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2 k 4 Memoir refetitte to the Vaudois .
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¦! i ^ ffi # jwi ^* i w l fwil ps WITS' were able to t * ear ~ arms -were on the mountains , to oppose the invasion of the French troops . ^^; venerable Cure of Luzerne , Don Bri- * arisa ^ was the first to put the Vaudois upon-their guard ; and a M . Odette , ^ captain of militia , and a rich person in the neighbourhood , repaired to Paul Vfrta atXa T 6 ur , declaring tb ^ kt he would " shed the last drop of his blood in their defence . Towards the
^ alight of the . 14 tn of May , the house xj # the Qxxrk > of La / Tomr , the . church , jtfte coittfewt- of . Recollects , and , some * Catholic' hcrcises were filled ; with as-« sassins . ' While , the fatal moment was
approaching , seventeen expresses had been sent to ^ general jGodin , who comu : inande& inv ths valley , arid then had xnhfe lieadquastersv . five milesv above La -iiflPgiaiy to igtvd him information of f * t&es& ciroum&tances ; but he could not bibeKave that such horrors , were in
con-- temptation * . ' At length , some persons ^ fiaisanction havi ng thrown them' ¦ ¦ : selves ^ ftt thse feet of the general , and ¦ en&reated hifn to send some companies ' > f if VkcKkHs militiai to ' . La Tourv he en-: ? teffairied no further doubts on the &uby&et ; b ^ tr complied with theif rei | uej 5 t , and prepared to ^ retreat with theirest -r . ro £ the iatfmy . The itrobps arrhredoat La Tour at the commencement . of die
)'• night ,- 'when the rain-T ^ as pouring in - ¦ torrents , v ^ rhich , doubtless ^ had retarded ¦ the prbjedted nnas ^ sacre . The assassins nov / took to flight ; and after their departure , £ list o € the conspirators mas discovered , which was sent to the
Duke of Aosta , our present king . 1 Not one of them , however , was either punished or sought after . Is not this evidence that the court did not disapprove of their execrable design ? The brave general Godtn was disgraced , without receiving any recompence for - his lottfe services , and retired to Nyon , in Switzerland , where TjediecL i . "< 3 haii « s Kmanuel ILL , who call ed tts Ms good and faithful Kauttms , Would not ; revoke one of the oppressive edicts ,, and we could not oave any physicians or advocates of our religion , nor any military promotion * above the r rank of Serjeant , except in tbe ^ xnilitia ; whilst Uiideuth ^ last OFrench ) ^ ovgrnitumt ; t ^ iwfc attained die rank of liettten ^ nt ^ oloi ^ ct , two or tlirec that of major , *; deM" « udr ^> th ose of chief of baaah o ^ r capkiin , lieutenant , and itiany received decprations : If they are
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resource than their military talents which the king will not value at all in Protestants ? The Vaudois avow their having favoured- the principles of liberty of conscience , and of breaking the chains-by which they 1 ^ been bound for ages . Posterity wil ] judge whether this be a crime before Goa , or even before men . They had rendered services , most powerfully enjoined by humanity ^ to , their delivej ^ n ( and masters ) , ^ the tommune of JB obbi alone having furnished , on the application of thtftr . vier ^ worthy pastor , the late M . Rostan , volunteers , who
carried tkcee hundred siek and wou r ^ ed soldiers over the > heights of the Alps . For this service they received the acknowledgements of the grand armj of Italy , W an Order of the Day , dated 3 rd Prim . An . 8 , < 24 th Dec . 179 ^ , ) and signed b y Suchet , ( general of division , &c * Thi& humane
conduct was represented by the , priests anji other cruel caaefiLiies of the VaiN dois , to have beeu the natuijal effect of their political opinions , notwithstanding that the Russipn ^ and Austrians ipet with a similar feception fcyn them < neyer in itae least mterruptwig tji ^ ir perfect Iibej 5 ty , of conscience ) , as appears . ' by ihei ts » tifet > jgials received from Marshal Suwarrpw and Prince
Bagiiitioii ( wh'b sfeeMed / the greatest favour ) , of Prince Keyerrhuller , Groneral Niemsell and , above all , $ e brav , e Counl NiepiBr , who constancy interested , himself on behalf of t ) ie Vaudois , and was respected by them as their benefactor , —at whose suggestion they sent to Count Bubna a short list of their requests , of which we give
the substance : — , * ' K That they taoay have secured f thenx a perfect liberty of . conscience , and of situatio i * , in © Qmipot ^ vwith the other -subjec t ** , of his Sardinian
ijiajcsty" 2 . Tfhat tfieir religion mdy be r »* obstacle to their ejnploynieat in civij and military offices , according to the scale of promotion . . * ' 3 . That they ma \ r keep the p *> - -perty acquired beyond . the limits to which they w ^ re oo ^ nned *! . ' 49 d l ^ they rmay |> e permitted < to *** && t » T ~ ther aequbitionti ^ should they meet with a ifair opportunity . , ; '" 4 . l ^ hat 4 hey * jroajr be peW ^ to setlje in , any * f his Sardioian »»*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 254, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/2/
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