The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-17

nswed; for, in hort, they aimed at my life--a life
that have conecrated TO the good of France, and
which YET For iome time come necciiary for its
repoie. In all this affair have forgiven much but
declare that the feaion of Indulgence is paa. Gene
raj Moreau, you love liberty and independence and
do no, think have made choice dagreeahle to
you IN lending you to the United States You will
there lind new people, and not fuch degenerate
nation as inhabit our ancient Europe. have often
been ambitious OF performing the uIefu but els
brlian, part, in which Wellington has ihewn fomuch
love Tor his country-fo much of political and militia
ry talent. But 1t was not III France iuch part could
be played; the factions had too much of reiteineis
| and power not to be drawn away by them: it was
neeeiiary TO rein them with hand of IRON | know
very well this acoords but little with Lberty-,hat
one mutt often violate principles, and even the eta
bihed laws but in all this one ough, to view more
the attendance Of circumstances than our ambition
Alas. General Moreau, have not cho(en my part
no, have not chofen it. 1t an inevitable fatai-
ty that has thrown me in lit is that which holds
me, and forces ME at and the fame time e1hau
every thing that is brilliant and painful One is obi
ged IN 10 difficult iituaton do many things agan
ones viii. You fee in the fpot child of Fortune;
but ihe makes pay dearly for her favors General
Moreau, donotfeep roes rhisineoheremtd ifcourfe
almot as much iurpriied embarraded ME. was
about to anfwer, when courier from Ruia was an
nounced Bonapar,e ieemed to be much agitated,
General Moreau,' faid he, abruptly quitting me,
" fay my brother Louis, whatever you have to
lay 70 me--he will give me relation of it." alced
only the favor of reing fome days at Bareges; and
1t this favor that Proeures me the pleaiure of wr
ting 10 YOU
C7ragEa.ed FIR TIE Herald from fame PAPER I
The following letter Gays Paris paper) is at
trbHted to one of our Generals, whom pru-
dence forbids us to name:
Gen. - to Gen. Bonabarte.
"GENERAL,
1T is of little confequence to me, that you
caufe yourfelf to be called Conjfd or Emperor ];
| that you ihoud be feated on Chair or on
Throne /; more pompous title or greater a6t
of madnefs, will neither make me tolerate your
pretenhons, or acknowledge your rights. You
exercife power without Responsibility, without
| check, or controul and, by this alone, you are
nothing in my eyes but the enemy OF my coun-
try, and daring ufurper. In determining to
write to you, TO tell you plainly what think of
.'ou, of your enterprises, and of your cruel and
Gefolatins fuccefs, you will readily believe that
have before my eyes the danger that one ha-
yards in telling you the truth, and that am ac-
cordingly prepared to brave it. Thus, whether
you caute me to be ihot, at midnight, without
other witnefies than the inftruments of the exc
cution that you triangle me in one of your
BATTLES, or tranfport me beyond the feas, am
rehgned to my lot, and brave the utmoft of your
| fury.
In thus addrcfing you, ought, perhaps,
| to have waited until your anxiety had torn me
| from obfcurity, on the fuppoftion of crimes !;
or until fome happy circumstance fllouId pre-
| TENT me with the means of freeing my country !:
| but it is declared that you fufpe6t me that the
| lntereft took in the profecution inftituted BY
you againit Gen. Moreau, feems TO you proof
that was party in his de6gns, or wiihed for
their fucceis cannot in flch fate of things
be tiient, and If am to prove that there are vr-
tues that tyranny is enraged at and cruelty pu-
nifhes, lhall at leaf demonfrate, that they in
ipire alto courage that nothing can difconcert
fhal at leaft leave an example that will not be
without its imtators. Yes, Mr.. General, have
intereited myielf ferongly in the fate of General
Moreau; it is a crime which France and all Eu-
rope have witnefed am ignorant if he en-
| tertained any defgns againft you; but have
certain proof, that for long time pat, YOU
have confpired againft him ard when I aw
that this noble victim was about 10 fwell the
number of thofe who have been already facrifi-
ced to your implacable vengeance, to your bafe
jcaloUiy, the only wiihes that had were to fee
him triumph in fpiendor over your perfecuti-
ons, TO fee him fall with honor. Neither of
thefe wifhes have been gratifed. You have fpar-
ed his life, but you have fuled his glory that
glory which, founded on more real and ufeful
exploits, was more fold than your own. Thus,
MI. General, by employing alternately al1afiina-
ticn and treachery, you have fi,cceeded in
matching from the French nation, two men who
were an honor to it, and from our armies two
Generals in poGeiion of their beit wf1es, and
their ben affections, becaufe they fought only
their country's welfare. Yes, you glitter with
all the luftre that great Victories occafon-no
importunate renown now fhocks your pride
the tomb has fwaowed the man whom al Eu
rope ranked above you, and all the Generals of
the revolution. Banihmeut is the lot of him,
who, following thefe footfteps, has obtained a
reputation in the opinion of the public, far A.
bove yours. 1t is by thele two outrages, thefe
two crimes againh the nation, that you have at
laft quoted your jealoufy and jutified your am
bition. look around me for all thofe brave
characters who firit conducted the French ar
mics to victory; who faved their country from
the difafters of foreign nvalion; find them
either pro!cribed or enigrated the more anci-
ent their iervces, the fooner they are blotted
from remembrance. There is no longer any re-
compence, any power, any influence, bit for