The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. . mss• 1815; OR, ANTICIPATIONS OF *, • ' ' • WHAT IS TO COME! ref-esli'd from Heaven, If. earns the thu) tempest of Ili. heart : Dip a mitunsince ettle•; a /0A &ideal!) bliss • 14;,1.1,• iN lii• rye, hip smilluilling eye ; While IOW) w Ir arin ntr Oilers on his limbs And, Owl ;4'4l.)h:tied, with a dread' ss awe, A •' . 41,111111 11L1.11 .1 o.e•-k lie beloilds • All illines of 1• rrible seemiliff : yea, unniov'd, Views s veil iiii , eitivab'r Micistels, That .I.ltuviit'dowti Vei. g eance on these latter days. 4. J. . • IDnulpy of Wa..aw to the Gallic Usurper, he forgot, in his gratitude, the - ambition of his benefactor. When the Kings whom Napoleon had made deserted his standards, he dis dained to change wi.h fortune. His fault, therefore, is to have carried the exercise of a virtue to an extent impolitic in monarchs and mostly unkni , wn to them. Though poli tical vengeance may demand his downfall, yet mercy and prudence will plead in his behalf. He had the great merit of making his subjects happy. Possessed of their love, he is always sine of OR it aleicanct, under whatever master they may be compelled to serve, whenever he will please to pre sent himself and claim his own. )3ava.ia and Wirteinherg having only to preserve what they I):,ve gained, and what has been secured t• them as a eward fir their defection, will only use the voice they shall possess in the Congress to determine the fate of other States. we smut to, have peace, made in the spirit of peace? Europe is now looking, with no common feeling, to the de libe.ations of tl. it CongreSs, the re)ult of whose - labours is expeettd to re.tore the equilibrium of the civilised world, end insure the bappitt•ss mil.ions yet unborn. :W hile suspence is thu s generally felt, and the balance may still be a4id t trernlde wiihsrce, notwithstanding the promise of IA( ificatinn, it niav not be uninteresting to expatiate on the prospect that is presented to us, as connected with those antieipi wions and ?apprehensions which must by turns agi tate the patriot bieiist. • k America would Appear to have become the seat of war; And the march of devavation to have been transferred front the Ga!'otine, to the Patuxent. Let not this shifting of the scene s however; lead us to mistake our true course. Al though Oem. hai ; obtained a better understanding among the leAling PQWOII . Of Europe, yet the desire a aggrandize ment- now, no less than the ambition of conquest in years past, toy sadly tend - to impede the happy work of peace, and'be productive of intemperate resolutions and measures, France still looks high. Humbled as her power might now appear to be, for some time hence, she is scarcely less fortneq.. She. is likely to be called upon to der of things; to which, however, she will OCT. Q. not submit at heart. Thousand• still exist, .who - ire . ex. tremely reluctant to forsake the occupation of war,—to ex. change their spears for pfuning-hooks, and their swords for plowbbares. Men of war by trade, and long inured to blood, they hate the toils of peace ! Buonaparte has great adher ents left, attached to him by interest, and resolute for his restoration. Time may chew this. Germany, as well as Italy,. will,, in all probability, feel the effects of changes in its government. Strange things will he acted in both these States. Pacification may he in progress, and national reforms in contemplation ; but pub lic affairs will remain some time longer in an unsettled state, when commotions may, of course, be expected. What afflicts Rome?—Turkey, too, seems obnoxious to civil feuds; and Spain may again become the prey of her self! Sotne of the Northern Powers, also, are in danger of being more or less affected by the interruption of that har mony which might contribute so essentially to the settlement of the world. Holland is all in activity. Her Prince promises to be her shield, and will animate her to sustain her growing rank among States. Holland has to guard against those hollow bosoms,' however, still inhabited by the evil genius of dis affection! But it is on th• Transatlantic shore, especially, that " the finger of Heaven yet points to war !" America has now only begun to rue the measures by which her rulers have pro voked this dreadful scourge ; if she persists, as she perhaps may do, in her hostility to Britain. Norse will deplore her fate. " America," said the writer of this article, last year. " why has AtnerG, in an evil hour, departed from the paternal admonitions of her Washington ?" The fine city that bore his name, Washington, now moan): for what war has done ! Englind expects to be greatly eminent. No nation has more reasonable ground for such an expectation, since no nation has anus so much for the general good. England, let it be repeated, for another year, remains " lord of the ascendant" May she devoutly appreciate her lot ! Provi dence has not idly raised her to this towering height ;. great ends arc designed to be effected through her means; for, to gether with some of the first Powers, who are now impressed with their obligations to this land, she will mainly contri bute, at last, to the amelimatio . n of the universe. Such seems her high call. Signalised as have been the triumphs of her arms, still more noble are the objects which her character and policy will one day cooperate to accomplish. The task of pacification, considering " existing circum stances," demands all our zeal. Consultations may take place, and grave resolves be had, on .the subject of peace.; but where there intervene so many jarring interests to re conee, and such fermented passions are to be appeased, time must be conceded fur conciliation, and peace can only be regarded as prospective. Let us struggle for peace, never theless, with the desiie of peace. September 30, 1814. 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