The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-03 00:00:00

THE VIRTUES OF BUONAPARTE!!!

BY THE GRACE or Goo (and the ffegociating of
the Allies), EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, TANG
OF ITALY, 'PROTECTOR OF THE CONFEDERATION
OF THEItHINE, MEDIATOR OF SWITZERLAND*
&C. &C. &C. .

MR. EDITOR—The epithets you lavish on the
Emperor of the French, 'etc. may be excused as
the ebulitions of passion ; btit, I am afraid, can-
not be justified on the score of judgment. You
accuse this august personage of every possible
crime—you speak of him as a pcinster
vitils

Nulla Virtute redemptum".
a rare animal in nature, Mr. Editor; andio prove ,
to you that this fictions character is not realized
in NAPOLEON the Great, 1 trust you will permit
me to put a few- of his redeeming Virtues upon'
record in your partial Parr. I request this.for
your own sake too ; for when Peace is made you
.. „,„,,dird to alter you, as moat of
your Contemporaries have already done, and be-
scatter those with titles and panegyrics whom you
have so lavishly -loaded with vituperation, and so
niggardly rewarded with encomium. The old
house may fall. upon you. 'lat.! rat ! ere it be
too late :—down on your knees, and worship thi's
new God whoM these Idolators have fashioned out
of the dirt, and set on high to be worshipped. By
so doing your fall tivill be gentle and easy, though
I cannot say your consistency will be laudable—
But aloes to the. Virtues—
Virtue I St. GRATITUDE.—The Gratitude of the
Emperor needs no eulogy. He married JOSE..
rniNE, the cast-off Mistress of his Benefactor,
BARRAS. Shew me the man who has done a more
humiliating action to prove his gratitude.
Virtue 2d. VtaAclTY.The Emperor is re-
markable for the fidelity with which he fulfils his
promises.---He said he would sack Moscow, and
kept his word. He said he would punish the King
of PRUSSIA, and be did it to the letter. He said
he would make Hamburgh feel his vengeance, and
so he has. I need not multiply examples—they

are as numerous as notorious.
Virtue 3d. FRATERNAL AFFECTION.—He made
all his Brother. Kings.
'Virtue 4th. MERCY.--He had MOREAU in pri-
son, and did not murder him.
Virtue sth. GOODNESS OF HEART.—After seve-
ral bloody wars, in which he humbled the pride
facimuLyymag4„ lU PaS, ME: 11.. e was not only
... .11. V' l•
a Throne,. but to console them fur all their suf-
ferings, he even condescended to marry a Daugh-
ter of the Monarch. A singular instance of a
foregiving disposition, and enhanced in value by
his sacrificing his first Wife to make room fur
this glorious act of benevolence.
Virtue. 6th and 7th. SANCTITY AND LIBERALITY
OF PRINCIPLE.—He always professed the Religion
of the Country in which he was ; and never per-
secuted any sect to make them conform to his
own opinions.
Virtue Bth. FRIENDSHIP.—The King of SPAIN
and his people had been long the Friends and
Allies of the Emperor. He rewarded the former,
by relieving him from all the cares of royalty, and
providing him with a delightful retirement.; the
latter, by employing his own subjects to ease
them from the trouble of defending their country.
Virtue 9th. RESPECT FOR AGE AND STATION:-.-.
He removed the Pope from the troubles which
agitated Rome, and secured him an Asylum at
Fontainbleau. That he might not experience any
pain in the change, time Emperor humanely brought
all his Holiness's property and pictures, &c. to
Paris for his inspection.
Virtue 10th. JUSTICE.—He tried the Duke
D'ENonteN by a special Tribunal ; and was so de-
sirous of justice beiag strictly adMinistered, that
he went imm person. (though an unpleasant duty)
to superintend time execution of the sentence.
Virtue 11 th. HUMILITY.—He never boasts of his
Ancestry—employs no Heralds to blazon their
fame. He is content with his own.
Virtue 12th. CONJUGAL FIDELITY.—Though the
Emperor is surrounded by all the Beauty of France
his present \Vife has had a Son. So strong is this
virtue in his Imperial Majesty, that, even now,
he cannot refrain from visiting and consoling his
repudiated Wife, JOSEPHINE—As for all other
Women, RUSTAN, the Mameluke, has strict or-
ders to drive them from the Palace.
These, Sir, are only a dozen by way of speci-
men ; should you want more to convince you, I
could go through the whole list of Cardinal Vir-
tues, alit(' prove to you that the man you malign is
Adorn'd with every Virtue under Heaven !"

l am, &c.

A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGION OF
HONOUR.

Last week a Dutch Officer arrived at Perth,
under .the authority ut Go lei nment, to recruit
among such of the prisoners at the depot as were
natives of Holland, Germany, or Flanders. He
obtained 128 volunteers.