Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1809-09-15 00:00:00, page 2

■tihej^fr. Jarksi^n tsilh ifie, S.VBWH4purpose
t\f Mpl^ihai BihJ«ei- in tfSgy. t|i» G
M -^fria^BfcgreatJv to hi* credit, »n<1 t'..r the h«n>
>y©flj||pJ|WMRitr}', exerted himself, and pieienten
'Che kt^Wy improver and disgraceful project.
letters from BaUi'nore. corroborate the
*afetemeM in this day'* paper, relative to the !)i hi»h
deserter*, tj-om the Afrie*nc frigate. There lung
■'i»o treplf betwt<j| thi< c.entry itiid Great Britain
Bpon tbit subject* and the law* being silent, it does
not #w)c-r tit. t thjk Judge could have decided othtr
tpis»Skn he has
flHjtlfaMto iveil .he 1 i • {'' V •-' Ft nte
^sriBPf Cj^.tBwt h, iii 5'i !>■ .iirs troiu M nt-.g J*,.ii,t.
The Petersburg Republican, says that ?>lr. Jack
♦ ton, is to h ve his first interview with Mr. Smii/r
this day, when Mr. Emkint, will formally announce
liis recall.
J5.t/rttfinf a letter from /jondrnJn ry, it Ireland,
’ • to a merchant in J'hiladi.'fdda, dated July 10,
1*09.
“ VVc irrivedhcre lifter 50 days passage, oil in
mtwd health the cii;go, t trust, Will seii well ; there
Tsa demand for plank, the ether article*rather
lower tnan they were, on account ufthcfue ships,
which ran away from New Yotk, *>d liyokc the em
bargo ; the/ mre iiVmd to return im ne a;;-in. No
nflfle
account ye^rif Hie sit ip H nnaU. We h ive n< t got
tip the river'yet, in consequence of foul winds; we
lie at a place called Cutfwu e ; this government will
Jtot let U* land the four that’* <m board ; we have
*t h itienmi hi to U'id.ii,, requesting permit to take
ttn Liverpool; they will not ict us land even cue
iirrel. This is written in haste, to he sent in a ship
at w just going down the river.''
HOMICIDE,
III copying the 25th bulletin from this paper
%oth the Whig and American have added a cypher
to the number at which Buonaparte computes his
IStwp killed wt eirhy tiny rnuke it 15,000 us given
by the Hamburg Cortespunu -m. But it tiny hdd
^cypher inf he killed, they must equally annex uric
Qn th* nbuiher of wounded, fur they now represent
gw* now irpieneni
• \tlie kitie.i 15,000 end the wounded only from j u,
4000. Where h» kills 100 they kill 100o of Ins
innn W l, n..,, i,’m m,. .< i
slaves, which certainly is oppugnution against his
tothority, jfa JV. American.
W# bj*| perused with mure attenlihi; the filn of
lAmbyir™ papers,- winch were loaned tn us, and
ye **l«Ued sums mure artirlea of interest; a
rig the rest is a-concise aj^uint, given as f rom
^Austrians, of thegrest nattle#oi the 5tn and
i Juiy. In the file of paptrs is a chasm front
,t 8lh to the 21st July. 1 be l,«et date contains a
•iminiary of the armisti •*, but gives no account
•f any movements smre the 7th. That agreement
Ups therefore dirtated in all probability by the ex
hausted ind impotent condition oi both parties ut
ter tfiv buttle, and was mtendtd to a third a bremli
t«*tf ItJ.e to the com'atants. Kx.eepK5r.itsr, which
U an hnpoitiiu In Id, f.ut distant from titr scene of
if lion, there is no sacrifice nt nuinu-nt muds by
ffae Austrians. Ike line of d<muikatnm is tin
Wtithrrti l.iiuodiiry nt 11, h'-unu and in the rnrle ot
Brunt), which k eoterminu us wtk the irchducha of
jJtntrhd J
tff-intfstthat lb* fort Bronii stipulated to be
dchfpd up. •• imt tbs capital ,n M„r , i.i. >,rasf
it lirtrVdr Nort.i of the line „f Ueiu irk dion ,m|
dow.ahy Ute trinisti, e. There are oi lier Hnmnt, in
.4vsfl||»r«>per j such »■ Bruno, wh.eh is situated !•
on mi* ..f the gre.it tou ts t...
war-ls Bobbin, and there is another Biotin m the
lapve Dui hy,8 itnies west .of Eli* him th.
••.'.'jThe .stipulation loev.ieuuto Tyrm aiwjphe Vorid
l»Til« »!' no import,nee, berause they were hint
btfoff evm ualed in fart, by marching' the Auetri
tti» r*inf<5r< ethe army twi ih* psii.ui e. It was
|tjlii'«t"ldn of this, that lha brave inhnt i,
>•? districts were *yffitieiitl> organized
MPSclves.
. i bulletin dated .nh July, gives- an nr
t ol ,gen. fltuly being defeats.) in ,,, attuik<m
"* "kith JO/iOr) men, Vy if e o i■ *i r.ench regi
“■* ' Ve Kssist.im e gen. Rruttssirr rarne up m
pej -th? Austrians. A» therefore the
di*ady pnssessed of the f ,iy, the ar
ily added the fort. ' .
utlriin gives a nvignifirent acrofnt of
t. . .Hit over the Danube previously to the
Tli< Hiu'V'l one is >400 leH long, with
~i and sufficient for three waggons to cross'
♦tb July Prince Gegtin arrived at B
"*■ ct-rs from St. Peurshorg, wh
Jt»U*. He brought an account
SehWsm-uts" of U;e Russu
Ho doubt, us vbey app
intetuin).
Jklimneur of the 13th July speaks
.that the British wet* about to re si
nit frtau it «» lui rsdilde, no serous
I* b*f»g without iortrrrsrt and the d
Iriiisli wopl i experience in luniutain
there nr securing a retreat. 7i
itiftn-of t‘>e,civilized world it meet *w
riL We Hr* more disponed to look ior
yj».*r c.onv^l«|i.ns >«d more i.Kuilshtrt,
frrjjiiti tlie spe< Jy dose of. tlie lo eoe by
f: *»f {»**&..impatiently wait
h» intended' to be
**• jkituh of the excitement
h.th* in Sp-m between Vi' tor
Wm.n-iiion «t
Alj
_ „ited
jpBM
roe went to
Efcjjland; yet lie
run* by ill
the public pi lots.
i&r. Jackson, it is too nittor^fcto be concealed,
ononr of our qount^uffrrs by the con
th ugh i
' M*ie*'^Bytyber by the fact, has been ats iled, e
ver sbv.eTTWnouiin iii 11 was announced, by all thsf
pi’orts of,abuse, that the habitual scurrility of de
uii<cr»ti?k pipers could produce. Anil fir what?
Not that Mr, J .rkvti ever did or even said any timig
ng .lust out country—it is not pretended that he baa
t -k.cn any part even against the hligh, and most cer
t ink in some met.,lives absurd, pretensions of otir
1 '!-*Li><tiri!“utr t‘OIl‘ • ,JUt Mr. Jackson was die
aK<l|h '■*h m.de t)ie propositions of his sovereign
andf gosjjpnn.cnt to 1 >-■. •. .■:«rk!!
i‘\ wHfc respect the il: iuh government wssuujus
tifi ;bit* i||the measures they i.s.k with Lknmmk,
the inexorable li .ti-ts of England, who have tiled
Ojanyof our pipers > i»h esecy.ition ->n the sublet,
have eevet deigned to infiu-in us. We venture to
s.iyboyiy, th* lUMjeniocritr k writer in the Uni-'
ti-d States has ever attempted to shew anv'cmise’f.
his f ul andmetp curses, profusely vented on that
ore ,sio»i, by any disruasiop of the principle. or,
which thfc demand-on the l> n*s was founded—The
rery circtinm.ciife that induced the Briti h to tiv
rnand a temporary surrender of the D mish fleet,
was the reason why our dcrnofljpts were es.isperat
e ! at the drift md — it was virtually1 iJu-nafta* e’n.
I hey were no les*disa;>|a interi, no less enr.iyerl tlnn
the empeiyur himself, -that these auxiliaries for the
in -'moil of England were taken out of his reach,
lhit -dinu alt that cun he supi-ested of the conduct
of the Hr-iti'h eminent toward* lienmark, what
have we to do w irh it ; If our country w, ni<! espouse
t!;e cause of the Lfanes^t ought to have hern done
)"i’g ago—or i-t ought professedly to be done no...
'lo abuse or refuse tom eiie Mr, J-okn-o on tint
a. count, is one ofihe nv-at absurd, hyp< critical pro*
,enr<*» that was ever offered to the ptiblfck W'e. cln
not believe that it reaches the euiivirtionsof even one
dernocratick reader. The American pe pie we «ve
persuaded, see clearly the true design of the imect
ive. It it to shut the door against nv possibility (
remaining at peaie with ling land ; and in the Un
yn..ge of the alien Chrsnclr, • to conciliate Fr.nr.f.”
But the faction who entertain fbese hopes and views
make but .t small p#r;ion of out court! vno-n. The-,
betray their policy, but to ensure their disgrace and
confusion ; for disappointed and defeated they cer
tainly will be.
from the United Statee Gazette.
The following handsome e-say upon the state of «f
f-ivs jn la*rope, was written l>> a gentleman from
the Jv>vope*n continent, in the latter part uf the
year l&r-fh soon after we heard <>f an organised
opposition ui Spain to the fell tyranny of *Uona
parte. | he concluding paragraph was theft, in
at'me tort, prophctick of what ha* aince become
fact. ,
Reflection ufion the flfairt »f S/iain.
. A rfn ,;I *’6hl Ili,s iU le"6f|1 penetrated the gloom
in which the comment of Europe hat so long !*■,„
shrouded. Hope seems to whisper, that the long
wished tor m mentis fist approHchihgin which min
Itind is to he delivered from the most dreadful of ty
rannies.
Storms cannot be perpetual. The tempests which
disturb the atmosphere, and the convulsions whi h
rend the earth, a re permitted for awhile to exert
their violence, in order to bring the elements to «
just equilibrium. The storms of war and revoluti
on which ag.tate the .-Affair* of nations serve to keep
alive tha energies of m in, and to correct the over
growing abuses or government. And as the fiercest j
tempests width ngit v.e the material world quickly ;
subside, when oik e their rage is at its height, per
nutting li.e ".T.rts of nt -n and the geni.- 1 influence of
nature to repair the hnvock they have occasioned ; j
m>, may we hope th t this raging and destructive I
tentpes' wi t- h It s so long spread desolati-ii through 1
the political w rid, a.no w!;i- h now appears to hate
arrived at its utmost piitch offury and violence, sit: II
eie h«ng. hr quelled by m overruling Providence
an:! succeeded by the calm of pe.;ce and prosperity.
At n period of c/mfnston which appeared reo.edi
lcss, r.f ty r r.i.y v.hich f-nckd itseif hevond the reach
of ejanger, ot lawless robherj’which set at defi. nce
all restraint ; at this dreadful .period, a stuirk from
the surrounding ruin h,.s suddenly kindled into a
home a courage which h-dlong I,in dormant, nut
W -licli now unites with virtue anti honour t-- nerve
the arm that is stretched forth agaiu-t triufn; h.pt
wit kedtiess, a n-t that threaten* to lay Jirostrate in
the dust a inercilers and insulting dcipcitism. A na
tion has at length arisen with one consent to hurl de
fiance at the oppressor of mankind. She rushes *m
d united upon the Veteran legions whi h have long
been accu turned to conquer almost without resi■*
.■nice, and whose sole onject in conquest has been die
pUi-tder • f Ihpte whom ihey h ve subdued.
Waptlfon cannot expect to destroy in one •lay. am1
by a single movement, the enemy which now oppo
ses him. We have heretofore seen him wi-hout stri
king a bl'-w, ring to hi* own terms the generals who
commanded -gainst him y* we have beheld him a
rmnd the armies of his enemies, and, as by enchant
ment, annihilate tfuur power.t But these almost
unexampled successes are to be attributed principal- :
1y to the rapidity of his marches, th* ceierity of his
manoeuvres, atioinc immense superiority of his for
ce*. l'he troops ag-inst whom he 1ms hitherto con
tended were «lread} h;ilf conquered by the termur
of his name. And so extensively and effectually
had his abjec t partizun* propagated the opinion that
hi* /tower W .'irrctisttble, that he would, la sy
short time, have had no other use for hu urini*
thin to remain inactive spectators, while the *nvr.;
reigns of Europe, in obedieure to his mandates,
peaceably deposited their crown*, at his imperial
font-atool. Hut in the war which is now kindled a
gauist him,-he will nm be sble to compel his enemies,
before quitting the field of battle, to subscril* to a
hasty and ruinous peace. { Victory will now lie suc
ceeded by new combats; fresh troops will rush in to
supply the place of the fallen, and they wifi advance
with a courage inspired by fury and revenge.
In a regular war of sovereign against sovereign,
the soldiers who fall in battle are calmly replaced
by.iithera \tybqse movements are those of mere ma
chines. ButtHheii a nation rises to oppose an inva
‘***& R}d»*r W»ch comes tadestroy its tews, its li
berties it* slurs, its ail that it bolds dear,every in
dividual of ihe community feeh himself interested
in the cause, and is roused by any national mwfbr
tone to ten-to d set.I and activity, vfcf
* If Dfuani.i iliJUiWWnwMotl lUtal onwuio nat’iAHW a>ha
1I#w uai order. A -t;,,,; ,.f t),c
sp-niM-jbetouldotvcr have fcSJtfPTiua.l i„ „n#
but * froud mUwf/«!,ed by ^(n^ious jMl||U ^
injur*, to a just indignatlwu at iu wrongs, ,,n<| a
proper sense of-it. oivn power and importance |~-;i
iwUon too that, disgusted by the weslt measures of
itrwwB government, hail long suffered a secret Rr
inenutinn, and Wat thus prepared to act with-uim
n.mity and energy whenever a great occasiou should
‘call tVrth its rxertkmv
<vall ft I'Mi llu Mvai-iin...
1 lie sovereign, of Kurope, in their wars on the
continent, have Wen more solicitous to preserve
their cr. wns than to protect thetrsubjc. t»; they have
ei met'd greater dread of s*ci ifi. ing a part of their
temtory than of endangering their n tinn-.l mdeuen
deuCe. \.\ hi!e their whole thoughts h .vc teen bent
Ujom Jreserving the integrity or extending the limits
<>i il^tr dominions, they have, in fact, been under
mining the foundations of their jiower ; for thefv
r . . ■ -- r1"^1 t ujcv
Uf* K\- f ® t aa 1 *• n/'r.tiatn* mm.1! 1 ■ a - a *
Vjt, by t.ieir conduct great)v diminished the rever
e.tcwand affection of their subjects; and they have
/trtfmred them to receive Uttneiy the yoke if eerxi
tricle, bv a & >U,y participation tn-thc scheme*, or
3 b!;’:d ttubtntation to the wilt of die common enemy. (J
Buonaparte h.s, until lately, been careful to colour
every attacV upon the continental powers With some
-n tcim.is pretext. He h.s not marched into their
t 'critiiries without.a formal declaration rf war, nr
> ttiv ut vetting forth against the sovereigns or theb
e' line s mine grievances (res! or pretended) as die
cuses of his ugKtTsiit ns. His conduct, therefore,
[though upju t, hus nni been of snch an atrocious na
ture .•» to arouse that indignant spirit which, like the
electrick sp. nc is sometimes found to pervade in an
instant every member of a community.
^But in his measures towards Spain he lias pursuf
ed » vpi-v OiSerent course.
While preparing h*_
ur »;ncc.ieci ¥0 Clfcriim
: i’> URjtt t < inj» her injun ; while meditating;
mofit *nf«iD'u« treachery, he wag prodirnl “
i jivesri n.-. nt fi trnds'i'p and regard. If he t„„
; her territories it wn», he iRciared, iu order/
lire in soUlum* P rtuggl, 3nd in regaining •*
tercourie v.’ith her colonies ^ expeditions ih/i,la
10 ri'*ipcl England to a prate. So ginceveZ, n
revert for .her national iydc|.endente sppj/
amidst the internal division by which ghtZ3
t>uea. Ife commanded hi* generals to nb««Z:
neutrality. He pretended to lie Kn .
spectator; of il c abniestinij of Ch»rles/lf ,,
the prince of peace, and of the ac«J
n&ini VII to the thio.ie. But he h/f , ’
f.rn off the mask ; he ha* expoged/"^"! '”*'f
ohm .lion* to the viewwfehe world/1? “**'** «f
id niiy suddenly
hith he styled hircii^l
sees her %■ vet- moot ovei thrn^. aPjJ® •*' !
pressing her regret rather ihJ'd,,*,’?tl'rm/*’)W “
ruthless master .nnounced, tV!**. <cf
feeling myrmidons is to shed/ '}'ooa »>f her cm
umljust.
Whatever be the issue of the present contest in
Spain, it ifust le-,d to important consequences.—
When a rhole body politick is sex in motion, its
move’*t/f'* will be communicated to •urrounding bo
dies. /he nntion that bravely rise* in defence of its
•libcrtip, tnv*t inupirr other oppreattd nation* with
a dit/l»i/ion to tupport it in the Uruggle, »r to
uvtvjt it if it Jail, A. B.
~7-i
Tfce recent risings of several of the German
strict do not milit-.tr against the sentiment* here
expressed Since the writing of this article a spirit
/ patriotism has burst forth in various parts of the
/German empire, where, at that tiane, nothing but
'infatuation -awl the mot; abject submission prevailed.
U Written in October last, under the Jeffersonian
administration.
♦ S On the Id of May, when the queen of Etruria
and her brother were forced b\ the French to leave
Madrid, the latter was observed to express great re
luctance, and even to w eep bitterly, at which the
people were much affected and irritated. At this
moment an aid-de-camp to the savage murderer of
the duke d^Etighien (Murat) rushing on at the bead
of a gang ot French imperial bloovih ends, com
menced u scene of slaughter in which several thou
sand inhabitants of M .dnd were destroyed*
“See the Spanish proclamations.
From tht North si merit*it.
( Communication—concluded from our l»*l.J
The moral character of Buonaparte is aa ifl^fav*
ed as his intellectual l* astonishing and transcetidant.
He unites in his own person every thing, that a pure
republika n must dti e so, every thing thatau enraggri
hns abjured * eveiy thing that a sincere .mi
si.hfnl IoikIisi mu.t feel as an insult. It
i capacious of profound dHpe.it
as it is lustrum* m te-Kixi
. iwfChmi r«fio»4 vjei^f lg
id upon purity end etuiinlneaa if mojraf
strength ana »htl»tf«
Vp. * W
un aauiuasima v<> pr. i nix •• *n 1 uiwgt' in wiuc.lt
we may nee reflected the virtues of the emperour at
the Fiench. Some captivated by the brilliancy at
hit fortunes have tVmnd an apology for his crimes fn»
their magnitude and splendour- 5t is thus that thd'
gre.it cnipvit, arrayed in the insignia of power, eg.
capes the sentence and punishment of the criminal
who expires on the scaffold j as if the superficial
glare at vsnk could annihilate the eternal di.-tineb*
ions of right anil wrong. The abandoned ruffijfiV
who openly invades our freedom, and the imperial
r hirer who ms ska his viilatiK-t under the imp i*inf
rohus of authority, are embarked on the Mine bo*,
mm and act upon (be same principles ; and minds*
on which the pegemtn of successful guilt cannof
impress, will not discrlminite between a Borgia *n<
n high-wty assassin j between duonapnrte and tiros
cuittled vill.in with his stiletto. Nevertheless thft’
fm removed from the least semblance of res) wisdom,
hit mind la fertile in alt the resources of conquest
and stratagems of war. It is probable no oi* hoe
yet fath-med the depths uf that intricate and dark
ambition, which in ih« dur ing passion of his as#!,
sr c nceived th# plan he has constructed for the sub*
iiigatifin of the gloun. Never before hue there ipl
peered to the world, * (fc.pntiem so fhrtmdably era
pnagcd for universal dominion j never wasxhe appa
ratus «f war in the hands of h more felon-tv rant or
a in re confirmed enemy of the peace of the world.
Should Europe bend beneath hit, arm. it it not pro-*
b»blr that like Alexander be would stand on die
shores and mingle his tears with the waves of the
interminable ocean The shining tr ensures of the
east .iiH the west | the gems i f tlolconds and the
mines of Peru ; w< uld iuftsme his lust of plunder and,
open to the bound lets rapacity of his soldiers * vichf
remuner tion for tbeir t’dls. And shall we amidst
su'•rounding storm* enjoy the e*lm of undisturbed
repose f Iwiigh fliyoined from tin- old werld hy tb»
unsocial water, of the deep, we sli.il not escape the
victors eye who h»* already perhaps marked ns out
for destruction. The cantons of Switzerland, the*
girted by a rampart of almost impassable moun
tains. did not esaape the fate of the other nations of
Europe i and it is not to be presumed he will srmrw
a more formidable confederation of republtcke if he
' •u urush them in their infancy and imbecility.—*
There is an Innate malignity in ithnds of a dark and
ferocious eotr.pletdon, to dufsrn the work* of genius,
literature *nd freedom. The Vandal mutilater th*
,ir*lime monument of art, which macks his brutali- .
ty and ignorance. Our hopes fl.tter us, that the pe«
n<al may he fir distant, which must witness th»
completion of his schemes. Hut every victory ac.
-derates the march of power ; every dazzling trt* *
umph dharms by a fatal spell the force of rrsis|
• ncc, adds new lustre to the diadem that sparkKs
on his bi ow, augments his resources for war, and ex
tend, the nvages of his devastating conquers.
The vast plan of his smhitien is ghing forward m
Europe, and in s f4lhl moment of security may burst
unexpectedly upon us, like the unprepared aftd (.leeft
ing mariner. who is overtaken l>y th« blasts ot the
tornado. We should be alert and aid meted with
•xpecation Mid ready to meet the storm wher.evpif:
it shall approach. Neither should we be too confi
dent of our strength or unmindful of the impolicy of
regarding the empernur Napoleon, as some jjreft,
personage in history too remote to engage either ttOT '
hopes or our fears. Some of the republics of E§V
rope have perished by the treachery and covert ftkfk
of Frtuce. It is probable she may try the scheajw
of secret corruption nmftsgat ns, before She sdvati* '
ces with open f ree. Our virtue possibly may Wi- ■
umph over 'he first, but who will say in onr preset* •
unprepared and unwnriikc condition, how far #•
shall lie able to resist the last.
sailpte
lioftttoB (r> kia _
lli.fhe uprt>»r of ftati
MNi hi* gffcantick P4«mnsM«W
1 o SAV the dill k mysterious pnlSnck:
HOef.himto rank among great it;-J
irioua benelat tors to mankind, j^/sophlrk ’Ail-1
I'ockHM Borgia with the meek*/*"1'0 P**W of
tnniue, «md to confound the r,</* 4 Burke or
iVJacliiavel with the godlike t/c aulh°r of ,the
o Ch*th«m. His great m,i/! °f hls work, fa
Prim e, in one of the fcw tfe ta virtue, might
which he is forced ^gjptour glftry of a prtoce,
hare reminded him JBpincss and freedom, to'.
who raises his coortti^res it ; who restores the
one fbat degrades and JbJ»A the soft and enno
..rtsof peace—whoyiaatkui, and gives to the
blnig refinements yis family and the tranquia^f
peasant the comfryse restless ambition is perpe- •
of content, to on/firebrands of war, whose po
tusliy lighting /y into the gloom of Tand.Us;n,
lii y sinks his >mt from Ins cottage and convert*
who drags thsndmen of the field into a bun 1 of
the peacefujette assassins. Henry the fourth,
armed anclif the princely chancier, tt is said,,
that omno fowl in the pot of every peasant fa ’
V
witheclV How does this homely and unumbitU
Ids kitnht eclipse tfte Itifiy boasting of this tni
ousseftj.ii, with pants with restless solicitude
htangj i,.n(}jcj bye unieil phantoms of a guilty
a!*> But we will not degrade ihe pride of chi**
a'/.d the glory of France, by corr.juring bins
vhte pupil of Adschiivsl or tbs imitator • f Bor*
'▼Thera is a character, p iurtrayed by the pen*
/ Mchmvel, that esi s to him a nearer antf
i/e striking analogy. If is the character of Wepti- 1
is Sseverus. * “ Chi ev,miners trjtatsmente,’*
»this profound lawtw of the human heart, “le
oni de co.tui io trovern nn ferociSslirnr Lione H
i lint is not a dream, at hna often been supposed! '
conjured up by a melancholy and disturbed finey.—
Unfortunately all extraordinary events are dreams
until realized. Had not mankind been fascinated
and hi red.into inaction by the visions of the last •*»
venteas years, we would not now have to deplpre ttaw
aggrandisement of Buouaparte or weep over the ra
vages of his deaoiatrng ambition. Montesquieu, say*
Mackintosh' pet dieted, that after a course of years
Europe would lie converted into a vast ramp, and
that the age of Anils and Ghenghi* Khan would hs
renewed. Whether that exalted genius caught wit|k
it* penetrating and aquiline glance, a glimpse of (hoes
stupendous events that were to signalise the lattes,
pert of the sc A.ntcenih and commencement of ths
eighteenth ceoturies, or whether some angel taught
him, the prophetidk truth, how astonishingly is It
fulfilled ! Europe trembles with the din of war, t
totters with confusion. Like the Colossal combat J
Pings) ao<i Swsran in the sublime strains of the cel
tick bard, might 1 personify the genius of England
and France, 1 would represent the stedfest rocks
retiring from their strife and the ) fty promontory
shaking to its base.
1 flow return to the elegant production, that gays •
occasion to these remarks: It la pleasing to rontem- .
plate an American eiiicen analysing, with the mind
of a philosopher, the resource* and views of.* great
more pleasing to see one*
military natioi
' ltd»t of a apiepdid ma
in the bloom c\
nure* in ttor loveliest
auri
lying hi*
seducing sha __
eiul importance—]
never, examines acdfiRtely the'actions of.
win find in him all the ferocitv of the lion
Vuh ’*» subyktj 9i V>;: •
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