The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-06
Extras cjSa letter from a gentleman in France,
bis correspondent IL. this rountr5.

PO""SF''
Twill attempt, from fuch evidence as hive,
to give you fome idea of the events that are paf-
ting here. A knowledge of them, however, Will
afford no pleafure. They are Of fuch a character
as to tiIl you with difgHft, and furniih picture
o. deep management, feldom furpaGcd b. the
wieS and Vaccinations Cf European govern
mentS. You hspe long fnce heard of the
coDlpiracy aganit the frft Conful, and of the
arref of General Moreau. Before you receive
this you will have underifood the entire change
which has been effected in the government It
felf. The connection between this event, and
the arreft of MORGAN will readily be perceived,
when you know the character of this gene
raj. OF all the officers who were diftinguiihed
in the revolution, none came out of it with 70
undermined reputation. His military ex-
PLOTS, inferior to none, did not alone confti-
tute his fame. His hands were indebted with
punder, and with blood wantonly ihed. To
uie his own cxpreflion, in his late eloquent de-
fence, "the Calamities of war under his drecti-
on, were never felt beyond the field Of battle"
The powers whom he varquilhed, have given
him proofs of their efteem, while all France
bear tctimony to the purity & patriotfm of his
condu6.
Soon after the ufurpaton of Bonaparte, and
the peace of Lunevilie, Moreau, as many o.
theirs have, who were unfriendly to the d-
redory, and therefore acquefced in the change,
which brought them down, retired from public
life. He here reieGted the Fluctuations OF the
government to accept of employment underit.
He has uniformly declared, without referve,
which is mutual here, his diiApprobation of the
itePs gradually taken By Bonaparte, and which
have conducted him to his prefent power. Mo-
reau lived fecluded, and wasfeldom heard of be-
You'd the circle of his friends. But in proper
ton to the difcontent felt by many at the views
BOOqD1rfP tkair Cho.i c. E,
YOUR of Moreau at fome future period. The
change of government lately effected, had long
been medltated. But time of place, and the
popularity OF Moreau, were not favourable to
this end. The declaration OF war by England,
elevated the hopes of Bonaparte, Whole ambit-
on can find no reGing place. He foon deter
mined 10 convert this Circumstance into the
means of increahnF his power, of rendering it
more lecture, and Of tranimitting it TO his pofte-
rity.
10 efe61 thefe events, il was necehary to Gil
the nation with alarm, always favourable to mi
htary power TO reprefent the return Of the
bourbOns, from whom millions in France could
expecf no mercy, as fupported by party head
ed by MORGAN and to produce fome evidence,
which, at Ieaf fer THE moment, fhould give coun-
tenance to the opinion. London contained ma
ny Frenchmen who had fought agqini the re-
volutoD, and who were profcribed. The re-
preientatives of Lewis 10th were among them.
twas 70 this fpot that Bonaparte cafl his eyes.
Accordingly, an agent Of his government, well
intructed IN the part he was to play, was pub
licly exiled from France. IL went into Germa-
ny, but fOon pafed over to London, where the
nevs of his banilhment had got before him. He
afociated hiuIfclf with his countrynen he re-
pTeiented TIE nation rs extremely diGatisfed
with the ConfulaT government that they
painted for the return of the BoHrb0us that
even toe army would delert Bonsparte, and rail-
ly underthe fandard Of Moreau, who was com
pleteiy converted to the cauie of monarchy 3
bur tha' thcY wanted generals and fome of the