Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-06
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| did. L was impeIed-I dii wrong, of
that there is no doubt. In another part the
| accused said-'' The landing of Bona4
parte appeared TO me extravagant. but at
! Auxonne his agents presented things to me
in quite another point of view. l suffered
| myself to be led away by them to prevent
a civil war, and from the assurance Bona
PaTte had given me, that the foreign pow
| ers accorded with him tiat the Austrian
General Roller had gone to the Isle of Ell
ba, TO announce to him on their Dart
that the Bourbons could reign no more-
that the King of Rome and his mother
would remain as hostages At Vienna until he
had given to France liberal constitution.
he pro lamat'on which is attributed 70
me, and which | did not publish till the
18th, was known since the 18th in Suit.
zerland lie had been sent there b fora-
hand 20 Joseph. This has been nl,v.,,s
the tactics OF Bonapar;e. In the course of
the last Russian campaign, he caused TO
be inserted in the Monieur letter. in
whicn he made me speak of the Russians.
and upon political affairs, in an unbecom-
ing manner. l should not have known of
It had he not said to me the dav after i,
pleasantly, " liGrsAai haze nude uor1
7wfty." He had already said as mich
with respect to prince Eugene" At the
close or this examination, the marshal
SAID" have often be.n tempted to blow
out my brains but have not done Il he
cause wished TO vindicate Inyself. know
have done much wrong, for which good
men viii blame me, l blame myself: bue
| am not q traitor; was drawn on. Had
wish to betray, l should have given
false information to Suchet When he wrote
90 me that ms troops were in a state Of
ferrlenta ten"
The second hohce examination read:
Be ng asked if he did not correspond
with Bonapartr fore his arrival at Ions
lie oau'nier, where he SO soon changed his
resolution. he replied. " Why do you ask
S'ne might say that dyke had broken
was disccEc rted by the bad news whicn
was circulating, and the terror which the
project OF Boule had created. l had lost
my head, l stood in no relation with thines
as they were, I was doubtless wrong in
reading the proclamation, but ] was i'm
Pelied bv circumstances. Count Bertrand
IN his first letter gave him orders: * you
must have Che wrote) 100 pieces Of can
non; 1t YOU want any, have 500 at Gre
noble" There was no mention Of the
KING or of The Bourbons. My first ster-
view with Bonaparte after his ianCi5S was
at AuXerrs. He then told me that he could
nave caused the king and royal family to
De arrested, but that he was sure of p IRIS.
lie told. ms, to prove that the Engl sh were
IN concert with him, that eight da be-
fore his depa ture from the Isle of Eta.
he had been on board ship If war belong
ing to that nation; that gen. Campbell,
the English commiss oner III the island, left
1t the day after, and that In Consequence
ne maze prepaI ations for his own en.b TX
ing lie told me that h S project was GER
tain, ana had been prepared by a long
combination. He spoke to me Of all ,har
had passed at Paris. OF tie dinner a, the
Hotel dc Vile, to which he said the mar
shais nd rot been invited. He told ne
that my VIII had not been invited, which
was not correct; and appeared to be we'll
informed OF every thing. l believe it was
he who infurmed me of the disgrace Of
Souit lie spike much of Soult's system,
winch had placed two LIEUTENANT generals
in each military division, one Of whom cor
responded w!th himself only so that there
Was IN each department one general for
the king, and another for the IN INST r.
1T thls interview he did not Gou fspeak
TO HIM IN the singular person rae but
spoke OF my campaigns, and called me
the brave aiuong the brave = an appel
latlon which he used often to given me-
at the end ct this ex minaton the mar
shall sand, . ] cit Paris with the intention
OF sacrificing my Ike for the king What
did was grcat evil. ! LIST myself; [
would have gene to the United States,
where W sh to remain, for tie h-nor If
my Childr, n"
DISPOSITIONS OF WITNESSES.
NJ. stardy, notary to the marshal.
who on the 7th March carried tie news az
| BonaParte's landing, the same cav Il was
I publish, in the Monitsur, dc posed hat
| narsaal Ney exclaimed, All nv Cod >
7 What misfortune What fiichtFul
/ thing What is to be done How & esis
man to b. opposed" The Prince de Pox
! and the duke de Dura-, declared ,hat AZ
( the marshaPs interview with che king. he
! sad he would set cut with resoiutjon
( to combat Bon part every where. and
/ should &c take HIM alive, would bsi p h,on
back III an iron cage.
| Nl. LamprcauX. count de Ia Jenr9,;ere
/ gave an account Of ths manntr IN which
! marshal Ney, with beat e drum O. sword
/ erect, read to the soldiers the procanati-
! on Of the 14th Of IA rch. The soldiers r,-
I claimcd, Yivc Pcmhereur ~ Nlar.h,l
Ney embraced every person near him
assured thcm that On affair WIS arr nged
more than thtes Hcnths back aud that
| the return Of Ecnapaite was the wish Of
the aray.
The commissioner ord0nnatcur, Fer1ans.
WIS among q oae who refused to serve the
| flrsr,ar sd .,f,f-..t...I a.