Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-12


/ having explained So linn the reasons o
| the failure OF his embassy, some OF which
! are not very much TO the credit of the En-
| peror, he concludes with a couple o.
| pages of exhortaiiou, " To give up his old
+! sysfeln OF universal monarchy con
! fine his talents and ambition 70 France
and ends with SAYING 1t is Notifying
10 the dignity of man, that ] am the only
person who dares tell YOU what he thinks.
If Your majesty shall experience new
misfortunes, shall not have to reproacll
myself for having failed 10 tell you the
truth. In the name OF heaven, put an end
to war.-Let your arms tlnd moment OF
repose." The second is to Murat from
Florence, Doth January. 1914, III which lie
tells him he regrets the union OF Naples
with the allies; but since II Is done and
not to beretracted, advises HIM TO strength
en- his army-raisc the responsibility of
his character, and gain pubic confidence,
aud use all his strength and influence TO
procure general and tina. paciticat.on.
On his arrival In PARIS, Bonaparte had
just abdicafed, and on the 23d April, 1914,
he wrote to the Emperor letter advlS-
ing him not togo TO Eiba, --inwb,ch there
is the following remarkable passage
&c The titles which you reserve, by re-
calling at every instant what you have
lost, will serve only to augment the bitter
ness of Your rcgrets.-They will appear
not like wrecks, but a vain representation
of all the grandeur that is vanished. =
" Permit me 10 eliyoumy whole thoughts.
1t viii be more glorious and more conso-
latory TO YOU TO live as private Indnldu-
al and at present the asylum the most
safe and the most suitable tor a man like
YOU, * in the United States OF America.
~
tence III the midst of a people vet new,
who Will know how to admire your genius
without fearing it, &c" He now retired
into the country, and during the first
reign of Louis XVIII. seems To have con
tinued there nearly the whole time. OF
the circumstances OF his detection, on the
arrival of, Bonaparte, he says nothing sa-
tisiactory, except that the Emperor sent
for him and offered him the ministry of
the Police. He theu goes on" he
Duke made known to him i'll its full eX-
tent the dangers ofthe situation ofthings."
After having receiving an assurance that
Austria and England secretly approved of
the escape of Bonaparte end Lis return TO
France, he accepted the ministry. Every
thing now went on we'll between the En-
peror and his minister, until touche re-
c"ived letter from a member oil the
Congress of Vienna, saying that the al
lies would march unanimously against
France. "Thcn the Duke spoke 10 Bo-
naparte OF this exi9ency and represented
10 HIM that it was Impossible tor France
to sustain the shock of all Europe united
that il was proper he should explain
himself frankly before the nation, that he
should ascertain the final intention of the
aliies-that in case they persisted, that
there was no room for hesitation both
his own interest and that OF his country
made it his duty to abdicate and retire to
the United States" Ronaparte did not
follow the advice, and after his fall, Fouche
became the head of the government
and kingdom in theinterregnum. In fhis
capacity, he wrote two letters, one to the
Duke OF wellington. June 81, 1918, and
the other TO Prince Butcher, the Ist of Ju-
~, beseecbing them to spare France and
grant aDarmistice. The first negotiation
took place at Neuiliv, between the Duke
of Gfranto and the Duke Of Wellington,
and Fouche finally claims for himself the
honor Of having saved the capital. On
the return ofI0uis 18th, he wrote ia him
Julv Z, advising HIM to moderation and
caution, and Ike next day at an interview
with the King was continued i'll Office, as
minister Of police.
lOit tfIlS ilIuf-. ttt IUtltt DtCOiUtS
meagre and uninteresting. Of his ia
nous report he SAYS little, and of his fall
and exile still less, but intimatcs that both
will be explained at length in his me
moirs, which, he adds, speaking in this
assumed character OF third person, are
supposed TO be written with anoble frank
ness and calculated TO calm the bitter
ness of parties in France.
As to the present pamphlet, it is inter
csting from the subject and materials, "a
ther than from its tone and manner: and
if should've Of his authority by this
specimen oft should rather subscribe
70 the first part of his criticism than to
the last when he says of himself" His
style is often incorrect but misconceptions
are always profound" in general it is
co0llv written; once he cites Homer and
once Pope, in rather gay temper-and
throughout he has commonly preserved
the character of a third person, especially
in the frequent praises he bcstows on him
self, though tiIlfhcrc are some passages,
which seem TO me TO betrav him so dis
tinctly, that cannot think his secret will
be long kept, EVENT. it is betrayed only 10y
his book.
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