Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-29

F'u'Sb W hiS 40 nda no O,n-
er cause but to put the French yovern-
ment under the necessity TO unveil its own
shame aud cn.pabilty. in producing the in
tercspted letter, Of the 'nteroeption Of
which had long been aware.
ftwould appear that the honor of your
country could not be the only consideration
70 which you must have yielded in this con-
junctuIe, STAGE you Yourself advance for its
Justification, the calamity of Lavale:te,
which you look upon as dishonor to the
Cause OF liber,y and humanity : These
two words, liberty and hu,nani,v, become
the proof of my explanation. T. fsct, the
word liberty, when we'll understood, ex-
presses respect for the laws AVID for Justice.
The laws were outraged by the violation
OF the treaty, and it was then reasonable to
regard this as the cause OF liberty and HUI
man'ty. The phras thst I allow, Come
N aid OF the BUSINESS OF this Interpretation,
SIN n them / expr, IS the wish that
England may escape the shame of part ci-
patng anew III an asSassiu alton, and hat
every honest and Independent man in Eu-
rope, may have an opportunity of rejoicing
IA these times Of mourning and gnominy
II was mot necessary for me to detail the
various sentiments VIII ch animated me.
following the order in which they present.
ed themselves 10 my mind wish only
To draw general picture, and there is a
great dis incticn to be made between the
precision winch belongs essentially tn
letter addressed conhde tally To an enligh-
tened friend, and tie full Developments
which one destined Tor lhe public inspection
ought to possess.
Must not the expressions which YOU
employ to designate those who acted hy
order OF the government, and the hatred
whish YOU disclose in the manner of des-
CRIB ng the government Itself, excite be.
lief that the escape of Lavalette was not
your principal object, but simply means
ths commencement Of the execution of
PROJECT very extensive ; OF n plt previ-
ously formed and arranged, to destroy or
to change the governmt IT, or the order of
the succession to the throne The ex-
preSsicns which used, were caused by the
viRdct've spirit which ] had remarked in
the prosecutions directed against marshal
Ney & NJ. Lavalette-pcrsecut which
always appeared to me an outrage on the
honor and good faith OF the English nation,
identified with the convention Of Paris. /
never meant to point out particularly eth
cr the agents OF the government or any o.
ther persons rs chargeable with the perse-
cutions a which revolted but | meant
to speak generally to all those whom flu
,ious, or 1T least excessive zeal, led to call
out fer blood, & to oppose the wish which
bad, to the knowledge of every body, pro-
ceeded from the kings heart, 70 exercise
elemency towards NJ. Lavalette.
How cany you escape the strong presump-
ton which arises against you, OF having
wished to destroy or change the govern
ment !--you have. Yourself, furnished us
with this reasoning, and you, in the letter
IN question, do not dssenible. that the facts
which you rec:te, may render you Liable to
the suspicion OF conspring clande stinely-a
suspicion which you announce the intention
OF preventing, by communicating to the
duke what you have done 1T has always
been my avowed and acknowledged policy
to leave. every nation independent, and not
to intermeddle in the affairs of their gov
ernment; but behold with pain, the En-
gi!sh government offer TO sacrifice the En-
glIsI constitution, IN order to connect itself
with French politics j should have seen
with pleasure the cessation of that cOnnec-
ton. never entered into aDy plot or as
sociation against the French government
confined myself to confiding to the bosom
or friendship, the thoughts and wishes with
which circumstances inspired me this is
a right born with an Englishman, &c which
no man can deny to him while he simply
exercises it, and does not accompany II
with any act prejudicial to government.
Inc duke who is mentioned in the passaes
that has been quoted to me, is the duke of
YORK, the prince regents brother, and
commander in chief Of the forces. The
wish which / announce of communicat ag
to him what l had done, and in order to
banish all suspicion of a clandestine conspi-
racy, is the best proof I can bring of the
parity of my intentions.
Did not one of your friends, in an answer
which he addressed to you, Communicate
to you his doubts as to the nation being
strongly disncllned to the Bourbons and
dId he not appear IN CONSERVATION at the
want OF proof Of discomfort in this respect
j his question has been discussed in Eng
land since the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the
Bourbons, and it is there discussed stili :
but you must shew me the letter OF which
you speak, IN order to put it in my power
70 eater into greater detail.
The exhibition Of this letter can be Of
M consequence 20 you NY object at this
moment in reminding you of the answer.
is TO point out to you the presumed. or ra-
Their evident meaning of the letter which
had called forth the answer, and to draw
this inference palpable to the eyes of un-
prejudiced persons, that your opinions ac-
corded with those ct your Correspondent,
although the latter were In oppnsrlon ~ |
those ctyour government those of France.
and, l WI ada, those ofevery friend Of the |
repose and happiness of natlons--I protest |
against all responsibility for the letters of |
men born tree like myself I'd, DENY this |
nduc tive iOYC, in fact if the merge, .,,b.