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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22

gree, bccn con.cndiny for their existence as an
independent nation. Having claimed her ranl;
a.ncng the nations Of the earth, she has happily
vanquished al the obstacles which a mistaken in
terest hal opposed Rising above all these, she
now occu lies The commanding emineuce n,eri,ed
by the purity of lier principles and the vir,uous
di'etiIon IF her resources Bold III these ptino-
pies, AMI for,i6 d by increasing power, she has
noltng 20 fear from the violence or the intrigue
OF nei external enemies Indeed most Of those
NATIONS, who. from the force of early prejudice.
from gNorArcc mr. from ambiliap, have hereto
fore indicated marks of hostility ds;ruSt have
yielded To 4 more enlightened and liberal policy
and have a, length perceived tina, mutual henc6t
will be the result Of an interchange of good Offices
What share of this anicabe spirit is OWN 20 the
wisc contiua of chose vino admin Ter the general
gove nment, and VIVA, part OF it arises from ,he
force cf events. shall no, pretend TO say. All
that is necessar, for IL Ia Know is that We have
government that. proiiiting circumstance
that spring ~, pcs :hsin 20 promote / permanent
gooi understanding with foreign nations. Un-
der the aLspi5cs 81 such motives and talents we
may confidently rely on = Continuance oil peace
and external prosperity
The securi, of hose great oDie-ls is Tie du,y
ofthc ntti3nal government, IT, promote the in
terror interests is he grea' du'y of the govern.
ricnts ofthc states Whi.c d,e former a-e in ha-
gaged wards their attainment --0n,e secured
o'her objects worthy of the bes, patriotism. yfer
Themselves for accompli, hmeN.
For the accom- lishmen, Of these ob;e4s the
propHious season has arrived; and le, me add
that season too. which, if neglected, may never
re'urn Need awaken your minds TO a sense of
steirimPortance Their Accomplishment involves
the intelligence. the morals. the republicanisrn,
the wealth and the Strength Of the nation. These,
your national government may pro eet, but it can.
nor create and such is The stru Sure OF our poll
1ica ia5;ituisns Ina, decay of state virtue will
necessarily produce destruction ofthe whole su-
psrslutture thar rests upon them.
People of America By The regard you feel for
your children, BY your attachment to liberty. by
yourabhorrence ofryranny by the honorable pride
inspired on contemplating the grea, prospe S. be
lore you III case Your resources be eff -iently de
yeloped' conjure you TO ponder on the advice,
which duty as pure as your own hearts, prompts
ne 10 offer. l feel thar possess no teeUi1-
claims to give the advice. Age has neither sprink
LEI my brow, nor wisdom ,howered OH me her
choice endowments. But ever have felt an ar.
dent love OF my country, stree my understanding
has b-en capable OF approaching The value of Ii
berry; and trust that this affection after cons i.
tuiing the solace OF my life, will descend wi,h me
10 the grave. Ii is NOT because America is my
country, that love her; but il Re because SHE
Is FREE.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
LITTER i7PO5I PTCHEGRU
10 his Majesty Louis KIN. King O,
France and Nivmrc.

PARIS; Hc6. 2f.
aIoreau is alrcadyin the teraple, and
dungeon is there waiting for me. The
same scafIold, as Tie same prison, will
probably soon contain US both, and for ever
remove two generals whom the foreign
usurp-r Of your majesty s throne regards
as the only rivals Of his military fame ;
whose prob,y is a reproach to his guilt /;
and who, am proud 10 say, have, set
hm. as we'll rs future conqucrors, an ex-
ample ol virtue and moderation who en-
tered the career OF danger and glory, poor,
and lell it poor.
"Sir, for the last time faithful subicet
addresses his beloved sovereign. When
The grave is dag, and ready TO swallow up
its vicbIn all na'lery ceases, all hypocrisy
IS lad aside. Even villain in that situa-
ton would a9 and speak with sincerity.
In q short time, sir, must be out Of The
reach of the vengeance of my country's
tyrant; and even your majesty, my coun-
try's lawIe; king, will not have il in hi,
power either to pardon past errors, or to
reward services performed.
Sir, from what have read in The his
tory ofiDrmer times, and from what have
observed OF The actions and opinions Cf my
contemporaries, avn firmly convinced,
,hatlegal and monarchcal government can
alone make subjects happy. aud their so
vereigD safe. Excuse, therefore, sir, The
l,ankness nf solder, VIII n he acknow-
lodges, that IL was neither as the heir Of
seventy king, nor your personal talents
and virtues, that made me desire TO see
your majesty quietly seated on the throne
Of your ancestors. No sir, though
was born in your majesty's dominions,
was nearer related to my fellow subjects
than to my prince, and their welfare and
the welfare Of mankind, has always been
regarded by me as superior to all other
considerations. / would never have been
rebel against my king, but ] would nei-
Their have assisted him to return to power,
had no, his hereditary rank ard supremacy
been not only closely connected with, but
inscparab!e from, the comforts and liberty
oil nv countrymen, and from the Tranquil.
iity ofthe world.
Sir, the time cannot be distant, when
your majesty will again rule in France.
The prosperity and interest OF all civilized
nations demand il. Please, sir, then to re-
member the poor relative Of a general,
who, like Bonaparte, might have usurped
your majesty's authority; enriched his ia
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22

4. know no other chief than myself.
.. Have yen not for your domestic,
Louis Picot!
a. have no domestic.-
.. The oHicersof the seldiery concern
ed in thc conspiracy, have they similar
poniards?
y. know no soldiers Of the pretended
conspiracy.
q. Instead of an attack by force Of
arms, was il not with poniard of this ma q.
ture, seconded by the conspira,ors, that
you proposed to assassinate the First Con-
sui?
a. should have auacked him with arms
Ike those os ms own guard.
Q. Was not a Uniform provided forthoye
OF the conspirators who should assemble
and embody aid was not the tscsia Of civil
var to be sounded?
A. have ordered no Uniform, il others
have done it, that is nothing to me. /
observe To ypu, a proof that did not wish
to engage III ci.il war, is, that came TO
execute the plan at Paris; when a, the
same time i, WIS possible for me TO have
armed the citizens against each other in
other parts of France.
Q, Have you not travelled in Bretagnr
a short time since?
a. No, citizen.
q. How many voyages between France
and England have you made within two
years
a. have been once into England and
have returned into France.
Q. Was you not in England at the head
Of an armed corps, and PAID from the trea-
sury of England!
4. No, citizen, several officers whom
commanded in the west have passed into
England, but were not empi,yetlihere, nei-
Their wasI !. A sabre was then shown him
the blade ornamented in Turkish damask,
the scab5arl Of massy silver. the belt of
green Spanish heather, embroidered with
silver -
Q. Do YOU acknowledge ihis?
A. No, citizen.
1t was observed 10 him he did not speak
the truth, for by his order it was brought
from sworn cutler at Paris, and paid Tor
by him--A. 1t is not so.
The interrog cations wcrc read To him and
his answers, and demanded Of him f,rue {;
20 which he III answers in the atiir niaiive,
and Their to assigned hissignalure 'ogcther
with The clerk Of The registry, who is en-
trusted with the pon'ari and sab e to de-
post in the registry Of the tribunal.
Signed,
GEORGES CADOUDAL.
7kxriof Fireman. LeFros Olfalrd.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
GEORGES CADOUDAI..
Ihuriot, Erenun, Legros, Onaard.
PARIS. May Is.

In the coronation of The emperor it is
expected that several hundred of our cIer
gymen, who have proved themselves pa
trots as well as christians, viii Ne nnminat-
ed members Of the legion OF honor!
The French officers anl soldiers conti-
nue. TO marry IIanoYerian girls. During
the month of Germinal alone AGO maria
ges took place. We h,pe our country
men will Improve the h man race by mix
ing together the Frencl vivac;iy and the
German phlegm.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
LETTER SECOND.
The great objects Of stale legislation are,
/. Education.
.. Internal improvements.
8. The security of property; and
4. Punishment Of crimes.

On the manner in which these obiects
are accomplished must eventually depend
our liberties, our personal happiness, and
the wealth and responsibility oil the com
munity.
II IS 10 awaken the attention OF the le-
glsiatures of the several states To The ac-
complishment of these Objects that have
undertaken to make this address.
]. On the subject of r EDUCATION
little Can be said, which has not been sid
already. There is not, there cannot be a
dissenting voice on its Importance. h
would seem 10 be sufficient 10 shew, what
no man has denied, ,hat Il free state can
not exist without that vide diffusion Of
knowledge which can alone hpw from edu-
cation, 20 awaken every IAinl 10 its mag.
nitude.
knowledge" says General Washing.
ton in one of his earliest official addresses
TO Congress, " is in every country the SUR
est basis Of public happiness. In one, i'm
which the measures of government receive
their impression so Immediately from the
sense oil the community, as III ours, it is
proportonably essential. TO the security
tious ways. by convincing those who are
entrusted with The public administration,
that every valuable end of government is
best answered by the enligh.e ned conf.
dence of the people: And By teaching the
people themselves to know, and 10 value
their own rights; to discern and TO pro-
vide against invasions of them; to dislin-
gulsh between oppression and the ne
cessary exercise of lawful authority; be-
tween burlhens proceeding from a disre-
gard TO their convenience, and those re-
sulting from the inevitable exigencies of
society; 10 discriminate the spirit of ibcr
~, from that OF iicenciousness, cherisbinp
the first, avoiding the last. and uniting
speedy but temperate vigilance against
encroachments, with an inyioiable respect
forthe laws"
That governments directly rising on
principles calculated To ensure the pre-.
servation OF equal rights should be inlif.
ferent 10 such vast Object can only find a
solution in the complicated machinery of
human actions. When too are added the
inducements growing ont ofpersonulconve
nienoe and economy, our surprise naturally
rises.
In exploring the causes or this indifTe.
renee we shall probably dis over the most
efficient means Of overcoming ii.
They are principally found in the erro.
Deous impression that general system of
education, under the direction Of the pub
lie, involves a great and unnecessary OK
pense and in the want OF individuals dis
posed, with becoming zeal, to devote their
minds TO devising suitable plans, and car.
rying them into execution.
That greater expense is incurred un
der general system Of education, than
that at present incurred, is not true. This
viii abundantly appear from view Of the
great number of schools at present in ex
Istence, from the little time which is too
often devoted by the teacher to instruction,
by the small number Of his pupils, from
the Imperfect style OF their education, and
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
To Madame E19rcau.
Paris, 21d Nentose, Year XII.
March IL, 1904.
Madame,

"Though the crimes Of your husband
are great, the cleincncy of the first con-
su! is greater; and my friendship for you,
and my compassion for person SO dear to
You su'pass both. Apprehend, therefore,
nothing for General Moreau's life. BY the
very constitution which he intended 10 o.
verturn, the chief magistrate possesses
the power oFpartion; aad promise su,that
it shall be emt.toyedin this AFFAIR. Do not,
however,by any ill-advised indiscretions of
yourself and of your friends, aggraya,e
the enormi,y OF your husbands guilt
'fhey alone can Shut the door OF mercy for
ever, aud bring General Nloreau to the
scaifoid.
"I salute YOU cordially.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
F" CHARLES PIcuECRu."
Letters 6ctcsccn MADAME BouahaYte and
lSc,E,ys 15g,co-,

Letters 6ctsscen 1iddlme Bouahay.c and
A{adane Aigycaa.
Les Nouvei!ss Ia Main, Ventese an
XII. No. LII. or Faris, March 20, 1904,
contains what follows:
=" In preceding number we published \
letter from General Moreau TO the First
Consul. We are nov informed from good
authority, that it was authentic, with the
exception that Genera! Moreau instead OF
acknowledging himself guilty of the pre-
tended conspiracy, says, that had he CON-
spircd with pichegru, Georges and others,
such would have been his plan, &c.
Fhc letters we now lay before the pub
lie are known II all Paris, and have been
admired even by some selnale citizans,
who have moi been inactive in our revolu
ton. J he one is written by lady,
near so, sharing throne; the other by
a young beauty OF %, who has been re-
fused 10 share a dungeon with her hus-
band. We guarantee their authenticity.
They want No comments. They spcal, for
themselves.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22

mily, promoted hy1accompiices, ensIayed
his country, aud tyrannized over it with
Europe. Remember him, sir. he was
duui,h when rebellion WAS fashionable /; he
Was honest when infamy WAS 4 recommen-
da;ion and he was dis Interested when cgot-
ism excluded consequently, as well as
patriotism and royalty
"My last br :ath shall be prayer TO the
Almighty Tor my king and for my country,
SIC.
CHARLES PIcuECRu."
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22
" | salute you cordially.
Joseflhine B0nuHa, ie."
Madame Dforeau 10 Madame Bonahar.e.
Grosbois, March IL.

Madame Dforeau 10 Madame Bonafar.e.
"Grosbois, March IL.
Madame,
81 Cannot BE- called indiscreet in saying,
that your'assertion, that declares my hus-
band guilty, is rash, ungenerous and cru
el. do not wish to enter into a discus
sion unbecoming myself and my husband.
'n.o rs the criminal, he who, dlsin,erested
and without stain, has served his country ;
or he who ssrUed france, only 10 become
the tyrant over Frenchmen. He, whose
victories pacIiied Europe; or the foreign.
er, who made those Victories subservient
10 organize his expressions over France
and all nations: he, who in the most cor
rupted country, dared to be- honest, and
had the courageous moies;y to confounti
himself in the crowd, alter he had re-
signed the supreme command or he,
who owes every advancement towards au-
thorfy, To some new cline, and has there
fore, no other choise left, but power or
deatlT--a throne or saffnld. But let ge-
neral Moreau appear before impartial judg-
eS, and not before pensioned assassins !
let him be tried by men whose lives are
as pure as lis own, and not by persons &C.
comilIces in the atrocities Of gen. Bona.
parIe, and whose past crimes answer for
theirpresent obedience; and promise YOU,
tha; justice, i'll pronouncing his honorable
acqn!ttal, will dispatch an order for the ar.
rest Gun maudat d'arreO Of tho really cuI-
pablo OF nigh treason az ainst Prance-a-
gainst The world.
"Cease, madam to mock humanity and
TO insult my feelings, By taking of your
husbands clemency AID mercy !--Graci
Gus God how canst thou suffer without
Inliictln9 chastisement the proclamation Of
these words ! , he clcme ICY. the mercy
ut that cruel man, who even in his youth
had the ierociiy 10 inundalc the streets
and squares Of Toulon and Paris, with the
biood OF mnocent men, women and chill
dFcn VINO ordered those soldiers, who, in
ltaiy' with thclr blood, earned his laurels,
10 be drowned or buried alive! who, in Sy-
ria, IN the same city, poisoned his wound.
ed companions III arms, and bItchercd his
disarmed prisoners! who hired an assassin
TO stab one rival, general Klcber,in Egypt;
and who lnvcnts plots, and brides tribunals
20 dishonor or murder in France, another
r71m gencraL whom he could iind no ban
.ditu audaclous enough TO pierce
"General Bonaparte's reign Of crime
and Of terror may be prosperous, but cam
not be long. Success attended Robes
pierre but in a short time, the guillotine
punished his ba barily is al
ways lus,--the same in SOL as in 1904.
My husband and myself are as resigned to
the will OF the Almighty, as we are firm
in q beliefofan Notwithstanding for as
sasslns, prisoners, atheists, and tyranls,
but consoling to suffering innocence upon
earth.
I" ! salute you.
T,yg HEreo,,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-22

FROM THE SATIoNAL INrRLLlcENC.R
To The LGgjsSafures efkte resiecfiVe States
LETTER FIRST.
IN period Of peace ard prosperity the public
attention isnaturaIly directed TO yourdelibera'ions
lie United States baYc heretofore, IN great de-
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-22
Eamrtllr t.nsr..asu.c.
EAi'lf7 ga Letter i,r7 infeigoaf f,iend in Dem
y-sG, 10 tie ELaers Of tie Bofsa Cs-o.,.


EAf'af' ef Letter f,,7 iafeigoaf f,iend in D-u.
r1'@, 10 TIE EGi0rs Of tie Bsfss Ce-c:te.
Since the arrival of Governor Beauion, and the
Collector, "a Mr. Forbes the. feeu determined 10
fleece the Americans rucn poilhle The former
lays on duty of i've per the invoice f I've
veiiefs cargo; the Collector when the captain woes
To the euitonhorie to enter, marks of for exportat
on, Beef, Pork, Candles, Tobacco, Soap, &c-alloc-
ing oNly to be entered, Lumber fi!h, Flour Rice,
Bread, Live Stock and Tar however. by way OF "a.
vor he will, after few days delibers,ion, (and per-
iaading the poor captain all the while, thar he runs
great rque in granting iuch privilege to the Amer-
cans) gives permit FOR which, 20, So and fon-tins
more, Ices are paid, which does away this rsig!.y
riik the Harbour Matter cor,es mex, he takes the
captain an Tor Joe, and above his fees aud if
the captain wiihe to unload his veHel where the Ea
gdh ihipping lay, he NUT paw this Harbour Matter
more, and the Gunner of the fort double his fees
his alteration in the char having taken place With
IN two months, it is great pity that the American
government does not appoint ionis Commercial A zen,
here, to check the many abues which the A,ris,ns
abour under, in their commercial concerns Appo;n,-
ing Conul has been tried, and this government ne.
Yer would recognize one, when they would am agen,.
ihe perion appointed ought to be fome American re-
hiding in this colony, and well acquannted with th-
laws