The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-19
Foreign Intelligence.
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'"""fe" an o7er F6itS for tGI5 Svee&,
ana hH9Nr fboyhrRd eopieJ h0ve been Iens
'tFf0 RE departments. HeyepyImt IL, bozv-
ep'' f9"f foreigners nay read zvhnt tbis
nT2-e.t %eecitet 70 mHc5 infeyrR IT. France.
~ "GdrsJtGfo" AIsnEearB onop11,ie, tie
StJF Co2iIh, by CiGSen Moran, the Vfc-
!3r 81 t~o.eHHndsD, Aosv a. e}ae b~yia,s,.
~ the Temple"
80 MoNSiEuR 8oNAPARTE, THE
FIRST CONSUL.
from the Dungeon Of the Temnle.
Ventoie 10th, Year XlI. March |.
1904.
oiR,-SiHce your ambition REQUIRES
more victims, ttrike, but do not ca,nmn;ate
thoie youbutcher. Wade in the blood ~
innocence, but fpare honor in takiRp AWAY
lie. "e """!
~ you expect from me the fupplican,'s
petition, read no farther. In this dunreop
where your tyranny has plunged me. 7 am
more elevated than you upon orr nf,-~ai
throne. So fay all iut men OF my con-
Temperatures. and future ages will confirm
their ientence. Nc Sir, on the bordsro Of
eternity call you to an account for yonr
tTeaioH againit my country and againt nv
iSH. DO you remember our mutual aerse-
ment on the sth November, 1899 'TaI-
ielfand, Sleyes, and lie Fevre were Dre-
'eat.-i promiicd to die by your fde in the
attempt OF removing the Dire6torial ~.
rants. iwOre 10 eitablIih a Govern
ineft' hGt d1Pendhgg M3o@ fbe life ofone IN
a'Utahaf' nat Jra"DIcaI, but iirm, Fable.
ana liaefdi h~eitowlng freedom on French
r'en' & worthy 10 obtain, by gratitude from
t)reign nations, that confidence and efr,,n.
winch your predictions and yourteif have
commanded BY the dread or your bavonets.
Wnen iAortiy afterwards went 10 head
armie3-d{organiZed and deleated-vo,,.
lax words were 81 Rnozv ycg,. hz,, -
y9pi' Country be Vic7oriou5, ami. Fra,S
-L57H force Na.HirGtion, e7,en from bey y;1,,J,
"24J1sJ, ~ me liberty Me eujoys at bo,1.
"n& " Ms .Ssner9Eiy ofber. ee!c,uai ysoac:
"TionJ " How nave you fulhI.ed theCa c1,,,,+
promites how have YOU reinr4ed So
'oa:hs In MY degraded country. I G.nnn
,nLl9 put cfihsinS iiaNes and proud t~yrants;
bale pitcemeh and infamous ipies. Fv.,-y'
"hstc Ia Europe, irom Sicily t. Moicow.
yourtetr ard your Government are ,j;t.e
feared and deteited. Deny thoie facts if Won
can! You nave long followed the eyamnIe
oylla t!4e uIuInYT Initiate for d month
only, oyiIa, the private citizen, AMI VOL,
ihail be convinced, that thr corlDLmrrpte
OF ieihih and enilaved pripces prov. No
more the itandard Of merit in a governor
than the Hattery OF vile courtierS. or +h.
praie OF corrupted councillors.
But as tins wiIi probably be the lah
time that you wall hear nom me, ccY-
hder what | now tell you, not as the en-
WonS defamation of an imprifon.G rival
general, but as the genuine efuiion OF rbe
mind of I dying patriot, who f~oryiyes his
death and your insratitudc. You pretend
that my c~ountry1len are happy, and Citrt-
lied with your government. Let it be 70.
though l!dves can have no opinion, or 81
Leaf dare not express one. But YOU arr.
mortal is well as myfelf. If Won love
Frenchmen, let not their Happiness depend
upon your life. You have TOO much ienf-
not TO know that, with you, the Conf
late for life Will expire in the BouaDar-a
family /; and other pretenders ct Other
upftart families combat Tor, ann.hiA.le. or
occupy Z coniular throne, 0f only fom, few
years ftanding. As to yoar r4ght or an
pointing a flccetior in your VIVA, reinemLcr
that Louis XIV. the royal deic.naanl OF
fifty kings, was, after d r,iSn o. upwards of
Therefore years not five minute a cyrnfe
before MS viii was overturned ; A VIII 'o-
proved by the Princes Of shc Blood, reett-
tered IN ms Parliament, and dpplauaed by
all rls courtiers /: and that the Duke Of
hialue was nut up as a p~lioner when he
e3pectcd 70 ruieas a Regent.
To prevent OR children and grand
children irum tutoring lhe w.etchednefs OF
our tCrefatnegs by turns. tormen,ed by A.
narchY, or clui5ed by tyranny and from
witne,ing tb2.c tcenCs Oh horror, terror.
and fcandal, We have fccn; REGAL the le.al
heir to the throne of France, and Limit fsya-
rally his authority make MIN a King but
not a Dciport. Such was the plan of Pr
chegru, Of my1elf, and of Georges and
with this plan your preieryatim was ne
c~eliarily connected, becauie we wanted
your fortune, your talents, and your rank.
rs well as our W f~ervices, &c watch the
reign of a foreigner, who, though misfor-
tunes may have made him prudent, fu1cr-
ingS liberal, and gratitude juit may, by
relatives lefS p%attiouc than hinfeif, be
tempted to extend his power.
." defy your Grand Judge, and his
horde of ipies 10 prove any thing contrary
10 this aiertion. My wife, my mother-in-
law, and my brother, know nothing of this
loyal undertaking. | fhouid regard the
day of my death with greater iatisfacion
than thoie of my triumphs, could / but
hope that it ferved to make my ountry
Houriihing, MY fellow citizens free aud
prosperous, and worthy Of liberty and
PROPERTY. MOREAU."
OI The preceding letter is taken from
The Baltimore American. We have nei-
ther been able to find out, what vehel it
was which brought tbe paper from Eu-
rope, nor whether the article was taken
from the Paris paper iuelf, OF an Engliih