Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-11-08

4 NSSihISS Opcnly tnat Vle lon OF june has lett
no other alternative but that of speedy submls-
sion. q,
| " That If his open proposal had been followed
| it on the 22d June it had been decreed to nego-
ciate, the negotiations conformably to the treaty
signed at Vienna on the 25th March by all the
, powers, would have restored the king sooner to
his people.
! territory would have been occupied by so many
| foreigners, and such great evils thus turned
side p
Alter stating that the public good was always
his guide, the expose concludes AS follows ~
"Such, without any disguise is the conduct of
marshal Ney since the month of March, 1915.
Does there result from it, we do not say the pre-.
JUDGE, that he has committed the odious CT me
of treason, but even real moral degradationi
All crime, in the legal acceptation of the word,
supposes the premedltaton or interest more or
less prevailing Thecrne of treason consists of
long, successive efforts, OF cowardiy perfidious
combinatiors.
ssAn error of the moment, the effect of
| an unheard of concurrence OF the most
strange iAcidents--an error of which one
sees in the principle, praisewerthy in IT.
| self, but i'll directed-in short, an error
which served the usurper in nothing, which
prolitted nothing to the person committing
its such an error any other than fatal
mistake
sis it not then allowable for marshal
Ney to call to his support that Judgment
pronounced by the monarch on such of his
| subjects as were misled ? Are not the in
| stlgatOrs ut the disorder. the authors of the
plot, formed in favor of Bonaparte, those
whom his majesty first consigned to the
| vengeance OF the lawsf
So 1t 10 proved that, far from having form
ed any conspiracy, marshal Ney, notwith-
| standing his fault had entered into none
that he was sincere in his promises to the
king that he only yielded to the irreslsti-
bic influence of the safety of the state.
which was in his opinion compromised by
an impending civil war that his hands re-
manned pure, his character independent
and inaccessible to all the sehuctions of
PERSONAL interest; that the first moment it
was possible to repair his error, while
there still was danger In pronouncing
| against the usurper, aud IN favor OF the le-
| gitimate sovereign, the marshal did not he
Estate to lay open his whole soul, and TO
vote that France should adopt the course
| of submission
8. Bywhat fatal exception then is mar
/ shall Ney, treated as a criminal ? lie was
certainly far from expecting such an occur
renee when in the last instance the place
to which he had retired was surrounded
To have concealed or to have fed would
have be easy but both these courses,
were repusnant to his heart. With the
/ calmness ut a conscience, from which no.
nor never was bapished, the marshal offer
ed himselfto those charged tn secure his
persona last act which completes the APP
probation of his character, and which at
tests his confidence i'll this institutions by
| which he is to be judged"
| Our private letters from France very po-
4 sitively assert that the long pending treaty
has been finally concluded. Unless some
strong impression to that effect rad pre-
vailed among the mOnie,l men In France.
4 We know not well how to account for the
fact, that while the most unpleasant rumOrs
i of the state of the interior continue to pre-
vail, the funds have experienced marked
amelio.ation. La the course of the 28th
ult. they were as high as CIT. 1t was be.
lieved tiIat the duke of Bourbon had been
the bearer OF a copy OF the treaty to Eng
land and that 1t awaited OPly the ratlfica.
ton OF the prince regent to be promulgat-
ed. 1t is now asserted that the work as.
cribed to FOuche, was the workmanship of
one of his hackney scribes named Jeni, and
was merely a jacObinical inaneuvre to fee
! the pulse of the people. 1t appears tC
have failed. The nation in general. though
smarting under the hardships universally
incident to invasion, appear by no mean:
inclined to augment their sufferings by
: rash and foolish resistance to the large ar
mics of the allies. Henee it is predicted
that Touches power draws to close, ant
. even the journals subjected by the roya
ordinance OF his control, begin to show
symptoms of disposition TO set him at de
: fiance.
Certainly no more tremendous excesse,
have sullled the French history than those
, committed by Fouche. In vain has thi.
monster endeavOred to stiile the voice o.
public indignation. In vain has he hiret
some unprircipled men, both in France
and England, to eulOgiZe him. His mo
ney is thrown away, and his panegyristl
lose their laDOr. The torrents Of bloot
which he shed at Lyons cannot be washed
/ away. The audaciOus blasphemes which
lac yauntiagly uttered at Nevers, will fore
yer ring in his ears. A christian cOuntr,
cannot, and will not he disgraced by bein.
placed under such domination. Its tru,
that weak and foolish policy has led som,
statesmen to shut their eyes to the atroci
ties which fInia man baa co,,.n,ftad g..