Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-02-07
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LETTER FROM MARSHAL money,

TO Louis XIII on MS r:frsai 10 SIT on he Z
Cane -Ertiat for tie brai gf marsd,l My
Sirc--Wiu yo,,r majesty permit me 10 raise nv
feeble voice to you Willit be l,ermieet,,o one
who has never deviaie.l from she pad, og homer.
70 call the attention ofhis severe IN TO the dan
gers that menace his person and his kingdom /,
Yes, sire, nothing 'sss than he ;mnsrent Dangers
OF the state. would allow me 10 express myself
TO YOU with the frankness which, YOU ousht 10
expect from alt Your f,itlif,i s,,biects aud cs-
peclally from Your smsrshaIs-- from those who
dared to uplift their voice. on tic nst ifscult
occasions, when the absolute VIII and blind am.
bition o. master We're every thing, aud flc co,s.
sells of wisdom and prudence were nnthinr
believe, that after my letter ofsesieyIsy to
the minister of war, he would ltave i,d,ret sun
Gent the'reasons whclI g.ive for refusing to sit
IN court-martinlwtere could mo- preside. l
ind myself mistaken, as he has tr.,,sn,tte iac !,
ject.
Placed in the cruel dilemma of offending. vosii
majesty orof disobeying the dictate of my con.
science, it bccomesmy duty 10 explain myself TO
your majesty.
| enter not into the enquiry whether marshal
Ney is guIltyo or innocen;--Your Justice and the
equity of his judges VIII answer il 10 posterity,
wnic', weighs ~ the same balance kings and their
subjects But the subjects ON which cannot be
silent, and on which must speak distinctly 10
your msjesty, is the critical position into which
You ave rushing. Alas las not enough ofFrencEi
oiood been shed Are not our misfortunes sufii.
GENTLY great Tue iiuiniisition of France. is IL
not pushed TO the last extreme and when it is
necessary 10 rectliy, to soften TO calm il is then,
YOU, are required 10 sigrIney prescriptions oh
sire ifthose v;hodrect your councils had only
IN ylew your good, they would tell YOU that ncv ei.
did the scaifold make friends--Do thew then be.
levs that death is terrible for those who have so
OF. en brayed it Is il the allies whu require of
france 'tsfssss'-*@. bat, sire. IS there M
danger for your person and your august DYNASTY
from them They entered lie country as yo,lr
allies, and what title 10 they from the peo-
pie or Aisace. of Lorraine, and of the capital /?
ihey have demanded the price of ther friendship:
they have required securities from those the,
came to deliver; they have required the inhabi-
tanis OF the countries they occupy to deliver up
Their arms: and in two thirds of the kingdom,
mere remains not even n single fowlinr p,ece
They have required that the French army shot,ld
be dsbanded and there remains not n single
man at his colours not single piece of cannon
is harnessed. They have demanded the delivery
OF our fortresses, and it some of them still hold
out 1t is because their commandments cannot be.
l;sve your majesty has ordered their surrender
SO much cOndescension ought surely to have soft
ehed Their passions But, no they wish TO rem
der your majesty odious to your subjects they
wish 10 guard against every possible danger by
striking OFT the head OF tbogc soldiers and states
men whose names they cannot hear without be.
ing reminded OF their own humiliation
Let then a French general be allowed TO saw in
the face ofyEtirope thlt if our armies have over.
run the neighboring countries, they purchased
their conquests with their valor and blood LET
your majesty consider-Will the allies ever for.
give their conquerors 1t is their shame and
which they wish TO efface and not to
strengthen your throne, which is more shaken
by their oulrages than established by their ven.
Seance nut wien you have given up every
thmg, what can YOU refuse If the fate of Pol5nd
IS 10 De ours, what means of resistance have YOU
lett Your armies ?-you have none Your for
tresses '--they are in he power of the allies
Your marshsls, Your generals, your statesmen ,
liner heads will have fallen VIII YOU then
resort to the Psopie--to that people so much h,,-
so much deSpsed Il il those vic
formed your cSuncils : The recolIecspn of The
month OF March, 1915, must shew your maiestv
what you have TO expect from their zeal and at
-schInent.-Ihere remains then TO other resource
nan reliance upon the generosity of your ALI es
ma our enemies. Have you then forgotten ihat
y order 10 crafty the man who occupied your
'hrohe, they refused You enc after another an asy
nm ~ uelr domnons SO completely had tIiey
'ecoSnized his leg itmgcy that in their trAat;c.
with INN In yneyer thought OF stjpulatinp even
VI indemnity ior you Did not England herself
ieGoclste with HIM Would Size not aga.n have
feated with him at Prague, had his t,retensious
'eeh less extrayagant Did not the peoule of
ohdon drag the carriage Of his minister. wbei
'ou were nor even permitted to sppc.r at court,
Was your restoration thought Of when they NE.
Souated at Claterey Had it not been Cor The |
lostile Occupation of ssdeaux, md the lovaltv
BY the people of iint civ. treatv |
Would liavs been signed with NAPOLEON, still
more recently. at the Congress If Vienna. was
our maIests's minister able to obtain n eetiaran-
&c Tor ,ieIntegrity ofOur terr;orv Oh with
he man Of islba many have lad cofrespondenc,es
nd Intelligence in France but who were the,,
bat wentio seeA or him who told Tie F,nselist |
ieet to suffer hi, to pass Has The admiral who
vas entrusted with the superntehience of thu
sland been prosecuted Had not the king ~
'russa 10000 men near cur frontiers who might |
AVE marched upon Paris and reached II he fire |
Napoleon Are not the Prussian cannon sl,iIv
naced M Battery before your place aad pointed
galnst your residence And vet you can reiy on
ne generosity ofyour allies And yet unders,icl,
rcumstancesyou require ne 20 take inv seat IN |
tribunal where shall perhaps figure IN nv t,ir,,
'ot Is Judge, but as prIaoaerst the bar ID a r
iot lead the FfenclI aTTnyin 1874 70 tle borders
u The EDro Even now the pOignartls of t,ose
yhS strtck Brane, and tssse, and so Ii:ifv o.he.
,lttter before my eyes, ard sIlali IN nv o,gt,
,crson sanction = judicial murder AlIno while
here remains 10 my unhappy eountry only q slia
low OF existence, shalt associate hiy name with
liat OF her oppressors No. sire YOU .our,eIf
,annotbui approve my RESOLUTION What shall
. years Of glorious lal,ors be sttlsd IN a SINGLE
lay Shall my locks blcactaf, ttitl tl,f. ILL.,.