Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-15
EXTRACT.


Fferon thou belie"est that thy crimes
will he Forgotten, while eve retrace the acts
OF vengeance '"hicl! they have occasion
ed wretch these rrciials accuse thee f!
thy crimes have produced this horrible re
action of which thou hast chosen 10 be
the historian. and of which, after fl,c 9th
ihormldor. thou vert the chief insiiaator.
But fcrihce, tie olive, which embeliish-
es The climate, in which first saw the
light. would never have ceased 10 he the
symbol Of peace Pleasure aud liappi-
ness might now repose under our vine
arhours; the echos should ring as for
merly with the song OF The Troubadours ::
ana the sportlVe dance, TO the sound of
the tambarine, should still make orr or
apge groves the residence of love aud inv.
BW thor hast hanisiIed gsiety from Pro-
nee thy mlirdProus hand has sprrad
over iIe beautiful banks of the Aicditer
rapeau, the funereal Grape which shrouis
them.
At every step which advanced in the
South, have found traces of the blood
That thou hast caused To be shed. Even
the stones give evidence of Inv cruelty
and wherever find crime, find Frerop.
enter MarseIlIes, visit the ancient edi
iice of The AconlcS, and ind lis towers
beat down. | ask, If they have been struck
by lightning from heaven mol i, was
Frcron. turn my steps 10 the Quarter
of 81 Ferrol; | wish to see The iemple
whirh embeliished the CITY, and finding
nothing but ruins, ask what hand has
prosiraicd these columns: the answer ,s
that OF Freron ! lonk out for Ue hall OF
music, and find II no more What s agdai.
exclaimed, has caused this asylum of The
arts to disappear Thev answer d me il
was Freron! Arrived before the Exchange.
wish again to admire the chef d'pnvrcs
ct Puget: an artist standing hv, said.
Freron has destroyed item.
When surrounded hy petitioners. who
VIII tears idmented tleir parents, their
friends. ! asked What lyranf he'd ordered
Tie death OF their relations, and the de-
SlTuctiou ot then property : al answered,
u was trfron.. some times, after having
spent lie whole day in wipjur away The
tears OF HE wTetchei, ] have laid down.
overwhelmed wills grief in the midst of
darkness and cf sleep, Ibis tersible name
sounded in my ears One night tl,ourh,
J saw The spectre Of crime itself Wander
ing IN the midst of Scaffnlds. ruins. pris-
0us, graves: the spectre seemed TO say
lam Freron.
Arrived ION The 9TH PraireaI, in the 81
year. al MarseiIles, whcu Ihcv were mnr-
derlng the prisoners Of fot1 ST. JOHN. f)v
10 TIC deicrce Of iiiosc, who might vet be
saved, and ask WHO are your a.sassins 2
be answer is, they are the Young men of
freron who massacre ns to-day. a. we for
nerly have inaSsacrcd others by tlie order
Of Freron
saw tive wretclled victims Of The 3Iei
May, when they reached tlc shore. I
Wished 10 know what persecution had
forced them 80 abandon their cnuntrv
They pronounce Tive name Of Freron Tn.
on The ruins Ola mountain raiScd hy lIo
hand Of man. nave seen an altar red
with human blood ! tbonght Tia, here
they adhered the God Of nv fathers. and
that this blood WAS the emblem of thai
which flowed 10 save mankind. No. tl,cv
said 10 this plsce new divinity Was
adored, brought 10 Us BY Freron: II was
the god, Narai. The blood which fhon
DO not recollect the event which isstife.
this eXp!es ion IS az }rerou. n was Dubois
Jrsuce who ordered the inhabitants Of ISon,
Who came mt wlihoivc brsurhcs fn their hand,
o meet ni, > my, TO be sll i5ni thsv eve
ali alike iigefs, whose THIRST alter human
blood was uuappe3 sable