The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-26
Foreign IatcAgenc>,.
GENERAL MOREAU.

before the public, in confrquence of his
iuppoied fliendihip and conaSlion with
Pichegru. Coaiidering his fetting out in
life, it is difficult tofaywhetherh rife or his
fall, had the iulpicions of his fidelity been
well founded, would have been mott fur
prizing.
He was born at Morlaix, Bay57 Brietzgne.
His father was nan OF great refpcE ta-
biiity, and on account of his mtegrety. diff
intereftednefs, and various private virtues,
was commonly called the father of the
POOR. On the breaking out of the revolu-
ton, iuch was the general confidence in
his honelty, that he was elected by the
gentry and nobility of Morlaix and its
| neighbourhood, principally thofe who pro-
poied to emigrate, as the properef perfon
to be entrufted with the management of
their affairs. The great number of their
commiiiions and depolits which he received
on this location from the mobiles and emf
grants, contributed not little to bring him
afterwards to the guillotine, under the 60
vernment of Robeipierre. He was put 20
death at Brett and eye-witneifes declare,
that the people prefent at his execution,
ihed torrents of tears, exclaiming feverai
times, " They are taking our oelt father a.
way from us such worthy father
could not be disappointed in The liberal G.
ducation which he gave his fon, on ac-
count Of the excellent example which he
conitantly iet before him.
Young Moreau had from his early youth
ftrong prepoGefiion for military life,
and at the age of ls, he entitled himfeif as
folder. His father however, who conf
dered his conduct as the effect of impru
HPnrP 4 i
to refume his ftudies. Whether the ftudy
OF law was an unpleafant talk to him, or
whether his propeniity for arms got the
better of every other inclination, it is GER
tam that he foon emitted again. His IA
Their, hurt at this fecond act of rafhnefs,
with view that he might feel the hardihips
of the life he had cholen, FILTERED him to
ierve as private during four months or
whereabouts, after which he was prevailed
upon by his friends, not to let the Young
man continue any longer in that low con-
dition, as 1t would occafion him 70 loi. the
benefit of his early education. Before
the revolution, man who was not of the
eeF Of THE NobLesSe, had little hope Of adj
Vancement In the army, whatever might
nave been his conduct OF merit. Moreau
was therefore, almof in fpitc of himfelf,
compelled again to return to the dry ftudy
OF the law, and to follow the protection of
MS father, who was, we have already mott
ced, an eminent lawyer.
When the revolution broke out, No
reau was Prevot de Droit at Rennes, A
mark OF fuperiority among ftudents in law.
In that Office he acquitted himfelf to the
complete fatisfaction of his fellow ftudents.
1t is faid that when M. lie Chevalier de
Bremieres brought the Edi9j of Nav 1888,
to the Parliament ofRennes, to be RICHTER
ed, Moreau, then fupporter of the pri-
vlleged order, againft the court, went to
the Literary Chamber, and offered the flu
dents together with great number of o.
Their young people, to the Parliament, as
volunteers TO fupport it againft the mea
fures of the Court. Obierving however,
the ftubbornefs and want of principle a.
mong the privileged orders, he foon reIin-
quifhed his concern for their interef, and
eipoufed the party of the people.
in the month of October, 1888, the
ftateS of Brittany attended at Rennes:
but the Tiers Efat were then not willing
to Fit with two other orders, competed
of mobiles and priefts. The latter, there
fore, fiImmoned the findicks of all the cor
porations to appear among them, but were
conftantly oppoled-and the luminous in
itead Of quoting increafed the dinatisfa6ti-
on of the people againft the two orders
AT length with a view to force them TO
put an end to their fittings, the people az
tenlhled on the place called lie Champ
Montmorn, and ut the fame time about
twelve hundred young men of Nantzes,
Jealous Importers of the new order of
things, arrived armed at Rennes. The CT
ty magistrates were unwilling at firft to LET
them enter the city-upon further conf
deration, however, they received them a =
lodged them in the bourgeoife. Theie
young men loft no time in joining the peo-
pie, who continued Attended on the
Champ de Montmorin, and who were pre-
pairing to beiiege the hall of the ftates.
In thefe circumstances, the Rates tent
out deputation TO reGueft the people to
iend delegates into the hall to examine the
RICHTER of the deliberations, and TO make
their report to the people. Young Mo-
reau, who enjoyed not only the confidence
OF the people of Rennes, but that Of the
young men of Nantes, was fent with thfee
othersinto ihe hall, where the itateswerc fit
ting. He there conducted hinielf with 70
much ability, that the re!ult of this confera
ence was the complete triumph ofthe beo-
pie. IL was agreed on both ides, that the
Rates ihould diliClve, and that the Young
men ot Nantes ihoiid return home peace
ably. Such was his moderation on this
I location, that even the moa inveterata enc.
] miea 70 ths popular Gaui1 beffgiyeA on him
tlS Veregts,lt Drailce,