Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-05

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Eliza Bonaparte 60 Bonsparie, and Bnnaparte's
letter to the queen OF Naples. The date Of these
letters are moSt n,ateral-the FIRST is dated on the
14th, and the second on the l7th of February.
1914. On the ilth of January, 1914. a treaty
was concluded by the court ofVienna and NIurat
an winch the latter agreed TO march 10000 men
a.SahsS ti'e common enemy. These troops did
"larch; but general Nugent, VINO. was with his
army during that period, affirmed that he ss (Mu
r%t) not only maintained degree ofmilitarv in
actTity, but by a skilf'n management of his
loops, contriyed TO defeat the very object for
whcn ms cooperation was required in order to
secure their success" After the Conclusion of
this treaty with Austria, it appears first from the
, ,el.er OF Eiza Bonaparte, dated on the 18th Fe-
| oruary, mat he, Murat, was astonished that I
could suppose him to be the enemy ofyour ma
lesty OF France" (though he had signed !. treaty
IN which has majesty and France were TO be
treated as enemies j and secondly, it appears
from Bonapar.e's letter from Nances of the I1th
| february, to the queen of Naples, that she was
9'e'sn<a WIN the message Murat had sent him
through her, and all this after the treaty with
Ausfrla more monstrous system or duplici-
y ana treachery cannot be produced and vet he
lcohplshs ofyioated compacts, and the party tax
up tne defence ofthis " most injured individual.
VINO had thrown himself with unhesitatinr and
perfect confidence and good faith into the arms
OF the allies -N'
MAYS.
W. nave completed TO day the documents BRO
9ueea by lord Csstlefeagh. They are precious
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS too, they were to the
party VINO cannot recover from their surprise
ana ma slation at having suffered themselves to
" ot'wn on SO t,r, only to be driven back and
.,is in the most disgracefui manner
| .ney thonght that all the proofs were on their
slde tla,, Ike Macbeth, they had made as
surances doubly sure, and taken bond of fate ,,
- nuI hE,e HIM too, they found their documents
Juggling fiends,'
That paltered with them in double sense,
ihat Kept the word of promise to then, ear
ana broke 1t to Their hone
We believe, too, they feel every disposition IN
illi,sh .e verse, and eXclaim TO lord Castlercarh
| as Macbeth did to Macduh.
-, Well not fight with thee"
"e case IS complete one. In all these docu
niehlS we have ne animas of Murat in favor of
| 'oraparte. On the 1lth January. 1914. the trea
twas signed, which bound INN to ACT win b,s
resources against Bonaparte Directly, upon The
leeiS OF thls solemn compact, ere vel a month
iit'ie month" had elapsed, we have HIN express
ing n astonishment to has sister-n-law that En-
gene beauharnois should have retired from the
auiuSe' and that had quilted Tuscany, upon
the notion that he could be the enemy of your
MAJ esty and of France Next we have him sarI
hP a message through his wife, to Bonaparte. of
"hch Bonaparte takes notice in his letter TO her
am, however, better satisfied with the mes
saee ne mas sent me through you. If he be SIN
cerelV sorry, let HIM watch the moment for prov |
ing 10 me- that he has not been so unrratefi,l nc
ne IS puslanimous." The proofwhicb Ronanarto |
wanted is furnished in subsequent document |
fouche appears TO have been appointed as a lee. |
'uFer and spy to him, and seems TO have been
the cause OF the ''Inaction of the NeaDol;tan
troops, which the allies wished should march |
aS'uhst the vlceroy at the moment when he was |
ABOUT beng attacked by gen. Bellegarde .n-The
&C X ura T1p.Nr aaI
sui at Altoona, that his intentions were so much
inc purer, az 1T was agreed that his army was ne
yer to fight against the French" BY whom wac |
ltagfeed BY himself alone, for the stipulation
oi MS treaty with Austria bound him to fight
tle FRENCH, and against none but the French
ho"ever, BonaParte's difficulty and danger in
creased, and A1urat appeared inclined to march
against the French, till the intelligence of
bonSparte's victories of the tenth. eleventh aud
twheith February, 1914, arrived He then
. paused. Iheatwo last documents are hun
defing Anethemas from Bonaparte They are /
sm Sene,3s, none but himself can be his para. !
lei. lie distinctly alludes to Murat's 6: con.
triton and promises" and threatens him with nm
klnging him # he does not +" behave well, and
Keep has 1r0rd" Continue to corresDond with
the viceroy" is the coincding sentence of Roma.
parties last letter So Chat VIII lst NIurat was
under engagements to fight against the vicerov
ne was noidIiS q correspondence with him,
a.
lies, Tor, adds Bonaparte, +" take care that vour
letters be not Intercepted"
Ii 1t be asked whether these documents do not
prove Bonaparte's dissatisfaction withh,m the
reply rs, that they do not on that account make
ms case the better. He displeased Bonapa,tc-
ne dspieaSedth the allies, he wavered from side to
SIDE, according as success attended or abandoned
them' But the treaty with Austria bound him
not 70 waver, but to carry all his force to one
SOC ana to act heartily aganst Bonaparte. TheI
hesitation to IN thedecisive manner prescrib
ed by Bonaparte is attributed solely TO his want
oitirmness and vigor
But Mr.. Whitbread's defence of him is a most
curious one. Why had ne yzcilatefi from Bo-
naParte to the allies, and from The allies to Bonn
Parte Because his object was to ascertain
winch was likely 10 be successful Most of the
documents on which the noble lord rested b;e
defence, were probably written during period
Of hesitation, and when the king of Naples found
that Bonaparte could not support him, he threw
himself INTO the arms Of the all es !" Most no.
table defence " Call you this backing :" But
what becomes ofths treaty with Austria signed
before this period ofhesla alton Had he bargened
IN that treaty, that he was 20 vacilate from AIDE
TO side until he found which party were the |
strongest, and that then he was TO throw himself
into their arms?
a prmcpie of impartiality prevents us Hrom
closing THIS article without sayiug, that we are
not quite satisfied with the conduct of lord Gas.
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