The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-18
FROM PIcHEGRU TO LOUIS XVIII.


81. Paris, Feb. ga.
" Moreau is already in the temple, and a
dungeon is there waiting for me. The fame
tcafold, las the fame prifon, will probably foon
contain us both, and for ever remove two gene
rails whom the foreign ufurper of your majefty' IS
throne regards as the only rivals Of his military
fame whole probity is reproach to his guilt {;
and who, am proud 20 fav, have fet him, as
well as future conguerors, an example of virtue
and moderation who entered the career of
danger and glory, poor, and who left it pure.
s. Sir, for the lait time a faithful fubieet adj
dre0ss his beloved fovereign. When the grave
is dug, and ready to fwallow up it's victim all
6attery eeaies, allhypocrfy is laid Aide. Even
villain 10 that iituation would ad and fpeak
with iincerity. In a fhort time, FIR, mua be
out OF the reach of the vengeance Of my coun-
try,s tyrant ; and even your majetty, my coun-
try's lawful king, will not have it in his power
either to pardon paf errors, or to reward fervi-
ces performed.
Sir, from what have read in the hifory of
former times, and from what have obierved of
the actions and opinions of my contemporaries,
/ am brmly convinced, that legal and monarchi-
cal government can alone make fnbje6tsllappy,S Sc
their iovereign fate. Execute, therefore, Sir, the
franknefs of folder, when he acknowledges,
that it was neither as the heir of feventy kings,
nor your perfonal talents and virtues, that made
me defre TO fee your majeity quietly feated up
on the throne of your ancetors. No Sir, though
was born in your majefy's dominions, was
nearer related to my fellow fubietts than 10 my
prince, and their welfare and the welfare of man
kind, has always been regarded by me as fupe-
rior to all other considerations. Iwould never
have been rebel againit my king, but would
neither have affifted him to return to power, had
not his hereditary rank and supremacy been not
only cloiely connected with, but inieparabie
from, the comforts and liberty of my country
men, and from the tranquility ofthe world.
Sir, the time canpo, be diitant, when your
maiefty will again rule in France. The profperi-
ty and interef of all civilized nations demand it,
Pieate, Sir, then TO remember the poor relatives
of a general, who, like Bonapsrte, might have
ufiIrped your maiefty's authority, enriched his
family, promoted his accomplices, enflaved his
country, and tyraniZed over it, with Europe
Remember him, Sir he was dutiful when re-
hellion was falhionsble he yas honef when IN
fanny was recommendation, & he was diiinte-
relied when egotifm excluded conianguinty, as
well as patriotifm and loyalty
IS My latt breath ihall be prayer to the AL
mighty for my king and for my country, sc.
"CHARLEs PIcHEGRU.''
Letters bet1ueen Madame Bonaparte, and Ma
dame Moreau.
III.
III. or Paris, March 20, 1904, contains what
follows -
In preceding number we publiihed let
ter from general Moreau to the Firh Conful
We are now informed from good authority,
that II was authentic, with the exception that
general Mcreau inGead of acknowledging him.
felf guilty ofthe pretended conGpiracy, fays that
had he confpircd with Pichegru, Georges, and
Others, fuch would have been his plan, &c.
The letters we now lay before the public
are known to all Paris, and have been admired
even by fome female citizens, who have not been
inactive in ourrevolution. The one is written
by a lady, near so, fharing throne the other
10y young beauty of29, who has been refufed
to ihare dungeon with her hulband. We qua
rantee their authenticity. They want no COM
ments. They iReak for themfelves."
To Madame Moreau.
"Paris, 22d Ventofe, Year XII.
" March Is, 1904.
MADAME,
Though the crimes of your hufbaDd are
great, the clemency of the Fir0 Conful is greater
and my friendihip for you, and my corpaiIi-
on for perfon 70 dear to YOU, furDafs both.
8pprehend. thereby, nothing for general Mo-
reau's life. BY the very contribution which he
intended to overturn, the chief magifrate pof-
fenes the power to pardon and promife you
that 1t hail be employed in this affair. Do not,
however, by any ill-advifed iDdicIetionsof YOUR
felf and of your friends, aggravate the enornity
of your hulband's guilt. They alone can niut
the door offnercy for ever, and bring general
Moresu 20 the fcafoId.
iaute you cordially,
J9jSpbine Bonabarfe."
Mad0me More0nto MGdame BonabaTfe.
"Grefbois, March Ia, 1904.
Madame,
cannot be called indiicreet in faying, that
your atertior, that declares my hulband guilty,
1s raih, ungenerous, and cruel. do not with 10
enter into dicufon unbecoming myfelf and
my huiband, qVb0 is fbe criminal, he who, diin
terefted and without ftain, has fcrved bi5 cos1a-
Try; or he who Err7,ed Frame, only to become
fhe tyrant over Frencbmen. He, whole yicto.
res pdcifed Europe or the foreigner, who
made thOfe Victories iubfervient 10 organic. his
oppreiiIons over France and all nations. He.
who 10 the mott corrupted country dared to be
honeft, and had the courageous modefty TO con-
found himieifin the Groud, after he had reiencd
the fuprenfe command or he, who owes eve
~ advancement towards authority, to iome new
crime, and has, therefore, no other choice left
but between power and death--a throne or
fcaFold. But let general Moreau appear before
impartial judges, and not before penfibned aIT1f-
fins Let him he tried by men whole lyes are
as pure MS his own, and not by perions, accom-
piicts Ia the atrocities of general Bonaparte, e.
Whole Psh crimes anfwtr FOR their prefent ODE