The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

necessary to establish the conscription in a .regular, just,
and impartial manner. I know that it would easilf be in.
troduced into Spain, and that the people would adopt it
cheerfully.. It would not be difficult to establish it in
Russia, where the Sovereign authority meets with no oppo-
sition, and where the late invasion of the French has in-
flamed every mind against them. The enthusiasm with
which the law of the Landsturm has been received in
Prussia, proves, not only the possibility, but the facility
:itroducing the conscription in that country, its to the
levying of extraordinary taxes, it would Ire as easily effected,
as soon as :j".' that the finances were pro-
people should know
Eces are only temporary, for
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perly managed; and theii .... •
they feel their necessity too severelrto co:::•,3!ain of them.
"As FREDERICK 11. of Prussia acquired a great supe-
riority over his neighbours, by introducing new tactics among
his troops, and preserved his advantage as long as his anta-
gonists persisted in following
.the old method, but lost it as
soon as they adopted his own, so BUONAPA RTE'S career shall
be stopped the moment -his adversaries shall employ •meana
similar *to his. He will be overthrown, as soon as any Go.
vernment shall bring those means to the same degree of per-
fection he has done. For such an invigorated Government
will no longer follow the beaten and ordinary lrack. It will
not remain on the defensive. On the contrary, it will choose
is time, 'and select the place, when and where to inflict a
deadly blow.
" In the madness of his ambition, NAPOLEON sets no
bound to his desires. Among his friends and supporters, he
does not conceal his intention to erect an universal mo-
narchy*. He has boasted, that in ten years his family would

* All li is organizaton is military, and, it would be vain to at.
tempt to conceal it, tends to that end. if he reign any considera.
ble period, or if, as he hopes, Providence grant him thirty addi.
tional years of life and power, he will have sufficient time to put a
finishing hand to his institutions, and Europe will sink under his
yoke ; the spirit of the French will change, and that people, de.
privet' of all trade, and accustomed to privations, will learn no other
art than that of war. The generation that rises under Buonapartst
has no education but a military one. Lycea are established in
every province, and private schools for the. instinction of youth
are forbidden, or, at least, are only allowed to receive the over.
plus of boys, which the Lycea cannot contain. But even then,
.ehoolmasters are obliged to send their pupils to the classes held is
the Lycea, and to make them wear the same uniforms. Thera
they get up; go to bed, and do all their exercises by beat of drum.
All are instructed in the management of arms : their walks, made
in a regular order, are as many military parades, executed like
those of the troops, and after the same words of command. They
are all ►tividecl into greis miters, chasseurs or titsileers, serjeants, cop•
porals, drummers, or privates, and wear the distinguishing marks
of their t'espective corps and rank, in virtue of which they
certain prerogatives and authority over their fellow—student,.
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