The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

No. 16,567

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ge of his enemy's condition, and movements, and
poarts; so nicely could he unravel all conflicting ac- I
I:nnates, and decide at once as by intuition which was
true. In the field his eye for positions, distances, eleva-
tions, numbers, was quick, and it was infallible. All
generals at all times submitted their judgment to
Pt, and without the least reluctance or hesitation, not
deferring to his authority, but yielding from an absolute
conviction of his superior skill; nor ever doubting, be-
cause firmly assured he was in the right. His own self-
confidence wag in the same proportion, and it was un-
erring
Lying under some cover in fire, he would remain for
an hour or two, receiving reports and issuing his orders,
i;oisinewtiintebes.vvith a plan before him, sometimes with the
17e of the ground in his mind only There he is with
fr in one hand, while the other moves constantly
lieihi peeket, where his snuff -box. or rather hi: snuff,
anew '-"An aide-de camp arrives, tells of a movement,
ere shortly some questions rapidly, perhaps imps-
Put, is' 'di-patched with the order that is to servetee difficulty Of some general of division. Another is
ordered to attend, and sent off with directions to make
a°:ne distant corps support an operation. The watch is
C)113111ted; morepp impatient symptoms; the name
aftere ai4-de-ca,mp is constantly pronounced; question
A.question is put whether rimy one is coming from a
h-PP a (planer;
at length an event is exp-eted; it ought to have
the wished. form essenger arrives.
:"Eh hien ! Qu'eet-on fait lA has?" " hauteur est
71"egn6=; le marefiial est !a." " Qu'il tienne forme—pas
ore Pal de mouvement." Another aide-de-camp is
itv :M to bring up the Guard. " Que le mareebal
qeinee 'era la tour en d6ilant par sa gauche--et tout ce
wa4g. trouve sa droite mit prisonnier."—Now the
hat' ti . consulted and the snuff is taken no more; the
great e .3, Over; the fortune of the day is decided; the
tnere e-iaPtain indulges in pleasantry; nor doubts any
than' the certainty and of the extent of his victory
~ After ad already seen its details in the bulletin.
all,ziapeloo,,, the grand secret of both Frederick's and
Were to "i 3 successes, the movement of the masses which
(tippet,. Place their enemy in a disadvantageous position,.i
obvious. to be, like all great improvements, sufficient y
op which licit is founded on the very natural principle
ni
seeds -lco modern naval plan of breaking the line pro-
his fberiitnhger at sea or on shore one party can place
battlebis en between two fires, or on any material part of
twin, or double the force to bear upon the de-
r "tat point, the success of the operation is cer-
dotigitteartemenp order to execute such a plan on shore, a Pro-
lied tills combination of military resources is required,
to at eY only who are so amply furnished can venture
t it. That Napoleon had this capacity beyond
nica is altogether incontestable.
aut his genius was not confined to war: he possessed
Red
.as
capacity also for civil affairs. He saw as clearly,
g . quickly determined on his course, in government
josrtnut the field.
!thong, es His public works, and his political re-
of his Code of Laws, are monuments
timel wisdom and his vigour, more imperishable, as
1.3.94. than
as already proved, and as himself proudly fore-
all his victories. His civil courage was more
tZillant than his own, or most other men's, valour in
forth at
How ordinary a bravery it was that blazed
41,1,41 at Lodi, when he headed his wavering columns
ier?ss the bridge swept by the field of Austrian twat-
% , compared with the undaunted and sublime courage
Bitcarried him from Cannes to Paris with a handful
ingen' and fired his bosom with the desire, and sus-
nEt,.d it with the confidence, of overthrowing a dy-
e tY, and overwhelming an empire, by the terror of his
-erie!
11°1' were his endowments merely those of the states-
n4l" and the warrior. I,' he was net, like emsar, a con-
dtnniate orator, he yet kneW men so thoroughly, and
imeciallY Frenchmen, whom he had west nearly ate'.
in _, that he possessed the faculty of addressing them
te strains of singular eloquence,—an eloquence jeweller
soid.rnself• It is not more certain that he is the greatest
%h
ler whom France ever produced, than it is certain
at his place is high amongst her greatest writers, as
comnesition or diction is conceed. Some f his
"Ilelns are models for the purpesern which theyo were
intended to serve; his address to the soldiers of his Old
anard at Fontainebleau is a masterpiece of dignified
and pathetic composition; speech during the Ilea-
dre I
Car Days, at the Champ deliars, beginning,:. Gene.
, Consul, E•npereur, je tout du Peuple, is to be
liens
pieces of simple and
Placed atnongAt the
Tmhoesste perfecttin gs are not the less tree
lt!lsiestie eloquence.
or being seldom or never remarked.
But with these great qualities of the will—the highest
courage, the most easy formation of his resolutions, the
most steadfast adherence to his purpose, the entire de-
votion of all his energies to his object—and witht the
equally shining faculties of the understanding by which
that firm will worked—the clearest and quickest appre-
tension, the power of intense application, the capacity
of complete abstraction from all interrupting ideas, the
°Znplete and most instantaneous circumspection of all
',Acuities, whether on one side, or even providently
ttlZt- in prospect, the intuitive knowledge of men, and
hisn':t Cr of mind and or tongue to mould their will to
110,1" ' e:L-1;v sth these qualities, which form the character
pie ,greatest by vulgar minds, the panegyric of Napoleon
s‘oatilvjary
ic)sg,ralotisce)., He e was a Conqueror;—he was a Tyrant.
ambition—to slake his thirst of power—
satiate lust of dominion which no conquest could
h Le—he trampled on Liberty when his hand might
Worldraised
~Orld her a secure place; and he wrapt the
quench. flames, which the blood of millions alone could
ittudi By those passions, a mind not originally un-
ese4 was perverted and deformed, till human misery
sense tf° move it, and honesty, and truth, and pity, all
Par_ the duty we owe to God and to man, had de-
pu:ltrora one thus given up to a single and a selfish
bentr: " Tantas animi virtutes ingentia vitia requa-
Aihil crudelitas; perfidia plusquam Punica;
joreerrl, nihil sancti, nullus Deum metus, nullum jus-
eee„,eralT, nulla religio." The death of Enghein,. the
4ro, th artn.gs of Wright, the mysterious end of Fiche-
hoe
all of Palm, the tortures of Touasaint,
kaase_ efeneldiwneglts upon as the spots on his fame; be-
fieanite_seotte._fo.rtunes of individuals presenting a more de-
tense :Net to the mind, strike our imaginations, and
more than wretchedness in larger
I'o4o3ll*m dietinctly perceived. But to the eye of calm
persisZ°n, the declaration of an unjustifiable war, or the
rnor"a'ng in it a day longer than is necessary, presents
position grievous object of contemplation, implies a dis-
i_
l'eprouatton vre pernicious to the world, and calls down a
• more severe.

Gen.,..:PIE RIVER PLATE.
captivity, b gives the following accooufntßoufenhoiss
Ayres r 137 order of Rosas, Governor
t is ,„
rsinirliaPseeFa-r-Irfslutitifeish, in detailing the treatment I ex.
Gofentheeralfseßtsosaass,
tthoeycoonefietuierrmedy,sealnfdt,o
as
President of Boli concerned,
810r1 resParenctilli-Ysel!
I had "g
him' not to use a harsh expres
oh, Y with the united ipinrodveir.
, at the request of General Santa Cruz, the
treat
emnuw
Thet
Ject of this nt:kesenoftuoufeonrmos
ainees _
~ is treaty was to offer to the diff rent pro-
aAyres.
it 0_ 4 tree access to Balivia—to carry on a trade
..wtithe
a'att2lee. from duties—for its cattle—its mules—a.a.id n
e1,.'...5t Productions of the country—receiving in ex - -‘llge Potosi dollars. This proposal was most willingly
aee'ded
and they c' °Y the governors of the diff-rentdeproovninstcreas_,
tions ~ cyttleed their feelings in marked to.
tOT their affection, respect, and regard for him who
til:::::lnventrUited to make it. In every great town
their go.
Pnbullitegh which I passed, from Lima to Buenos Ayres,
~__ entertainments were given to me by
aollise.fler tO these testimonies of affection. not from pe,r
old associates in the war of independence.-
ni vanitY, but because in them I can alone truce the
Jealous ves for the conduct of Roses. They had excitedh
had had perhaps aroused his fears, and they
exteloduced him to believe that a plain man, bent on
tw "log the benefits of a free intercommunication be-
Poleiettliet,he provinces of South America, was a formidable
~/,,a, agent.
test,;", ere was not the slightest foundation fortastnecshtoa
ettg,et°ll, if it were entertained. I had my e
oat:: to, and, in improving their value, I wishednslseththaet
zuot-•% naight prosper. Ido not pretend to_ analyse y
to a„ses of Rosas—l have only endeavoured fta.ttri attribute
shad
0-7, a Probable cause, although one without
to of foundation in fact, for his unprovoked enmity
reeeljivPon my arrival at Buenos Ayres I was most kindly
No.':ed by the Ministers of Rosas.
In the course of a few days I found that the treaty
Rosh the other provinces were most willing to make
the ase determined upon rejecting; and, not content_with
a !ejection,
ral Santa Cr resolved uponuz. making a declaration of war
galnat Gene
tau" As far, then, as my negotiation with Buenos Ayres
ethic concerned, it had been a failure. The object for
I had visited it was at an end, and I desired at
once to leave it.
Portl had, as a matter of course, applied for my pass-
L'nctand the to the chief of police at twelve o'clock in the day,
the same evening I was waited upon by that
person, accompanied by Colonel Pereira. Both were
f_`,ll,°Q, and told me that Roses desired to speak to me. I
...ourst descri
doenovved them, but instead of conducting me to his resi-
,.., noe, they brought me to the Cuna—a prison of the
:,(i'months : a u frogo Ption, and there, without a charge made
outTst rne—without any explanation demanded from
are 4 s placed in a cell, measuring six yards by five,
o::dihisfettlectieltlyl.fizsdanNesv.er permitted to stir for six
period had been an acquaintance of Rosa, at a former
I might even say his friend. No thought
;14 ever entered into my mind of injuring him in any
actw Y.. I could not believe it possible that he could thus
4,,.,tovrards one whose life was so well known to him,
stranger to whose opinions and habits he could not be a_
...,...t..unttrgi;
dle_mdse.nm.danindevda.ina.n interview with him, but I
laws'. is
a British subject, and as one not violating the
„ of th contry in which I resided, I was entitled to
the Protection of the British flag, and to the interposi-
tion of
British the British Minister on my behalf. My former
friem
Botretirshwas my gaoler, and the representative of the
Crown did not enforce for me the rights of a
!subject. The one would not see me, and of the
ethic,' I toy incarceration, I heard nothing but that
. !,1 shall state hereafter.
one, Y,tloo that Ow door of my cell had been closed upon
ptirpioLsewaol ngeivvienetlpopeenedn,vexcept occasionally, for the
generalldinner, which was more If / 8 3',_ handed tom me through a hole cut in the door.
thus 4°l", no one eonlesepnam to answer me; and
PetsZsillOefilts—Crownhgic
No__ as that punishrn ait intlieted upon me—solitary
ph has sometimes been known to make
uasions madmen, and tp reduce those

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