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I, EE i£R JttOM MARSHAL
MONCEY,
To Lords XFIIL on his refusal
10 eit on the court marshal for.
the trial of Marshal Key*
£ Concha detl J
Let then, a Trench general he
allowed <to say in the lace of En
vope,that if our armies have over*
run the neighboring countries,
they purchased their conquests
with their vainr and blood* Let
your majesty consider—will thej
allies ever forgive their conquer-1
ors ? It is their sh?„me and nu- j
miliatton which they wish to es-j
face, and not to strengthen your
throne which is more shaken by
their outrages than established by
their vengeance 1 But when you
have given up every *hing ? what
canyon refuse? If the fate of Bo
land is to be ours, what means of
resistance have you left ? Your
armies? You have none. Your
fortresses? they are in the pow
er of the allies ! Your marshals,
your generals, your statesmen ?
their heads will have fallen!
Vvhii ym then resort to the peo*.
p'.e—ic that people so much hu
miliated, so much despised? Is
it to those who formed your coun
cils? The recollection of thej
“month of March, iti 15, must shew j
your nujesty what you have to \
expect from ‘their zeal arid attach-!
merit.—There remains then no o- \
ther resource than a reliance up
on the generosity of your allies
and cur enemies. Have you then \
forgotten that in order to gratify
the man who occupies your!
throne, they refused you one as-j
ter another an assyium in their?
do mini nos ?. So completely had;
they recognized his legitimacy!
that in their treaties with him:
they never thought of stipulating
even an indemity for yon. Did
not England herself negociatc;
with him? Would she net again!
have treated with him at Prague.,!
had his pretentions been less ex-1
travagant ? Did not the people of!
London drag the carriage of his
minister, when you were not e
vcti permitted to appear at court?
Was your restoration thought of
when they negociated at Charle-j
voi ;
Hnd it not been for the hostile j
oocunation of Bordeaux, and the 1
Vyaky manifested by the people’
of hat city, a treaty would h \ve ;
been signed with Napoleon, still >
in ore recently, at the congress of;
Vienna, was your majesty’s min- 1
hter able to obtain a guarantee
for the integrity of our territory ?
Oh l sire, the man of Elba may
have had correspondences and in
rt*lUgence in France, but who
were they that went to seek for
him? who told the English fleet
to suffer him to pass ? Has the ad
miral who was entrusted with the
% uperinter. dance o 1 the island been
prosecuted ? Had not the king of
Prussia 80,000 men near our fron
tiers, who might have marched
up,on Paris and reached it before
T \ T 3 noleon ? Are not the Prussian
cannon daily placed before yd!*
pallace and pointed against your
residence ? And yet you can re
• von the generosity of your a
- ! And yet under such cir
cumstauces you require me ;e
y.ake my seat in a tribunal where*
( shall perhaps figure in my turn,
, not as a judge, but as a prisoner
’at the bar ? Did I not lead the
. French army in 179 4 to the bor
ders of the Ebro ? Even now the
poignards of those who struck
Brune, and * * * * *, and so ma- i
r.y others, glitter before my eyes
’and shall I in my own person
(sanction a judicial murder r Ah,
;no ! while there remains in my
• unhappy country only a shadow
lof existence, shall I associate my
iname with those of her oppres
sors ? No, sire ! you yourself
j cannot hut approve my resolu
tion : What! sh'all 25 years o
(glorious labors be sullied in a
j single day? Shall -my locks bleach
jed under the helmet, be only
proofs of my shame ? No, sire !
it shall not be said that the older
of the marshals of France con
tributed to the misfortunes of his
country. My life, my fortune,
all that I possess cr enjoy is at
the service of my king and coun-j
try : but my honoris exclusively,
my own, and no human power j
can ravish it from me. If myj
name is to be the only heritage!
left to my children, at least let it
not be disgraced.
j Permit me to ask your majes
jty where were the accusers of
• marshal Ney, when he was on
I the field of battle ? Did they fol
| low his steps and accuse him du
| ring twenty-five years of perils St
labors? And if Russia and the
j allies cannot pardon the conqueror \
of the Moskwa, can France forget ■
! the valient hero of the Beresina P •
j Sire, in the unfortunate retreat!
|across that river, Ney saved thej
j remnant of the army; in thatar-l
: my I had relations and friends,!
I and soldiers (who are the chib
dren of their chiefs) who had
served under me; and shall I
•doom him to death who saved
1 the lives of so many Frenchmen,
to whom so many parents are in
debted for their children, so ma
ny wives for their husbands ? No,
-ire ! it I cannot save my coun
try and my own hie, I will at
least save my honor ; and it I feel j
any regret, it is that I have lived*
too long, since I have survived]
the glory of my country. Re- j
fleet, sire 1 this is perhaps the last]
time that truth will reach your
throne ; it is both dangerous and
unwise to push the brave to des
pair. Where is there, I will not
say the marshal; but the manor
honor, who is not compelled to
regret not having sought death
on the fatal field of Waterloo ?
and perhaps if the udfottunate
Ney had done there what he had
so often done before, he would
not have been this day drag
ged before a court martial, and
those who demand his death
would have been seeking his pro
tection. Excuse, sire, the frank
ness of an old marshal who
always kept clear of intrigues, has
known only his country and his
profession lie. believes that tin
same voice which was raised a
rainst the invasion of Spain anc
he war with Russia, might als<
.peak the language of truth to th*
>cst of kings, the father of hi
subjects* if frankness is avP
tue, It is not, f am conscious
most profitable of the virtues,
since, although lam the eldest of
ili-e marshals, 1 a® also the poor--
est.
I will not disguise the Ganger
in Which the step I have taken
may involve me, norfhc disgrace
it may draw clown upon me from
the vengeance of oOurtiers ; but
[if £ have been fortunate enough;
•to enlighten your majesty as to-
! your true interests, I snail con
jsider myself as but too happy,
1 whatever may be the conse
quences, and if in descending to
the tomb I may say with one of
your ancestors, — All is lost, ex
cehl honor , —I shall die contented.
MONCEY,
Due de Cornegliano.
From the National Intelligencer .
ASTRONOMICAL.
Communication——A notice has
lately appeared in the National
• Intelligencer of a supposed dis
• coverv of the motion of the Sun.'*—
It is probable that this is not a
jneW discovery. —It has bec-n
(longknown that many of the fix
ed Stars, if not all, have small mo
| dons among themselves. From
a careful consideration of these,
Mr. Herschel has supposed that
the Sun, and consequently his
attendant Planets, &c. moves to
wards a Star in the Constellation
j Hercules. Admitting the doctrine
of Universal Gravitation , the Sun
j ought to move. Perhaps after
I some hundreds or thousands of
; ages, men will understand this
j subject much better than at pre
jsent- Yet, though the Radius of
jour circle of light and knowledge
(extend ever so rapidly, there will
always be darkness and doubt be
yond. And this is true not only
in relation to but to the most
exalted created intelligence—for
“known to God only are his works ”
Z.
Wonderful Changes in the lieu •
venly Luminaries !
<4 The ancient Astronomers
had observed a ne\V Star in the
heart af the Swati> which from
time to time disappeared. In the
year 1600, it Was equal to a Star’
|of the first magnitude ; it greatly
diminished, and at length disap
peared. M. Cassin perceived it
in 1665. It increased five years
successively ; it then began to
decrease, and te-appeared no
more. In 1670, anew Star was
observed near the head ot the
Swan. It disappeared, and be
came again visible 1672. Xuom
that period, it was seen no more
till 1709 ; and in 1713, it totally
disappeared.” The Pleiades, a
contellation mentioned in the
book of Job, once contained Se
ven Stars. Six only are now
perceptible. r lhe 7th disap
peared at the siege of Troy, a
bout 1200 years before the birth
of Christ.
“ What has Ke’come of this
Star and of others \vhich have
disappeared ?—Have ‘they* tfjgpen
utterly extinguished, together
with the worlds with which the)
were systematically connected ?
“The Stars fade away; the
, fumseif giow* dim with
ige, and Nature sinks in years. 155 ’
Messrs Gales & Seaton ,
You have published a very use
ful abstract from the reports of
three Philadelphia banks ; but you
have omitted to state that, their
discounts > ‘xcceded ’ 6,000,000,
whilst their notes out only exceed
ed 2,000,000, Suppose they cur
tailed 20 per cent, or. 1*200,000,
dollars, think how the merchants
must suffer by such a diminution
of the circulating medium; must
they not immediately fall into the
hands of usurers ? Commiseration
of the fate of merchants whose
wives and children may be redu
ced tQ bankruptcy, lias induced
me to endeavor to convince the
prejudiced and the mistaken, that
there is not an excess of paper
currency, as was imagined, and
that the banks have not in gene
ral been culpable.
In a short time the distressing
consequences of attempts to pay
in specie, will go home to men’s
hearts* HOM >,
National Intelligencer.
Mr, Randolph’s talking three
clays, and then saying that He had
postponed the remainder of bis re*
marks until the bills came before
the house of req resematives, re
minds us of a country toy in a
market place, who, after amusing
the bye-standers by singing about
fifty verses to the tune of Yankee
Doodle, told them he would give
them the rest , when he came to
town again. Mr. Randolph seems
to be redeeming his pledge ; he a
gain spoke three hours the day
before yesterday, Lis tune, we
fear, is a less patriotic one than
Yankee Doodle.
Baltimore Patriot.
CONGRESS.
Cot. HOMER V. MIL TON ,
We are authorized to state, will be
a Candidate for a seat in the Cor
gressof the United States, at th;
next Election. •
BOOTS AND SIiC'ES. *
THE S ubscrib t x tubes tlis
method of informing I is iritnJe
and the public, that he 1 as coo.-
•met ctd the making of I CG ‘S
ands HOES, at th he use nou
but one above -Mr. Gordon’s.—
Where he intends keojirig nn
| best of Leather that can be po
cured: and hopes by a strict it
. teniion to business, to men. %
\ share of Public Patronage; For
’ sons wishing to engage Negio
’ Shoes for the next season, can
, have them warranted; and cn
;! moderate terms, by applying ?t
t j the above Shop, between this and
, the first of July next.
C.W. M’MURRAIN.
Feb. 22, 1816. _______
tailoring. f
THE SUBSCRIBER
Respectfully informs the Pub
lie that he still carries on the bu*.
siness of TAILORING in Lou
isville, opposite the old Priming
i Office, near the Court House;
where he will be ready to dis
natch any orders from Town ®V
Country.
JACOB M’COLLGUGL
J 15 th Feb* 1816*