Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-07-14

NtAROff~ iNPtulNf a.. Ptta Ut "a ~
an assembly ever which they %;ytannized,
to this nefsrious act.
Mark here the guilt to which faction
leads. That assembly, in general, consist
ed OF two parties /; those called Girondistes,
at their head the representatives, from
Bordcaux. who wished for a federal re
public and the iacobins, who concealed,
under a loud cry for republic one and in
divisibfe, a design to restore moparchy.-
Both of them treated with the imprisoned
King lie trusted himself to tie party OF
the Gironde. II seemed less criminal than
the other, and was more numerous. From
that moment the jacobins doomed bi,te
destrpctiou, that they might destroy thelF
opponents These vito assaulted tno pa
lace, to tear OF that semblance Of mon
archy which the constituent assembly had
left, were now called forth to overawe the
fsctien of the Gironde. The assembly
surrounded by armed men. Q majority
was frightened into a sentence OF, death
against their innocent captive-a sentence
which the intelligent foresaw would involve
their own.
And so it did. The memorable Dap.oT
dragged them before his revolutionary tri-
bunsl, and poured their blood on the scat
fold wet with that of their murdered mon
arch. Thus, every circumstance of guilt
and shame YVES combined, 10 their last
moments, 10 imbitter the bitterness of
death.
On the same scaffold, condemned by the
same judges, persisted Danton himself
He persisted, conspiring to place the i'm
prisoned son on the throne of a father whom
he had labored to destroy. lie believed
that Louis the Sixteenth had been too
much disgraced TO reign over a proud ma
ton. Combining, therefore, The courage
of a hero with the energy of a cons2irator,
and unrestfained by religion or mercy, he
determined to strike off the head which
he thought unfit for a crown, In the rap
id march OF fate his own soon fell Insult
ed with the semblauce of trial. convicted
without proof, condemned unheard, he
roared, in a voice of thunder, al have
been told, and nav believe, thas the pun
ishment of man is the fruit of his crime
Wretches | gave you the power of
booming innocence to death, ard L, by
your doom, must die. The same justice
shall overtake. those who sent me here
and YOU also.7 The voice of the savage
was prophetic.
Those who slaughtered their prince ard
made havoc Of each other; those who en-
d~eayeated to dethrone the King of Heaven
and establish the worship of human reason
-whc placed as representative of the God
dess Of Reason, a prostitute on the altar
which piety had dedicated to the Holy Vir-
gin. and fell down and paid to her their
alteration. were al length, compelled TO
see and 10 feel. and, in agony, to wi that
there is a God. | cauhot proceed NY
heart sickens at the recollection of those hor-
rors which desolated France. That charming
country. on which the bounty of heaven has
lavished blessings, wss the prey of monsters.
To tell the crimes, every where and every
hour perpetrated, would. wound the soul
of humanity, and shock the ear OF modestv.
But. whore. nv country o where shalt |
hide the blush. that these. monsters were
taken to your bosom ? "a
! retract the chsrge-Nations Of the
earthl believe not the imputstion, The
%virtuous sons of America were not guilty of
ingratitude. Much as they love liberty,
the name of liberty did not drive from their
hearts the great friend of liberty. THE
PRoTECToR OF THE RIGHTS Of MANKlND-
Mo- holy martvr! their grateful bosoms
re echqed thy dying groan.. In humble
submission they viewed events whose mys.
terry they conld not comprehend, and wait
cd the d~evelepement of eternal wisdom
They beheld. licentious crime, under the
name Of liberty, roaming over tho broad
surface Of France, seeking virtue for its
prey. deflinS innocence. despniling poyer-
~, and laying the very face OF nature
waste. They saw it voraeious at home,
victorious abroad, every where triuGaphant
Europe was appalled,. her princes, trem-
bled. The new hatched, uadedged, French
republic scared, as on eagles pinfons, be
you'd the clouds. Daz2led by tho lustre OF
her victories. the moral eye could scarcely
| perceive the guilt of those p~rofligate leaders
| who dictated law to a PROSTATE world
Drunk with success, slaughtering their
couotrvmen. pillagi their neighbours