Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-11-16
From the Bridgeport Comm Courier.
GEN. La F.AVEfTE.


To the ppliieaoss Of gentleman o.
this borough, Woo has tra.eilsd much
10 European countries, we are indebted
for the loan Of scarce and very interest
Ing volume, con aiming sketches the
pubic career u taa several disln.uish.
ed individuals 0i.3i com 5oss3 the Csbi-
net Council OF dis t4fe '7talesy. G OF &c
III. daring The period OF tins Fox sdmi-
Disratlon. From The memoir u tire
Pight Honorable General Fit.35rick,
We made the following extracts ifom
speech delivered by. thu genileman in
behalf OF The Marquis De La Fayelte,
his wife and two daughters, who were
then suffering al The horrors Of ncarce.
ration-as exhibiting noble and gene
roas sympathy fog the misfortnnes of
tina, llustrious family, which could hard.
ly be sxpec ed to subsisi between those
who for almost centuries have been con-
sldcred active rivals ilnot inveterate enc.
mrs. This book, il is believed, has
never been republfshcd IN this country
os course, what follows will add sorae-
thlag 10 the stock OF good news of that
great and good man who is now the
Gu II Of our Na'lon.
Gen.ra Richard Fitzpatrick was a,
that time Secretary al War, and a Mem
Der OF Parliament from the borough Of
Tavistock, and his speech is said to be
tone of'he most eloquent appeals TO the
feelings oi the House that ever was
heard. Mr.. Shetidan, IN rising to Sc
cond the motion of the honorable speak.
err. SAID he would not risk the chance of
zveQeening the fmhre8Si0n whica had
been made by any additional remarks
MIR PIT was lavish Of his pr U.s. and
allowed that more pathetic ap zeal
was never made; and admitted that II
WAS irresisti6te." The motion, howev-
or, was rejected, ON he gropod 81 the
Improperly Of their interference with
foreign power. "--Gen. Fitzpatrick's
no Ion was
"That an humble address be present.
"ed to his Majesty, to presen - MS Ma
"jesty, that it appears TO this House, that
"the dctention OF Gen. La fape,te, b.
"reau De Pusy, and Lau,our Maubourg
sin the prison Of his Majesty's A lly, Toe
Emperor OF Germany, is highly inlu-
"rious to his Imperial Majesty, and
"humbly implore his Majesty to inter-
"cede in their behalf"
This motion was prefaced by the
speech from which the following ex-
tracts are taken.
II | am speaking in an assembly Of
F.pstishmen, nave no fear, that wha,
an proceeding TO state, will not sutii-
cieniiy engage their attention. The un-
fortunate person OF whom have been
speaking, To compensate, perhaps to ena-
ble him 10 bear the severe lot he has
been doomed 10 suffer, is the husband
OF a woman, whose name will be re-
vered, as long as exalted virtue shall
command respect, or unnerited stHic.
ton snail inspire compassion in the
breast u man--a woman exhibiting in
these days tue example OF another ARIA,
devaling bsrseii to a voluntary partici.
patton OF all the rlgors, baroarlies aud
expressions, Ciaud ius or Nero can
inact up5u her prosecuted husband. Ii
has been SAID, that the age OF chivairy is
gone, that all respect and loyalty 10 sex
have been obiterated in these times.
Never will l suffer TO escape my lips, a
word which may be construed INTO a re.
fec upon the memory Of the unfor-
tuBae princess, whose prosecutions gave
occasion to the Observation: bat surely
his mind must be sInguarly ramed, his
eyes mus, be strangely dazzied by The
splendor OF superior rank and elevated
station, who can SO ieeliugly deplore
the sufferlngs OF the Inflated Queen OF
France, yet contemplate, without pity,
the Affections, surely no less nndeserved,
Of the unhappy wife Of La Fayet,e.
s. This admirable pattern of female he
roism and virtue, providentially escaped
the fangs OF the relentless Roberspierre,
flor ii is the glory OF her husband to
have been equally an object Of hatred to
,yranSs ofall descriptions) had seen her
mother, her sister, together with all the
nearest and dearest relations, dragged to
= miserable death upon the scaHold, on
which, during q whole year, she had
been in the daily expectation Of ending
her own melancholy existence.-She
awaited herself Of the liberty the fall OF
her prosecutor restored to her, TO fly
from the prison Of anarchichaI tyranny,
70 the succor Of her husband, languish-
ing in tho dungeons OF whs. Is called a
regular and legitimate government,