The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-30
GENERAL PICHEGRU.

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GENERAL PICHEGRU.
Inc process 7ey'd0i upon the death of Piche
Sru' aherts that he ftrangled himfeIf by piece
oi WOOD winch he lad iecrcted from the fire.
WOOD and which nc had twilted into the fix
| handkerchief he wore round his neck. Afte,
having 10 twited it, he laid himfelf down, hi.
LETT cheek reitng upon the end of the piece O,
wood, in which attitude he remained till he di
edo lays the proofs Ueraai, but no one will
give credit oft. He qvaJ pyiz,atelr murdered
Could he have died without fr1psle And
would not ftrngele have difplaced the flick
from the petition in which it was found under
MS cheek! The Physicians and the Jailors all de-
CARED their opinion that he had ftrang!ed him.
ieh-they dared not deliver any ether opinion.
The ccntinel who kept guard at his dungeon
door, lays, that he heard during the night a
n ,, IKE that of man labouring under great
difncuity OF breathing, but he took no notice
OFT. he fervant who came to LIGHT the Ge
nerals tire in the morning, obfervine that he
dId not fir, Immediately went and informed the
Ofhcer OF the Guard, who fcnt for Commifla-
! ~ OF reace and Surgeon. Not one of them
ehought OF looking at the body, or of aGcerta;n-
ing, before they ient for fiIrgical aid. whether
the General was dead or not. There are FIVE
raj other fufpicious circumstances for fome
time before his death, the Paris Papers ftated
that he would neither fiIffer the wounds, he re-
ceived IN reiiiting the Gen d'armes that arrea-
cd hlm, to be drefIed, Tor would he take any
nourilhment. This was to prepare the public
mind tor T. A which had been determined upon
by the defPot-the death of his victim.
put why do we dwell 70 long upon theft.
points: The character and conduct of Gene
la fichegru give the lie to the abortion of his
having committed fiIicide. He was man, in
the contefion of thofe who differ mott with
nm upon political fubje6ts of exemplary piety,
ana Oh great morality. Is it to be credited, that
ne would IN The laft act, have belied the whole
tenor. of his former life NIuR he not have
courted public trial? Could he have been
dhgraced by periihing upon the fcaifold that
had been dyed with the blood of Louis the
n NM nm or by receiving death from the fame
Tyrant would confrue fuicidc into confeiiion
OF guilt and fear of filbmitting to trial? All
theie circumstances ruth with fuch force upon
the mind, that the whole world will believe he
was privately murdered by order of Bonaparte.
The day after Pichegru' smurder,a pamphlet
was publilhed, entitled A Memorial concern
ing the Treafon of Charles Pichegru, in the
years Sd 5, ofthe Republic" fad tc be drawn
up by M. de .Montgaillard, in the year 6. The
whole of this was publiihed by the Directory
in September 1897.
the ailafiinaton of the general, he caufed this
memorial, we fuPpofe, to be printed, reioving
to prbliih it Immediately after that event had
| taken place.
| As the memorial is generally believed, & has
been anerted by perfon who had the means of
knowing it, to have been a forgery, the pubca-
ton OF it is not likely 10 diminih the regret
which all mutt fee at the fate of iuch man.
1t fhews anxiety OH the part of Bonaparte--it
| lewS fear.
| Gen. Angercau is faid to be the firft who gave
the intelligence of the plot of Pichegru. He
had been confulted upon it, but took time to
confider. Meanwhile he heard of the arreft of
| Ouenelle, and that the latter was to make fome
important discoveries. Angereau, alarmed at
this account, immediately fet off for Paris, and
dvuged all he knew 20 Bonaparte. The an
fwers of all the accuied perfons, upon their feve-
raj private examinations are fad to be firm, man
y and energetic, particularly thofe ofthe young
| PoligIac, who has been illuminated in Lon
| don print, as guilty of contrary conduct
| Georges, like another Quintus Curtus, fays he
has been refolved theie ten years paf to devote
his life for the good of his country, and will die
happy in confidence that he will leave behind
him fix hundfed equally refolyed to PERTH or
deftroy the Tyrant's government"
A London paper of April 10, [ays--'' the
| reign of terror was never 10 potent and unver-
fal, as at prefent, in Paris. None but fpies are
faft: and coniequently every man to avoid de-
nunciation, is obliged TO become fpy. The
mott intimate friends are afraid to fpeak to each
other: all is terror, Glence, and fufpicon. The
infamous author ofthefe horrors has withdrawn
to Mslmaifon. All parties have reproached
him with his acts of wanton cruelty. Even
Fouche has remonfrated againt it as an impo-
litc deed. The mon9er in his ratification,
iays, he did it only to crafty the republican par
~ in the armies. He has appeared once Gnce,
at the Theatre: but the moment he entered,
half Of the audience withdrew. This 70 much
enraged him on his return to Malmaifon, that
he ordered feven Of the perions arreAed at Et-
tenhein1 20 be ihot at midnight. In the number
Of thefe unhappy victims wss the Baroness de
Reich, lady OF GO years of age. 1t is reckoned
that, upon the whole furface Of the French ter.
ritory, not fewer than two millions Of perfous
: amounting to one Fifteenth Of its whole popu-
: l5tion have been arrefted a great proportion o.
whom aill remain in prifon.
? MADAME Recanier has been whole day If
/, confinement, in The houie Of the Grand Judge
J Speaking OF Pichegru, in circle of five or fl
friends, Che fdid, If he were in Paris, fhe lboulC
] know it immediately. his was reported By
. one Of the company, 10 the Po.ice, aud gen
; 3arnes WIS ient to take her iato cuitody. She