Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-02-11

Goldsmith's Secret History.
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Let us now see how the affected sdYo.
Gates for liberty conducted themselves on
the day after their Revolution took place /;
thc pretended object was to deport the I'M
puted enemies of liberty, but The reai object
was to remove every obstacle TO their own
scheme Of desPotism.
The first ac' was to get decree for the
transportation to Cayenne OF members of
both councils, and two membsrs OF the di-
rectory.
The second was to suppress 81 neUspa.
Pers, who wrote against the directory, and
to deport not only The editors and proprie-
tors, but the JouFneTmen printers, and 10
destroy all their presses, and burn ali prin-
ted books found upop the premises.
The third was TO snnul the elections Of
the new third of the council Of 500, which
took place about months before the 18Th
Fructidor, by which the new elected mem.
bers were expelled.
The fourth was for every elector to take
The oath Of hatred 10 royalty, previous to
his voting
Lastly, all non. juring priests to be sent
to Cayenne, and full pewer given TO the d.
rectory to imprison and deport all suspected
persons !!
Proposals were made to General Moreau
to become director for the present, till the
end OF the var, which he however decln-
ed. General Joubert was then thought Of
His father in law Somonyille, a veHal cor
ruPt InHigsGHs of the first order, and who
was engaged in this new conspiracy with
Tslleyrand, strongly urged it. Joubert was
sent TO the army in Italy to give coup ~
ecIGt, previous to his intended usurpation
he was killed, however, at the battle of No
VI they then thought proper to dispatch
messenger overland TO Bonaparte in Egypt.
The person whom they sent was q man Of
the name of N0redE, bat when lie arrived,
the other had already fed to Europe.
In this state Of things Bonaparte very
opportunely arrived. He was soon admit
ted 10 the COnciAGbH!ss Of the conspirators,
which were Talleyrand, BarreS, Sieyes,
Csmbaceres, Roger du Cos, Lucian 3ona-
psrte, Fouche, Roederer, Regnault de St.
Jean D'Angely, &c. &c. &c. A Revolution
was decided upon the best Generals were
ordered 70 Paris. viz. Lefevre, Macdonald,
Moreau, Msssens, &c. &c. to assist in thls
grand coup a. etat.
Previous TO this revolution, all Paris knew
that there was some change to take place
in the government, especially as Sseyes zvas
learning to ride From the speeches ofthose
members of both councils who were in the
secret it might easily be inferred that new
Revolution was meditating.
Accordingly on the 18th BrunIare the
Minister Of War, Dubois GRANGE, went to
the Directory to request them TO grant him
an GyTete for the arrestation of Bonaparle,
Murxt, Tslleyrsnd, Fouche, Barras, sc &c.
to which the president Gohier and the o.
ther Director Moulins asseatea, but La
Garde, the secretary, from ignorance or
treason, said he would neither sign or seal
it, because 10 sign an arrete it was neces-
sary to have ma jority of the Directory
But, said Gohier, it is impossible that any
revolution can take place 8 tor keep the
seals !" and when on the 18Th the inIor-
nation was conveyed to MouIlns, the Dircc-
tor, of what had taken place at St. Cloud,
he said "that is impossible, because Bona
parte promised that he would dine with me
TO day ! -
However, notwithstanding Bonaparte's
promise to dine with Moulin, and Golfers
possessing the grand seal, the Revolution
took place at St. Cloud and II BOnaparte
had had any idea of the opposition he had
to encounter, he would not have treated it
so lightly as he did st first. l am enabled
to state what happened on that day, from
information which had from some of the
party.
When Bonapar,e left the hall Of the coun-
Gil Of 500, where he was 50 roughly hand
led, he was in state ofinsensibIlty, and As
The French say, IL Gva't JperdE Ia tefe. His
detection and leTror communicated Itseltto
ais partsans.
Mural, seeing the state that BonapaFte
was IN, and rhe shameful conduct of The
HoI mi!i!alyss, sent into The hall for Lucien
isuisParie, @ao that day happened to b
president Of the conucil Lucien, seeing
that decree of out iawry YVES gong ~ TX
passed against lCnapAr1s, w~s slresd. qsIt.