Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-16

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| their understanding, illuminated at once
my administration under the Republic,
under Napoleon, and under Louis
| XVIII.
| should unwillingly occupy Europe with
| my long and laboriuus administration, II it
were not connected with the knowledge of
the truth. l shall represent facts in order
and unsophisticated; many are unknown,
Others dishgured (; | sh~Il adduce all the
| causes OF our great events -; l have seen
close at hand the secret springs which sat
the passions in motion /; l shsll explain that
| revout on by which France was changed
| from ancient monarchy into republic,
| became then the empire of Napoleon, and
then the kingdom Of the Bon, bons. While
am employed OH this most important
work (for it shall serve as materials for
history I feel it necessary for myself
to believe that it will be regarded
as new proof of my love of my coun-
try.
But, my lord, time flies, and know not
whether things may have not changed be-
| fore my Memoir is ready. Meantime l will
| comply with the wishes of those who ur-
gently desire that would enlghten public
| opinion upon relations which are person
al to me-, and which have been strangely
| dishgured.
Nobody can better do Justice to my sen
timents and principles than your Lordshp.
From the 10 h Of June. the day On which |
| had first the honor of corresponding with
| you. till the moment that | lefr Paris, my
| whole political conduct lies open before
| your eyes. l know, my lord, that you OH
| all occasions, solemniy and completely do
me the justice which invoke It is for that
very reason that l take the liberty of adj
| dressing to you the account mean to give,
| that you may find i'll it new arms for my
| defence. am by no means afraid of ia
| creasing your Claims TO my gratitude
feel that my heart is rich enough to satisfy
| them.
| Inc circumstances respecting which in
| formation is oes;red, relate, Isl, to tue re-
turn OF the King : ID. to my acceptance of
| the Ministry of the Police Sd, to the ort,i-
nance OF the Gath of Juiy and 4th. 10 my
mission to Dresden, and the circumstances
VIII CHI prevented me from entering into the
Chamber of Deputies.
l was president OF the French Govern
| ment when the armies of the Allied Pow
crs were advancing against Paris. Napo-
leon had abdicated, but was still at the
| Elysee, and desired to be as General at the
head of the Preach Army. This offer
could not be accepted; eleven hundred
thousand foreign bayonets had penetrated
OIL all sides into our territory, and we had
not an hundred thousand men under
| arms. The retreat of the army was there
| tore resolved upon, and Napoleon invited
| to leave Malmaison, to which he had re-
| tired, to embark for the United States
| He might misinterpret my urgent repre-
sensations to this end in adversely the
soul is easily accessible to suspicion but l
am at least certain of having deserved
none. had not served him like the cour-
tiers, nor did l follow their example bv
aoanconing him with his gsod fortune.-
| Nobody appreciated more than | did the
power OF his genius, but at the same time
nobody was more convinced that his pre-
sencc must plunge France into the lowest
abyss of misery.
therefore conjured him to leave the
Continent. The French army, mindful of
It's glory, did not Count its enemies, but
burnt with impatience to measure itself
with them only those who, like you, my
Lord, are acquainted with its va,our, know
how TO appreciate the merit OF resignation
which is showed in the retreat.
! In the fearful crisis in which we were.
it was difficult to take part without ex-
Citing suspicion. In France people were
much divided on ths choice of the Mo
march who should succeed Napoleon it
was feared that re-action and vengeance
might follow the return of the Bourbons.
People could not persuade themselves that
dynasty, which had suffered so much by
the revolution, could sincerely forgive it
the evils that were feared might be
Imaginary ; but these are precisely the
most dangerous, because they have no
limits, and here are no remedies for
| them.
| Ali those who, during the last % years,
| mad acquired IN the civil or military Ca
reer, consideration, property and reputa>
ton, beheld in the recall OF the Bourbons A
subject of cruel aud gloomy approximations
one party desiring foreign Prince who
would more impartally confirm what was
established another declared for the Re
gency but Regency that should have
| governed IN the name of the wife and son
OF Napoleon would have given too much
credit to the idea that Napoleon himself
! governed this thought exposed France
and Europe to reciprocal apprehensicns.
| A part of France named the Duke If Or
leans the personal qualities OF this Prince,
! the remembrance OF Jcmappe, ana some
| other Of the victories Of the Republic with
which his early youth was connected, an
| entirely new social compact which it was
| natural and Easy 20 conclude with bin, aad
| his name of 3 urb0p, which could NOT be
| pronounced in the interior, and yet might be
! advantsgeousy employed in tie negocia-
! lions with the foreigDe s--these and other
! ca,,cpe sh,uysd IN tis chez, IS l,t,.. ., -.