Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-25
Translated for tie Norfolk Herald,
Letter from General MoREAU 10 his
Brother, Tribune at Paris;
BAaEGEs, 9th July.

S An express mas Olou6il ne d Pei III.
to pass some DAYS here with my wife and
child. OF the officers who conducted me,
there remains only Ramgl who has been
extremely attentive, and who wllsaccom-
pany me. to the port from which am 20
embark. What id.eas, what recoliectlons
have .assailed ne in trayersing this fine
country, for the purpose ofleaying lt--rle-
yer to return!
/, seems as if they had made me pass
through 1t in one of its longest Dimensions
to increase ny regret. Calm your sorrows,
nv friend, forI shall 6nd in family aRecti
'ons resources sufficient TO support the evils
which surround me. have made great
sacrifices to preserve these, and to these |
shall exclusively deliver myself. ! know
that my contemporaries already accuse me
of weakness and want of resolution; OF re-
ceding from death and of almost soliciting
the clemency of Bonaparte. Posterlty
will Judge more justly; it will estimate all
that was painful, and even terrible IN the
kind of death prepared for man who had
acquired some share of military glory, and
who was accustomed to brave only the dan
gers of the field. acknowledge, that
the idea of mounting on a scaRold after
exhausting all the signs of a long and tor
turing agony, filled me with terror. | did
not find myself exalted by any OF those opl-
Mons, by any of those sentiments, that
make some men brave whatever is ignomI-
Nous in death. | had for a long time re-
nounced all endeavours to give liberty to
my country. believed it had more occa-
sion for repose than for liberty itself; and
although was far from approving the
means by Which this repose was obtained,
did not think it necessary to devote my
self to procure more honorable ones. !
had paid my debe to my country; IT re-
NAMED for my fellow-citizens to discharge
theirs to me. My task was finished; their
duties began. If they have, without re
sistanee, suffered despotic government
to be established; fthey have sometimes
lent it that aid that makes it probable that
they accepted this government without
much repugnance; if they are all either
careless, wearied or cowardly; | ask, was
it for me, so little accustomed to civil dis
cord, so little, formed to Influence political
commissions, to devote myself to the at
tempt of giving them another form.
I" In this state of things, possessing only
that kind of ambition which does nc: refuse
itself to propitious circumstances, but that
risdues nothing to create them; not favor
ed with that senseof duty towards my
country, that opinion which exalts every
faculty and risques every chance. found
nothing in my breast or my Imagination
that could soften the sacrifice | was abolt
to make or disguise from me the horrors
of the scafold. Should it be said the care
of my glory prescribed to me a death use
full to nv country and honorable to myselt,
| answer, that j have been ambitious Of
military fame alone, that was content with
the portion ofitl had obtained, and had
had little regard for that renown which is
acquired BY other talents and sueeess-
1t IS not lustto say that for the rfaserva.
tion OF our fame welsh ,uld b: forced 20 in-'
terfere with the Interior regulations of an
liustrious state aggrandized bv our veto
ries. II is inconslderate and thoughtless to
desire that man who has acquired greal
military glory, should possess also every
other species of ambition. Misery to the
country that shall be governed BY him.
6 You could not have known, chat betor.
Quilted Paris, ! saw NJ. Bonaparte. At
the moment Of departure, they announced
to ME his intention, that ! was to be carried
before him the reception he gave me was
litsle derogatory TO imperial majesty
he was in the cabinet with his brother Lou
is. lie advanced towards me and with d
slight inclination 6 General MORGAN" said
he, {! have desired to see you, to know