Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-02

lpeedily obtained for me The grade was.ful.
filing.
On entering upon the campaign, he gave
me the COMMAND 0. hall the army, and .n.Isaed
me with mott important operalioss.
Two months before the clofc of the cam.
paign, his health obliged him to abicnt himfelf,
government charged me, at his recommended
,;on. with fnifhlOg The conquea of part Of The
Dutch brsbant and Guilden. After the winner
campaign, which rendered Us mater. OF the re-
mainccr OF Holland, he psiled 10 the army OF
the Kline, naming me for his issct iIor; and the
National Convention rnrruAsd me with the
command he had juft Quilted. One year after.
wafds filled his place N the army OF The Rhine.
he beiag called to the legiilatve Body; and
from that time cesfed having fresaen, inier.
couric with him.
In The iho't campaign Of The year 6, we
took the eheit Of the general f. Il of the encmy's
army and great quantity OF parsn ~ere bro't
10 me, when Gen. De Saix, Who was then
wounded, sDuied hinielf in pcIufne. 1t sp-
pested TO Us, by ,his co,rrfpondepce, thar Gen.
Pichegru had had iome correction with the
French Pnnceis. 1hi, difcoyery gave Us much
conceIn, and to me particularly. We agreed 10
LEI 1t be forgotten. Pchegiu, in the lesiilaiivc
Body, eoold 10 li,le injure the public isieiy,
that peace wa, aiiuie6. however took fcme
precautions for the iafeIy Of the army. in regard
Of an eipoiussc that might be hur,ful TO it.
Thefe rsfearches aod tire decypherng, were con-
Eded TO The hardscf different pericns.
The events OF the II 8.h Fruetdor were ru.
mored; The poesinei, was great: In conle-
quence al which t.o ofiicers who had knowI-
edge OF this ccrfeiponderce engaged ne TO give
notice TO government and gave me TO under.
han5 that ir .was becoming public, and that at
Atiaiiburg they we've preparing to inform The
Directory thereof.
lwass public fonetionary, and could not
preiervea longer filence; but, without addreiing
nyieif directly to government, wrote of il in
confidence To the Director Barthelemi, one of its
members. requeffng his opinion, and telling him
that lheie papers, although genuine, were nor
ioAicient jodiciaIy proof; as none OF them were
fgned, ard nearly ,he whole written in cy-
pileIs.
My letter arrived 10 Paris few moments
after Citizen BerIhelemi's arrea and the Direc-
tory, 20 whom il was Iemit,ed, required OF me
the papers had mentioned.
Pichegru went 10 Cayenne, and returning
afterwards TO Germsny and England: / had no
connection with him. A mort time after the
peace with England. M. David, uncle of Gen.,
Soubsm, who had psGed year with him in the
army OF the North, wrote me that Picheeru was
the only one ofthe Frut,idorifer: not returned !,
and he mentioned thar he was forpiiied TO hear
that u was upon my opposition alone that you
refuied 10 permit his returutn TO france. Ire.
piled to M. David, that 70 far from oppofng, I
would make il duty to demand il. He COM
manica,ed my ler,er 10 ieversl perions, and +
have the poGiiye ahurancs. thar this demand has
been made TO you.
Some time afterwards, NJ. David wrote to
me that he had enjoincd Pichegrv to * you hm-
felt for his recall but that he had anfwercd, he
would not demand it without the certainty of ito
being granted. Above all, he charged him TO
thank me for the anf~cr had made 10 the im-
putaiion OF being oppoitd TO his return; that
be had never thought me capable of iuch an act;
and that he even knew that in the affair OF the
corrcfpondcnce of Kinglin, | had found myfel
in very delicate Gtuation. M. David again
wrote ire three or four infgpi6cant letters upon
the fubjee. Since his srreRstion he wrote 10
me requefing would take fome fteps in his ia
vor. was very iorry that my diasnce from
government would not pelmn me 20 enlighten
your juficc IN that fsfpett, and | doubt not but
il would have been safy TO remove the prejudice
you might have received. heard no more Of
PichsgIu but very indirectly, and by perions
whom The war obliged TO return TO France.
From that period TO thi,, during the frt CAM
paigns in Germany, and 6ncc the peace, he has
made diRant overtures TO me, TO know if it
would be pof6ble 10 draw me into coalition
Of the French Princes. found all this 70 ri-
diculous that did NOT ever reply to thefe over.
tuIes.
Asto the actual confpiracy. can equally
allure you, that am far from having taken the
fmallea part 10 il. acknowledge to you that
am at loh to conceive how handful of feat
tered men could hope TO effeet change in the
fate and to replace upon the throne family.
which the efforts of all Europe, aided by civil
war, could NOT fucceed 10 accomplishing; ard
that, above all fhould be 70 unreaionablc by
to loie the fruits OF all my lsbour,
which would have injured me perpetual re.
proaches.
Irepeat to yos, General, whatever propo-
iition has been made TO me, have rejected, and
vs drved tf "A the feA of all follies And