APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
the glory of Bonaparte ; that he will 
fake care they shall be worthy of 
the temple. 
Now I think, looking at the pic- 
ture at the head of the prospectus, 
and also taking the close of the 
prospectus, there can be no doubt 
that the object of this publication 
was Bonaparte, and the whole ob- 
ject and tendency of it to villify 
him in the eyes of Europe and of the 
world. Gentlemen, there are two 
of these numbers that have been 
made the subject of prosecution ; 
these are the first and the third. 
I shall direct your attention first to 
that, which is to be found in the 
third number of the Ambigu. That, 
gentlemen has for its title, in the 
Ambigu itself, the harangue of Le- 
pidus against Sylla paredied, and is 
addressed to the people of France. 
It begins with stating the mildness 
of character and probity of the peo- 
ple, and expresses an apprehension 
that they, from their habits, would 
rather wish to live quietly under 
despotism than to vindicate their 
just rights and liberties, and avenge 
themselves on their oppressor. The 
sentiments contained in this part of 
the publication, lead them directly 
to revenge themselves. They are 
sentiments that would naturally 
lead them to act in their defence. 
I shall not read the whole of this 
speech, but leave it to my learned 
friend to detail. I shall only point 
out particular passages, which seem 
to me clearly to indicate the inten- 
tion of the writer. After having 
stated the names of a great num- 
ber of old families in l’rance, and 
expressed his astonishment that 
such persons should have made a 
sacrifice of their own liberty, he 
goes on to say—‘* They chuse ra- 
ther to hurt their fellow-citizens than 
608 
to reclaim their most sacred rights”, 
~—he asks them, ‘* Wherefore have 
we fought against Prussia, Austria, 
Italy, “England, and the whole of 
Germany and Busia, if it be not 
to preserve our liberty, and our 
properties, and to the end that we 
might obey no one, -but the laws 
alone? And now this tiger, who 
dares to call himself the founder, 
or the regenerator of France, en- 
joys the fruit of your labours as 
spoil taken from the enemy. ‘This 
man, sole master in the midst of 
those who surround him, has or- 
dained lists of proscription, and put 
in execution banishment without 
sentence, by means of which there 
are punishments for the French who 
have not yet seen the light. Pro- 
scribed families give birth out of 
France to children oppressed be- 
fore they are born; their misery 
has commenced before their life. 
His wickedness increases every day: 
in spite of the security he enjoys, 
he enters into new passions; and, 
as to you, far from daring to re- 
claim your liberty, the fear of ag- 
gravating your slavery freezes you, 
and you are subjected to the deepest 
terror.” 
Having roused their passions by 
this address, he says on: ‘¢ You 
must act, citizens, you must march, 
you must oppose what is passing, 
if you wish that he should not seize 
upon all that you have. Above all, 
no delays, no useless wishes ; reckon 
only upon yourselves, unless, in- 
deed, you have the stupidity to sup- 
pose, that he will wantonly ex- 
pose himself to danger by abdicat- 
ing, through weariness, or shame of 
tyranny, that which he holds by’ 
force of crimes.” 
Gentlemen, we are not consider- 
ing what it is he holds. He is de 
facto 
