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1-T1-. -- .a- r'-:..-C..-r:y - '. - , -- ,' x. ih : ' : TOE M IN E lOTit ft' " " T 1 ,.- TWiniilLJ.' Ml iW.. 7 PUBLISHED (wr.iiKLv) BY WILLIAM BOYtAN. Volrll. RALEIGH, (.V. C.) AC';', SEPTEMBER, 1, iSc5. I ft , "V ----- '.-.'J-1 .....,...:......,.... ,..... ,:..,..,,...... , ,...,... . . . ii.-s - ' ;'i 11 h ns:rT., ' 1 Ifl 1 w o y; A NAT.' f ' i. I f 1 : : : ' - ' - - ; ' The Secret Nhtcrif of the CoJi-.r and Cabinet or St. Cloud. Let 1 tn IV. were both unacquainfeJ wlr.h the refi oence and arrival ot Picllepju and Geor ges ia K."ance, and cf their cbii?iexion with Moteau ; the particulars of Avhioh were fir (1 dildofed to them in the Fe- TUf T-,fincirt finii ? far TvirTr n r. :"r: :SJ i ; fV;, pruary following, when Bcnnnane had I i;"V"--ri- f mC-XVIliihvrtn-! ' eeaant his army ot Kngland j St. .Domiuy'o, four ar Cltiadaloupe, ten; f pI:-k ? K!; I i' weeks lne:..ip:ion of the in;-! in Cayenne, nine at lilede France, and iariiiklt CoLfulidaer mined tol ?f !?1 'iuIly "rP1?1 mother dc eleven at 1'IQe Rrunion and Mada-j aliuiiic tlic runic anu tuicT wrn inepow- v , , .1 r , . 1 t ( - 1 . 1 . - " rV ,r Fn noK,vl r-n ,inkr l rnt. lj, to- tliofc who had cuufed h:s .- andlnen h;!s !;cen m proportion, 0:1 to a er. or a lover, un, iioo iti-y can uouor. - , . , , . . j 1 . 1 r n- u r 1 H . 1 ,t vn iI p rur Pm ? ' wv r ;iml whom, notwiUi- nn aneedttt; 13 related of l'ichcgrp, of the I parate-r.nd diHant garrifons of the mo- tions,' vt'liich mayycnatle'' the;ato-:fprtn I ther country, it has been calculated, a more jiilt cpinioh.pihc, conduct 5of that of eighty-four generals, u ho made, the republican minority,durins tlejaih . under Moreau, the campaign of 1800,! fejlion of Corgren,;and of the rrrotiyps! and v. ho mrvived the peace or Line-1 by which: they were probably a ctuateq. viite, fixre(.n had l)een killed or died ati It mult he .obvious to the iriolt ttper- ficial eyetliat every " cciiiideration bf ;a felfith or prudential riaiittc, would have difluaded any man, pr fet of menaihond 1 ie repuolicans, rrom an open oppoiuH :i to any leading and favorite meafure f the Lxeciuive at that iuncVare.v The land, he would, in 1 he fpriu of that year, or twelve monrhs canier,, tiayc proclaim ed himfiiU emperor of the French, and probably would have ber. acknowledg ed as fuchbV all other princes. To a man fo vain a::tl lb impatknr, foaccuf totned to corrtinand and to. intimidate, this lufpenfion of his favorite plan was a coididtrable diBippointtnenr, and not a little iucrea'ed. his bitter and irreconci lable; haired of Great. Br ifaia. Here, as well as in foreign countries, (he multitude pay homage only 10 Napo leene's uninrerrupieci proi-pei ky ; with cut penetrating cr conlk'srinnr whether it be th? confcqueace of ch.nu-e or of '.:eil digeded plans"; whether he owes, hi-; I needles to his own merit,, or to a i -!i;vd fori'.me. lie afrerfed, in his Ipeech t ! 1 he cqn;L:'i:;ional authorities, iinrne (Purely s'ter h.l'tiiities had commcnccvl With 1 i !,! an d , fhr the nar ivouhl bt ' of shirt A:mtht. and. he firmly believed what he Lid. Hid lie by4ii$.gunboars, or by iirtirij'ues or threats Jtvcri-enabled to cxtcrt a ftcond edifion'ol the peace of Amiens, t-iffer a wrriarejof.lonie months, all invuih v vvtaild have been ready to exclaim, Oh the ilHdtrious warrior. ! Oh jlie r' ?;u:nd politician! Now,&her tii: ee rna! ! ea ual campaigns on the coaft, whtri tiie txiravai-,afcce and ambition of r.vr govern v,v:m hays extended the con t t'-joii ci war - v.-r the continent ; when ho' h our direct -iiVrs of peace, and the- r.eociations and mediations cf our al- lies have been .declined hv, or proved unavailing with, -1 he - cabinet cf iit. . v James, the mconfiirency, the uo , ranee, a,nd the iiujenefs of the lorfuflate rnri feetii to be nftt. more remembered thuti the ou'rae. and.; encroachments tif.u have provoked A uflriaand iufiia to take tht'-fkld.- Should.hd 'continue vidoricus, -and be in a pnfitfon to dictate ."another peace of Lunevilie, which prc . . Lably w:!i be-followed by another pacific overture to or .from Enl.md, .mankind -- will inrain be "re idy ;o cati out, " Oh the k';!(lrio;:.s warrior! Oh the profound ' politician ! he forefaw, iti his 'vvildomj " that a contin.T.r-d var was neceih-y to terrify or- to 'ub :ikj his maritime foe, rfy,t a peace -vvjrh Kngland couhl only be of-tnined in Gcrm.iny ; and th.at this var':' "rTiXui t-1 )etrxcrted-Ky-reiH!iFif?-fi;e iower of France en the 'ot her ftde of the Alps. Jence hh rorcn'ation as k?n of Jfaly ; fJj.qa.ce .fi-i ?t:corp;rarion cf ..parifTa 'a'hel'" 'iu-Troa w:rt ttzvee ; and hence his 00 r.aiion -ot niomurao and Iucca, to his - brother in Ic-vHacehiochi!" Nowhere ia hjilory h ive b read ot men of fenfe -. being fo'eafdy led altrav,as in our - by. cohtour.ciny fortuitous events .wiih 1 , c.- nlctmenceTrrTniriTni junct icJent or tne unneu oiaies naamuc tiiooo -1-. 1 i 1 .. 1 i (!,,,( ....'........v.. 1 - lv,.. k : a . i..a .1 1- . j : i.- i:c wuuu i:?,vc oeen more prouu u;m.-i ivwtKe-v,eei ai l uutiic i'ciiu i ecu re-eteeicu uy a gica-iiu inipwug to oe ir.iuteu emperor, than b" alt otner J-ni a vmr in prik.n inc aay 051 ere n nations upon the continent. Uis vanity, death, and ollcred him Buonaparte's inrerelt: ;nd noiicy, all recuired this lait conmu'ilion as a field marfha), and a'di decree of 'fupremacy and 'elevation at po:ma as a grand oflicer of the faegion thar period. lot Honor, provided he would turn in- iSonaparte had !o well penetrated the weak fide ot Moreau's character, that, ajihouoh he could not avoid doing jus tice to this general's' military talents and exploits, he 'neither eiteerned him as a citizen, nor dreaded him as a rival. LVloieau po-ielfed great popularity ; bur fo did Dumonrier and Pichejrn before him : and yet neither of them had found adherents enough to lhake thofe repub lican government's with ..which they a vowed themfelvrs opcjfly dilcohtcnted, and apoiidt which they lecredy plotted. Hieard 1 alicyrand' lay, atMadame de Mon'ilauhcrt's, jn the pretence of fifty P.rlons : Napolecne Buonaparte had never any thinto apprehend fioui Gen. Mortal, and irom his populariry, even at the bead of an arm)'. iJmnourier too wa'sattiie head ot an army, when he revolted ;)paij't the National .Convcn fion; bur had he not lave himfe'lf by iii;;hr, hi own troops would h?.ve deli vered hi :n up. to be punifhed a.? a traitor. Aloreaify and his p fvln cotdJ c.y be dmU gercus tj U- Emap.uie dfui:d;, iver.e he li sur "$fae Nttoyevie ; had rat tJs Jiuwr ,-tv averted this danger" From this c-JIul d-.-l claratfon of Kapoiecne's co',i!:.ien i,d minilter. in a lociety of known aniidm- perialifts, I draw the conclufion, that i ut.nt I a. . . T " r - preienc reii- n, return to v ranee, rimv i co f or mer aj-ninft Moreau, of whofe treach ery againlt himfelf, in 1797, he was re minded. On- the other hand, he.v?s informed, that, in confequence of hi tormcr denials, if he perfiiled in his re fracfory conduct, he mould never more appear before any judge, but that the attairs of ilate and the fafcty of the coun try required thar he mould be privately ujipa cnec! in n.sgaol. bo, anlwer ed this virtuous and indignant warrior, you wid or.iy tparemy hfe, upen con on ton that i crove nr.letr unworthy to As this h the e.ife, my choice is without hentatton : I am prepared to become your victim, but I will never be numbered amfc'iil; your accomplices. C.;di ;n your executioners; I amteaviy to die as I have lived, a man ot. honors and an irreproachable ciu'ze!v.yi;irh i twenty-iu u r hoin s. a iter this an fwer, Fi cheru was no more. hat the Duke of Knhien was mot ia the ni, lit of the 2 1 ffc of March 1 804, hi 1 ,1 liv m; .1 1 1 1 r y 11 me woo'j-or m tne .t;:cn ot tne curie or V in :ennes, i. admbled even by p.overn Cicnr"; bur who ready were his auafiins ic 'i!l un-;nov.'n. Some a'llri that he w.. Jhoiby the grenadiers ot iionap;u'te:,3 hidipn cuaj d ; others. lay, by.a detach-. ;ens d'armes d'j'i:ire ; and n tl: majority or tne. people.- 1 lie acqumnoii of Louiiana had, given an eclat ur the executive, -and can a iplendcur around the admitditraticn hi which every 'ran nor delect of the government was gclipf. ci? and fcrr.otten.v Ihe coiolfal bopuJ iarhyoflhe Piefident feemcd to mockj at all oppohuen.' uminnotul or pale and dear-bought experience, the repub-j hems had erected a political idol on whofe altar." be, .who dared to queuicn its infallabilify, mutt nreparc to bleed. I In tin's pofture of affairs, all oppojQrron was indeed a 101 lorn hope. 1 here was every thing to lofe, nothing to gain. i he rninoritv had ordv to conmroiiiifc their nrincioles. 10. befrav their du ty to themleive?:, th.:ir coi;hituer;ts,4apd their cou'itry,in order to e?:joy thecoulV taiance of the 'adminilltr.i'on, to enfure 'the approbation otjhepu.dic. ff-r a time", .and .1 heir ow ncor.Tcmp; iovc ci .. .'I hey hrd but o acqUH :ce m i.icaiurcs wh-ch thcir.conicienc;. -n-djud- n -ri- c-'-rdclnm-ed, and Avian1 in i:-;noble ieci rky with the' current of the day. 'J biwere no! inienfibie to the tfei.gcr f the oppolire courle ; but whdtt tuev ccoilv.c.i;n:ate t!te difiicul'.y; tbeyhad the fortitude t encounter ;r. :Ltt n be admitted, tor mofr.snr, th; tniitken thtte jienitemcn "w c.'crt T - I'll T . " 111 HJCJl . ViCV O , it 'll 1 1.4 ne'euce. that lc who eocs r:-et appiouq 1. 1-...-.. . .; iZ 1, .U:ar md'.p'-nacncs at.u hi mne, 'is on- worthy the name of freemen. 'lh$n had the courage to r.flert" and maintgn Moreau w ill never more, -duting the o.hers again, that the men of both thefe I the deliberate convictions of theifltot'.ef corij relufcd to fire : ars'd thar flcneral : iluiamcr.t arainll the nrcudef't am r 1 1 ' 1 x . .. . . .. ... . . .. ' - : I t - .j . 1 -. - - - 'Aflf Vrr.l'f. ..1': . I . . J T Tl vtlji UU1C,.'UU III)' l.Mvliy iUIVil.U nil'i.t ed plans and well brgnrijz'id dengns Only rngi;c:rcan difrcm:.natc-,Ktd foots I eliove'thi-t ;h: difgrace of Mutcaiv, and" . the Qxecu'iYn of the duke ol Lnghieh, of i'ihcgru, and GeG,.wr nccef-: . hr as toqtt'tcps fp BucmapsTufs impe afrhrnne; and t-hat, without the treach- 7t?7fIrrcufa.l,ou( lie, amt-the1 caslpiracy :re, pretended to hayedifgo- this general have been, when, after his condemnation to two yeans impnion mcnt, he accepted Of a pcrpc tiial exile ; and renounced all 'hopes "o Fever again enter irif-t his cwheountry. "hi the'Fem j)le, or in any other prkon, if 'he had iubnvitted to the fent,cnce pronounced againlt him, he-wouhl have auifed Buo naparte more uneafmcls than Fun a! liberty; and been more' a peine of rally to his adherents and friends, than when ar his palace of Grofbois ; becauf'e com p,fiio:i and pity mutb have ..invigorated and fliarrened their fee!ings. If report be true, however, he did not voTuntafTry'exchange exile ; racks were fh own him ; and by the act ot baniniment was placed a poi fonous draught. This report Rains con- ifiderablc credit, when it is remembered, tna.t immemateiy alter .ms- condemnati on, Moreau furnifhed his apartments in tlte-Teiitplcr iii a hahdibme manner, fo a ; to be lodged vyelt, if not comfortably, witjj hk wifearHlchi.1 d , honi , it is la Id, lie vvas arot permitted to fee before he had accepted ot Bonaparte's propofal of tfanlporration. .... tt may be objected to this fuppofition, that the man in power, who did not care about; the barefaced murder of the Duke of F.nghien f and the fecretdctiruction t ! rut. iiaunt' f ru-rt-fnons ninrmnr. nn iearing their iutiny? was lumlelf the ex ecutioner, of" this young andi innocent p.ince.oi the riotde of Fourbon, riding up to In'in, and blow ing out his brains whh'a pillol. Certain -it is, that Miirat v- thefulb, and Louis 'Bonaparte the fecv-nd in command, on this dread! u I ocalion. .- t'o.- y and preferred the Ir.-urd' cf their pot .pu-tantv to the iurlcndenrg qi tnetf vf. derltandin..!. aiict cotdlicm es. Let l h .1 people lock, at jr. is the-re my dzni (-fa dearth -;Qf time fervors, ttndcr.'ari! aenmii(!r?:iohr which ha?; the 'rov'?v; o: rtwaidinp, vbc-ir?. Fhat due- refp.ct wi1 not..a.!.w?ys,be paid o tne foaves ar.1. nine?-:- he hil'ory of this governnient sart-t4' evety exem'ive with regal pbwere. --veretl, France .would ftiil have bexn ruled-by a; Fir.l Conful. ' It is indcci ' tme, thaMh'ip; h to be counted (uj: " ' ' .. t: i';fo rvp.i'nriii' " . SnJYifi t -1 1 1 1. j i 1 1 ...... - 1 :Hiit s pr ejen u n:;;l; amp fyes' a-p r r-pes .t u trve th?. fa(.jt of if.Vtunc in hisjanjlji lirtis view?; but wiinoutjr -he -would th 'iity is aifo generally a politiciah.-r- I ce untimely end of the Iuse ofj Jbn- POI.ITICA.L. : Froih the K.vq.bjRca. 'I he irnport?ncc cf 'be fv'i'?ou'IrjTr.conrrr.nif:at:cn . . 1 :uil jtei: kJi; itfeif. 'i he cduo'r h js r.ri.; ! 1 c r tile ir,Uit'"antvuT the '"cv; Hon. Let i - - t - - mem: ers contrnmm r tne retu'lxif a: minority be difmilied fiom the .C(Dfi dence a?id emr'cj merit of the c.Oj-.Ie'T can ihc'y look fcr any iiii;Tg likeXhdl'i per.ccnce in th. ir lUcc't iters ? It wouU! Ina,u.n ,!nt u intry y.te hvith iR(friicii54o Iy. ufide ti.C Algd i'ic Editor of the Enquirer. ota, The events of the-lafFfe-filon of Con grefs. have furnifhed ample caufe offpe culation to the curious, and of regret td jcv eryl ru sl friend jsilhfs Lc)iuitryrilh e nTyltery, wmich enveloped their proceed- ingsv and beneath which fome ot their moft'important tranfacfions vet remain tnrouded, could"r,o: -conceal front the molt careful obferver that a fchsfm h?d arifen in the republican parry. But tl caufes which led to this aUlicrinc-cv ot Fxhcgrn, could neither, much hen i are.itdt buried m obfeuritjv In the Llte,Ti or D5"'eryconfcien ttous,-abbuc 2tldiTig"ffor eaiT" t6'thrntrmbrf7tisf vicums ;lrue, but theafiania ifi;-au- tions of their own imde; (iandires, ?nJ conform -the mfeives rnetilthi- i.i to th wifhes cf. ihe cabinet. "i 'J he iietTpj wtnen thry earned. would te'i h th$f toconhdercny variation frb'm ;the'e5r cutivc ltar.dard as the mou r.2hnrcf; i . . , ... 1 Ji e un tlie-poli Ucal ucc aiOgyj?iA4Lc ; ui d Xu ci men dare tbpppdle ar.y prefidsntial rrd : :-L ? ijttL, nqwever criminal r i tCqi the vei I. nature of their appointm'entsthey tnu becomeUe puppeUof the dniimflri non, for Tlie time beine. X bhi-f. ie reprefenratives," fb ccnfiitiiJ nt. 1 dwindle hilot a mprp rb'.;mtr tT-V', ''ciileiinG minifrerialli-la-v.,il.i-.:j bi'toryof-rthismemorable-oceurrcne is'l is'arkhef.-conftrfion and c6ritiiadie'i-sf-ve(l its fubffarcVw-ouh-- menred and .qepiored by the great ma forify bf the French people ; bnt though nev nad manv wno ninea rneir . iatc. but -"few. had any relative" interest fo a- fyuwjiav it j-whiiit in -the aflailbatiGn-of l'rh mJuav iS. . When he. Ioi em. every general, every :6wGer,'& c-atCj.rom te coau, in ,i hQ.pre.csdir.fr 1 every Yohlier of his former arniyimight "-! , eo.iVil li eu OT . I, vr,i ri, ih, , ' nw r.o ry., t,-.r firm. ,-. , .y. f ' .LA .1 ViVft.li.ljr IVIWt vv. I ttu-rio .ifl-inhs AMid-hts-iiiti-itiav.he fcyab his -preference-of thoie who had moft indifputable 'pfoof," that facTs fiav4 rv-.,;U.;ln.ix4ca.vt.:m?. fet-nt'py.-vvd'io jftgbje Jn'm in Italy and F.gypt; 5in milta'tet?; opinions inifrcprefehtcd. t:ica.w:tu Lvlkytandettlc iiheenajrU ,hi.i mifjruit and jealoufWof thofe.j much truth0 hippeflei1,-arid mbre" falfer ysni I uj'itK, l h ich ap.rcd. t.i ve. i r. fi .' V,tfioi::?d ..vanquiitittl " ader tvjo'itc-a'u in hopuliiggef-ted approving at the fame a.!! ;r wr.' -ls.- " Mtaies'mtrcb'v,aucc-' -rnrri v t rnnmbers' of ' whomt had al- time, from- mv heart, trie e"0mTe whirh tipn. Fnepuo!!C,.m!nd, mipatientof j . On the third cf December, i So;, tt - fiifpenfe,; and as if difpairbg ;f further prefident'-s public mefiage wiis laid.be 'informarion, feerrts to haveVcut-fua the i fore .tf!e4woyufesIia:on'wh!-:?r?i evidence upon which alone ifs judgment ihonld -'.hav.d'.te'riJw faras.' their opinion can be gathered from the. public prints, the vciceof the people'has dcchrcii.for theadaitKLfftration IatMs ile'cifiori perhaps Jt-fnightliaye bceAihci iluty.'bf.ilie rentblican thinorityaiid of l tneirv inerrdsito aequielce had a fair view or the-bisbject been laid before the il': i T . ' 'i j i r . i v-tfvir.vPrke: was Vha kjvwn; io iria ; but nursui.. tn". ra4ly.oeri7heiiat StV:Do'mingo,ior hVMt hey .have nurfued,. I am impelfed taof- othr' CGionitS, pi were diiperfediinds-1 ferjta the wid fmcr f J.is and obletva- aggTeinons f Spain were isicMfti ticed.With Spaxi , ih-4 r'luV , .urtfiiuiaic; our iKgociatrX3S lor 2 fe flemeut ot diffcrencesyhttve nrit had latufaaory ifiue. Sixr'ijfions durin the fonuer.war farwhrch ::b- hzASnr "taJlckribTvIeJeJherfe1fe1iijfl ,Me; have been 'refilled tobe Vomperl i.iftu, mu uii ee naitipris irectingotrie - claims ifi Ho wife cohnecled whh theni ycl iht same br tCiicci arc renewex ill ike pre .lUJtLiri-alid art -ahead cf 'rjirt-muM: vui v.tijiiuci inroun vrne lMop?.'c 'continues .tn'be obltr'ucTwir by arbitrarl ex a r ions i re nes . - rrojw ' iiuons fr u.djiling.;wAy-thc boua
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