Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-18
FROM THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
/ FROM THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
NE NOR,
IN JusrIrrcArroN or
GENERAL MoREAU.
Translated fran the French BY G. L. Gray
{FouRrH CHARGE Continued from
Yesterdays Advertiser.)

Thus we see how Lajolais has been
drawn, perhaps in spite OF himself, and
without any des:ga of iniuring general Mo-
reau, into these talsehoods, merely to a.
void dangerously committing himself with
those TO whom, in London, he had
sold his fables for subsistence. Here al
SO we see the explanation OF his conduct at
the trial, where in the presence OF that IL
lustrious man who had been brought into
jeopardy BY his inventions, conscience as
serted her terrible influence over him. He
was evidently divided between personal in
terest and pride, which forbad him 10 ac-
knowledge himself an imposter; and per-
sonal honour and probitv, which command.
ed him not TO bearf alse witness against Mo-
reau; and compelled him to re-examlne
his former declarations, to affirm that they
hadnot been correctly stated, or to avow
that, not being Frenchman, he was not
aware of the full latitude of his own express
sions to explaina way those which might
imply guilt; to confess that he might have
been mistaken, that Moreau had not pro-
missed rendezvous at the Boulevard della
| Madeleine, tina: he was not there, and that
T! in one word, he had never been employed
| by Moreau as an emlssarv TO London, nor
| as mean of communication with the roy
allsts. This tardy sacrifice to truth, ifnot
sufficient to repair all the injury done to
Moreau by Laiolais, vet entities the latter
to some degree of indulgence.
! We continue to state the denials of &C.
neral Moreau.
He denies having assented to receive the
/ frstvisit of Pichegru at his house; and IN
dependent of the sergiversations of Lajo.
lais, probability alone will satisfy any one
that it was not with his consent. La olais
even from his first interrogation has decla-
red that this isit was at time when gene
raj Moreau was surrounded by his friends.
! According to the custom for some late
years prevalent in the principal houses in
the capital, the general had apPGa<e ed one
day IN each week to entertain akInd OF Pc
riodital societv On this dav Pichegru
made his first visit. Surely had Moleau
appointed the time for meeting, we will
not say with Pichegru the consPrator, but
Pichegru the prescribed, to whose SAT y
every gree ofprecau,ion was necessary,
| he never would have named this day IN par
ticular, and designated the very hour,
when by the laws of fashion, his doors must
have been crowded by the in hux of COM
pany. 1t is at ,last a consolation for gene.
raj Moreau, tssibb almost in every instance,
the act of acsve otion, as it concerns him,
is at openws VS., tn common sense.
| 1t is this c% anon sense that again gives
| the contradiction TO Roland, when he as.
sures that Moreau had assented to the Sc
cond interview with Pichegru, and had sent
his secretary to conduct him. Moreau on
the contrary asserts that he refused to grant
this interview, and that to free himself
! from the solicitations of Roland, he sent
his secretary to enquire what WAS the will
of Pichegru in requesting r. Which OF
these opposite assertions Willie credited
| That which does not offend against Pro5a"
bility; that of Moreau.
What was the business of Roland with
! Moreau? to ask rendezvous for Piche-
.gru? it is granted. Isany thing more SIM
pie than the conclusion that follows. Ro
land asks Moreau to permit the visit OF Pi-
chegru; Moreau assents: Roland goes a
way contented Pichegru comes at the APP
pointed time, either alone, for he already
knew the way, or with Roland from whom
he had no 'concealment: Where then the
necessity of employing NJ. Fes1iieres
Why should he bear TO Pichegru ames-
sage which would have been more safely
entrusted to Roland? 1t was necessary
that Pichegru should be known by as few
! persons as possible. Ifthen the intermedi.
acy ola fourth person was resorted to, il
must have been because it was rendered
! indispensable by some purpose for which