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MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 



No. aao.] iNOVEMBKR 1,1816. [4 ol Vol. 43. 



i firsr planned, two leading ideas ""'CCupi 

 t uf layioB before the l-utjlic variuus u 

 amuiing and itistruclive: the second was that of leudiiig aid to th 

 spectiMig some of the must impurtapit concerns of mankind, vbich 

 Fosfd by otlier Periodical Mi&cell.iiiie9 j but upon the manly and r; 



of the age must ultimately depc'd. Preface to Montbty iici. 



long as those who v, rite are ambitious of mjtioe Cooverts, and o 

 fluence and Celebrity, the most extcii-.ively circulated Miscellany 

 Cuiiosliy Of ib«se who read, whether ic ke for dmusemeut or fur I 



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etcaceu &Oecti 

 '. JOHNSON, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



To tlie Editor of the Blonthly Magazine. 

 SIR, 



ETURNED to Paris, afler two 

 months absence (at tlie l)atlis of 

 Buiguudy), I learn that new calumnies 

 Iiave been fabricated against lue. i\fy 

 "■first and last reply to libellists," print- 

 ed two years since, well known to those 

 it signaiizcs, and who take care to con- 

 ceal t4ie knowledge of it from tlicir 

 readers, refutes tiic accusations wiiich 

 they reproduce, in the hope that the re- 

 petition will serve instead of proofs. 

 There has, however, appeared a new ca- 

 lumny, which I should have despi.scd, 

 at the risk of seeing the libellists assume 

 a victory from my silence, if it were not 

 necessary to unveil the turpitude of 

 certain individuals, and to shew to what 

 acta of baseness those will descend who 

 Lunsjer and thirst after evil. 



M. Uertrand de Moleville, in wliat he 

 ealls "A History of the Revolution," 

 and iu Isis " Private Memoirs," accuses 

 " the friends of the blacks" of having 

 been paid for pleading tlie cause of the 

 AJVieans ; he diaries to my account 

 «t),000 francs (3,3331.) ; it is a great re- 

 duction from the calculations of several 

 tolonists, « ho have asserted the amomit 

 to be some millions, that J have received 

 from the .Fcws and the negroes. 



M. Dertrand de Moleville can nn- 

 iloubtedly alledge his proofs? C'crt.iuily; 

 Mud what are they— he has it from the 

 (Jbevalicr dc Langle, who was, he con- 

 fty.scs, " half a madman, and a man of a 

 very bad c.haraeter." Kel\ing on tiiis 

 grave authority, he places him.scll', wo 

 perceive, ingoodcom|)any; — what would 

 *I. Bcrtrand dc Moleville do or say 

 were he to be traduced on such 

 testimony ? 



Raymond, a man of colour, whom he 

 asserts to have been the agent of this 

 pecuniary negotiation, has Irequently 

 given the lie to the colonists who have 

 propagated the falsehood. Reader, 

 •j)cn the Relation of the Troubles of St, 



MoMiiLY AUo. iNo, 300. 



Domingo, by Garran Coulon, made ia 

 the name of a special commission, and 

 three cominittces, vol. iv. page 489, &c. 

 you will there see the infamous plot ot 

 some planters, who, to establish tiiis ca- 

 lumny, had tiie effrontery to falsify a 

 letter of Raymond, and were convicted 

 of forgery. 



Wiieu, on the one hand, these detail* 

 are kno\> u, and, on the other, my disre- 

 gard, or rather the aversion, with which 

 I have been often reproached, for 

 whatever relates to fortune, M'e may 

 properly appreciate the men who, judg- 

 ing others after their own heart, do not 

 believe tJiat we can do good through a 

 sentiment of virtue, and to obey the dic- 

 tates of our conscience. 



If JM. Btrtrand de Moleville can al- 

 ledge the slightest proof of his assertion, 

 I summon him to produce it ; if not, I 

 stamp his forehead with the brand of 

 calumniator, sparing him the epithets 

 which might accompany that word. 



Devoted from my youth to the de- 

 fence of the unfortunate, far fiom bein^ 

 guided by interested motives, which, ia 

 my eyes, are more than sordid, I assist- 

 ed them, when in my power, with my 

 purse as well as my pen ; and if, in filliti£^ 

 this honourable mission, I must be ex- 

 posed to new outrages, I consent to en- 

 counter this danger also; my powers 

 are enfeebled, but my courage is not ; 

 and my principles have not changed, 

 like tliosc of so many Protei, who hava 

 ])r<ifcssed all doctrines, and chaunled all 

 kinds of palinodies, worn every livery, 

 and served under every banner, who 

 court all parlies, survive all, and arc, at 

 the present moment, at the pinnacle of 

 honours and riches, which I envy them 

 not. 



AVhcn, without seeking I''ortune, she 

 smiled upon me, I made such a use of 

 her gifts as to leave me honomable re- 

 collections, and' this use tilone cotiUl 

 inspire regret for the Joss of her favours. 

 J low ignorant or perfidious aro those 

 - P t' wlio, 



