The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-05 00:00:00

TEI,E EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Oa. Commencement of last year the
dissatis`.ied, or r"rthei• tie disaffected Party iu lrk -
land, appeared tuoi.e ,chart usually tvArin upon the
_Auhiect orWliat then tertn Cat!,iolje Ennancipatioo,:-
but happily their zo.l ca; vied them so far as to
defeat the ,very objecttbey.wanted to aCeonipl!sh,
as; i,tnot.only,.ronsed from apparent indifference'
tl),e loyal and respeetable,• but also caused thg. real
friends of the rti_wain Cittholics to dedme
lag .before the Legislature sentiinears purporting
to he the feelings tint' .wishes of the (2:IL-ll:dies at
liirge, but which iu nothinguriore that
tbe:language of a ie,w,iajiyid,i:ak, who prso.uat,
eda7,hatwas then so well known by the name of
C Al' P. 014 C BOA ' . •

You, cantuit flii•get, Sir, that at the tune I al-
lude to, meetings were convened in various-parts
of 'that country, whose inflanuma!ory specchei
were sufficient. to excite- an immediate ,rebellion.
On such occasions; the Government was ,assailed
by language-- the- most; :abusive ; the decision of
Juries and the sanction of Judges severely cen-
sured; and the civil power deterred from eecut-
ing its duty.—Of such ci nature and tendency were
these meetings, Oa:, the Editor of a public Print
felt by confinement and penalty the consegtienee.
of publishing the sentiments,of one. of them held.
at the Black Abbey in Kilkenny. You must also
recollect the spirited manner inn whiclf,the county
of Derry declared the danger in which the coun-
try was placed by suffering such proceedings to
pass by with ,impunity, and the loyal manner id
which wanyrespeciable counties fAlo.ced the 6:-
ccileut example given) at Decry: ,
Such,, Sir, was the actual state, in tvhich
Ire-
land stern(,when tire following Letter was ad-
dressed 10,,,a_personage of Ow, coiantry who
bravely led tlie,van inn making a stand against re,
hellion with 1 all its dire effects. It was ‘vrltten
not with a view of appearing in public, but re,
ther to assure the person to whom it was address,
ed, that even at a distance was -to be found one
who felt grateful for, the, services. which was; rqu,
tiered to his native country., A copy of this letter
was some time since (in confidence), put-into my
InaMis'is•and feehng now, as I then did, unwilling
that it should for eve; lie aortuant, 1 ,send it to
you for insertion in your loyal and.widely
lated Paper. By giving it a place, you wilt
oblige,' .

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_ . .
•Irnur faithful and very bumble servant, .
septeraher, 181.5. A CONSTANT. READER.

March 12, 1814. .
SlR—Haring paid some attention to the recent
occurrences of Ireland, through the meditun of
an impartial Print, I have frequently been I.ed to
emittit.e, Were the loyal and peaceable of that
country sensible:of how flinch they were indebt-
ed to you, Sir, whose indefatigable labours have
been bestowed in', nipping that sedition in the
bud which has been subtley and yet judiciously
sown through that land for some time past, as-
suring myself that they cou:d nut be so dead to
everything like discernment ttud. sensibility; as not
able-
to be o appreciate the ever-tii-be-retnern-
be; ed serylees 'you have rendered them; and while
(as 1 should), you are daily receiving Ore warni
ad;titvwledgment of a grateful people, sulfer_aa
whose attachment ti; his native 6°llll-
- is not by any means diminished by absence, to.
express the feelings of. a heart replete with gra-
titude to you, Sir, for the noble tind determined
part you have acted at the trioinent of itiarinand
danger, thOugli at the ex:pence of having your
name insulted, by those Orato'rs who 'have been,
pml still are extravagantly dealing oat flick so-
phistry, in 'order to affect the passions, and
create' dissatisfaction iti the minds of the.
ignorant and credulous, whom they terni
and address as their feliote-sufferers; that
such have Wen in a 'good decree successful, is ti
truth aOO obVIOIIS adiiiit of doubt, and alnioSt-
too painful to relate as tho,e
.infatuated monsters
(%Vho thus instructed to believe they were perse7
cacti and held in contempt for tile sole cause of
their yeligions Opinion), became Perpleked anti
bewildered, their days 'spent in plotting, their
nights in marauding, plundering, swearing, card.
ing, flogging, and murdering; anthill this black
catalogue oWes its origin to that rotten Source
who call themselves the Catholic Board, who,
udder the mask of framint, petitions to the Le,
giSlatnre.for religious liberty, have bun fostering
the dityadful 'ine under their perfidious wings
but, thank 1.-16:it'n the mystery is daily Unravel-
ing—the foundation of this boasted balwaik iS
giving way. See it tumbling, its lnlst supporters
daily deserting, while all the logic and ehiquence
of the great O's cannot bring them
,back. Had.
not 'such proceedings been checked, where
would have ended God only-knows ; suppoSe we
should be informed by this time, that one of those
great Mr,O's stood forward at a second Biack'Abbey
Meeting, and propOsed (amidst ,totbounded
rap-
phuse) the great necessity establishing ail In-
Ireland but let. chi's young Inquisi:-
tion; or Inquisition in miniature—l mean this
wretched Board, be cleansed from tlic face of th 6
earth ; then, indeed, and not swifter, may We
ltdpe to see peace and happiness restoted, and
every thing like party spirit fdrgotteri. Most ar-
dently do I wish tor this happy period ;
.althOtigh
my sithation in life nay not .itiford me the oppoi
utility of •returning, yet the happiness of niy na-
tive soil is dean to fray
Ireland has its excellences, anti trot a few—it ,
appears unto me dot ProVidente hai
made you the happy instrument Of Saying to thoie
high-toasting and insolent demons of diseord-
lilitherto stilt thou etline, but no farther ;Hthe
frtlit of your toil is alread.v evident, See it Scatter=
ing its benign influence at die Derry Meeting, on
the.Sth ultimo, and I trust litany other iticotpurat-
ed bodies will'speedily.follow. their praiseHtvorthy.
example, so that the peaceable it large may join
heirt.and hand in effectually.steming that poison-
Otis torrent which'tbe great tentiernesarid lenity
Of the Irish 00Vernment has Suffered to inn 30i
far. 'the idea of yottr eonCeiving far ii nit,
fluent that I was 6 s7(2°Pht it, and' had. (by adz
(I,4sitin you) ioriit; selfish motive is .the
ettAe a it j I, for the present,, conceal thy naine;
°y.et pro :•e a greatr hlesging to pool:
unhappy Irelaud:--4 have the 116110111* to be, Sir,
With
,gteat ttutb, ef.c. &c.

A zi 0 LDIE R.

cARNors PAMPHLET.

(From tire Journal des De fiats.)

Something gloomy .and ominous always attends'
a' publication of M. CAIINOT. Good end wise' I
men, the ft iceds oht heir Cotintry, shedder at the .
toroearaitee Of a pamphlet, to N.vhir) he dare: to
:mulch his nufortenate name, as at a sign of evil
augury, or of 'some_ hateful prosaee. Draern, as
it were in sPjte of themselves, and by the nature
even of their di'refol presentiments, to the, pernsal
of new Memoir, (for M. Carnot never writes
ahout himself), of this production at once
I-iontV, ludigested, disgusting, :and revolting ;
they know that they are going to pass a very
s, retched quarter of an hour, and I know not
hat fatal necessity draws and constrains them
to it. The harsh style and the iron pen begin first
to inflict pnoisimment upon them ; but soon the
lironeless RevolutiOnisit makes
,thent forget the
wretched writer,; for taile the latter only causes•
time fore er excites indignation. What tor-
fere must it he to a correct mind to read this' mass
of incoherent reasonings, of false assertions, of •
iirpudeet lies, of gross sophisms, and of insolent
'accusations. But tloe:e are not all the elements:
at this monstrous and odious composition. lie
'have, in additioe, a continual panegyric on 'the
virtues of the old Member of the Committee of
Public Safety, of the old Minister of tinonaparte;
of the Man, in fine, whose name is associated
with our most tormenting recollections, with our
greatest
,dis'asters, and (slot to omit what time
Reader would not to forget to add) with our most
feightful crimes.
:euch is the men who begins his pamphlet by
declaring,in his own favour, his unhesitating
conviction that he has always obtained, and. still
preserves," the public esteem. Does he flatter him-
self, that the guilty Jadee of Louis XVI. will be
regarded by posterity, since he likewise looks at
posterity, as a just man and a faithful subject ;
that the member of the •Compittee of Palk
Safety, the companion of Robespierre, will be
esteemed merciful and humane; that the insolent
occnser.of Louis XVI will "acquire time reputa- '
tion of a man 'of veracity and 'good faith ; and
himself a tyrannical
the Minister of a Tyrant,
Ninistere a ill emei,ey that of a trieniVof liberty
If the memorials or exposes of ,Carnot reach that,
posterity towards which be looks, what vent be its
surprise, or rather its indignatinn? With what
names Will it not blast the meennry of a nt;in,
,
.velmO had the audacity to address. to a Kingepon
the Throne, an argument that be had acted pro-
perly in precipitating front that throne his brother
who preceded hint, and in conducting him to
seelledd
But, says M., Carnot, ',Why not complain of
the conduct of the King, or rather of his Mini-
hters, for the person of the King is sacred and in
We know whatimportance to attach .to
these hypocritical expressions, for, we know how -
he treats persons sacred and inviolable. How
then should we not complain of these Ministers,
since I was persecuted, sinee.they persecuted us,
since ne were. persecuted, since nothing was in-
tended for all those who had .contributed to the
revolution, but persecution.e, re-actions, oppres-
sion, deprivation, &c. Alas,. while there remained
nothing in France for all good men, for all friends
of their King, their Country, and for all sup-.
porters Of, morality and religion, but- prisons,
scaffolds, tortures, and executioners,..M. Cantor
(lid not then raise his voice 'against these excesses
arid these .horrors,; he participated in them. He
did not then fabricate tnemoires or exposes ; he
siened lists of pm oscription. But to return to the
accusations of M. Carnot :—What were those per-
t secutions and those deprivations of which he
complains ? Were there not seen in all employ-
ments. men who had,figured in the revolution ?
Did they not remain in them constantly, both
against-the interest of time King, and to his great
misfortune, as was subsequently proved ?
But does not M. Carnot furnish, in his own .
person, a demonstration of" the falsehood of his
assertions One of the murderers of his King-, he
was one of the Lientenants-General of the, king-
dom; he was clothed with its honours and-enjoyed
its appointments.
Of what menace Was he the object ? What per-
secution (lid lie experience before the pnblicatime.
of: his Memoire.l And even after the publication
id this insolent memorial, what severe justice-L.
what vengeance was exercised towards
' What I cries he, was not I per'secuted by the jour-
nalists, or the - scribblers by the sheet (loiliett-
, Lives) as. this pamphleteer calls them ? 'Since he
must have persecutions, he (sot find them in a cri-,
ti: ism ; and those are to be styled persecutors,
who prove that he has written ill and reasoned
worse, and' who oppose his false assertions and,
his insolent calumnies. _ Most we tell M. Carnot
who is his pe'rsecutor, and tvlience proceed
' the persecutions of which he complains ?
. They, proved- froth himself, front his con-
science, his recollections,, his remorse ; by
.these
he is urged to write on inceasingly, still to
• 'write on, to torment, to agitate himself, to dretun
ve-action, of oppression,and persecution.
1-. nows well, that the more that the Royal cause
ii extended andconsolhiated, the more that pub-
lic_ opinion is rectified, the more will a certain -
crime be detested. At this he rages, swells, And
becomes furious. Every thing must be overturned,
France must perish, that this misfortune May be
avoided. A"man musi be placed npon the throne
who, approaching it only by crimes, will not he
ahle to approach him. , This is the secret of M.
careet awl his compeers. In this consists all
eltcie"patriotistn, till their republicanism, all their
• love or liberty. The love of, liberty in a malt
who acquiesced to, who participated in time sap-
. goimetry despotism of the; (,:mmuittee.. of Public
f`-;afe:y—Who offered himself lately as the Mini-
-,•ster and minion of au odiona , ryrant
say's he, Buonapartes or rather Napoleon,
)for M:CArnot, who grossly insulted Louis XVIII.
at the tribune of the pretended representatives on
the 1-Ich of last June, speaks notv very respects
fully of Buonaparte) Napoleon promised me to
govern mildly ; I believed hint, and believe stia.
NVirth regard to this strong faith, one of outCor-
' reSpontleuts desires xis to ask M. Carnot how
Le enuld reconcile it with what' he had said
of the character Of Ditonaparte, when he styles

the tniperor , a man r2atura:ily !` carried to.-
wards arbitrary proceedings," and Mentions that
" his mos.t url.!ent remonstrances to dsinr Were dis-
reg,rarcied." How such a man conitl g(wern in a
"'As paternal manner" is a problem, which our cor-
renondent prOnoSes tor this great geometrician to
resolve. When we afterwards see Buonaparte in
.nliilosophical conference With M. Caring, deplOr"-
toether the rage of. conquest,' and hear M.
Carnot then rehearse their gentle and pacific don-
-versatiou,. we. do not know which ought most to
excite per astonishment, the hypticrisy of the
maszer, or the silliness of the minister. But M.
Carrot ilocepted office to prevent re-actin-n.", -
In this he certainly. did not.succee‘l ; for, inste4d,
of preventing, he promoted re-action. No one
behaved more despotically than he.
But we 010111'1.ot:1y fatigue ourselves and 'our
readers in this apologist of so bad a
Cause and of se) bad faith. We cannot, hOwever,
restraio ourselves from making: some reflections
upon a long•ttiote, or rather small 'epilogue, by
which he concludes his pamphlet, and upon which
he lays great stress. " 1 drew-tipOn myself," says
he, " the hatred 'of Buonaparte, for having alone
opposcd,his rise to the throne." No, you were not
loaded with the hatred of Napoleon for that act,
..?vhich Was by no means so courageous, and of
which you low boasted so loudly and so often.
Bnonaparrt was delight ed,that your opposition gove
to thardetiberation ab.air of freedom; you did not
the less remain his tool, bot h for making books, mid
serving him as occasion required. f 1 uI yon, from,
honourable Motives, voted against his mounting
the throne, ,befora you knew how he would ex-
ercise' his sovereignty, you would have refused
becoming his Minister when he Bird horribly
abused it, and when lie again seized it only by
'crone, and to the evident misfortune of France.
" I was the most mortal enemy Of Robespierre,
" ,and yet some fdreCt to call me his accomplice."
How, indet,;(l,,, could you be otherwise, when,
by your own confessio4), you gave him your
signature that he might not refuse rot his, when
you remained his 'colleague to his death, and
Iwhen, during his life, you, did not utter a single
• word of protest against those barbarous and san-
guinary deeds, which marked every day o'f- that
frightful period,--you, who are so forward to pro-
test againSt acts either indifferent or just, against
false soppositions or chimerical fears; '" I spent
" my clays and nights in seconding the operations
" ofour armies, and 1 am represented as oectrpied
during that time in drawing up li,ts of proserip-
H" troll." By your Own acknowledgment, i nwerer;
yon signed their them at least, if you did not
j draw them up; and this should at least indpce
you to be .am not richer now limn
I was at the commencement of the Revolu-
tion." Perhaps you might say with your mas-
ter, " I entered into all this with six francs in
my pocket, and whatever have been the events,
1 0111 not a loser this way." But at all events we
will acknowledge that disinterestedness is a fine
thing, rind also a very rare one. Beit it is not all:
we won'd rather_ you had been able to call ,your
own, some millions snore, and sonic actions less,
" 1 love and enitivate science and letters, and I
have been charged with wishing to disorganiie
public instrnetion." You have gathered some
fruit from the cultivation of science ; you know
mathematics as ten thousand people know them
in France ; but. in cultivating letters, you have
lost your time ; at least their study has not pro=
duced that effect which Ovid ascribes to, them;
ertollit mores.