100 CARNOT. 



afflicting and withering days, happy those who have not 

 witnessed you ! " 



The sentiments with which Carnot was able to inspire 

 the population of Antwerp are known to the whole world. 

 I cannot resist the pleasure, however, of citing at least 

 some passages from a letter that was delivered to him 

 the day he departed for Paris ; after having been thus 

 ordered by the government under the elder branch of the 

 Bourbons, who had remounted the throne. The authori- 

 ties and inhabitants of the suburb of Borgerhout, the de- 

 struction of which had been resolved on, but which he 

 thought he could preserve without detriment to the gen- 

 eral defence, thus expressed themselves : 



" You are going to quit us ; we feel deeply afflicted by 

 it ; we would wish to possess you still a little longer ; we 

 solicit this great favour most earnestly The in- 

 habitants of Saint Willebrord and of Borgerhout request 

 permission to inquire once a year, of the person who may 

 be appointed to govern them, after the health of General 



Carnot We may, perhaps, never see you again. 



If some day General Carnot allows his portrait to be 

 painted, and would permit a copy of it to be made for us 



this precious present would be deposited in the 



church of Saint Willebrord." 



I will not commit the fault, Gentlemen, of weakening 

 such naive and touching expressions by a cold commen- 

 tary. 



CONDUCT OF CARNOT DURING THE HUNDRED DAYS. 



The conduct of Carnot during the Hundred Days, 

 appears to me to have been well and honourably epito- 

 mized in those memorable words that Napoleon ad- 



