The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-06

Ois ia q OH oiisS ldilSudEc the
danger of accustoming. Ronapaite to
blood in ciOH causes: and said a.
mong other things, CT that Nero cyi-
ed at one time sphen he 7vas forced p
sign his name to a death 5va,1ut,t.
6ut, at another tSSqe, accustomed 10
the sight Of blood, 6y TIE ndvice of
dcbraoed eounsellors, he murdered his
o7pn mother andbrother, lis mtor, his
senators, ministers, generals, and all
classes Of Roman Citizens, gcith tie
same mdiS9ereuce as he sa4o Rome
buning."
/" Bonaparte desired general Nor
tier to be President of the Military
commission which condemned the
Duke, but he declined it. General
Hulin was then appointed (the son
of a washerwoman, and fornerg
servant in the warehouses of the /
Court at Versailles,) notorious since
July 18th, 1889, i'll all the dreadful
catastrophes Of the Revolution. Az
ter sentence was passed, the Duke
asked, if he could see Bpnapartc
yes" said Hulin, ssif you have,
any discoveries to make.,' g Dis.
coveries," answered the Duke, with
indignation carry me to,the place
Of execution" e That cannot be
DONE" said Hulin, {" before we
have reported our sentence to the
First Consul" " l knew the sen-
tence," answered the Duke. :. be-
fore, against the laws of nations he
carried me away from Ettenheim.,,
From the time of the Dukes
arrest, he had never once been per.
nnitted to lay on a bed, to undress, to
shave, or TO change his linens and
his feet were so swollen fronl fatigue
that he could hardly stand. In the
dungeon at Vincennes, where he was
shut UP, with four gems d'armes, for
the Ia hours he lived after his his CON
demnation, there was neither a bed ,
nor chair there was some straw.
where he sat down, but he was pre-
vented from moments rest, by the
noise and questions of satellites, who
had orders to prevent his slumber. f.,
A clergyman was with him for an
hour, but was not permitted to speak
with HIM, except so loud as to be
heard by the guards.
In the morning, before daylight
on the 22d, General Murat arrived at
Vincennes, escorted by fifty Name
lukes, and accompanied with four
aId-de-camps, and Generals Mortier,
Hulin, and Louis Bonaparte, who
had come on purpose from the coast.
Each Mameluke held fa1nbeau,
and 200 Gems d'Armes & 500 men
OF the Italian troops surrounded the
Castle, prevented the approach of e.
very one, and guarded all the ave-
nues to that part of the wood about
hundred yards distant from the cas-
tie, fixed for the place of execution.
The Duke being told that his sep,
tence was to be executed, said, calm
~, T" L am ready and resigned.A.
When he heard upon inquiry, that
the grenadiers who should shoot
him, were Italians of Bonaparte's
guard, he said, " THANK GoDl they
are not F,enchmen. lam condemned
BY aJoreigncr, and God be PRAISED,
that my executiOnerS are foreigners
too. 1t will be a stain less ubon nv
coMrtymen." Upon the place ofex-
ecution, he lifted his hands towards
Heaven, and said, 4" May God bre-
serVe my King, and del;Se,- my com
nyG'om us FOREIGN 2ohe.'' Two
gems d'mmcs then wanted to tie an
handkerchief over his eyes; but, he
said C loyal soldier auho has been
SO often exbosed to fire and szuord, can
see the aftgsbrloach Of death win naked.
eyes and 70ithO1t fear" His hat was
then taken off. But in looking at
the grenadiers, who had already
pointed their fusils at'him, he said,
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