The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-09 00:00:00

OCT. 9. audacity and skill occupied Madrid, the principal fortresses, and the passes into their country. A nation capable of such a resolution, after having been abandoned and betrayed by their Sovereign, his Ministers, and, as they then imagined', hv the first men in the kingdom for rank and fortune, are undoubtedly no ordinary people. All the efforts they have made as yet in the sacred cause, in which they are engaged, have been successful. Their triumphs have pro duced no false security ; and no relaxation is visible in the measures they adopted for the accomplishment of the great work they have undertaken. From thq very beginning it was no difficult • matter to pronounce decidedly on their final success. The enlightened and patriotic citizens, who directed the popelar insurrection, by the bold resolution they formed of excluding for ever the possibility of coin.- promise or conciliation, gave an unequivocal proofs of their talents, as of their courage and siucerity. It is entirely out of the question, without these reflections, to entertain a competent idea of their meant; moral and physical, to dis sipate the gathering stone. The man Who, for twelve years, has employed the rittistextraorditiary abilities to no other purpose, than for the misery and the degradation of the rest of mankind, appears to be sensible of the resistance he has to expect. Notwithstanding his vaunted myriads, he is under the necessity, in this crisis of his fortunes, of Hying from the Scene of action, and trying, by means of intrigue, to withdraw a considerable part of his army from (lemony. Nis means of carrying into execution his pro ject of extermination in the south, are inadequate, anti even trifling, unless he can prevail, through the interfe rence of ALEXANDER, on the Austrian Cabinet to employ its immense armaments in sonic ill-fated partition of the Ottoman Empire. This is the great project of the wary tyraiit ; •and the object of his journey to Upper Saxony. Should the Emperor Tass4cis Lase the infatuation to be present at this congress, the project of partition will be agreed to; the usirian army, uhich could have saved, perhaps, the liberty of Europe, vi ill be employed an extravagant attack on this political windmill, and BONAPARTE be able te•withdraw the greater part of his forces from the Austrian frontiers. Then, and then alone, will his 200 000 miscreants scale the Pyrenees, and carry fire, murder, and devastation into the habitations and fields of an innocent people. More he can never employ for the accomplishment of his abominable design, should even the Austrian Ministry have the folly or theltillainy to subscribe to a plan of partition, which will. have no other conse quence than to hurl their Mpnarch,from his throne. To Frfurth. therefore, the attention of mankind should be directed at preient, M thilkity the salvation or slavery of Europe will be decided. Ti unncecessary to employ an, g,low of language . to impress our Readers with the import ant consequeptes than must remit from the conferences at this terrest PnWdemostistis: Every thine. (finch the most refined art, or tbe,inost conaispunate villainy, can suggest, mill be put in practice, in order to gain or intimidate Austria into an acquiokente itt the grins. of the AOch fiend. If'filat power; however, has the virtue to contemn his mimes ant; his promises, which we are strongly inclined to believw44or she. has always acted an Vonottreble, though an unfortunate; part—hostilities will et:mit/tepee immediately in dar g utny.. For both even t s — part i t i on or war—the tyrant is.prepailed: Whilst his guards me hastening in one directiento , fttimv; his negotiators, T.14.1.!.y . a0,14 pruceeding thitheria'skup s tber, .sb"ki h e , be 649 the war of diplomacy, there is reason to imagine that he will command himself the armies, which are to act against Austria. his propitious month of October, in wh;ch he triumphed at Ulm and Jena, affords him a tosourable sea son for commencing his operations. Should the war break out, and he entertained any suspicions of repugnance on the part of his Imperial guests, to co-operate with him gainst Austria, he will not be deficient in finding- a pretextto keep them as hostages in his camp. Profound and dangeromi are tho projects of this versatile and unprincipled individual. • If it be not too presumptuous to sound the intricate depth of his atrocious heart, we would conclude that Spain is die great object of 'his alarm and anxiety. He must first gain the connivance of Russia and Austria, or attempt to annihi late the latter, betiore he dares lead hid armies against that community of Patriots. Ile has already fled from Buie frontiers, like a trembling fugitive. We should, be prepared for the event of his throwing Anstria a soporifie cake, and lulling her asleep, however grating that reflection may be. Let us pause here for a moMent, and reflect 4ni the consequences. The first question which arises on such an 4 ,e -casion, are Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal able to resist his undivided force?—There never was a more important one : On its solution, perhaps, depends the independence of our own country and of Europe. Before we give any (opinion of our own, our Readers will, however, agree with us, th-it all the el:erg-4N of the three countries will be, at least, required for this purpose. We would consider it an insult to the good sense and feelings of the public, to draw incessantly their attention to the activity and resources or the enems ;—his •unparalleled success, the vast empire tie governs, and his unsated rapacity, impress us with too fatal a conviction of their extent. Forced to make this :4v,-. knowledgtnent, me are fully aware of the foresight of the present Administration in sending so large a force to the Continent. And if it be true, that they have it in contem-: (elation not to leave a single man of our regular arm in Great Britain, but to send the whole to the same destinat we cong,tatulr te our country that the management of its af fairs is placed in such able hands. But it may be objected, that a single blunder, or a single breach of honour, may deprive us of that army for ever ;—that ;mother try may sign a dishonorable Conv-Aition ; that another more consummate blockhead than DA Lit•MPLEI . I ) l4 P`t the fairest hopes of the country, by his imbecillity anti v. ant of feeling. 'Without attempting-to anticipate events, now ;ever disgraceful and revolting the example aluiraty dive ► imay be, see risk nothinF ine.dvaneing, that no future Gifeer 'aril, have the-it' . Alight the opinion of a tirtt;cll ;public: ' itd'Cift of LbinlOW has cOinc, for.ward on thic. pn every patriotic occasion, anil.gblen a praise-woi lily ex- Ampletu the rest of the nation, how to egress their di sap*: ;probation and their horror of die halftone trnitsartionV Other cities ant counties•fire V 11141141: and ins. low* • as this spirit nod . settee he luitioltr Ilitiinate the , lir'eaets of P,iigt)slimen, we Pterinin 'clouhf about• the • , isuccess of our Army . , and t h e.,in:lopentdence of our Allies. . r A RTNUR .Wrixect.EY . isrtrt arri•veri, and tiir•kftw .1)Aso; experted. Vier:title insist. on .inteefl-• gatien ; the army ecpeet it ; the . persons ittiplfr!iteil, if every prinripl4 6f lionqur lie not ekfind in t'icir bosou , s, !Ininst require it of without wishing to raise. tio a greater'hekr,a the public indignation, we are anx4int! to see a trial lake place. in order to rarrove this oppeo.• traiuto from the national *Omfatter. - TITS- NATIONAL REGISTER.