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than his natural courage prompted him to do, to his per- 
f< nal fafety, which was fo infeparably conne6Ted with that 
of the nation. 
Bonaparte replied to thefe addrefTes, that, “ fince he 
had attained the chief magi (Tracy, many plots had been 
formed againft his life. . Educated in camps, he never 
regarded, as important, dangers which caufed in him no 
fear. But he could not avoid experiencing a ferious and 
painful feeling, when he reflected on the (ituation in 
which that great nation would have been involved, had 
this laft confpiracy fucceeded : for it was principally 
againft the glory, the liberty, and the de(Tiny,of the French 
people that it was planned. He had long fince renounced 
the hope of enjoying the pleafures of private life. All 
his days were employed in fulfilling the duties which his 
fate and the will of the French people had impofed upon 
him. Heaven would watch over France, and defeat the 
ftratagems of the wicked. The citizens might'be free 
from alarm—his life would continue as long as it fhould 
be of utility to the nation. But he wifhed the French 
people to underftand, that without their confidence and 
affection, exiltence would be to him without confolation, 
and to them without an objed.” 
Thefe meafures were accompanied by communications 
to the fame effect, iffued in general orders to the French 
armies, and were followed, of courfe, by correfponding 
addreftes. That from the tailors, compofing what was 
flyled the right wing of the national flotilla, concluded 
tints: “ Citizen firft conful, we wait with impatience for 
the moment when you (hall proclaim the hour of ven¬ 
geance.” 
On the 28th of February, Pichegru was arrefted in a 
private ltoufe at Paris, having been betrayed by a perfon 
with whom he had lodged : and on the 29th a law was 
propofed and pafled, in the courfe of a (ingle fitting, by 
which the puniftiment of death was denounced againft all 
thofe who (hould conceal Georges, or any of his accom¬ 
plices ; and a deputation was charged to communicate 
this law to Bonaparte. At the fame a proclamation was 
itfued from the police office, notifying the law which had 
juft pafled—informing the inhabitants, that Georges and 
his aflbeiates were’Hill at Paris, from whence it was im- 
poflible for them to efcape, the barriers and roads being 
guarded with the uimofl vigilance ; and (ummoning all 
thofe who had, or did conceal them, to profit of the period 
allowed by the law, for the purpofe of averting its axe. 
Accordingly, on the 9th of March, 1804, Georges, accom¬ 
panied by a perfon of the name of Leridan, wasarrefled in 
a cabriolet, attempting to efcape from Paris, in the dufk 
of the evening. He killed, with a piftol (hot, the peace 
officer who (lopped the horfe, and wounded another, who 
endeavoured to feize him. 
Madame Moreau, the wife of the general, was however 
fuffered to remain at liberty ; and indeed, during hiscon- 
-finement, (he experienced open marks of attention and' 
companion from the inhabitants of Paris. But this lenity 
towards madame Moreau was more a meafure of policy*, 
than of humanity, For the high military reputation of 
her hulband, had rendered him the idol of a great propor¬ 
tion of the army, and had gained him the efteem of many 
perfons in France. It was therefore judged expedient to 
proceed againft him with caution, left any apparent harfli- 
nefs might can(e a clamour, and dilfatisfadTion on the part 
of the troops; and although he was found guilty of the 
charges adduced againft him, his fentence was remitted 
upon the condition that he (liould retire to the United 
States of America. 
Bonaparte availed himfelf of this opportunity to get 
rid of one of the princes of the holtfe of Bourbon, from 
whom it is laid he entertained confiderable apprehenfions. 
In this he was not actuated folely by the fpiritof revenge, 
for he had been previoufly heard to lay, that the only indivi¬ 
dual of that family who could be deemed dangerous to the 
exifting French government, redded in an obfeure manner 
in a final! town in Germany. The due d’Enghein had 
acquired the higheft reputation under his grandfather 
the prince of Conde, and had fo much diftinguiflied him¬ 
felf by his (kill and bravery as an officer, added to his 
unbounded generofity and humanity, as to be univerfally 
admired and efteemed. Shortly after the dilbandtng of 
the army of Conde, his highnefs fixed his relidence at 
Ettenheim, in the electorate of Baden. “ His principal 
occupation was ftudy, his recreation hunting. In this 
(ituation he was feized, on*the 15th of March, by a body 
of French cavalry, who had pafled the Rhine on the pre¬ 
ceding night, under the command of general Caulincourt, 
aid-de-camp to Bonapaite, and inftantly conveyed to the 
citadel of Stralburgh. On the 17th he was fent forward 
to Paris, and was obliged to continue the journey, a dif- 
tance of about four hundred miles, without the fmallefi: 
inrermiflion, efcorted by relays of gens d’arme's. At fix 
o’clock in the rooming of the 20th, he arrived at Paris; and 
was conducted firft to the Temple, and then to the caftle 
of Vincennes,where a fpecial military commiffion had been 
convened. At nine o’clock in the evening of the fame 
day he was forced to appear before his judges; who, in 
the courfe of two hours pafled upon him the fentence of 
death ! 
He was accufed, id, Of having borne arms againft the 
French republic, idly, Of having offered his fervices 
to the Engliih government, the enemy of the French 
people. 3dly. Of having received and accredited agents 
of the faid government ; of having procured for them 
the means of maintaining an underffanding in France, and 
having confpired, with them, againft the internal and ex¬ 
ternal fafety of the (late. 4th 1 y. Of having placed him¬ 
felf at the , head of an affemblage of French emigrants, 
and others in the pay of England, formed in the countries 
of Fribourg and Baden. 5thly, Of having maintained 
a correfpondence in the town of Sirafburgh tending to 
dir up the neighbouring departments, for the purpofe of 
effecting there adiverfion in favour of England. 6thly, 
Of being one of the favourers and accomplices of the 
confpiracy planned by the Englilh againft the.life of the 
firft conful, and intending, in cafe of the fuccefs of this 
confpiracy, to enter France hoffilely. Uponeach of thefe 
charges the court found the prifoner guilty, and judg¬ 
ment was pronounced in the following words : “ The 
fpecial military commiffion unanimoufly condemns to the 
pain of death Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon, due 
d’Enghein, in atonement for the crimes of being a fpy, of 
carrying on a correfpondence with the enemies of the re¬ 
public, and of an attempt againft the internal and external 
fafety of the (Tate.” No evidence whatever was produced 
upon the trial, which was a mere formality, preparatory 
to the execution of a fentence virtually pronounced by 
the order for the prince’s arreftation. 
During the whole of this diftrelling#feene, the due 
d’Enghein manifefted the greateft calmnefs and fortitude. 
Four gens d’armes were pofted in the dungeon where he 
was confined ; and it is faid that he was not permitted to 
fpeak with the clergyman who attended him on the occa- 
fion, otherwife than in a tone of voice loud enough to be 
overheard by his guards. In the courfe of the night, ge¬ 
neral Murat, brother-in-law to the firft conful, arrived at 
Vincennes, under an effort of matneiukes, accompanied 
by four aids-de-camp, together with generals E. Mortier, 
Duroc, Hulin,and Louis Bonaparte. The caftle was fur- 
rounded, and the avenues to that part of the wood of Vin¬ 
cennes appointed fur the execution, guarded by Italian 
troops, while each mameluke was provided with a torch 
for the occafion. The duke, on being informed of his 
fentence, tranquilly replied, “ I am leady and refigned.” 
Upon hearing that the grenadiers commanded to (hoot 
him were Italians, of Bonaparte’s guard, he faid, “ Thank 
God they are not Frenchmen! I am condemned by a fo. 
reigner, and God be praifed that my execuiioners arealfo 
fuch. It will be a (lain the lefs upon my countrymen 
and at the place of execution lie lifted up his hands 
to heaven, exclaiming, “ May God preferve my king, and 
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