The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-23 00:00:00

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TO THE EDITOR. STATESMAN.
51R,....-When NAPOLEON adopted the resolution of
and of throwing himself uposa'
coming to P,ogland,
tie protection of the English People, unquestionably
he entertained the most elevated idea of their justice
and generosity. Still, he supposed, they inherited
the enlarged political views which had distinguished
a long line of ancestors ; but his detention on
board, and subsequent exile, unveiled the delusion.
Although a few official documents have been laid be-
fore the Public, still little appears to be known of
the deprivations and insults daily suffered by that
Illustrious Prisoner. Cut off from all communica•
lion with his wife, his son, and his mother and Eu•
repeals friends, he is ignorant of the most endearing
domestic concerns. Severed from the inhabitants of
St. Helena, and even some of his suite, he is left to
pine Mane; even in his illness not able to avail
himself of the advice of his Physician, who is
kept under arrest; Doctor O'ME.III t having, it
appears, on all occasions evinced the characteristic
attributes of a British Officer. ln being anxious,
to do his duty, he has incurred the displeasure
of the insolent Governor, and has subjected himself to
some of those gross personal indignities which have
101 l been silently inflicted upon the unpitied captive.
What the Gods did to the King of PAPITLIGONIA.
the Jailers of NAPOLEON are now acting. They sp.
point him a physician, compel him to sign Bulletins
;ithout seeing his patient, and while he is under ar-
rest, profess to allow him to take exercise on horse-
back, but under restrictions which it would compro-
mise his honour to embrace ; they profess to allow him
fall liberty within certain limitations, yet subject it to
to many qualifications till he is actually confined. They
rave promised to build him a house fit for his resi-
dence in a tropical climate, yet lodge him in a dila-
pidated barn : bad water, unwholesome provisions,
Ind very sparing in quantity, swell up his sumptuous
fare.
The indpendent spirit of Mr. 01MEan a for ten
months resisted the tyrannical restrictions of the Go.
vernor, but what could not be accomplished by in-
timidation has been effected by force. In fact, Mr.
EAUA is not a man after the Jailer's own heart;
'le has too much humanity to be the tool of a petty
lespot, whose object is oppression; and too much in-
dependence to ba subservient In a capricious Jailer.
From the 12th Article of NAPOLEON't Note, I
beg leave to dissent, when he says, " I bequeath the
opprobrium of my death to the Reigning, noose of
England." I am most anxious to exonerate the
Reigning Wiese" of the opprobrium, because I
em convinced the Dynasty of BituNswick has not
forgot the princ.dlea which seated them ova the
Throne; and even had they beets the inheritors of
the CrOkill of JAME% 11. they are too magnanimous
to join in the exile and oppression of NAPOLEON.
They do, it is true, divide the responsibility; and
had NAPOLEON in this case shown his ordinary share
•f sagacity. and discrimination, he would have most
cordially exonerated the " Reigning House," -and
attributed his oppression, and the base object of
his confinement, to the Borouglimongers. If NAPO-
LEON had studied the Constitution in the vagaries of
DE Lomita, he might readily fall into this error ; but
NAPOLEON was a Reformer, and altheuei he erred
he practised still too much equality for the Oligarchs.
The People of England are not to be identified in
this persecution—St. Helena is not their Bastile,
oor NAPOLEON their Prisoner.—Public spirit com-
pelled Swoon-ill to unlock the doors of his agonized
victims, and the same spirit will oblige the con
temptible creature of the Foreign Department to
berate NAPOLEON,—Your's) &c.
July 20s 1010:

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