The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-26

the Restoratsn in the Chamber OF Peers when brtnstnx
before Sne charge against the marshall cit in the
ns OF Eulops mat come here to conure you and re-
9uire yos at the same time condemn Marshal Nsy 70
NO .nst oonosmnsaon was cot legal for it vas pro.
the conveson signed Arms In hand under the walls Of
Paris One Of the plenipotsnariss Of that conysnton
Chamber OF Peers and INTERCEPTED by the Chsnceor A.
to the part wheh be had taken In that negotiation re-
staff the arm stpuats for an amnesty for All mar
sons whatever might have been their opinions functions
and conduct That point was ACCORDED without any din.
Guilty. had orders to break of every conference
fussl given. The army ready to attack, and It
that article which cau'ei it to lay down its arms"
In fine that condemnation not regular for the de-
fence Of the accused, Without which there cannot 10
true verdict not free and rdngy at the moment
when his defenders intsuptst in conssq uence o.
resolution prem.ditated in the council chan bsr and
whore the votes TAKEN but not counted, the
marshal fully alive to this interruption protested ensr
Retcaly against the iIiquty OF such q proceeding.
Hitherto said he "my defence has appeared free.
but perceive that it Is interfered with thank my
csencsrs for what they have done and Tor what they
are still ready to do for me, but prefer not being de-
Tended at ALL to having only the appearance Of defence
What am accused contrary to the faith Of treaties An!
~ Is endeavored to prevent my invoking thsm appeal
to Europe and to postsrity This protest, which the
Marshal handed to me ON the instant warmly 70
ceivee BY public opinion 1t afterwards taken up
and adopted by his family In solemn procedure and Il
was brought forward by me In the national when
petition of the inhabi Of the Messs praying that
spublic monupeBt should be raised to Marshal Ney 1t
the expense Of the State reported in the Chamber
OF Deputies That protest the Of the Marshal renew
in the face OF heaven now depose 1t at the foot Of
the statue You have heard, gentlemen the Minis OF
War whom speaking In The Of tho govern
ment and In presence Of the representatives, Of the
whole military profession of France depict eloquent
language the great feats of of him Napoleon
had designated without Injustice to any one) 1.-The
bravet Of the brave" and each of you In listening to
him. has mournfuy exclaimed from the bottom OF his
heart "Such however the warrior whom the reao-
ton sacrificed Such he powerful arm OF which IL de-
prived France" Alas whe there that did not call TO
mind those fine words OF Boussuet in Of Con
which add to those quoted by the Maists of War -
The whole Is by the glory OF h great name
and Of his immortal actions ~ Sorrow OF tae country,
family regret, affection long without efos you
waiting for rparaticn Aires y however, after 1880,
Of Versailles amongst the pres entatves OF all
our M tional glories; but immense immoatlon
called for marked and ,mplete repsraNon.
Let MS forget persons gentlemen let look ony to
facts The matter here does not relate to thos, indf
vic nal determinations which often odous and almost
always useless but to the truth Of facts and that
truth oBght to be told, In order to preserve to his
torical events their Interchangeable character and II
only to teach forgetul cotemporare, dstss the
fatal results of civil dsoords 1T every period and under
every regime The marshal fell the victim Of political
reaction, the victim of the mpscabe hatred which an
anti national faction bore to the ustrlous heads Of that
grand army OF which the glorious remnant lad ust be-
fore been dismissed In Ct the enemy, the
banks Of the Loire. Marshal Ney Duke d'Elchingen,
fields, the holocaust offered in expiration OF the
military gories Of the Empre-it the tricolored flag
inundated to the white flag 1t was reserved TO the
nephew OF the Emperor to repair that outrage by eresn8
and by raising the statue hero very spot which
had beheld victim fall. Honor to the who a,s
thus called from The tomb and who again mp before
poserty In the mes Of the consolAtry reonies Of
religion and Of the sccamations Of their fellow oiH
gen. aud like Marshal Nsy in the attitude of nmsnd
Renewed cries Of "Vive rEmpereur" followed.
and the troops and Populations having filed off be.
fore the statue, the ceremony terminated.