The seizing the Duke D’Enghien in a neutral state, dragging him to a
tribunal to which he was, in no view, amenable, condemning him by laws
to which he owed no obedience, and finally, putting him to death by a
hasty and cowardly execution by _torch-light_, are stains on
Buonaparte’s character, of such violence, injustice, and cruelty, as no
good fortune, no talents, no splendour of power, or even of merit, can
ever obliterate.