Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-18

,s..er an idea so full Of folly enter
Sg h. a Of lunatisk, as that OF supposing
tns o ~ these pure rovalists should, at once,
that al s sa Of success, abandon the cause
10 IN nv King 70 become the soldiers OF the
Locator Moreau.
ol ns,and ofends still more against the laws
n sense than against those OF
q = and cannot be believed in any OF hrs
nu, ,.,a,;ons: In the shock ofthe two voices,
dssla 0f,he accused ought to prevail IN as
tna ,.b ! as the testimony of Roland has varied
At a another of his impositions is the decla-
-. that Moreau boasred Of a strong
T'. n the Senate. Without noticing the
pa pa here done to the first constitutional
/ ig; the state, we would demand, IT this
~. 50, why do We not at this moment
hold any of those uafaithiul senator's at
,he bar of this tribunal.
put. we are asked, what interest could
;,duce Roland to give false testimony!
The interest of Roland may be two-told.
>, me FIRST place it may be nonr other than
.s,t ofa vile informer, who has denounced
ect,t;ous crime 10 merit substantial re-
eomnense. This supposition will not ap-
ns,r unfounded when we consider the sPe-
n s., Of complaisance which has been pecu-
rarly shewn to him. All the other prison
=. hove been thrown into the cells of the
B Temple. He only, the systematic agent
for co1rrupting Moreau and by consequence
loudly offending, was lodged in the abbey
y. only was allowed his counsel, and tree
q ,,nmuncatlon with his friends, both per-
,onaly and by letters; while neither the
voice Of friend nor the sigh of a relative
va, permitted to penetrate the secret dun.
osons which almost excluded The others
from the light of heaven. :,
Buff this superstition is erroneous, IT
8hc i, really conspirator, his interest may
be Of a different nature, but not less power
&il; that of appeasing the violated majesty,
and dsarming the awful severity, OF the
law by becoming a general informer. in
& one Of the interrogatories on his first exa-
mination an idea of clemency was held out
10 him, and a distinction taken, which
would greatly soften his fate. Ey0a declare
nothing, say the ministers of justice to him,
boa uuiA6e looked upon as an AccoMpLIcE,
/ Il gou divulge tie 5Oh0Ie, you z0iA be co1asi-
EEared merely as a coNFID ANT. What
more was necessary to inspire base and
sowardy spirit with the hopes of saving
himself at the expence of others; to testify
asehoods where he knew the truth would
bot attain his purposes.
Roland is not only under accusation as.
accomplice IN the same crime, but he is
rly suspected of interested and sinister
ouves; his evidence therefore ought
to be believed,
He ought not to be believed, because
lis assertions are unsupported by Any other
zuhoriiy or circumstance.
He ought not to be believed, because
Probability and common sense, in every in
lance. contradict his tetimony.
He ought not TO be believed, because fu-
6dve words are too susceptible Of varia-
pn, for any on, to be able to declare,
sith certainty, that they have been deliver
in the order reported, or with the arbi-
Eary meaning attached to them.
b Consequently all the proof of the conspi-
kcy which Moreau is charged with having
nnived or approved, being found in the
Ruarv declaration of one in the predica-
emit of Roland, Moreau ought to be alb
Hlved.
CTo Be continued