The National Register. — London, England, 1815-08-13 00:00:00

• • TIFIE No. 398. HAS WAR IYe have fought, 1)1 , 1, for peace. 5 ..;!d anti complete t 1;ho that looks at roc;cre of hostile Who can even ass tracted convulsionl Who will not own momentarily gilded ',..l,ess of collect. When nations were on:- great and unit from his seat; That mip . ll, but to reel stantaneously resto is now fallen from 1 has smitten the Eag ed the captive to i been proclaimed, a lations formally at Does any nation fe that the days of warlike preparation by every state, pre tertained. I n steal armies, and pour 1 . 4 which has submittet the result of that banish the spirit c which, so much trc spine(' ? Its result I viewed as the even, was only the osten! If our hopes are % : - s , IbiATIONALMEGISTER.' . *: eignmegNINISINI Itup 4 ..trti . :1 • Cur Zing, Constitution, ram Laths. , , - , r,LWa ttrbilii: ! PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREET ) STRAND.: 4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1815. No. 398. PRICE 9(1. foupeAL DISQUISITION. HAS WAR WAR LED TO A REAL PEACE? 414. • they only executed through dread of his vengeance ; they adored the Bourbons, and, under their rule, would joy fully return to principles of humanity, moderation, and justice! The recall of Napoleon, and his resumption of the Imperial crown, without any sign of opposition, was considered as the work of the military, and France was IYe have fought, and, of all the Allies, most profusely 1)1 , 1, for peace. We have conquered—and is peace, a anti complete tranquillisation of the world, attained? Vito that looks at the state of France, oven under the. rec;ure of hostile armies, can reply in the affirmative ? Who can even assort that he confidently hopes the pro.' tracted convulsionl of mankind are drawing to a close ? Who will not own that the beams of triumph have but momentarily gilded the political horizon, and that the ea. of collecting storms once more lowers upon us ? When nations were called to arms, they. were told that one great• and united effort would hurl their Distetber from his seat; That he stood, the sole Ostac.le, nctt i to no. once more rescued from her due share of guilt. With such a belief it was natnral to expect, that when Lie power should be destroyed, and the army broken down, the Trench people would gladly receive the descendant of their ancient monarchs, and vie with other nations in maintaining the tranquillity of the world. The only dif ficulty is - to ascertain how such a belief could gain suf ficient ground to induce all the Powers of Europe to act upon it. If they took assurances for certainties, and is the teeth of evidence considered the mild Louis a greater favourite with the French, who had rejected him, than Napoleon whom they had recalled ) merely because the Bourbons asserted the fact, they must have been entirely blinded by their wishes. But their eyes must be now „opened. They must see and repair their error. Whoa they thought they had annihilated the revolutionary Hydra, they find that only one of its heads has fallen, and - that others rise on every side to supply its place. Both the character and the party of the Bourbons are now proved too weak to controul the turbulence of the people; that task must be performed by stronger hands. Were the Allies to withdraw from the French territory, the Royalists, according to their own confession, would be immediately overpowered, and another Kingly victim might be sacrificed. They must therefore not only re main, but assume for a time a Dictatorial power. It would be an insulting mockery to have restored Louis XVIII. and not to support him. The throne is for him only a post of danger. To mount it at such a period re- quired more audacity than to brave the thunder of Nutlet. But they are not to take advantage of his courage and turn it to his ruin. They have raised him to an eminence, which no man, however fond of human dignities, can envy. He is indeed now mil: ;I, but to reel peace, and that his downfall would in stantaneously restore rest and security to the world. ifie is now fallen from his towering height ; the British surer, has smitten the Eagle in the sky, and British power chatipet ed the captive to a rock. • Nay, the named Peace been proclaimed, and the re-establishment of all her re lations formally announced, yet, is the world at rest ? Does any nation feel that it can lay down its arms, and that the days of universal tranquillity are come. The warlike preparations continued with unremitting activity be every state, prove that such expectations are not en tertained. Instead of disbanding, they increase their armies, and pour forth fresh thousands upon the territory which has submitted to their power. What then has been the result of that grand and wilted effort which was to banish the spirit of war from the earth, and to effect which, so much treasure was required and so much blood spilled ? Its result has been the overthrow of a man, justly viewed as the enemy of European independeuoe, but who was only the ostensible head of a nation equally hostile. If our hopes are disappointed, it is because they were founded on misrepresentation. It was said that Buona parte alone was guilty of all the crimes of France ; that lifs ambition was their source, and that when the cause should be removed, the effect would cease. The chief criminality of the French was made to consist in their obe dience : they, forsooth, detested the tyrant «hose 111'o. C:CCXGT 111. / , <V : / ;. ~; ~~ only opremet " In misery," If they now forsake him they have only betrayed h'at into the hands of his enemies to be mu:ticred in his ' 4 s.ki .0 0 ° '0V 0 00 - 1 - ) ''.. •'. \ ? -cigh l r X • -.At • ,C