The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-02-14
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LETTER FROM MARSHAL MONCEY,
20 Louis 1VIIL on his refusal 10 sir or,
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shtt'eu 70 Que VINO mas never devloted from
the path OF honor, to call the attention OF HE
sovereign to the dangers that menace his
person and his Kingdom Yes, sire, nothing
less than The Imminent dangers of the state,
would allow me to express myself to you
with the frankness which you ought to ex.
peri FROM all your faithful subjects, and es-
pecialIy from your msrshals--from those who
dared to uplih their voice, on the mos, diff.
cult occasions, when the absolute will aud
blind ambition Of . master were every thing,
and the councils Of wisdom and prudence
were nothing. -.
+ believed, that after my letter Of yesterday
TO the minister Of war, he would have Judged
sufficient the reason which gave for refusing
10 sit in a court-mariial where l could not
preside. find myself mistaken, as he has
transmitted me positive order from your
majesty on tho subject.
Placed In the cruel dilemma Of offending
your majesty or of disobeying the dictate Of
my conscience, it becomes my duty 10 ex.
plain myself to your majesty.
i enter not into the enquiry whether mar
shall Ney is guilty or innocent-Your justice
and the equity OF his judges will answer il to
posierity, which weighs in the same balance
kings aud their subjects. But the subject
on which cannot be silent, and on which |
must speak distinctly to your majesty, is the
critical position into which you are rushing.
Alas has not enough Of French blood been
shed Are not our misfortunes sufficiently
great The humiliation OF France, is il not
pushed 10 the last extreme And when il is
necessary TO rectIfy, 10 soften, 10 calm, il is
then you are required to sign new proscrip-
tions Oh sire il those who direct your
councils had only in view your good they
would tell you that never did the scaffold
make friends. Do you then believe thai
death is terrible for those who have SO often
braved il F! Is it the allies who require OF
France ss's''ss's's. But, sire, is there no
danger for your person and your august dy-
nasty from them They entered the country
as your allies, and what title do they merit
from the people of Aisace, Of Lorraine, and
OF the capital They have demanded the
price of their friendship; they have requir-
I'd securities from those they came 10 dcliv-
- ;they have required the Inhabitants Of the
countries they occupy to deliver up their
arms and IN two thirds of the kingdom
there remains not even single fowling piece.
They have required that the French army
should be disbauded and there remains not
. single man at his colors not single piece
Of cannon is harnessed. They have deman-
ded the delivery Of our fortresses, and il
some of them sill hold out, II is because
their commanders cannot believe your ma
jesty has ordered their surrender. So much
condcscension ough, surely 10 have soitened
their passions. but, no they wish TO rcn.
der your majesty odious TO your subjeots;thcy
wish TO guarc against every possible danger
by striking off the heads oT those soldiers and
statesmen whose names they cannot hear with.
DOT being reminded of their own humiliation.
Let then a French general be allowed to
say in the face Of Europe, that If our armies
have overrun the neighboring countries, they
purchased their conquests with their valor
aod blood. Let your majesty ccnslder-will
the allies ever forgive their copquerers! IL is
their shame and humiliation they wish TO ef.
face, and not to strengthen your throne, which
is more shaken by their ou.rages than estsb-
lnbsd by their''veDgeance But when you
Eave given up every thing, what can you re.
fuse II the fate of Poland is to be ours, what
means Of resistance have you left Your ar
mics !--You have none Your fortresscs
they arc In the power Of the allies Your
marshais, your generals, your statesmen =
their heads will have fallen Will you then
resort TO the people--,o that people so much
hamiliated, SO much despised! Is IL those
who formed your councils The recollee-
ton Of the month Of March, 1918, must show
your majesty what you have TO expect from
their zeal and attachment. There remains
then no other resource than reliance upon
the generosity Of your allies and err enemies.
Have you then forgotten that in order to graf
ify the man who occupied your throne, they
refused you, one after another, On asylum 30
their dominions So completely had they
recognized his legitimacy, that 10 their 'rea-
Ties with him, they never thought OF stipulst-
ing even an indie emni,y for you.
Did not England herself negotiate With
him Would she not again have treated with
him at Prague, had hi, pretentions been less
extravsgan, Did not the people OF London
drag tho carriage Of his minister, when you
were not even permitted to appear at court
Was your restoration thought OF when they
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