Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-26
,,,raes SINGULAR DISCLOSURE.


or VI ..H
We British TraUeAsr,) have been
svo,ed with a copy OF a letter addressed
90 the King of France by a CheValier
IA s.. Louis, enclosing the cross of his
order, and giving an explanation Of his
sno,;yes TO return il. No printer IN
Pans would venture to print, nor any
hookselier to publish this piece; it has
therefore been printed at Brussels, and
!. sIandestineiy circulated at Paris
IRE following lisa hasty translation
"sirs.-Itisr the dnty ofevery citizen,
under a representative government, to
MORN the Prince of those dangers in.
20 which the agents of power ars plupg.
inc the stale. Kings can do ~ wrong /;
hui they may nave evil councillors it
- therefore important for them and for
~,bsircOuntry, that the gulf which yawns
b,fors them should be uncovered in
their sight. l come, therefore, fully
;mors.sed with the s-nse OF my duty
20 Weld to .bs di.ates of my conscience.
:ln January, 1915, the Count de Gu.
:, me friend Of my whole life, being
,Ou, nted by your Majesty to the go
cernment of the royal castle of Pau,
\ minated me, as the Governors under
the old reg,me possessed the right OF
DOM, t. sle adjutancy of that castle.
which appointment, with Its emolu.
ments. | nave TO this moment ever since
enjoyed. also hold of your bounty.
Sire, the Cr of st. Louis, which |
had earnsi ~ live aad-twenty years of
b,ooraoGs .eryiae, Unable to preserve
0,eaee. | nave but one means, Sire, of
re4aning the throne from my happy Oh
scuritv. /, l.. ataio.ing- i Is painful
bu. the country calls, and l obey
SIC, resign my appointment of knight
OF 81 nouis--l resign my breves az AID.
iu,su, Of the Royal Castle OF Pau.
"Belisvs me, Sire, the motives have
been weighty which have led me to SO
harsh an extreme. | never have been
capable of traiIieking with my duty, and
honor forbids HE now to adhere to ties
which nv opinions disciaim, and to sus-
tain the weigh of an oath which am
no ION gee willing to observe. Yes,
Sire, | feel that | can no longer with
honor comply wi h my oaths-and, yet
so greats is my fidelity. so powerful is
Iny love for France, that in defiance Of
the danger which threatens, | purpose,
in what .oilows, to discharge the obii-
CATION sxacted of the knights of st.
Lprs
sire, you returned in 1914, promi-
sing liberty. Ii is but just to say, you
granted US the chatter; but for some
years past, successive administrations
seem to have made it their business to
falsify your promises. The step which
l have taken now | have contemplated
since inc year 1920, when ayailing
themselves VI an isolated crime as a
pre-ex,s action succeeded in over.
turning the palladium ofpublic liberty,
b. %ies'roying that fundamental institu-
ton, the law of elections. At that time,
however, there was still some hope left.
sire. none now remains, but by the act
of YOUR sovereign will None remains
now. when we hear the doctrines ofab.
power proclaimed loudly and 10
al places. Now, when n of the three
great powers has been Vioiated--now
wlen by a war undertaken against a
cons i:utioral Government, we are left
10 foresss what may be the fate of the
French constitution.
Sire, there will not be wanting
those who will think this language au.
dacious they will even call it sedition.
But ask them if they have discharged
like me their debt to the throne and to
their countryP Leaving, in 1912, the
naval service, in which l had passed IL
years Of my life, l was, in 1878, ap-
pointed captain of the first regiment Of
the 'gardes d'honneur.' The great ar
my Of Napoleon had been destroyed by
the frost of Russia, did not think it
became . French soldier to waste his
time 10 idIeness. AS a soldier, ! ad.
mlred Napoleon; as a citizen he was
the object of my hate. / detsssed him az
] deIes'ed all despots. At this period
an offer was made me TO serve my coun-
try otherwise than in the field, l was
Invited 10 Joio a secret society, the OBJ
JeeI OF which wal to dethrone the En-.
peror, aud to ~re-establjsh liberty
THUS the War would have been ended
without the necessity of ~deluging new
plains with the blood of Frenchmen,
and free institutions would have conso.
Led the country for all its mi%sfortunes.
sentin my resignation Of the commits
siOn which | held as chef d'escadroD,
and freed from all obligation, l became
a member of This society, which ha d
osen established on the principle Of the
Iassnd Band Of Germany. In the
oeslnn'ng OF 1911, it was resolved, that
IN order to put an end to the revolu-