Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-06

it lead me to expect the mott happy fefGlts.-A
l entered into it, to promote Il, whAf Out. par
ties prefled me to put nnylelf at their head TO
combat i'll received in Paris the orders of
general Bonapartc. lin executing them ai1ited
in rafting him to that high degree Of power which
circumstances rendered necefary. :,
Some time after, when he offered me the
commend of the army on the Rhine, l accepted
il from him with as much alacrity and zeal as
from the republic itfeif. Never were mr. mill
tary fuccehcs more rapid, more Numerous,
more deciiiyc, than at this epoch when theft
fplendor extended to the government which now
accufes me. Returned from faoh fucceiles, Of
which the gtcateit enfurcd in the mott eiIica-
cious manner the peace Of the continent, the
folder heard every where the louden applau'es
Of national gratitude. What fDonent this TO
confpise, if fuch defgneould e7et have enter
ed into my heart The astachGsent OF the arr
mics to shofe chiefs whom they vc,and who
have led them from victory, to siaorY, is vel
| known. Would an ambitious mana con!pira.-
tor-have futsered fuch an opportunity to ct
! cape him when at the head Of an army Of an
hundred thoufand men, 70 many times v,ctcri-
Gus, he was about entering amidf a nation yet
agirated. and always anxious for its principles,
and their duration l only thought Of diiban-
ding the army, and Of returning to the repofc
Of civil life In this repoie, which was MT
without glory, enjoyed without doubt, the
! honors had ACQUIRED Ihofe honors which
/, it is not in human power to deprive me Of
the remembrance of my actions, the tcitmon
! Of my confidence, The eftecm fmy country
men, and of Foreigners and if may be allow
ed TO FAY, the aatterirg prelentpsent Of Potter
/, ity.
| I enjoyed fortune, which was not large
becaufe my de6rcs were not immoderate, and
which did MT repfoach my confidence. re-
ceivcd penEon (baf pay)i in my rrtreat.-Sure-
", I was contcnted with my fate who have
never enved the lot of any man My family
and friends, 70 much the more precious as hav-
ing no.hing TO expect from my credit and for
tune, they could only be attached to myfcif
Thefe bleiIings, the only ones which could
highly value, left no place N my mind for a
nv other defircs. Could it then open i.lelf to
criminal projects This fituation Of my mind
was 70 well known, it was 70 well cilabl led BY
the diitance in which kept myfelf from all thu
paths of ambition, that from the victory Of Hob
enlinden to the day Of my arseks my enemies
have never been able to find any other charge
rs
tion-It has often been favorau1 70 the govern
ment !. and il, fometimcs it hzs not been TO-
could then believe, that that freedom was 2
!. crime With a-osonle xho bad f. MANY tiInes fE.
of the prefs, and who had ever ENJOYED 4 large
fharc under their kings. confefs it born
8 with a great opennefs Of chractrr, have no,
been able to loofe that attribute of the part Of
France where | was born, [Britanny; neithcl
IN the camp, where every thing ftrcngthens it
nor in the revolution which has always declar-
ed it to be one of the duties of man. and the
rights of "a citizen. But do thofe, who con-
i fpire, blame 70 openly what they do not efteem
SO much franknefs can icaycely be reconciled
J with the mlferies and the crimes Of politics.
1t had been willing to connect myfclf with
| plots and confpiracies, flloud have difembled
my fentimenss, and folicited thofc employments
which would have placed amidft the forces Of
the nation. Totracc out the line Of conduct
which ihould have purified inexperienced as
1 am in political intrignes. there were exam
pies enough known TO all the world, and rem
| dered impoGng by Guccefs. Il we'll knew that
Monk did not leave the army when he wiihed
to intrigue and that Ca(Iius and Brutus ap-
preached the heart Of Cn(ar, to pierce it.
Magistrates | have no more 70 urge. Such
has been my character fuch has been my
whole life. IproteR before heaven, and the
world, the innocence and purity Of my conduct.
You know your duty; France iitens to you /,
Europe contemplates, and psae,ity will Judge
you.
ros rAx cAzETrs.