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Indignant at finding that his reiterated demands for the erasure of my name from the list of emigrants had been slighted, and that, in spite of his representations, conveyed to Paris by General Bernadotte, Louis Bonaparte, and others, I was still included in that fatal list, he apostrophised M. Bottot at dinner one day, before forty individuals, among whom were the diplomatists Gallo, Cobentzel, and Meerweldt.
Bottot assured the hero of Italy of "the Republican docility" of the Directory, and touched upon the reproaches Bonaparte had thrown out against them, and upon his demands which had not been granted. He said: "The three armies, of the North, of the Rhine, and of the Sambre-et- Meuse, are to form only one, the army of Germany. Augereau? But you yourself sent him.
Bottot assured the hero of Italy of "the Republican docility" of the Directory, and touched upon the reproaches Bonaparte had thrown out against them, and upon his demands which had not been granted. He said: "The three armies, of the North, of the Rhine, and of the Sambre-et-Meuse, are to form only one, the army of Germany. Augereau? But you yourself sent him.
The Directory, judging from the account which Bottot gave of his mission that he had not succeeded in entirely removing the suspicions of Bonaparte, wrote the following letter on the 30th Vendemiaire: The Directory has itself been troubled about the impression made on you by the letter to the paymaster-general, of which an 'aide de camp' was the bearer.
The Directory thought as much, and declined to accept his resignation in the most flattering terms. Bottot proposed to him, on the part of the Directory, to revolutionise Italy. The General inquired whether the whole of Italy would be included in the plan. The revolutionary commission had, however, been entrusted to Bottot in so indefinite a way that he could only hesitate, and give a vague reply.
That writer is also in error when he says that Bottot was sent to Passeriano to reproach Bonaparte for failing to fulfil his promise of sending money to the Directory. Bonaparte soon gave Bottot an opportunity of judging of the kind of spirit which prevailed at headquarters. He suddenly tendered his resignation, which he had already several times called upon the Directory to accept.
The Duke of Parma to be restored. Influence of the 18th Fructidor on the negotiations Bonaparte's suspicion of Bottot His complaints respecting the non-erasure of Bourrienne Bourrienne's conversation with the Marquis of Gallo Bottot writes from Paris to Bonaparte on the part of the Directory Agents of the Directory employed to watch Bonaparte Influence of the weather on the conclusion of peace Remarkable observation of Bonaparte Conclusion of the treaty The Directory dissatisfied with the terms of the peace Bonaparte's predilection for representative government Opinion on Bonaparte.
Bottot wished to offer some excuse; but the general murmur which followed this singular outburst reduced him to silence. The Marquis de Gallo had conversed with me but three days before, in the park of Passeriano, on the subject of my position with regard to France, of the determination expressed by the Directory not to erase my name, and of the risk I thereby ran.
Bonaparte adds that when Bottot, the confidential agent of Barras, came to Passeriano, after the 18th Fructidor, he declared to him that as soon as La Vallette should make him acquainted with the real state of things the money should be transmitted. The inaccuracy of these statements will be seen in the correspondence relative to the event.
His letter to Augerean His correspondence with the Directory and proposed resignation Explanation of the Directory Bottot General Clarke Letter from Madame Bacciocchi to Bonaparte Autograph letter of the Emperor Francis to Bonaparte Arrival of Count Cobentzel Autograph note of Bonaparte on the conditions of peace. Bonaparte was delighted when he heard of the happy issue of the 18th Fructidor.
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