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" America owes the success by means oil winch
" they were enabled to throw off. by force Of
" arms, the unjust and tyrannical domination Of
" George III. The eagerness and zeal which
" she displayed in furnishing both men and
" money. was the natural consequence of her
thirst for liberty; but as the Nation, on account
" of the obstacles arising from its form Of Gov
eminent. could then only act by Monarchial
organ, that organ. whatever might have been its
" private motives. performed then good action
" Let the United States of America then be the
" safeguard and the shelter of Louis Capet
"There, far away from the miserics and crimes
"of roval life he will learn, by the constant
"spcctacle Of public prosperity, that the true
"system of Government is not that of kings,
but that of representation.
ain recalling these facts and in making this
proposition, consider myself as a citizen Of
both countries. make this proposition as a
citizen of the American Republic. who feels
"the gratitude that he Owes 10 every Frenchman.
81 make it also as a man, who, though the enc
"my of kings, does not forget that they make
"part of the family of humanity-and to con-
clude. I make it as a citizen of the French
Republic, for regard it as the wsest and most
"politic measure that can be adopted
You will see, perhaps, sir, in this proposition,
the evidence of sentiment different from that
which you find in the letter you have cited
The honor, however, and the disgrace of Payne's
conduct belong to him and to his constituents.
not to the citizens of the United States. He
was the Deputy of Calais-not the Apostle OF
America. The wish expressed in this letter.
4" that the United States shonld be The safeguard
and shelter of Louis XVI was indeed the echo
of the ardent desire of all Americans, and al
though the unkind allusion TO the motives of the
tiny ~ o., thnir Sontin,apt. IL
remembered that the author of it was a member
of that Convention which had but few days
before. in solemn address to the People of the
United States-drawn up b. the Girondn Qua
det-read and adopted on the 22d December
and inserted in the Noniteur of 23d December,
l792-decared: "The United States OF Ameri-
" ca will with difficulty believe it the support
" which the former Court Of France gave them
" in recovering their Independence, was only the
fruit of vile speculation.
You will, sir, upon further examination be-
come convinced, ! believe, that the man whom
you designate as the Apostle Of America"
had nothing in his position or character 10 JUS
tity that title. Permit me to say further, that
no voice of unkindness towards Louis XVI.
ever came from the United States. All that
could be done in his behalf was done. The
sympathy so universally felt for him in America
was shown in the conduct of the Minister Pleni-
f P:! wv AZ .no ci''eu 'o'a.eS 70 'anoc-
e 1911; WI, u'u 'o' 'cs,'a'e 10 com.
ip,o M,i, Nv. o".! ,;s OWL p''.oh"l sa'.l!' 'u'
~ u!' i",'o'e u, w wv 'u'''''''.I W
which Morris roros,u, ,,,i,oj i,i,, VII, ,ho
trial was ooing IN off,,r,s yor,, ,n,do h., bin,
with several memhers Of Tho Conron,;o, 70 so.
cnre tho l;s, nf tho Kin, o,J lii, r,s.a,,, D.,
Amer;c, RoCnro ,ho or',,,s ~ ,lo ,o,h 49,,
Morris was in froonor, cnnsuI,a,;,r r,;,l ion;s
XVI: he bad co,nsailoJ tho KIN 70 mi, p,r;s
and the arrangemon,s for his H;rh, ,,ara oon'
cer,ed at tbc American ieo,ton row,rds tho
end of July. I791. louis XVI denositeJ win
Morris certain private papers and money IA tho
amount of 7is 900 livres tournois. The events
of the 10th August put an end to the plan of
flight, and on that day, NJ. de Monceil, Brcmand,
and others concerned in it, together with the
Count d'Estang, took refuge in the hotel of the
American Legation. "Whether my house will
be a protection to you or to me- said Morris.
"God only knows, but such refuge as it affords
you shall have, let what will beal me- Part
of the funds deposited BY Louis XVI. were en-
ployed to save from the massacres of Scptem-
Der, and to aid the escape of persons conpro.
missed by their attachment to the King. An
exact note of these disbursements was kept BY
Morris, and the moment that his mission to Paris
was ended he repaired to Vienna TO render to
Madame Royale [the daughter of Louis XVI,
now Duchess of Angouleme an account of his