The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-07 00:00:00

PARIS, FFCRITARY

TRIBUNATE

FRESIDENCE OF jOUBERT-SITTING OE THE 27TH
PLUVIOsE (FEB. 17). .
At two o'clock the Members•opened the Sitting.
A Secretary read the 'Minutes of the last
I\lo RE AU .-I desire to be heard.
The PREiIDENT.-You shall, be heard, but you
cannot interrupt the Order of the Day.
The President read a Letter froth the Secretary of
State, which announced the sending-;to the Tribu,
nate of three Government Speakers, charged to:
make-a communicatiOn.•
Some minutes aftetWards, the Counsellors of State,
TRE I LHAR D,. LACUE, and FLruttrElJ, were intro-
duced. TREILHARD then read •the Report of the
grand Judge, for which seethe Proceedings of the
Legislative .Body.
The President made a speech in answer similar to
that of the President of the Legislative. Body, in
which he charged-the English Government with be,
ing the author of ibis plot, antladmited the good
-fortune of BON AFARTE. • R•
The Report was ordered to be printed..
The PRESIDENT.—AS Organ of the Tribunate,
I propose to it to go in. a bodyto the CHIEF CON`..
SUL, to express its, horror at the plot which has
been discovered, and to felicitate• him on his good
fortune in escaping the dangers which surrounded-
him..
This proposition was unanimously adopted.
The President pronounced the Sittings raised.
MORFAU.-" Citizen President, I request to
be heard." • .•
Pa Es r D ENT.-". I thought you had given up the:
intention of speaking." •
MOREAU.-" You have heard the Government
Speakers ; you have read this morning the Order of
the Day published by the Governor of Paris ; these-
two papers are partly direeted against General 11110-
REAU. I cannot- see withoUt sentiments of the
liveliest melancholy,, attempts made for a long time
to calumniate a man wild has rendered important,
services to the Republic, and who at this time- has
not the liberty of defending himself. I declare to
the whole Nation that my brother is innocent of the
atrocities imputed to him ;- let him be furnished with
the means of justifying himself, and•he will he jus-
tified. -I desire in his name, and in my own, in,
the name of all his afflicted family, that. his 'trial-
may be proceeded on with the greatest solemnity.
I desire that he may be only tried before the•usual
Tribunals. It.will be easy for him to shew •his in-
nocence. I affirm that. all.which has been said re-
speCting him is an infamous calumny."
CUR EE.—" Our colleague's is a just emotion."
IVloksAu.—“ It is no fine emotion, it is the
expression of truth and indignation."
• (MottEAu left tke Hall.)
CUREE.---" He has spoken for his brother—
where is the honest mind that does not approve the
emotion that led him to the Tribune? A vast plan
of Conspiracy is denounced to, the first Authorities,
to the NatiOn, and is going to be denounced to the
Tribunals. The-defence of General MOREAU' will
have all the latitude, liberty, and publicity of
which so great a cause is- susceptible ; but what
ought you to do but to desire, and your desire lam
sure iLshared by the Government, that the General
may he cleared of the accusations which, interesting
the internal and external security of the Republic,
ought to be weighed and decided upon, whatever
be the services and reputation of the men implicated
in them."
TREILHARD.—" The Orator who preceded the
Tribune who has just sat down, has sati36ed what
he thought due to the ties of blood which unite him
to General Moie&u. Were I not restrained by
that consideration, and by the reipe6l due to a Ci-'
tizen in a state of accusation, I should say that he
was too hasty. If his sensibility had suffered him
to hear calmly the Report of the Grand judge,. lie
would have seen that the result was a reference of
the whole to justice. Government has been always
too scrupulous an observer of the Law, for any one
to have a right to suppose that they wish to swerve
from it. The very eagerness they shew to inform
you of what is passed,
.proves the value they attach
to public. opinion and tr3l-YOurs. The progress of
justice opposes the rendering the' Papers public
nov,.,—they have bi;en communicated to the Senate..
and Council of State, whO are deliberating in -secret.
I shall add but one wOrd—Geieral R E AO, his re
lations and friends, will have every latitude of de_
fence; there is no one that does not strongly desire
not to believe him
The Sitting broke up.