The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-20
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plan, that he ihould firt remove The cop6,, 49,.
the governor or Paris, and then RJoreat, wa,'iI
avail hinlielf Of party in the feua,e to oht,;,
pinion ihould ,lirea. % 90 "
Roland at the trial, when rrpffl,t b. his con.
ference, though he let one Part of his for,n..,
| ttn'mony remain, reicindcd others. He tb.r.
lad that he did not underfand the yyo,ds ~.
coHlWS md fte governor oF Paris ,cp6 ,:c,,,1-
as hgnifyng dehre that they fhonld hat 49,
dercd that Moreau fpeaking TO him. On ia
Ple''"uohS 10 powcro or authority, had fad, that
nelcrc ne could receive il, the conruls and an
mole Poneied OF pubic dignity nuit be m,
more.-Judge now what credit fioult he a,i.H,1
to witneis who is capable of vsr,;r- h, Gg..Gt,
nony on point of fuch importance, am, -,
what tenure do our bet citizens hold tbp;r 20
and honour, If they depend upon the conff,,,,s=i.
on which every wretch ffal pieafe 70 sffy =,
real or imagined conver!ation
conVeuation The very idea that : er-.
Veriation' however fictitious it may be, could
conitltute the crime of high-tre3{on is 49,.
nant to every principle OF iufice. Mo-,
not reproached with having performed CIR.
hngle treaionahle act. His conduct is 1T len
pure, whatever his heart may be. He has tak-n
no iteps, feduCed none to be his accoTnpjices IA
this tuppofed plot. But, as we are afTnrcd "a.
Roland, he fpoke ieditoufly; and we a,e 70 ~.
lIeve that Roland neither heard indininalv nh.
apPrehended' nor forgot any part of what Mo-
reNu may nave fad. is the memory of au5
man 10 rlgOroufly tenacious as TO he noCjtivss.
after fuch aDft of SINE, that iiich and f,,t,
words were ufed in n convsrfation thar fSex
were uted IN the lame order in which tbe, arr
repeated that no modification, no infle1;cy1 M
accompanying lenitive, by efcaping from recnis
lection has diforted the meaning OF the fne,t,r.
And, admitting them to have been fpoken. lia,l
the utterance of mere fugitive words fend man
10 the icaHold RIO the government under
which we i've, de!lghtng only in ju'ice, never
can permit flch wide departure from, il. Mo
never, under this government, fhal we hear of
citizen being condensed for the crime of v,p,tIs
| on the unfupported word Of a delafor gts
when tins DICTATOR, behdes being proved h,. ~.
accuted to be liar, is, according to every ruiz
OF Judgment, vile calumniator, the obief9 .,e
bis caiumny is much leis eXpofed. We fhsii
now out OF his own mouth prove the falrehc.,ts
of Roland.
| IF we believe this Roland, he was the ageut 4f
a party of royalifts. If from him Moresri r..
ceived the confidence of Pchegru, he NUT have
known that Pichegru acted in concert with
Georges and his friends that is to fay, in cora
cert with the mott reiolved and faithful adb-s
rents of the houie of Bourbon. And wr ar
tod that Moreau, in anfwer to the overtufss
madet to him, whether by Roland or Picheerg,
ehfC LhiS lSiIiy never VIII ierve the princes
of Bourbon. But let The royalifs imned;atss
~ proceed to execute their deiign. | win
not mix in the broil. will wait ITS Gceejs
" Let them Kill the Conful and the Goyerper
OF farls. And then, when the danger g,a,,
nave Paiied by, when every obGacle ffIail have
bcen iurmounted, when the itruggIe ilal h3vp
been crowned with fucce(s, when the royaIiGs
are matters OF the fate, then, nfead of ,r,,s
cIa.hlng the King for whole fake they devot-
ca theuiieiyes, they fhall renonnce the in,me.
= diate Object for which they incurred Eo r,sas
"a rlik, and they fhall cali upop me- tttii
then come forward to reap the haryeh of th4it
tobs and perils; will go TO the Senate. and
| declare myfelf dictator ~ Before tbis 53i,
did ever an idea 70 full of folly enter the brain
OF a iunatlc, as that of fuppofng that all thrC.
pure IoyaiIitS mould, at once, in the hour of
luCSeiS; doahoon the cauie Of their king to be4
come The folders OF the Dictator Morsau!li
Noidnd ohehdS IT'LL more againf the laws of
common ienie than againt thofe of truth. ana
cannot be believed in any of his declarations u
me mock OF the two voices, that of the accnfSd
ought to prevail, in rs much as the tefimonv NJ
Roland has varied at different times.
| Another of his impofitions is the declaration
that hoIeau boatted of a ltrong party in the f..
nate; Without noticing the injury here dom
10 the t1rit constitutional body in the fate, we
"ouiu demand, If this were 20, why do we not
az ONiOIu any Oh tnOtS untaIthFII
ienators at the bar of this tribunal.
But, we are alked, what intercft couid njrc.
Roland TO give fale tetimouy?
The interef of Roland may be tvo-foid. T.,
the nrit place it may be none other than that Of
vie inforineT, who has denounced a 60itio,ts
crime 70 merit fubfantial recomprnGs ,rh;s
iuppoftion will not appear unfounded when ~.
conhder the ipecies OF complaifance which bas
been peculiarly ihewn to him. All th- other
prhoners have been thrown into the cells Of ~.
temple. He only, The fyitematic agent for cor.
rlptlng Moieau and by confeuuence donbIv 81
tending, was lodged in the abbey. he only ,,ss
allowed his council, and free communicative
WITH his friends, both psrfonally and by lettprq
while neither the voice of friend nor the 1gS
OF relative was permitted to penetrate the Gsa
ceret dungeons which amof excluded the o.
| Tiers from the light of heaven.
But If this fupPoftion IS erroneous. If he IA
really conipirator, HE intercf NAV be of = dif.
terent nature, but not lefs powerful; thai of an-
pcahng the violated maiefy, and dif,rroinq fbc
awful ieyerity, ofthe law BY becoming ,,srer-
a. miormor. In one Of the intefroga}oi;ss on
| ms iiflt examination an idea Of clemcnry was
held out TO him, and difinaion taken. vkic5
would greatly ioitcn his fate-T5y og d. Lore m.
f"Hg, lay the minners ofiulice to him, Won ,,,;u
"e Iooked H5on az m AccomPLtcE, if y2I d;q,oIgs