The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-30 00:00:00

and entirely incompatible with notions of honour, by prei
viously and wantonly instllting the government and nation
he affeali to treat *all ? Ile hal given cluile enough tb
dotiht of hit integrity, but hone to tawlpat hie diserition
it would be, therefore, mute than gotid niturei it would
be folly ih the extreme, to ascribe hi 4 proffeted degoclatiotr
to motive! coast:Alia with out happinesi atilt security, br
those of Oar allies:
We hallo introduced this tobject with a trieltelis tintituai
With us, at ofted as we wele called uittin to denlope the
dingefous tesideficy of hit prOjedts, and Id propose men,
Safes to kohnteriet them: We are Outfit& ho*
lideus it is to irritate the national feeling against a man
who avows himielf the itiettMcileahle enethy of the t`oun-
try audits instittitibus i but it is neeeslary to deprive egotism
dad disloyalty tit every Means of turning the preteht cir-
etirititattee to their adirintagei We are sensible we most
ontSdives to the rididule of litany, whose minds lttt &trendy
made tip on &tell overture or this nature, in treating, with
so Weil gravity; a subject, whose treacherous tendenCY
bey dattgider as obvious to the Most ilniittedi and even
biassed, underitanaing; But an attentive observance to
the character of the Match littler, and oh 6310riehce of
the Mischiefs that have resulted to other states; in come&
quenee of having listened to his pacific pitifessiont, after
they had as Malty; add faf more; proofs of hill perflay than
we have received, justify any degree of seriousness we may
sheiv iii the present disaisplion; Our readert cannot be ig-
noratit at the same time that thee exist numbers of persons,
respectable for their 'tank and andities; Who; a very incon-
siderable tithe hack, were !butt and urgent in recommend-
ing a peace hetwedit the triti countrie4; and in have not
observed such an extraordinary change in the Ithignage or
actions of Bonaparte; Which might iniiire to reaouncb
sentitnents, they so Warmly and pertimicU;usly professed.
His contittet towards Stain, it !hay be objected, has been
so flagrantly critoinal, that tio person would have the
temerity to re.!:inotiend to a British public a measure;
which wag loss objection :IV,: at thd tithe they proptised
Was hi! conduct towards Swittetiand and f‘nice ico atro:-
eions 1 Did he not del elope; on both those occasions, as
much Want of principle; remoritelegs cruelty; and brutal
indfference to time sufThring4 of individuals, or the laws of
nations 1 Did he slim any liniiianity hr tenderheartedness
towards the poor, unoffending lierdgmcn, who inhabit
the tilmoit inaccessible summits of the Swiss Mountains,
where they thong-lit theinsdiVes, on account of their pover-
ty and Yituation, seenre, at lent, against the encroach 4
menis of ambition? Fcir no other motive than thete
taelnhent to at constitntion, which, during Ave eetittiriet,
had secured them in the enjoyment of innocence and tram-
ouiWv, he gave orders, coolly and delibetately, to fifit
thousand of his soldiery to scale their hill!, penetrate into
the deep re:wales of their rallies, wpm thOrnatsacrad the
inhabitants, burnt their vilifies; and. twirled oft their
cattle. 'nig etime ivas egntilly 'atittoSintiti *ith that fohla
mined against the Spaniar(l4, and leit.finctifidtole tin the plea
of advantage: Mid ithdt neaciti did fie atigt ftir eotaqtg
with troutaiag and datolatiob t flfibitsitidal If lbe