Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-04-27

"To MONS. noNAPARTB, THE FIRST CON-
SUI.
From The dungeon Of the Temple.
Veutose 10Th, Year XII, March 1901.
"SlR-
s'Slnes your ambition requires more vice
eims strike bus do no, calumniate those you
butcher. Wade in the blood of innocence,
bnt spare honour in taking away life.
elf you expect from me the snppliant's
petition, read no farther In this dungeon,
where your tyranny has plunged me, | am
mcr. elevated than you on your usurped
throne. So say all just men of my contem.
porarIes. and futur re ages will confirm she
sentence. No SIR, 90 the borders of eternity,
l call upon you 10 account for your treason
against my country and EnYself. Do you re-
member our mutual agreement of the 9th of
November, 1893? Talicyracd, Sieyes, land
lie Febvre were preseRt-i promised to die
by Your side 10 the attempt OF reInoving the
direct orial ,yra0is- You swore to establish
q government cot depending upon the life Of
one individual--Rot tyranicai; but firm, stable
and liberal; bes,owing freedom on French.
men, and worthy to obtain, by gratitude from
Foreign nations, that confidence and esteem
which your predecessors and yourself have
commanded By the dread of your bayouets.-
When shortly afterwards went &c head ar
mics, di.organized and defeated, your last
words were: f'i know your love of your
coontry; be victorious, and France shall
force adtniratiru, even from her rivals and
fees. By the liberty she enjoys at home, and
by fine generosity of her external nsgo cha.
lions ~ How have you fulfilled these great
promises? How have you respected these
oaths? In my degraded country l see no.
ching bot cFinging slaves and proud tyrants
hase placement and infamou, spies. Every
where in Europe, from Sicily to Moscow,
Yourself and year government alike fear
ed and de;ested. Deny tnese facts If you
can Yoa have long followed The example
Of Sylls, the triumvir; initiate for mo0th
only Sylla, the private citizen, aud 700 shall
he convinced that the compliments of selfish
End enSIaye1 prince,. prove no more the stan
dart of merit in governor, than the fat
terry Of vile eourtiers, or the praise Of cor.
Tupted couoselIers.
I" But as this will probably be the last time
that you will hear from me, consider what
] 5oG tell you, not az che envions cecIsma.
<ion Of an imprisoned rival general, but as
the genuioe nffusion Of the mind of diving
patriot, who forgive0 hi, death aod your in.
gratitude. You pretend that my cOuntrymen
are happy and satisfied with your govern.
mentl Let it be so, though slaves can
have noopiDion, oT at least dare not express
One Il you love FrenchmeO let aci their
happiness depend opouyour life.
You have too much sense nat 10 know
that with you the consulate for life will ex-
pire in the Bonaparte family-and other pre-
tenders of other upsiaFt families combat for,
aonihilste, or occupy consular throne Of
only sumo few years standing. As to Your
right Of appointing successor in your will,
remember that Louis XIV the roysldesceri.
daDt Of fifty kings, was, after reign Of up
wsTds nf ihree score years, not FIVE minutes
corpse before his will was overfGrned-a
will aporoyed ty the princes Of The blood, re-
gisteTs1 in his psriement, aud sppIauded BY
ell bis cOGrtiers- aud fhst the duke Of Maine
PVss shut up as p'isoneF when he expected
to role as a regent.
"'Po ,.reyent our children and erandchij-
hrehfrom Suffering the wretche6ness OF their
soreiaihegs, by times tormentei by anarchy
or crushed by iyranny-and from witnessing
ihose 'csSes Of horror, ierror and scandal,
we have speB--recal the legal beir to the
throne Of France, and limit seveTally fis 40
thoriiy; u1ske him king, bat not desgos 4
Such was ,he plan Of Pichegru, Of nysslF. 4
and OF Gerrges-aBd with this plan your pre-.
seTvsiioD vas necessarily connected. because
we wanted your fortune, your talents. and
your rank, 10 well as cur own services. To
watch nyer foreigner, who. though raisior-
tunes nsy have made him prudent, suffsrings
liberal, end gratitude just. may, by relatives
less patriotic 'ban himself, be tempted to eys
TEND his power.
81 dsy.ycuy Grand Jqdge and his horde
OF spies TO prove any thing CONTRARY TO thi,
assertion. Ny wife. my mother in law, and
brother know nothing Of thi, loyal updsrts.
King should regard the day my death
with greater sstrsfsetion than those Of INV
eFiumphs, coui5 hot hope that il served n
make my eouutfy 6ourishrng, my fellow citi-
zsns free. and prosperous, srd worthy Of LID,
Friy and prosperity MOREAU.0