Item Doc 158 - Copy of proclamations to his troops by Toussaint Louverture, in French

First proclamation gives a general exhortation to attribute the deliverance from slavery to God, and to cultivate religion and virtue and the laws of the Republic; detailed orders to improve the moral instruction and conduct of the troops with respect to not molesting the civil population. Second proclamation announces the complete evacuation of St. Dominique by the English and émigrés, a testimony to his own loyalty to France and the Republic. He recalls the army once more to render thanks to God, and to obey divine and civil laws to help restore tranquility to the country. Detailed requirements for religious observance are laid down.