Paul Cupidon the rank of general of brigade, commandant of the town; he will know how to answer the wish and the confidence of the people.