826 MEMOIR OP

my conduct, and to be judged. Far from it; without a'
menl's rest I was taken to a fort on the frontiers of the
lie, and confined in a frightfUl dungeon.
 It is from the depths of this dreary prison that I appeal
the justice and magnanimity of the First Consul. He is
noble and too good a general to turn away from an
soldier, covered with wounds in the service of his (oun
without giving him the opportunity to justify himself, and
have judgment pronounced upon him.
 I ask, then, to be brought belbre a tribunal or council of
before which, also, Gen. Le-lere may appear, and that we
both be judged after we hate both been heard; equity, rea
law, all assure me that this justice cannot be rentsed me.


 1.

 In passing through France, I have seen in the newspaper
an article concerning myself. I am accused in this article.:
being a rebel and a traitor, and, tu justil% the accusation, a
ter is said to have been interceptol in which I encouraged
laborers of St. Domingo to re'olt. I never wrote tuch a let
and I defy any one to produce it, t tell me to whom it
addressed, and to bring forward the pvr-,n. As to the rest
the calumny, it falls of itself; il' I had intended to make
would I have laid down my arnm and submitted No rei
able man, much less a soldier, can believe such an absurdity.


 ADDITION TO THE MEMOIRS.
 If the Government had sent a wi;br man, there would
been no trouble; not a single shot would have I.een fired.
 Why did fear occasion so muh injustice on the part of
Leclerc ? Why did he violate his word of honor? Upon
arrival of the frigate Guerriere, which brought my wife,
 iMi