Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-09
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lFT0Hl III. SarTdIS' "LAFAYErTE,' Sci
LETTER FRoI CoUNT SURvILLIERs DosrpH Buo.
NAPARTE) TO GENERAL LAFAYETTE.
MY DEAR GENERAL-Gen Lallcmand, who will
deliver this letter, viii recall me 20 YOUR recollection
lie will tell you with what enthusiasm the population or
TINS country Goth American and French) received the
news oil the glorious events Of which Paris has been the
heatre. The Americans were also glad TO see the ui-
colored nag Displayed in their theatres. Did | not see At
the head of affairs a name with which mine never can
accord, should he with you wholly and entirely, and as
soon as General Charles Lallemand?-You will recolIoct
jhc conversations we had in this free and hospi,able CON-.
try. My sentiments and opinions are as unchangcable az
yours ana NOSE oil my idmily arc Cery thing J0r the
French people. Without doubt, | cannot forget that NV
nephew Napoleon H., was proclaimed by the Chamber.
when, ~ 1919, was dissolved by Foreign bayonets. and
also by the army which was dispersed on the banks of The
LORE according to the wish OF that family whom foreign
ers imposed upon France, and on whom France 10,
al last done Justice, "a, in 1915, it did Justice on
itsell, in quitting the country to take refuge urder
the cannon Of the coalition. l shall never be so
base as to abandon what / am bound to love: hut
faithful to the motto of my fniIy-Ereyu Mine By
France, anil Jor France, 1 wish to fulfil INV duiy 10.
wards her; and see in the 5000, 900 of votes which wore
gwen Tor us, only obligations towards the country, which
are greater Tor me than any other Frenchman. You
Snow my opinions, which have long been declared. In
diViduaIs and iantlif =, in their relations with nations, can
only have duties 10 perform; the latter have RIGHTS to OK.
crcise-they owe justice TO al.
IL The French nation should call TO the aid of its affairs
the most obscure family, | think we are hound n sub,,i,
70 ITS viii wholly and entirely; but the nation alone has
the right Of destroying its own work. Govcrnmcn,, Toi" az
necdtll Tor nations, the individuals who conpose cavern
mems ought, doubtless, 10 be subordinate TO the wants nj
the people clearly expressed. 1 should have come nv
TN't ~" 'NflFN- lit~t ttlllCUis, had considered my
presence u-ein'-had The arbitrary law, dictated hy the
foreigner, and approvedby The family imposed ON our coun.
i,ry' 10 ncutratize It's Just influence on the affairs Of Europe.
9sch abolished by the authorities whom necessity gave to
France after the events of the three daysof July.
/ ask, then, The abolition ofHiat ~ar5ifrarv lar ,,bici
closes FrnHce against mn (a7uIy. which has o,cnoJ
France 10 AL The FrcnciGlen whom The Rcvolnfnn hal
expelled. ! protest agaH>tcvcry election made by private
corporations and bodies, which have not obtained from the
nation those powers which il alone is entitled 10 live. and
] declare, under all these circumstances, that am ready
to conform to the national will legally expressed. whatever
that VIII may he, regarding every sacrifice which the
WeHaFe 0I the country Imposes as a tribute which she has
a right TO relIire OF her children, and a happiness for
them 10 perform.
The vessel which conveys General Charles Lauemand
being on The point Of sailing, / have barely fine TO write
these lines. address them 10 you, because. Of al the
Frenclmcn who have taken part in lhe recent strucoI.
which existed by The force Of ciTcumslanccs between fne
nation 0ul Il goycrnmcnto of reiguers, YOU are IN. ncrson
who has seen. nae and conycrscd with me here, who knows
my whole mind, and whose similarity Of political opinion,
10 your character.
/ have begged NJ 70 express my wish 10 YOU, and
l beg that You, General, will express to the iIlusirious c-
tizcnf, who, with you, hive assisted in raising 10 The ma.
uonal color7, my sentiments, which you.havc had the OPP
portunity OF asccraiuing here. and which. i'm ali possiLic
pie, ""'"9 j" me f'e"'" Pe0
The Emperor, my brother, when dying on the rock Of
81 Helena, dictated 10 General Bertrand a letter to nc, in
which he recommended his son 10 inc. and babe an oter.
nai farewell. This letter terminates thus. L" Inpress I'M
ceasinEly on my son hat he H., before all hinos. - French.
m,ani Yet nm ,'ke Cor hts device, Iouf pour lie pe,gic
Frnncaisc.' ] have fulGllcd as rr as law i'm nav ,,,vcr
ne dniy which uiH sentiment imposed on me. knew
mat his soniF a7 much d Frcuchuan as You and T.. in de-
spite of fortunes amt TboDc that The moment is ngI fr,
dtSfo"t rie1 ne may bco mefo restore 10 france a Doy.
Inn ot trbot me an orc her.
Adteu, my dear General my letter su0irienuv nr,ycs
that ! render Justice 10 The sentiments Won cvincoJ t. ,o
d"n9g inc tn,"1ph'I Jonruey which you made in that ma
uon ~ which havc lived for fifteen years. IHberf0 IL
not a mere chimcro; his " blessing which a wise and 1,o.
ieraie nation may cnioy whom 10 will BY way Of ,rc.
caution ! .inl a d"gIr,te Of ui' letter. The Gr.t copy
He pleased 10 1cccpt, my dear General, every exores.