National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-02-16 00:00:00, page 4

PARIS, December 12.
The fallowing is an extract of the re
port of the Commune, concerning
transferring Louis Capet, to the Bar cf
the National Convemion.
" At one o'clock, the Mayor and Se
cretary went lip into the apartment of the
late King and said to him, " I am charged
to deckle to you, that the Convention
wait for you at their Bar, and t am ap
pointed to conduct you." The .Secretary
then read these words, " Decrce of the
National Convention, of the 6th of De
cember: Art. 5. Louis Cai-et shall be
brought to the bar of the National Con
vention on Tuesday the nth, to anfwei
the questions which fhali be put to him by
the Preiident." This being done, the
Mayor alked Louis if he would go down:
he appeared to hesitate a little, and said
" My name is not Louis Capet ; my an
ceftors bore that name, but I never was cal
led so; it is, however,like all the treatmenl
1 have experienced these four months pafl
by force. This morning my son has been
fepurated from me, it was an enjoyment o!
which they have deprived me. I have
been expecting you these two hours."
The Mayor, without returning any an
fwer, invided him again to go down, which
he determined at length to do. Being in
the carri ige, which was lined with thick
cushions in order to be musket proof, he
kept silence all the way, till the carriage
was (lopped by some mifunderflanding a
mong the guards who escorted him on the
Boulevards.
When he was near the gates of St. Mar
tin and St. Dennis, he asked if these two
triumphal arches would not be demohfhed:
He was answered that the gate of St. Den
nis being a master piece, would be preserved.
He arrived at the Convention at two
o'clock —He app-rared dieffed in a brown
great coat, and did not seem at all trou
bled. The Mayor and Procureur dc la
Commune were on each fide of him ; behind
him were Santerre, Berruyer, and other
officers. After his interrogatory he was
conduced into the Conference Hall, and
acc pted a bit of bread, obfirving that he
had not broken his fact. He afterwards
got up into the Mayor's carriage, and
spoke little on his return. There was a
very numerous armed force, but the con
course of people was not so great as might
have been expected — The greatelt or
der and silence reigned among the guards
and fpeftators.
He arrived at his apartment at half pad
fix. He repeatedly alked the Mayor, that
the Decree granting him a counfe', which
was refufed to nobody, might be speedily
communicated to him. It has since been
resolved in the Commune, that Louis
should have no further communication with
his family, and that his counsel should hold
their conference with him alone,and always
in the presence of the Municipal officers.
Louis has chosen for his counsel, Target,
and in his default Tronchet.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TRIAL OF THE KING.
December ii.
The fitting commenced by reading the
Ast of accusation against Louis XVI.
which was presented by Barbaroux in name
of the Commission of twenty-one. It con
tained an enumeration of the principal
charges made against the unfortunate
Monarch ; and each charge was followed
by a lift of the pieces on which the proofs
are to be founded. When it was read,
several new charges were proposed by se
veral of the members, and some which ap
peared to have little weight, or to be ill
founded, were expunged.
The Convention were much surprised to
hear Marat become in some measure the
voluntary defender of Louis XVI. by re
questing that all those charges alluding to
crimes committed before his acceptance of
the Constitution, Ihould be omitted in the
ast of accusation. He spoke also of the
amnesty which following that acceptance,
but the Convention paid no attention to
his oblervations.
The Convention decreed that the ast of
accusation should serve as the ground of
those questions which were to be put to
Louis XVI. and that after each question
the Pre fluent should fa? to him What have
you to anfivcr ? The President was autho
rised also to propose such questions as might
arise from the King's anfwers,and to make
him fit down at the bar.
Barrere the President announced to the
Convention that Louis XVI . was at the
door, and requeued the Representatives of
the People to afTume a dignity worthy of
the grandeur of their functions. He re
minded them, tha: they formed a tribunal
on which the eyes of Europe w;re fixed,
and whose sentence would be judged by
poflerity. He forbade them to shew any
signs either of approbation or disapproba
tion, and desired tliem to remember that
coolncfs and iilent dignity with which they
received the King after his return from
Varennes.
At halt past two Santerre informed the
Convention that Louis was arrived, and
was waiting the orders of the AfLmbly.
The President gave t'ne order to intro
duce him. The moil profound silence
reigned in the Hall. Louis appeared at
the bar, attended by two Municipal officers.
When Louis appeared at the bar, the
Prcfident mentioned to him the decree by
which the Convention eftablifhcd a tribuna
to try him. Malhe, one of the Secreta
ries, read the ast of accusation, charge by
rharße, and at each the Prefi.ifent affcee!
Lou's what he had to fay in his own de
fence ? The unfortunate Monarch did not
ike Charles 1 of England refufe to acknow
edge the authority of the Convention ; he
ielivered no speech, and contented himfel
A'ith giving a/)fwers toeachquellion in afev
words. He asked for copies of the ast o
iccufation, of the pieces which arc to serve
is proofs, and of his own examination
ind requeued also that he might be allow
:d Counsel !
His answers were in general pertinenl
ind short, nor did he appear in the lead
;mbanafied. He replied with great rea
linefs, and at some quellions appeared i
ittle chagrined.
EXAMINATION OF LOUIS.
President. " Louis ! The French na
ion accuses you.—The national aflem
)ly decreed on the 3d of December thai
rou fliould be tried by them ; and cn tht
sth, that you should be brought to tht
iar, to hear the accusation read, and tc
jive your answers."
The President then read the articles o1
he ast, one by one, calling 11p m Loui:
o answer each of them separately.
Accusation. Louis, the French people
iccufe you of hairing plotted and formed i
nultitilde of conspiracies to establish ty
■anny in deflroying liberty. On the loth
3f June, 1789, you made an attack 01;
:he sovereignty of the nation, by fufpcr.d
ng their representatives, and by expelling
:hem with violence from the place of theii
meetings.
Answer. There existed then no law.
Acc. On the 23d. you surrounded the
representatives of jhe people with troop 6
you prefenteda declaration ordering then
to cease their meetings and leparatq.
Ihe fame answer as to the preceding
article.
Acc. You ordered an army to marcl
ag.iinll the citizens of Paris to shed theii
blood, and you did not dismiss that army
till the revolution had been effected.
Anf. I had at that time a right to or
der troops, to march according to my will
it never was my intention to cause the ef
fufion of blood.
Acc. You fuffered the national cockade
to be trampled under foot before your eyes
and the white cockade to be worn, YOl
conflantly rejected the constitution.
Anf. As to the decrees, I made the
observations I then thought I ought tc
make ; as to the cockade, the fact is
falfe.
Acc. You took an oath at the Federa
tion of the 14th of July, which you did
not keep : you feduccd Mirabe-au to cause
an infurreftion in the departments.
Anf. I do not remember all that passed
at that time, but I know that the whole
was prior to the acceptance of the consti
tution.
Acc. Ycu distributed money t6 the
Fauxbourg St. Antoine, that the people
might favour your escape.
Anf. This accusation is absurd. le
ver took a pleasure in giving money to
the people. There was nothing in my
conduct that had the appearance of a plot
for a counter revolution,
Acc. Was it not in consequence of the
fame project that you feigned an indisposi
tion to facilitate your retreat to St.
Cloud?
Anf. No.
Acc. You swore to maintain the ccn
ftitution ; and on the 21ft of June you at
tempted to escape with a falfe passport,
and ordered your lyiinifters to sign no a£t
of the legislature-
Anf. I do not remember what pafled at
that time ; but for my journey to Vaten
nes, I refer to the answers I made to the
deputies of ( the constituent aflembly, whe
accompanied me on my return.
Acc. You coalesced with La Fayette
you hired writers of journals, and ipen
considerable sums of money to overthrow
the constitution.
Anf. I reco'ileft writing one letter tc
Fayette, but have no knowledge of th<
reft.
Acc. You favoured the rebellion ai
Aries.
Anf. The ministers did all that, and thf
aflembly proposed minilters to me I knew
nothing of.
Acc. You made no attempt to ftiflt
:he plots of counter-revolution, which
were manifefted in several parts of the re
public.
Anf. I was not apprised of those things,
l-vvas informed of nothing; besides, ii
would require time for me to answer al
:hefe queltions.
Acc. You paid your ci (levant bod}
guards at Coblentz, and you sent confi
derable sums so Rochefort and to youi
brothers.
Anf. I ceased giving them any thing a!
soon as they pafled the Rhine.
Acc. You refufed your fan&ion to i
decree for forming a camp near Paris:
yon ordered them to be flopped in theii
march ; the army was not complete—yoi
ordered no recruiting.
Anf. I presented at the time the state
ments to the amenably: if threy were mifta
ken it is not my fault.
Acc. You threw confufion and difor
der in the army.
Anf. I cannot answer this accusation.
Acc. Why did you defer so long to in
form the legislative body that fifty thou
sand Prussians were marching againll
France ?
Anf. My diplomatic correfpondenci
was carried on by the minilters, therefon
it is not my fault.
Acc. You fuffered our navy to go to ru
in ; all the officers emigrated ; there, i
scarcely one left for the service.
Anf. I did not fend away jhofe officers
Acc. The state was torn by the faftiom
of the fanatic priests ; you shewed your
ftlf openly their protestor, and manifellec
a design of recovering your former power
Anf. I cannot answer that, ha\ing n<
knowledge of it.
Acc The legifl3tive aflembly paflVd :
decree against the fnftious priests, you fuf
pended its execution.
Anf. I had a right to do so.
Acc. There was in Paris clandefline as
fociations to operate a counter revolution
paid by the civil lift.
Anf. I have no knowledge of thef
fadts ; the projedt of a counter revolutiai
never entered my head.
Acc. Who were the members of th<
constituent aflembly you endeavored t<
corrupt ?
Anf. I never endeavored to corrup
any.
Acc. On the loth of August, you pas
fed in review the Swiss troops, at 5 o'clocl
in the morning, and on that day they firec
on the people.
Anf. The constituted authorities wer<
aflembled at the castle : I had demanded
a deputation to proceed with me to the
legislative aflembly : when I saw that the)
did not come, I repaired thither with al
my family.
Aoc. Why, some days before the 10th
of August, did you order all the posts ol
the Swiss guards at the Thuilleries to be
doubled ?
Anf. The castle was threatened ; as I
was one of the constituent authorities 1
had a right to defend myfelf.
The President then asked Louis, if he
had any thing further to fay.
Louis. T beg the aflembly to give me
communication of the ast of accusation :
I fhou'd desire to examine it minutely :
I should also wish to have a counsel.
Marat showed him all the papers one after
another : among the papers signed by his
own hand.he acknowledged but a very few.
The President asked him why he caused
a hole to be made in the wall of his apart
ment, and to be covercd over with an iron
door.
He answered, that he had no know
ledge of this.
The President told him, that the assem
bly permitted him to retire.
Louis, on retiring, f id,
to have a connfel.
The assembly then decri >
fire of Louis to have a couii -e
granted.
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