The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-08-20

Viileyielle, copied from the minutes depofted
with Mr.. Moment, No-ary at Paris.
II, the un4ewrtlen, declare that Tor thee
four days plH, having been aiIlitted wi i vom
ting of blood, at the age Of eighty four, and
not having been able to drag myief 70 the
church, the Rev tie Rector If ST. Sulpice, hav
ing been D 'caled TO add to bis good works that
Of Tending to nle the Able Gaultier, Prleft |:
confeGsd 10 him, and if 1t pleaies God to dii-
poie of me, die III the Holy Catb5lic Church, IN
which was born hoping that the divine
mercy will deigu to pardon all my faults It
ever have fcandalized th- Church, ak par
don OF Cod and Of The Church. I'd March
1873 Signed, Voltaire, in pref-nc Of the Able
Mignot my nephew, and the MARQUIS de Va
leviell-, my friend.
(" After two witncnes had igned this decla-
ration. Voltaire added thefe words, copied IRON
The fame minu'es: seThe Able Coulter my
Confeaor, having apprized me that it was faid
among certain fes of people, fhonld pro-
te(t againl every thing did at my death !;
! declare | never made fuch lpeech, and
that il IS an old Jet attributed, long hnce.
to many Of the learned, more enlightened than
| am"
"Was this declaration a frefh inRance of
his former hvpocriiys Unfortunately, after
the explanations we have feen him give Of his
exterior acts of religion, might there not be
room for doubt Be that as il may, this is a
public homage, paid to that religion in which
he declared he meant to die, notwithstanding
his having perpetually conipirej agaiait it, du.
ring his life This declaration i aifo fgned
BY that fame friend and adept, the Marquis
de Vilevielle, to whom eleven years before,
Voltsire was won't to write, g Conceal jar
march from The emmy in your cndeavours to eruih
the wTetch."
" Voltaire had permitted this declaration to
be car led 10 the Retor Of 81. Sulpice, and to
the ArohbiIhop Of Paris, to know whether it
would be fuficient. When the A be Gualiier
returned with the anfSer, il was imponible for
him to gain admittance to the patient. The
Confpirators had GRAINED every nerve TO hinder
the Chief from contamination bis retaliation.
and every avenue was ihut to the Pr ea, which
Yoltaire hmlelf bad fcnt for The demons
haunted every sccefs; rage facceeds to fury,
and fury 10 rage again duIing he remainder OF
his life. Then il was that D'Alembert, Dide-
rot and about twenty others of the Conf a.
tors, who had befet his apartment, never APP
preached him but to witnels their own gno-
miny, and often he would cu,fe them and
exclaim, 8 Retire, it is you that have brought
me to my prelent tate /; begone, | could have
done without you all, but you could not exit
without me, and what wretched glory have
you procured me ~
g Then would fucced the horrid remembrance
Of his conlpiracy they could hear him, the
prey Of anguah and dread, alternately fuppli
eating or blaiphemrg that God whom he had
COMPUTED againf and in plaintive accents would
he cry out, Oh Chiia Oh Jefus Chrit And
then complain that be was abandoned By God
and man. The hand which had traced 10 an
Gent writ the lentence Of an impious aDd re-
Wing King, iremed 70 trace before bis eyes,
CRUSH THEN, DO CRUSH THE WRETCH In
vain he turned his head away. the time was
coming apace when he was 10 appear before
the tribunal Of him he had blafphemed, and
his phyGcians, particularly Mr.. Tronchin,
called in TO adminiaer relief, tbunderasuck,
retired, declaring the death of the impious man
&c Be terrible indeed, The pride Of the Con-
fpirators would willingly have fuppreAed thefc
declarations, bur it was in vain the Marelehal
de Richeleu flies from the bed fidr, declaring
It to be fight too terrible to be fuitained, and
Mr.. Tronchin, that the furies of Orelus
could give but a faint idea Of thofe OF Vol
taire." [kszdoa Paber.l
It has been fhcwn before in this Hihory D. RIO thar
Votaire had the hypocrify, IN the midi Of
his efforts againi Ghrtanty. receive the facram nj
TO deny his infdsity if accued oft.