The National Register. — London, England, 1809-11-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ‘REGISTER. report to deceive the vig ilance _ of the Junta at S e ville ; or that a cessation of hostilities on the Danube has not re established confidence between BUONAPARTE and the Aus trian Government; and that the former is afraid to with draw a single Regiment from Germany, until Austria think fit to diminish her immense Armament. We have not lately read any thing with more lively interest, than we did these two documents. They seem to afford an in controvertible evidence, that the Emperor FRANCIS, in proportion to the prolongation of the Armistice, was able to assume a more independent tone and attitude. Seeds of future discontent and disturbances lie thickly sown in the East and North of Europe, or the tyrant would not allow his troops to huger in Germany. We feel the greatest curiosity to see the articles of the late Peace; because every new arrival from the Continent inclines us more and more to believe them much less injurious to the Austrian Government, than was generally reported. Sufficient, how ever, has been already disclosed to satisfy us' that the ' Court of Vienna did not receive as a supplicant, whatever the conqueror at %Vagrain pleased to impose; hut treated on the most perfect footing of equality; ready to appeal to arms whenever that character was objected to by the opposite party. We cannot sufficiently admire the organization of the system of defence adopted in the Austrian Monarchy. As BUONAPARTE advanced into the heart of the country he found an increased resistance, a stronger force, than he had to contend with after having passed the Inn. Whilst his flanks and rear were exposed. to the most imminent danger, lie met in proportion as he penetrated into Hun gary and Bohemia, the whole male population of the two countries, in hostile array, ready to overwhelm him in case of the slightest disaster. We have no doubt that the tyrant shrank from this formidable array; and became willing to yield at the conferences, what he gained during the preceding campaign. Fortune has been more unkind to him since the signature of the Armistice, than she had been at any other period of his life, if we except his inva . sion of Syria. He never was, at any one stage of his atrocious and wild career, in greater danger than he is at pre sent. A power, which acts upon the principle, which )3UONAPARTE has avowed, risks all the advantages .of former success, as soon as it is forced to ter minate, by compromise, a contest with any of. its opponents. He must totally incapacitate, or he does nothing. Jut Gesar nut nihil, supremely applies to BUONA :PANTE he must be universal, unresisted master ;or the colossus of his domination, however towering, rests upon a thin base of sand. Eternal thanks to the Austrian Go vernment and people ! They have secured another chance for the re-establishment of universal freedom ; whilst their neighbours, with the basest emulation, were trying to out .vie each other in marks of submission. It must be re marked. that it was not from a desire of extinguishing the same of resistance in Spain, that the tyrant gave peace to Germany. No .: he seems to have acted, in doing so, from no other motive, but the fear of renewing the con test. After having been foiled in Germany, he has not the courage to let - loose his war hounds, in pursuit of an ,other prey in Spaiu. Papers and letters from Lisbon to the 24th ult. were re ceived on Friday. They contain a variety of interesting details relative to the Peninsula. 'Though we suspect some exaggeration in the accounts published in these papers, re lative to the efficiency and numbers of the Spanish armies, we have the most positive proofs in the advanced positions of their troops; in the 'vigorous stand they make, where the invaders are collected in greatest force ; in their suc cessful efforts in Catalonia ; in the defensive sysiem adopted by the enemy, and the constantly decreasing circle of Jo sEries domination—in all these we have the most positive proofs that the Spaniards are not that inert people, imen sible to freedom, or iodiirerent to the domination of (9, 707 'viper, as some of our journalists, to their eternal dia - grace, have continued to describe them. An injurious im putation reverberates from the innocent with ten-fold vio lence, upon the wretch who offers it. Such, we rejoice to state, is the case with the Spaniards and their calumniators in Londori and Paris. They retort the charge of inertness, by increasing their efforts, and oppose to the imputation of indifference,_ a more intense hatred of the Usurper, an d a, more fi xed determination, to sufler thegreatest privations, rather than submit to his insolent pretensions. This is the character of men, who are 'ardent in a cause, and have too much sensibility and honour to be affected by the vile in vectives of their stupid cold-hearted detracters. They praise this country enthusiastically; because their hea r t s are open to gratitude; and they are too conscious of their own merit., to feel any pain, in doing justice to the services they continue to receive from it. They know perfectly well to discriminate between the great man of the British nation, which always sympathized in the feeling s of a people struggling for freedom, and a few wretches who appear to give no other sign of existence, than in aspersing those governments and nations who have the courage to resist the ambition and tyranny of BUONAPARTE. It is nauseous to hear those creatures, , with the fury of savages. set up a war-hoop against abuses at home ; when we know that they do it only from a spirit of opposition to whatever is; when we know that they are inimical to freedom, in every other country. Love of liberty operates with the same enlarged force,as philanthropy does; it embraces the universe; and would see all men free and happy, from the panting savage on the line, to the wandering destitute Indian in the bleak regions of Canada. Her votaries detest only tyrants and conquerors, who have the atrocity to . establish a system of solitary, gloomy great ness, upon the misery and debasement of millions of their fellow-creatures. To love the institutions of this country, to evince zeal for its glory and prosperity, and not to ab hor NAPOLEON BUONPARTE,—ib a canting falsehood, and proves only the hypocrisy of the individual, who pro, clams this mode of thinking. Animated with these sentiments, we take the most li ve l y interest in every communication, which alludes to the in creasing vigour, vigilance, and discipline of the Spanish patriots. We are happy to state that their military force is now more numerous and better equipred titan at any former period. Time and custom, as we foresaw, would ("radially inure them to the severity of discipline ; and they have already made rapid progress in an art, which alone gave their antagonists a superiority over them.— What is more,--oppertimity, coupled with difficulties, be ("ins to develope those talents which constitute the character of intelligent Officers. Their encampments ate well chosen and secured against sudden surprise, which is a sure symp tom that their present leaders are not destitute of intelli- • gence. The desultory mode of warfare, pursued of late, with so much vigour and success, will free them from that panic which their great losses had inspired ; and the Spa niard, naturally brave, enthusiastic, and enterprising, , will soon recover confidence, and acquire a steady deportment in the hour of peril. Three-fourths of the Peninsula are in this moment, in the hands of the Patriots; and the circle that groans under the yoke of the Usurper, is sen sibly contracting every week. Even numerous districts in that very inclosure, assert their independence; brave the race of the Tyrant; cut off his supplies; inter cept his communications ; harrass his pas ties ; pick up his agents, and expose him; his partisans and emissa ries, to incessant alarm. This is thekind of war which must eventually succeed. It offers to the bold a ready the atre for his courage ; to the sanguine, a preventative against deseondency ; to the patriot, an opportunity for • a display of his aversion to usurpation.: to the young, the ardent, the restless, a large, uninterrupted field, where they may attract notice, -end gratify .their passion for dis. tint:U(4l'nd novelty. NOV. 5. . THE NATIONAL 'REGISTER. 707 . . _ . _._ report to deceive the vigilance of the Junta at Seville ; or 'viper, as some of our journalists, to their eternal die- that a cessation of hostilities on the Danube has not re- grace, have continued to describe them. An injurious iin- established confidence between BUONAPARTE and the Aus- potation reverberates from the innocent with ten-fold vio- trian Government; and that the former is afraid to with- knee, upon the wretch who offers it. Such, we rejoice to draw a single Regiment from Germany, until Austria state, is the case with the Spaniards and their calumniators think fit to diminish her immense Armament. We have in Londori and Paris. They retort the charge of inertness, not lately read any thing with more lively interest, than by increasing their efforts, and oppose to the imputation of we did these two documents. They seem to afford an in- indifference, a more intense hatred of the Usurper, and a _controvertible evidence, that the Emperor FRANCIS, in more fixed determination, to sutler thegreatest privati o n s , proportion to the prolongation of the Armistice, was able rather than submit to his insolent pretensions. This is the to assume a more independent tone and attitude. Seeds of character of men, who are 'ardent in a cause, and have too future discontent and disturbances lie thickly sown in the much sensibility and honour to be affected by the vile in- East and North of Europe, or the tyrant would not allow vectives of their stupid cold-hearted detracters. Th e y his troops to linger in Germany. We feel the greatest praise this country enthusiastically; because their hearts curiosity to see the articles of the late Peace; because are open to gratitude; and they are too consciou s o f every new arrival from the Continent inclines us more and their own merit, to feel any pain, in doing justice to the more to believe them much less injurious to the Austrian services they continue to receive from it. They know i, Government, than was generally reported. Sufficient, how- perfectly well to discriminate between the great mass of the ever, has been already disclosed to satisfy us that the British nation, which always sympathized in the feeli ngs o f Court of Vienna did not receive as a supplicant, whatever a people struggling lOr freedom, and a few wretches the conqueror at %Vagram pleased to impose; hut treated who appear to give no other sign of existence, on the most perfect footing of equality; ready to appeal to that) in aspersing those goverements and nati ons arms whenever that character was objected to by the opposite who have the courage to resist the ambition and tyranny party. We cannot sufficiently admire the organization of of BUONAPARTE. It is nauseous to hear those creatures, , • * the system of defence adopted in the Austrian Monarchy. with the fury of savages. set up a war-hoop against abuses . As BUONAPARTE advanced into the heart of the country at home ; when we know that they do it only from a spirit he found an increased resistance, a stronger force, than he of o pp os ition t o w hateve r is ; when we know th at t h ey are had to contend with after having passed - the inn. Whilst inimical to freedom, in every other country. Love of his flanks and rear were exposed .t o the m ost imminent liberty operates with the same enlarged force,as philanthropy . danger, lie met in proportion as he penetrated into Hun- does; it embraces the universe; and would see all men free gary and Bohemia, the whole male population of the two and happy, from the panting savage on the line, to the countries, in hostile arras', ready to overwhelm him in wandering destitute Indian in the bleak regions of Canada. case of the slightest disaster. We have no doubt that the Her votaries detest only tyrants and conquerors, who have . tyrant shrank from this formidable array; and became the atrocity to . establish a system of solitary, gloomy grea t_ willing to yield at the conferences, what he gained during ness, upon the misery and debasement of millions of their the preceding campaign. Fortune has been more unkind fellow-creatures. To love the institutions of this country, to him since the signature of the Armistice, than she had to evince zeal for its glory and prosperity, and not t o e l,- been at any other period of his life, if we except his inva- hor NAPOLEON BUONPARTE,—is a canting falsehood, awl . sloe of Syria. proves only the hypocrisy of the individual, who pro- He never was, at any one stage of his atrocious clams this mode of thinking. and wild career, in greater danger than he is at pre- Animated with these sentiments, we take the most lively sent. A power, which acts upon the principle, which interest in every* communication, which alludes to the in- )3UONAPARTE has avowed, risks all the advantages creasing vigour, vigilance, and discipline of the Spanish. of former success, as soon as it is forced to ter- patriots. We are happy to state that their military force .urinate, by compromise, a contest with any of. its is now more numerous and better equipred than at any opponents. He must totally incapacitate, or he does former period. Time and custom, as we foresaw, would nothing. Jut rwsar aut nihil, supremely applies to BUONA- gradually inure them to the severity of discipline; and : PARTE : he must be universal, unresisted master ;or the they have already made rapid progress in an art, which colossus of his domination, however towering, rests upon alone gave their antagonists a superiority over them.— a thin base of sand. Eternal thanks to the Austrian Go- What is more,--oppertimity, coupled with difficulties, be- verument and people ! They have secured another chance gins to develope those talents which constitute the character for the re-establishment of universal freedom ; whilst their of intelligent Officers. Their encampments ate well chosen neighbours, with the basest emulation, were trying to out- and secure d aga i nst su dd en surpr i se , w hi c h i s a sure spre- .vie each other in marks of submission. It must be re- tom that their present leaders are not destitute of intelli- • anarked. that it was not from a desire of extinguishing the Bence. The desultory mode of warfare, pursued of late, same of resistance in Spain, that the tyrant gave peace to with so much vigour and success, will free them from that Germany. No .: he seems to have acted, in doing so, panic which their great losses had inspired ; and the Spa. • from no other motive, but the fear of renewing the con- niard, naturally brave, enthusiastic, and enterprising, , will .test. After having been foiled in Germany, he has not soon recover confidence, and acquire a steady deportment the courage to let - loose his war hounds, in pursuit of an- in the hour of peril. Three-fourths of the Peninsula are i ,other prey in Spaie. in this moment, in the hands of the Patriots; and tile —. el m. circle that groans 'under the yoke of the Usurper, is sea_ .1 Papers and letters from Lisbon to the 24th ult. were re- sittly contracting every week. Even numerous districts ceived on Friday. They contain a variety of interesting in that very inclosure, assert their independence; brave NOV. 5.