Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-05-25

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ized and defeated-your last words
were :s. Iknow your iove 81 your costr-
fyy Be pictorisus, and France shall
force 1dl,nirafion, tpen from her rivais
and foes, by The liberty she enjoys at
hsme, and By the generosity Finer ester-
nal negotiations. r. j = : - Il Z
How have you fulfilled these great
promises! Howhaveyou responsibilities
oaths lin my degraded country | see
nothing but Bringing slaves and proud ty-
rants base placemen and infamous spies.
every where in France, from Sicily to
Muscow, yourself and your govern
ment are alike feared and detested. De-
ny these facts if you can You have fol-
lowed the example Of Sylla the triumvir:
initiate for month only, Sylla, the pri-
vate citizen, and you shall be convinced,
that the compliments of selfish and ensla.
we'd princes prove no more the standard
Of merit in a governor, than the fattery
of vile courtiers, or the praise Of cor
rupted counsellors. z=--..,- s., -. RI :
Buras this viii probably be the last
time you will hear from me, consider
what | now tellyou, not as the envious
defamation Of an Imprisoned rival gene
raj, but as the genuine effusions of the
mind Of a dying patriot, who forgives
his death and your inSratitade.-You
pretend that my countrymen are happy,
and satisfied with your government
Let it be SO, though slaves can have no
opinion, or atleast dare not express one.
But you are mortal as we'll as myself. II
you love Frenchmen, let not their hap
piness depend upon your life. You have
too much sense not to know that, with
you, the consulate for life win expire in
the Buonaparte family-and other pre-
tenders OF other upstart families combat
for, annihilate or occupy n consular
throne, of only some few years standing.
As to your right Of appointing success
sorinyour viii, remember that Louis
the XIV. the royal descendant of fifty
kings, was after a reign Of upwards of
threescore years, not Eve minutes acorpse
before his viii was overturned = \ will
the princes of the blood, re-
gistered in his parliament, and applaud
ed by all his cohrtiers and that the duke
of Maine was shut up as a prisoner when
he expected to rule as regent.
!" 70 prevent our children and grand
children from suffering the wretehedness
of their forefathers, by turns tormented
by anarchy, or crushed by tyranny and
from witnessing those scenes Of horror,
terror and scandal, we have seen ;'recall
the legal heir to the throne Of France,
and limit severaiiy his authority make
him a king but not n desport. Such was
the plan OF Pichegru, of myself, Of l;eor-
ges and with this plan your preservation
was necessarily conneeted, because we
wanted your fortune. ylBr talents, and
your rank, as well as our own services,
to watch the reign Of q foreigner, who,
though misfortunes mayhave made him
prudent, suiferings liberal, and gratitude
just may by relatives less patriotic than
himself be temptsd4to extend his pow
or. F. !" -. ri u g.. ...-<. E. s@tsts ~
,'sI defy your grand judge and his
h.rde of spies to prove any thing contra.
ny to this assertion. My wife, my mo-
ther-in.law, and my brother, know no.
thing of this loyal undertaking. should
regard the day of nay death with greater
satisfaction than those Of my triumphs,
could but hope that il served to make
my country aourishing, my fellow citi-
zens free and prosperous, and worthy
ofliberty and prosperity. - : = :. :.
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