Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-18

4 then Roland who Is ua{Fa
Re Is untrue on a aoiag rsore iropor-
tant. We must s?sH6 q toat aiqn-
strous charge OF wf'ca rs y Eils aat9oF, ana
| the hare allu sion a aleb makes rt1e soul
yecoil with horr0
/ We must rernembsr that aEGordfaG 2 the
declarations 81 all ras accused ae1 except
ing either Laio.als of 2, nc royalists
in calcl4atiao oa MGreas found themselves
deceived OF ms hey were convinced
from the ger. irs auempts to discover his
sentimsnta. the reception of the in
sinua,i6na 81 cs-gru, they had rejected
every lea hat should we unhappily lose
our oilc aad tie storm again return, they
could de aay aid from him. We are
iafo.m-d AZ Pichegru, perceiving this in-
vincibie resolution, in his political CONVEX
sation with Moreau, and not being able to
account torit on any other principle than.
that of personal ambition, exclaimed in
moment Of extreme discontent-I see that
b...., has sufficient ambition. Roland bore
confirmation ofthis sentiment from his
conference the next day.
Let us mere pduoO lOA tIioihtS'''
Slncn ii appears that Moreau neither
wished the success Of the Bourbons nor OF
the royalists, il is thence evident
That he could not have been their &C
compEcc
That he made no proposals to them IN
London:
That he never promised them his sup
port:
, That he did not invite them to France:
That his plotting with Pichegru is mag
inary.:
hat the mission of Lajolais must be
fable:
That his concerning with Georges IS
calumny.
That in word, whatever may be the Of
fences OF Moreau towards the government,
there is real, paipable, and. monstrous ab-
surclity, in bringing him TO Judgment as
conspirator with the royalists.
But whence the necessity OF train OF
reasoning prove that man did not plot
the ruin OF his own fame 1t the name
of Moreau is celebrated in Europe, it
has become so BY the disasters Of the
Honse of Bourbon: By victories &C
CURED over It's allies and protectors by its
present disgrace which makes It every way
improbable, that it should ever again be
restored to power! Yet do not those trem-
BE at the baseness Of the charge, who sup
D,se ,has Noreau wished lis return to
France ! Wfat honor, what. recompense
c,nid he thence derive? Then indeed
MIGHT he expana- to be reprnachAd and az
| rai9ned as a traitor. lhea would he
himself be obliged to bury al his trophies,
| and never again to recall any OF his glorl-
Gus achievements which from the mo-
| ment of It's establishment. would be de-
clared rebellion, and must mark him out as
the most distinguished OF rebels
Yet Of what else is general Moreau &C
cused He casts his eyes around him, on
those crouded and fatal benches; Whom
does he there preceive? Far be 1t from
MS intention to insult their mlstortunes j;
through the struggles in which We have
been involved, the lot OF preserving pure
| character has fallen to very few; yet he
canuot refrain from observing, that, there
| he does not see one republican, not one
soldier with whom he ever held commu.
Mon of conduct or sentiment. lie beholds
only determined royalists, who hive wit
a fanatic and uubroken faith, continued
] their attachment to their party. He loook:
for his accomplices and meets. only adver-
saries and enemies. He is the only rePub
| lican who there occupies seat E; nor dare
one of those on either side claim him as
their associxte. All that any of them has
ventured to say. is that he wished them
to enter into personal resentments, and to
abandon their own cause toPromote his.
And who even thus far accuses him!
i Roland