Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-11-16
NORFOLK, October II.

NORFOLK, October II.
The following Interesting letter 10 from
the Jersey Gazette, Of the 10th Of Au-ss
Kust--The character and originality
Of many Of the sentiments accord so
exactly with the situation and behavi-
our &c MoREAu, that no discerning
feadeF viii doubt its authenticity.
20. Translated for the Hesdd.
Letter from General MORGAN TO his bro
y Their, a-Tribune, at Paris.
!. = BAREoEs, 9Th July.
An express has brought me = permit
to pass some days here with NY white
and child. Of the officers who conduc-
ted me, there remains only RslneL who
has been extremely attentive, and who
win accompany me TO- the post from,
which am to embark; What ideas,
what recollections have assaikd me, in
traversing this 6ne country, FIR the pur.
pose Of leaving it-never Y ,returnl
Il seems az il they had made me pass
through it in one Of its largett dimensi-
ons to increase my regret Calm your
sorrows my friend, for I shsll still find
in family affections resources suficient
to support,t evils which surround me.
l have made great sacrifices to preserve
these, and TO these I'shali exclusively
deliver myself. I know tina, my eontem-
poraries already accuse me of weakness
and want of resolution-of reeeeding
from death, and ofalmost soliciting the
clemency OF Bonaparte-Posterity will
Judge more justly--it win estimate all
that was painful and even terrible, in the
kind Of death prepared for man who
had acquired some share Of military glo-
ry, and who was accustomed only to
braye the dangers Of the field. sex
uowledge that the ideas Of mounting ON
a scafFold after exhausting all the signs
Of . long and torturing agony, filed me
with terror. I did not find myself ex-
allied by any Of those opinions, by any Of
those sentiments, that make some men
brave whatever Is ignsminious in death.
/ had for a long time renouneed all en-.
deavours to give. liberty to my country.
Lbelieve IL had more occasion for repose
than for liberty itself; and although |
was Ear from approving the means By
which this r~Pose was obtained, l did
not think il necessary TO devote myself
70 procure more hononrablr ones. I
had paid my debts TO my counuy--it
remained FOR my fellow cilizens to dis.
charge theirs to me-. My TASK was 6ni.
shed-their duties began. II they have
without resistance, suffered despotis
government without much repugnance,
ifthey are all either careless, wearied,
or eowartlly / ask, was It for me, 80
little accustomed to civil diseord, so
little formed to influence political con.
vulsions, to devote myself to the at.
tempt Of giving them another form!
In this state Of things, possessing on
y that kind OF ambition which does not
refuse itself to propitioas circumstan.
ees, but, that risques nothing 70 ersaes
them--nor fayoured with that sense Of
duty towards my country, that opinion,
which exaits ever faculty and Fisqnes
every chance, l found nothing in my
breast or my imagination that could sof-
ten the sacrifice l was about to make, OF
disguise from me the horrors of the
scaGold. Should il be said the care of
my glory prescribed TO. me . death use
fun 70 my country, and hounourable to
myself--I answer, that have been am
bilious Of military fame alone that I
was content with the portion Of il had
obtained, and had little regard Cor tina,
renown which is acquired BY other IA.
Tents and success. Ii is not just to saw,
that for the preservation of our fame We ]
should be forced To interfere with the
interior regulations ofan illustrioas stats ]
aggrandizrd BY our vietosies. Il is in
considerate and thoughtlsss % desire.
that man who has acquired great mi-
litary glory should possess also every
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