The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-11 00:00:00

FOE THE

DIFFUSION OF INTELLIGENCE ON THE CON-
TI N.ENT.

The bright prospects which a successful resiStance,
to the oppressor of turope would now open are
such, that•tiht a stone sootild be left unturned that
may be hurled against,the enemy with effed. 'Every
latenisittsfturneet of hostility should be resorted to,
and among the. 4.., it is presetnede'ieW will be-found
more e,fficacihus than jieleictous•opiattais to the public'
irzstrthaied into the 'Aeizi-t4 the enemy's
co Olt ry. . ~•••
We have seen what may be effe&ed ',through the
influence of public opinion when founded en truth
and justice. in whatever part •of Eur4pe that poWer=:'
ful instrument is •exercised With treettoth, it is' fol-
lowed` by cries of 'vengeance and 'deeds of deVotian.
against the Tyrant. The plainest 'narrative of his
atrocities is sutileient to dissipate his illesions, and
Maize the very Stone rise and -mutiny. This he
knows,full well.
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A flee exercise of the PrCS,i he dreads as he 'Nxiettald
the tribunal-of justice, and hence he punishes, a, an
overt at 'of treason; t he publicatlon.ot irews that has
not tindergorfe tratesinutation to his ptirpose, and in-
terdiets the .speaking on politics ender the penalty of
military ekeention.Reason, - Heaven's beSt
get to
,man; ib deoied exerciSeeon the subje& which is chief-
ly interesting to the species, andethe.darkness of the
:Gothic ages is revived in the nineteenth century.
• It might be expeCtied-that nations which have en-
joi.ed d triee and enltgotened disctissiotecia their con-
dition would 'not endure such an extreme tyranny.
But in this excess its efficacy cinisists. Were his
tyranny to fall,sliort •of a complete inierdift to the
communication of bought,, were the oppressed na-
tons allowed a gleam -of tree information, they
would burn with shame under the disgraceful despo-;
.fism they suffer,
_and ere. long, kindle into a flame
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tolconsume..teeir oppressor._ ,
'As the 'Case stands, 'their ,source of ideas is con-
fined to the accounts which the Tyrant and his re-
tainers fabriCate for their daily, leSsons ; and • here,
Aish we detest the means, we cannot sutfiCiently
entire the cunning and skill- with the gold-,
ante public opinion is effetted.,
Some celebrated author, I. think Swift, remarks,
that such is the area' of perseverance in tulitig the
opinions of mankind, that there is no falsedoctrine,
however abSurd,: that be would not lead a man io
be-
if heovere permitted to press the subject uport
him., without contradiction, once' a 'clay for a cousi-
derable length of time.
'So With France and its dependencies; compelled
to receive statements artfully. drawn, up, an vigi-
lantly pressied upon their senses, they:hear -their io-
creased happiness and brilliant prospects insisted upon
until they doubt their' recolleetien of better times,
and consent to breathe- only 'ln adulation of' the
Tysaut, who insults' thein as reaseillUg'hetegs, and
deluges the 'email -With their blood; The'voi*
impetuous and forrifidabile as it is in its free state,
When reduced' tothe ControW of a rigoroes and Vigi-
lant Milster, soon becomes 116 -taiiie as the tiger who'
crouches beneath thtebitis of hiskeeher. •
• This paralysis', or rather perversion of ptiblic opi-
nion in France, 'augurs most fearfully for the years
we have vet to come. The.systern otnnirersal con-
quest intended to be Pursued,is stifficiently declared :
'the 'desperate !*!:(.1 base' of all nations arc milted in the
Corsican's train, to tear rightful pessessers front their
stations, and riot in their spoil. SWindleit, grooms,
looonee, and cooks, become princes, marshals, and
'generals'. These are the men before whom 'Man-
kind are to bow ! whom 'legitimate princes already
supplicate. • The rogues of society beCorne its inas- 1
ters ; no wonder that they lord it with a Vengeaece.
And since.the' immense populatiou of the enSlaved
countries is content to be the instrument of this con'
federation of robbers, it may appear that the': Work:l
of slaughter add devastation' is yet in its infitity.."-.-.
But let us vigorously bting. forward our moral
artillery. We know' that in all countries there is a
laree proportion. of the people disposed. to quarrel
with their Governments, some float injury, some
from temper, some from disappointment, add n.hers
from ambitious viel,Vs. The enemy never tails to turn
this disposition to his own own account. fie finds
out the popular grievances, of every Govrnnaent,
and offers himself to redress 0101. He always en-
deavours' to alienate the people from' their rulers,
and in a greater or lesser degree invariably suc-
ceeds; but shall be alone exercise this fabl' weapon
upon'otheiS, and yet be' exempt' frein its opera-
tions ifimself?—he, whO of all men, stands .the
fairest mark of 'public scorn and execration, un-
less we -are' given bp tci listless languor ?---shrely
not. Shewe Frenchmen their 'foreign master ,in
his true colours; give them in his history; his awls
delineate the Tyrant when the Child and cham-
pion of 'the reptiblicari territories : at that time an•
atheist; iii Egypt a Mussultrian (Ali Bonaparte, the
avowed enemy of the infidel ChristianS) ;—returned
to Europe to court the influence :of the Pope; the
professed regenefator Of the Catholic faith; his turn.
answered, the brutal oppressor of the RoMan Pontiff,
and the'destroyer of the Apostolic Chair.--Let his
deeds be brought forward in Italy; 'at Jaffa and at
the hospitals—his profligate waste of all human blOod
bit his own.
There is'a false reckoning of certain Valorous deeds
too which remains to be adjusted. The versonal
coward shouldbe recognised,—expose the artifices
and develope the motives of this upstart—these his
own declaretions make known-*--a furious and insa-
tiahie thirst ofpersohal aggrandizement. is his ruling
principle. For_ this the youth •of France are torn
from the. bosoM of their families to scenes of misery
and blood ; from their peaceful stations, happy in
tbeinsek es, and adapted to rejoice with others in the
bounty of a kind proi'idence,'thev are compelled to
descend, and to become the executioners of tills bar-
barian's wicked prOjeal.s.
His atrocious violation of. an independent and
friendly state, to accomplish,the midnight murder
of the Puke D'Enginen, should be brought, for-
ward in strung colours, and soil more the kidnapping_
of the Royal Family of Spain—that transcendant act
of t 'titan)), which lies'fiiled-every breast, but those of
the Corsican's 'vassals, with herror, And. rendered
every shepherd. in Spain -a warrior against Ettice-7-
the continent with the blood of
Spaoiatds and Frenchmen; converted an 'old and

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