Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-14
LETTER FROM FOUcHE
"a The Dixie IF WELLLNGTOyY

HIS WisuOU13 EyVl Vu3 al LCs tplsS 81, ~ ,
ON the day OF the return OF order, placed
reconciliation, aud the public peace uliS
der the guarantee and protection OF hea-
ven / Recommended this example, my
Lord, to the King for his imitation; ap.
peal to your testimony, the weight q
which lies as much in your character a.
Fin your reputation.
The evils were great. Il was necss-
|cessary not to be deceived respecting the
remedies our welfare, cur social exist
|ence. depended on it /; my voice was
drowned by that of the passions the
souncils of moderation were represented
as snare and senseless men, in the
wanderings Of their understanding, ca
Illuminated at ence my administration un-
der the Republic. under Napoleon, and
under Louis XVIII.
j should unwillingly occupy Europe
with nv long and lascrieas admlRlstla-
sion, If II were not connected with the
knowledge Of the truth. shall repre-
sent facts in order and unsophisticated
many are unknown, others dis6gured, |
shall adduce all the causes of our great
events have seen close at hand the Sc
cret springs which set the passions in mo-
ton /: / shall explain that revolution by
which France was changes from an an
Gent monarchy into republic, became
then the empire Of Napoleon, and then
the kingdom Of the Bourbons. While !
am employed on this most important
work, for it shall serve as materials for
history, / feel it necessary for myself TO
believe that it will be regarded as a new
proof Of my love ofmy country.
But, my Lord, time HES, amt | know
not whether things may not have changed
before my memoir is ready. Meantime
/ will comply with the wishes ofthose who
urgently desire that would eniighten
public opinion upon relations which are
personal to me, and which have been
strangely dis6gured. Nobody can bet
ter do justice to my sentiments and prins
clplcs than your Lordship. From the
18th of June, the day on which | had first
the honor of corresponding with you, till
the moment that / left Paris, my whole
political conduct lies open before your
eyes. know, my Lord, that you on all
occasions, solennIT and completely do
me the justice which | invoke: it is for
that very reason that take the liberty
of addressing to you the account ! mean
to give, that you may find in it new arms
for my defence. am by no means a.
fraid Of increasing your claims to my gra-
titude: / feel that my heart is rich enough
to satisfy them.
The circumstances respecting which
information is desired, relate, lst, to the
return Of the King !: Cd, TO my acceptance
of the Ministry of the Police: Sd, to the
ordinance OF the oath Of July and 4th,I
to nv mission to Dresden, and the cir
cumstances which prevented me from en-
tering into the Chamber of Deputies.
was President Of the French govern
meat when the armies OF the allied pow
ers were advancing against Paris. Ma
Doleon had abdicated, but was still at the
Elysee, and desired tobe as general at the
lead of the French array. This offer|
could not be accepted: eleven hundred
foreign bayonets had penetrated
IN all sides into our territory, and wei
lad no, an hundred thousand men UNDER
,rms. The retreat Of The army was there- !
ore resolved upon, and Napoleon invited
% leave Malmaison, to which ne had re-
ired to embark for the United States
He might misinterpret my ardent repre-
;entations to this end: in adversely the
;oul is easily accessible to suspicion: butt
am at least certain of having deserved
none. 1 had not served him like the
.ourtiers. nor did ] follow their example
" abandoning him with his good for
tune. Nobody appreciated more than |
aid the of his genius, bat at the
same time nobody was more convinced
hat his presence must plunge France IN.
10 the lowest abyss of misery
] therefore conjured hia, to leave the
continent. The French army, mindful
Of it's glory, did not coantits enemies
but burnt with impotence to measure i'll
self with them, only those who, like you,
my Lord, are acquainted with its yalor,
kaoa how to appreciate the merit OF re-
signation which is showed in the retreats
In the fearful crisis in which we were,
it was difficult to take part without ex-
citing suspicion. In France people were
much divided on the choice of the mo-
march who should succeed Napoleon : i'll
was feared that reaction and vengeancej
might follow the return of the Bourbons.l
People could not persuade themselves
that dynasty, which had suffered SO