The National Register.
London, England, 1816-01-28 00:00:00

of BaIT AIN, as fart as rate and. the Styx itelf can Lind the
daring and impious mortal- of fabulous history, to whom we
have likened him. nig fantilly are ban4Ared, from their adopted
country. His name is erased from every. public monument.
His busts and his pictures ave sought foe, l) the Police,. ity
every hut where they have been hid by the poor veteran who
served him in so many catorati,Aitli. 'Vo possess his picture is
a badge of infamy. To peonounce his name is to inc;ir impri-
sonment. Yesterday an Emperor, to-day an outcast under the
ItAm of all. ErraorE. Such is the and of the ambition of a
Corsican soldier. W hat the- pangs of remorse, under such aa
existence, may be we cannot depict. Vorhaps he is sustained
thedeep• sense of pride, and rho knowledge that, if Sr.
EitLEN A N to be his ;rave, the' some rock, which is now 114
prison, will be Olen his moutimen6; and that the anxiety-
with which he is guarded' is a tributte which the fears of his
enemies can'offer to-his reatmess.

We could wish; if it' Were pessitA, tt) Attract the attt:ntiori-
of our-readers more front the enntinent, and' dieect it to out'
own inrernal affairs,--confide t', in public aftitils, as welt gs-
in private; that he whose heart is• abroad cad never be happy
at home;—but we find it impossible. French- ?4evds, even rtes**,
supersedes every other topic ; anti, till the meeting of parlitt--
;ment at least, when the orators of St. STEPHEVS Chatiet•
!contrive to give a particular inipulse to the attbntionof the
;Faille, we are constantly p'rested`Witli. the Crirtfctidn. of; What
is doing &Palis'? Wilt the' pi4rsent state-of thing tie dura-
ble there? Will toots Wirt. preterve the throne of his'
ancestors? Will the twice--expelled, yet always degiied,
scendant of flntitor whO has reigned' 21 years by hie
deadly foes as his secret depties, maintain the power that'
he has acquired ?
We have, once. since we have andeTtaken the cohdtict of
the NATIONAL REGISTER, in our observations on the trial
-of MARSHAL NEN, given our 'opinitin in the affirmative;
and we still think that, unless the imposing power by which-
he is at present supported be, by some accident, withdrawn
from France, it must be only by gross folly indeed, and a weak- •
ness that we do not attribute to Louis XVIII., that' his power
can he subverted.
The Mot: ARCHY of ea ANCt, till it was overturned by the
weakne;s of Louts XVI., and his want of pursuing the sti•aight-.
forward course, either of adopting implicitly the Constitutob,
which he had signed or of boldly maintaining his power by
force, from the first, was a military goverinhent, as all the
thrones of the Continent have been, and still are. Stich a
power may still, by the aid of the British army, we think, be
established in France; and once established, we see no less
CAUSE for the security of Louts than. of AuLxAmnrtt, of
FitANcis or of FuEDLitic W Lt A-4 ; all of whom have been,
hitherto, able to support themselves on their thrones by the
mere effect of a little-ordinary prudence ; and the courage and
fidelity of their guards ; though all are in debt, and all have
'.occafia)ny •nb; to the most violent reverses in war.

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