The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-15
SECRET HISTORY OF SIR. CLOUD.

title, thar iswell calculated to bring it in
to notice. 1t profe!Ics to be " 81 Seeret Hij,
tory oftbe Corr and Cabinet Of ST. Cloud.
In a /erie5 ofietterJ from g refdent in Pari,.
TO a no5iea'aa in London daring the months of
Hnga2, September and October, 1906" The
book teens with anecdotes, and were its
haternents trne, il would be production of
peculiar interet. But is there not every
reafon to believe, that it is the abortive at
tempt of fomc Enelifh writer, to millead the
world, by exaggerating the dilguiting vices
the French government!
That that government is branded by innu-
merabIe ,impcrfeetons that it was RATED
up by military force and was only toll
Grated becaufe it feemed to heal up the hor-
rors of mott bloody revolution, that already
tits covered with crimes, which might employ
eventhedramatic pencitofT acitus hmfelf; are
facts which no impartial man can decay.
But even credulity itielf mutt fhnnk in diff
gun from the exaggerated Pittures of this
Englifh Eiiforian. What pity is it Qaid a
friend) that Bonaparte ihould have been
guilty Of 70 many crimes, as to give an AR
of truth toaH the milisprejentas;ony of this
author But how different is the conclulion
that we draw From the various mifrepre-
fentations Of this author, we are even led to
diipute- maRy of the crimes, WHICH have
been already attributed to Bouaparte. 1t is
thus, that falfehood by graphing at too much,
completely mars its own projects. A Liar
Gays the fahle)is not to be believed even
though he fpeak the truth" -.
That the Englith authors are capable of thefe
infdious attacks upon the French, let the
three volumes ofthe intercepted eorrelbondenee
of the French officers in Egypt, ferve as fulfil
cient proof. That correspondence is now
proven to be fpurious the production of
fome Engliih fcrbbler, or perhaps 5antlng
:. Of Mr.. Pitts bureau.
The author of this work profehes himfelf to be
Frenchman. But if 70, whence is it that
his fyc is 20 free from G4llicifns, 70 truly
EngIith, 70 much eafier than it was almot
po(lible for tranAator to- make it ? But it it
is a tranila.iou, who and where was the
traTfiator /! There is no name at all to
this book. There is not even the name of
the Epglith printers to it, or the town
where it was publilhed. 1t is fimpy
frid to be a republication from an Englih
copy by John Watts of Philadelphia. Is
It not then probable, that it was either writ
tenhy an Ensiiihman or an American But
whoever be the author, he will deferve more
refpeet for his genius than his veracity.
We have, il istrue. no politivc proof to fub-
ftantiate his talihood; but very many pre-
fumptive evidences of the fa9. Let the two
following Eitances fuiice
VIII any one believe that Bonapartc can treat
his acconph he'd wife with 20 little reflect
as TO kick and cuff her on the NOT trifing &C.
Gallons +? Whatever may have been the hlc-
rnfhes of her former life, whit fhe was the
trofegee of Barras, IL is al United by all the
impartial travellers who have viiited Paris,
that the emprefs Jofephine is now an e,e-
CANT woman, compleatY in the confidence
OF her hnfbapd, and icarcely lefs ufefui than
-1alleyTand, tor the ingenuity Of her fchemes,
her vigilance and her penetration into cha
raeter. Carr afierts that ifie is faid 10
=" conduct herfelf in her high ftaton with be-
coming dignity and prudence" And yet
thisisthe woman whom Bonaparteis reproach.
ed lin the 9Th letter. for treating with fach
diirefpetful ieverity, as TO confine her to her
library for hours. on the very day, and af-
ter the ceremony, of his coronation.
What are we to think of the converfation faid
in the 67th let. to be he'd AT public enter.
tsnmcnt. in the prefence of feveraI officers,
aud in city which is faid by this very au-
thor to contain at leah 100000 fpies out of
r. so5,o 900 inhabitants? General Liebau and
CD. Frial NUT have completely forgotten the
Temple Or trio to Cayenne. when they
thus daredto difpute, which of them f!iould
inherit the Purple after the death of BOA.
parte. And yet adds this unblulhing hifto.
RAN, fuch "diftuiiions about the imperial
throne are frequent among the hyperion off.
GERS and have caufed manb biooly fcenes."
The J1ft Letter he dcvotes TO the relations he
tween France and this country; but he mix
es 70 much apparent truth with 70 much ap-
parent fafehood that it is inpoiIibe to fe-
parate the one from the other. He iniits up
on ut, that previous to the declaration of the
Lar war in Europe, it WIS Bonaparte's
Intention to diRurb our tranquility. I" Had
we been victorious [fays he in St. Domin.
60, mott OF our troops there were defined
FOR the American Continent to invade accor.
ding TO circumstances, either the Spanifh
colonies on the Terra Rrnra, or the ffates of
the American commonwealth" He contends
that the prefent war in Europe has only poR-
'ponedthe execution ofthefe views; that though
Bonaparte has coded Louhana, it is eafy for
bin to acquire the Floridas and he
properly AXIS, whether fiugIe word
from the French cabinet would not adult our
differences with Spain. He alferts, that had
the peace of Europe continued, Bonapsrte
and Talleyrand would have made Bernadotte
their miniaer in this country, becaufe they
then intended to R,ike and NOT to negotiate.
In drawing the character Of Gen. T*k#h**s,
he difplavs AS ufual the deluive pencil of
Srtifh mipion. He denies him every fort
of Accomplishment, either in the cabinet or
the camp; and wiIile he aims to excite our
jealous fears Of the French government, he
defeats his own Object by cxpo(ing the inca
pacity Of their agent. But what he denies
TO the miniher, he grants to his fecrctary.
Monfhr. Petry 10 rePrefcnted as a diploma
TIT, who "neither wants fdbtiIty nor parts"
As. our conjecture about the authorihp of