The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-17
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! - mere could certainly be no crime in ,,ro,ni
ing to meet Pichesru at Chaillot or in the Rlv.
ran Fields, when no performance followed.
! There could be no crime in feeling Pcher,,, orc.
on the Boulevard de-la-M acieleins, when -
had twice teen him at bis own booFe. rherr
could be no crime in yielding to fee him At the
requeit OF LajolaiS or Roland. Nor could there
be crime in Tending his fecretary to conducf
Fichegru, or TO enquire his bufinefs.
Further, IT Moreau, initead OF wiihing the
truth only TO appear, had conful.ed his own IN
terets, far from dwelling the tettirnonv of thcf
iPurous allegations, he would have afduouly
collected them: for had they all remained II,
the procefs, fuch as they were given bv their
authors, without contradiction, WHO does not
perceive that they would have been eminently
juR6catory.
Then we fhould have been obliged to believe
LWolais, who iays that when, on Tueiiiay. he
follcited meeting on the Boalevard-de-la-Eia-
deleine, MORGAN poitponed it until Friday, on
account OF hunting party which he expected
to take place IN the interim. Is this probable>
! Mcreau lends meiienger 10 Pichegru, in En-.
gland, inviting him TO Paris to cooperate in
! forming confpiracy. Pchegru, obedient to
the call, arrives; burning with delire to meet
his accomplish; and it is but Reasonable TO fuD.
| pole an equal anxiety on the part of Morea,, tn
unhotom himfelf to Pichegru. Laioais. who
had been the envoy to England, urges that
meeting to effect which be had been at 70 much
trouble; and Moreau puts It off from TueCaay
until Friday he pofponeS IL -four days BE-
caufe there might be a hunt hunt ;vhjcs
however did not take placed Truly amoft wor-
thy cauie for deferring affair or fuch impor-
tance And the gen. has fhewn hirnfelf moit
comicai KIND of conipirator, who leaves h;s
comPlotters IN fufpenfe of four DAYS, and for
what! for hunt? Not 70: becauie, forfooth.
ne eXPecteo 10 be one OF hunting party /!
! rye rye Can any one be 70 weak as 10 fup-
pole that fuch circumftance could have pow
er to interrupt plan of conipiracv?
! Then We ihould be OBLIGED to believe tbs
heariays collected by Bouvet, who tells us he
heard that, in this conference, Moreau gave
reaion to apprehehd the formal refufal to inter.
meddie IN the affairs OF the royalifts, which. &C
cording to him, was afterwards given and bv
! Victor Couchery who fays, that on the appear.
ance OF an unknown penon, which by report
mutt have been Georges, Moreau retired. and
that the interview with Pichegru was fiIccinG
ana coio. Ii the appearance of Georges put
Moreau to flight, Moreau, then, could not have
been confpirer with Georges! IF the interview
with Pichegru was cold and brief, Moreau did
not at that time diNinguih himfelf by an alacritv
and ardour in the caufe of the profcribedl And
If from this concife conversation the rovaGHs
| could forefee that Moreau would nor unite with
them, as the reports in London had taught them
to hope, then IT is evident that Moreau was NOT
one of their party, and that he had not author.
| zed thoie reports!
And we mutt alto believe that if Moresp d;5
pronIte to go to Chaillot and 10 the Elv6an.
fieids, he was not there, for this is accorded no
the act OF accufdtion. But at the fame time we
mutt admit, that 70 far from recalling picheyrn
from England, 70 far from entering into com
ip'racy with him, 70 far from having any iiterefs
IN common with him, he evidently demonftra-
teo' by all theie appointments made and dire.
gafded, oy thefe Pretexts of hunting parties, bv
this coidnefs at their conferences, the itronyeh
repugnance to any relation with Picheprl: and.
u unwilling to confer with him, conference.-the
that ne had no fhare in any Of his projects, what.
ever thofe might be.
Ii, therefore, the general denies all tfefe after.
tons, 1t is not becaufe the interef of hi, dEenc
requires him TO do 70, for that ntereft, we have
leen' would be better promoted by fuferino
mem 10 be believed, but it is from his love Of
truth 1t IS becaute it does not depend on him
that things are not as reprefented it is becaucr
he cannot, by his fIence, be thought to admit
that he had promiisd to go to the Boulevard-de-
ia-Madeieine, to Chaillot, nor to the Elyfan-
fleidS' when he had made no fJch promiG.s r.
is becauie he cannot aiient to the afcrtiot, fh,t
the Wits of Pichegru were by appointment
when they were not merely unexpected but f,,,
bidder. O'' '0'-
le ochiSS having been, as alledged af fhe
MISUNDERSTANDING, and no one has de-
poied to having feen him there. Ceorges d;d
not lee him. Bouvet did not Zee him. Venenvs
did not Zee him. Couchery and Bouvet fpoke
or TINS interview on report, and concluded tI,at
It came from Lajolsis. In his written EXAMINE
ton Lajolais feened TO fay that Moreau had
been there. On the trial he complained that
they had incorrectly Hated his replies he pre-.
vaTicated, executed, and explained. II was cv;-
gent that he did what he could to Withdraw
his brit declaration. lie faid liz ibouc5l he had
there ieen Moreau, but that he could not Inc
Pohtiye that he could not be ante certain that
he had appointed fuch meeting nor corld he
deei6edI a7erf that Pichegru and Moresu were
there at the fame time. We fball foon Zee v,hv
Lajolas firft reported this rendezvous. and az
forwards tefti6ed to it on his examination
lie denies having been at Chaillot. THE ro,.
tiers OF the houfe where Picbegru lodged in th;o
tauxbourg, have declared that they never c.y,
him there. OF this fact there is not the LEAF
proof.
lie denies having been at the EivGan.7ields I,
ne denies having promifed to be there /; and no
one neither witnefs nor accufed, had sttefed
iuch pronife. Il was referved for the atl of ar.
cuiaton to FAY that fomebody was expected
there; and as fomebody was expected, tcoud
be none other than Moreau and that as he wac