The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-03

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ever, was learnt, by MORGAN md thaie employ
cd to explain Il, th3, PicheE-u had IN the fourth
year, nalntaU,d C-!tin improper relations with
the French princes.
1t was not poAib!c to spprehend any thing
from any project that might have occaiohed
this corrcipo1dence, as it referred entirelv Il,
the rate IN which the army oS the Rhine was at
the time 1t was projected, aHtlto the movements
which it might make under general Pichesru.
For upwards OF a year tiiat general had no
longer commanded this ARMY, nor indeed ans
other.-It is true he-had become a member OF
the council of FIVE hundred but in that capaci-
ty he no longer difpofed Of any of thofe means
upon which the de!isn d:jcloied in the corref-
pondence with Knglio f-ened TO depend. Be-
fdes Moreau had 10 efettnally fupprelItd every
iplrit OF dliahectior had, by his LOYALTY, 10
overoorne and dtconcertcd every plan which
might have been laid ref red fich = T,irit 20
the army: and infllfd such terror into the
minds of the Germans, b. he firm paifage ofthe
Rhine, the battles CT Nenchen and Friedber.,
the invaiion OF Bavaria one hundred leagues
from the French frontier, the miraculous retreat
in preience OF tie two g! mics Of his enemy, and
the battle of Bibcrach which was AS A Ieaye-ta-
king ofthe Aui}rians in the fourth wear; that a
peace mutt receGarily have enfIed the recond
Paiiage 9th Rhine - the year S, even had not
the good genius OF bonaparte already com
manded it in Italy.
Such was the conduit of Moreau and his ar
my.-That army upon which, one year before.
Tome praematic politicians had built delnfive ex-
pectatlons, the folly of which NUT now be fuf-
/ 1ciently Demonstrated. Perhaps general who
J had, by'iuch glorious acts, deitroyed thofe ex-
! pettations, might be permitted TO defoife the
projects upon which they were founded TO re-
yenge, by Victories, the fufpcions which they
dared to entertain of the loyalty of lis army !;
| and to content himfejr with having done 70,
without, ufelelSly as a6re6ted the fate, denoun-
cling comrade and friend, who perhaps had
erred, but whole error was no longer to be fear
ed, as he had been efelually deprived of all
the means from which any injury could have
proceeded.
Morcau then did not hrf write to the Direc-
tory concerning Pichegru. And will even &C
knowledge that he never would have done 70,
had circumstances left him matter of his own
conduct. But towards the end OF the fifth year,
the fecret of the correfSondence with Kinglin
began TO De fpoben of.
At the time when il was deciphered, it pafled
through feveral bands. Genera! Moreau knew
that II was publiclsly difcuftd. Two of his of
fccrs told him that be muf refoIve, either TO
give an account or IT 10 the Directory, or be
compried in the denunciation which others
were determined 10 prefsnt both againf Piche-
Cru and him, if he any longer perliaed in his
flence.
Forced by necefIitv, he determined, on the
i'th fructdor, to wli, 40 the Director BarthG-
Ieny, and to reveal &c linn thefeeret ne which
the whole army was now in pof1elfion, and
which mutt in few days be known to every one.
lie afked the advice of this director how he
ihould ACT nor did he dilIimuate the repug
nance infpired by the part ne was coElpelled 10
perform &C You know me efficiently, faid he
10 M bartheleny, to believe that this confidence
colts me very dear"
The act ofaccufation dates this letter the 18th
Fructidor. An Imperfect formation of the feI,re
may have occafi0ned this error. The truth is
that it is dated the feventcenth; but at anv rate
very little importance can be attached to the
date. '''e
The ACT ofaccufation further fays, that he did
not write to Barthslemy until he was informed
by the telegraphe, on the morning of the 18th,
OF the Tneafures adopted by the Directory.
This alto is incorrect. Bat it is not the only
error which that act exhibits. when n, accu-
lation is made againlt any one, it is the dutv of
the accufer, with religious accuracy TO afcsrtain
IN the lrit place, the truth of the charges. The
truth IN this initance is, that, in the fifth wear
there had not been telegraphe eRabIiihed on
the Straiburg line. 1t was fri erected in Bru
mare, year 8, and further proof that MORGAN
knew nothing of the events of the 18th Fru6ti-
dor, at the time he wrote, is, that he wrote In !
BaIthelemy one the proicribed.
The letter was delivered to the Executive M
rectory. 1t plainly faw that this tardy drclo- !
lure was not spontaneous on the part of MORGAN: :
his commiflion was Immediately revoked, and
he returned to his private ftation. /
Such is the hifory of this denunciation.
which has beer 70 much infifted on, as conftitu.
ting iuitifabe fOurce of inextinguihable b3-
tired between MORGAN and Picheeru. On the
contrary, the fmalleit fpark of inRice on the
part OF the latter, NUT have convinced him of
what he owed to the friendihip that had 70 lona
delayed meaGlrs into which AioTs5, ~, e.,
the end forced, by an irreiftible neceGity.
Plchegru was itntenced TO deportation. Fc
capped from the horours of Cayenne, he return
ed to Europe. Moreau maintained no relation
with him; nor even heard him fpoken Of until
the yearlo. "''''
The conduct Of Moreau in this interva, bqe
oeen IN open fight of I'll France. We have fecu
nm, IN the year 7, n. the irlance Of the Direc-
-ory Which bad recovered from the erroneous =
inpreiiions Of the year 8, accept Ghaltern
'hh III the army OF iialy. We have fctn that
nan, whpis this day acculed Of ambition. f,rve
1hoer Sherer without even venturing the FIGHT
- o6jc6b9n.--We have feen him, afferfhe mic
oFtunes oil that general, aGume, for 4 moment.
ne command Of the army: preferve II from
Ola ruin; colle65 its Gattcred fragments maIs
leaa with twenty-five thoufand againf one hun.
ired thouiana men retire, fep BIZ a.p. ,rd