The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-25
Dusglegtac.
From. tie ". 4. rublie A4ver,i.er.

We wish to call the attention Of our readers 10
the following letter, and we sincerely congra-
tulate the much abused Irish emigrants in this
country, that in this important instance, we find
the cause of injured innocence publicly advo.
Gated by prosecuted Patriot of their coun.
try. Weinvite attention TO comparison OF
the Characters of the writer of the letter, and
the subject to whom it is addressed Both @.
whom as wei! as Madame Bonneville having
left their native country, to avoid the heavy
hand of oppressive tyranny, and chosen this
country as An asylum, little suspecting an at
tempt would be made amongst this free pee
pie, to sacrifice them TO cover the pecunisry
ends of fellow exile.
JAMES CHEETuAM, ESQ.
Af;er thanking you Cor the very compliment
tary'terms in which you have mentioned me in
your life Of Mr.Paine, 1T becomes my duty, howe
yer disa@reeabeI may fnd TO direct your st en-
ton TO tie manner in which YOU have express sedi
yourself of Mrs. Bonneville and her children !;
to the gross injury you have inflicted on her
character, her situation and prospects in society,
and TO the disgracetul stigma you have attempt
ed to fix upon one OF her sons. She hes y right
IN this respect to my protection and aid, because
personally know her husband, ard was inform
ed by himself in Parisof his motives, plan ano
object in his sending his family 10 this country,
and because from all his conversations with me.
a, well as from my own knowledge of tie L.
dy here, have an entire conviction of the in
justice and untruth of those insinuations and IS.
sertions.
1t was from regard 10 her husband and wish
o. serving her and her children, that consent
ed 10 act a. an executor to Mr. Paine assured
iy then, tic very same motives will not allow me.
20 withhold from her my assistance in one Of
the most important af.-irs of her life, intimate
iy concerned as it is with her welfare and no.
nor. regret extremely that you should have
relied Oh the irritatsd, envious, and belize ma
levolent representations of persons who cherish
an Iiilberai antpathy against her as a French
woman, aad have long been jealous of her and
her children. for pane's posthumous bounty
II on tie faith OF their impartiaiity and veracily
you have permitted yourself to brand and drag
INTO general notice retired, unoffending and
nearly unprotected won an, to publish of her thu,
iaost iinounded calumnies, and leave her no Al
Tentative, but either to submit to the annhlai
on OF her reputation, livelihood and happiness,
or to turn upon the unprovoked assaan: who
labours to plunge her INTO ruin, misery and in.
fanny you are sensible you must abide the CON
sequences.
MIR. Bonneville w:s not only republican
printer" but he had! u very large and produc
tive establishment Of that nature, and was in ba.
bits OF intimacy and intercourse with mos; of the
literary characters Of France, and with very ma.
ny Of the conspicuous persons whom the French
iS'OiuuOD mas mace known He embarked ar.
IDENTITY IN that revolution but was not indicated
IN It's crimes for he was prescribed, concealed
and subsequently imprisoned during the time Of
KobespierTe. After his liberation he edited the
Bien i1for7ne, one Of the most esteemed Journals
"t mat day, which was suppressed by BOnaparte
on account OF its unequiVOcal hostility to the ne W
order o. things lie was offered the perniss-
on TO resume il, if he would make it bend 20 the
times but he would not submit 10 EXPRESS a
sentiment he did not feel, nor to suppress one
which he thought important and Just. MIR Paine
hVcd IN lis house for several years not as a
ooafder IN the pecuniary sense of the yord--for
the situation of the one did not admit Of his COM
pens1uon, nor did that OF the other then require.
1t 1t was an ASYLUM which a very ardent and
benevolent republican afforded to q man whose
faults and failings he saw and dsliked, but
whose pohtical principles and writings he es-
teemed and whose dereiect situation lie piled.
1t was an asylum which was lsuerly afforded
Ia spite OF the first Consui's threatened dsglca
sure ana resentment. At the time Mr. Paine
was about cmbarking for America, Mr.. Bonnie.
vile (who5e Journal bad been suppressed, whose
ESTABLISHING &c and prospects he'd been DESTROYED
and who had himself becoDs cminen;y obnoSi.
Gus To the new gOvcrnment) determined to leave
France aud settle in The United States--but 20 il
IS a matter Of extreme difficulty for a suspected
person 70 withdraw from that country, he gent
ms family before him, that ne might seize the
favorable opportunity Of escaping alone. Mn
Paipc, with due sense Of ;he very great obi.
gauons nc owed his bsncf,ctor, made the pro-
"isc he has since pcrfo saed, of assisting Rgfs
Bonneville and l.r Children, and o. leaving to
them the principal part u ms prspcltY +; ueae