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

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ledge of his enemy's condition, and movements, and
11s; s 0 nicely could he unravel all conflicting so-
,e
i cnuts, and decide at once as by intuition which was
re
ii e' In the find his eye for positions, distances, eleva-
jrB' numbers, was quick, and it was infallible. All
hi' generals at all times submitted their
judgment to
d ll', and without the least reluctance or hesitation, not
eferring to his authority, but , ielding from an absolute
en?aviction of his superior skill; nor over doubting-, be.-
'use firmly assured he was in the right. His own sel t-
coned,nee was i
ercing'.
1n the same preporLion, and it was un-
I i
ng under some cover in fire, he would remain for
:c hour or two, receiving reports anti issuing his orders,he
his()llltnethirnlsepssiolowerkittiehyt,a plan before him, sometimes witht
of the ground in his mind only There he iswith
fries wat.cll in one band, while the other moves constantly
lei
some
his snuff-box, or rather his snuff,
--"An aide-de camp arrives, tells of a movement,
acswers
1 di tie 1 `
of
so_rn, e questions rapid:y, perhaps ire,p_rt,-
tl leiteiYce Pat, is dispatched with the order that is to s 1
..
ascordier ed general of
.divis.ion...onAse.oothmeia•kies
distteantttend, and sent off with direct,i , t
._ I_,
corps suppert an operation. Uhe watch is,
oi" eensulted; more impatient •
symptoms; the nann,.
afterrie I.le-de•catnp is constan.ly pronounced; qtros,tlitoa
eertaieuestion is put whether any one is. comm..;
happened 4 cllartee; an event is expected; it ought tor have
...,ilihl at length the wished•for messenger arrives.
Deng' 'len ! Qu'a,- t-on fait la •bas ?" "La hauteur est
ne--„-'i le mareehal est la." " gull donne forme—pas
,
ordered de mouvement." Another aide•de-canen.biei
armee:* to bring u-
p the Guard. " Que le mare,t
eae
Evil
..e. vers latour en defilant par ea ganclic:7(.\,t, evil'
the.
efatnieaw, trolly,
a sa droite est prisonnier. -- ()
battle:consulted and the snuff is taken no more; ttle
great :Ler; the fortune of the day is decided; the
:te:fete°: 'O4 indulges in pleasantry; nor doubts any
-"" if h t - eertaintl and of the extent of his v!ctory
he already seen its details in the bulletin.
j'aPoleoe-4 the grand secret of both Frederick's and
Were to-e,'s successes, the movement of the masses which
aPpeer,P'aee their enemy in a disadvantageous position,.i
obvious to be, like all great improvements, sugficielity
oil eihii. for it is founded on the very natural principle
ceee, eue tha Modern naval plan of breaking the line pro-
les en' ef either at sea or on shore one party can place
his battle between two fires, or on any material part of
fendees-eerbring double the force to bear upon theedeer,.-
tele. I 1 that point, the success of the operation is
digion: order to execute such a plan on shore, a
pro-
tee the combination of military resources is required,
to attereY ”IY who are so amply furnished can venturel
ether -Pt !t• That Napoleon had this capacity beyond
ktrn Is altogether incontestable.
a large IS genius was not confined to war: he possessed
and s capacity also for civil affairs. He saw as cea l,
~as in allic!dY determined on his course, in government
'urtnet• e field. His public works, and his political re-
ef hi3l°lls, especially his Code of Laws, are monuments
tire, h Wisdom and his vigour, more imperishable,f as
told t." already proved, and as himself proudly ore
bre]; Qat' all his victories. His civil courage was more.
the tlt than his own or most other men's, valour in
ifeorrvth fief Iblroiwdgoersdwinaapr'y a bravery it was that blazed
acros" Lodi, when he headed his wavering.columps
t by the field of Austrian artil-
thie con?pared with the undaunted and sublime courage
of Carried
him from Cannes to Paris with a handful
taeipett, and fired his bosom with the desire, and sus-
tan d it with the confidence, of overthrowing a dy.-
ateo3e) and overwhelming an empire, by the terror of his
r Were. his
kallno.,
endowments merely those of the states-
sum mad the warrior. If he was not, like Ctesar, a con-
Zil'snate orator he yet knew men so thoroughly, and
e:4IIY Frenchmen, whom he lied most nearly stu•
to
st that he. possessed the faculty of addressing them
to hirb.ains of singular eloquence,—an eloquence peculiar
sohCself• It is not more certain that he is the greatest
thet-hr Whom France ever produced, than it is certain
tar a 13 Place is high amongst her greatest writers, as
b iies„cemposition or diction is concerned. Some of his
ieut,,,,„,"ns are moiels for the purpose which they were
ei -"ed to serve; his address to the soldiers of his Old
eeuard at Fontainebleau is a masterpiece of dignified
dryd Pathetic composition; his speech d.uribg th.e,
____El_r_-.
Days at the Champ de Mars, beginning, tiehe
eiti, e.,_ , :
hi_ ‘emsui, Empereur, je tiens tout du Peuple," is to be
rleed amongst the most per.fect pieces of simple and
'4l.iest.
r tc eloquence. These things are not the less true
erbeing seldom or never remarked.
nut with these great qualities of the will—the highest
Nrage, the most easy formation of his resolutions, the
ttlense steadfast adherence to his purpose, the entire' de-
„e'ethon of all his energies to his object—and with the
t'elh.e.ally shining faculties of the understanding by which
hey firm will worked—the clearest and quickest appre•
etll„4h3n. the power of intense application,. the. capacityh
eeZtni Pleteabstraction from all interrupting ideas, the
41/ereZtue and most instantaneous circumspection of all
,Iceti„es, whether on one side, or even providently
Il'e plo-„,lwospect, the intuitive knowledge of men,. and
kiliif,-er of mind and of tongue to mould their will to
geld ,-,rGse-e-with these qualities, which form the character
etcleriectest by vulgar minds, the panegyric of Napoleon
-uti ~e'e,se• He was a Conqueror;—he was a Tyrant.
to e7„4t:IY his ambition—to slake his thirst of power—
ktiet;rY a lust of dominion which no conquest could
hlive 17:he trampled on Liberty when his hand might
World 41sed her to a secure place; and he wrapt the
tlllene},ll flames, which the blood of millions alone could
e
l'itelly By those passions, a mind not originally un-
ceesed Was perverted and deformed, till human misery
sense 4° Move it, and honesty, and truth, and pity, all
krtedf. the duty
ibnarlitat:i int,"nTilaiint we owe to God and to man, had de-
etelnit.rern one thus given up to a single and a selfish
tasasneatni,imi virtutes ingentia vitia tequa-
tdhit „ell.hurnana crudelitas; perfidia plusquam Punica;
rroell:stele:lfni;:tnuna religicl."
nullus Deum metus, nullum jus-
The death of Enghein, the
l'll, th erin.gs of Wright, the mysterious end of Piche
have ailtPiunishment of Palm, the tortures of Toussaint,
caes een dwelt Upon as the spots on his fame; be-
fi • e the fort
Intissesu:r_
feeulinnegss of individuals presenting a more de-
to the mind, strike our imaginations, and
more than wretchedness in larger
reeeetio!`ess distimetly perceived. But to the eye of calm
eeilist,_n• the declaration of an unjustifiable war, or the
Illcir:ng.l4 it a (lay
elesi...p_robation more severie:nger than is necessary, presents
ticnigneovri3e" °bi.ee,t of contemplation, implies a die-
pernicious to the world, and calls down a

caGeneral rr
tiE RIVER PLZLTE.
ptirs4 ~.... vity,
i())Y*Brieu gires the following account o
Buenos
"It is m ' h
Perienced fromlG3--, in detailing the treatment I ex-
far . -eneral Rosa-. to confine myself to a
c r narrative of th r ---.' occurred, and, as
'4l' as I ans e Lacts as they
tl:Yestiehilnef
n respecting him. '
It I had concerned not to use a harsh expres-
Pres'd
8::- 3' With
ent of trsatl Bolivia undertaken to form a commerciali..he
itreedquest of General Santa
"O.leet of this t provinces
vikee
_treaty was to offer to the
trade with
• . ) of Buenos Avres. t
pro.
it, freeaffree access to Balivia —to carry on a
liat4„, rani duties—for its cattle—its mules—and the
elisn..` _Productions of the country—receiving
.in. exy-
, le Potosi dollars. This proposal was most will.ingt
11e":"."theed to
.iy the governors of the diff,-rent provinces,
tio„ Y evinced their feelings in marked demisonswtr.a,-)
hoes their affection, respect, and regard for 11111towhn
tho„,,en entrusted to make it. In every gre'-ttk Tes
15,ih,!`all which I passed, from Lima to Baeno7 L.) :
erne
entertainments were given to me by thedirengeoe. 1 reffi,",,Bl mY old associates in the war of indeaen
from per-
Eosar to these testimonies of affection, not
Moti,vanitY, but because in them I can aline trace the
s
leia„"es for the conduct of Rosas. They had excitedthey 141 ,11('-"ey had perhaps aroused his fears, and.non
ttaNl-i,,oeed him tobelievethat. a plaminmmutaltne,a,bmentbe-
-4 ;17Z the benefits of a free Interco
pp the provinces of South America, was a formidable
4 The 4gent.
I had my estates to
sOspici re 'was not the slightest foundation for such a
litteo°o, if it were entertained..
°theta .* and, in
to analyse the
blot. t4lght prosper. Ido not pretend
''
t 0
improving their value, I wished that
without the
to, 11,"imes of Rosas—lhave only endeavoured to attribute
Ititiad ; a probable cause, although one
to racls•: °I foundation in fact, fur his unprovoked enmity
s is__
reeeiXo my arrival at Buenos Ayres I was most kindly
`,I
.q by the Ministers of Rosa&
the as deteleloillirnseed:l: a
few
days
whieitti the
hos `e other provinces were most willing to m
.kt
I found
willing
the treaty
shirtitetion, resolvrillu
v ~,,, i
it
la! 4ii_
0" 1 ?e eer hr 1, 1 ei tre
hcai
e,l
ai, Santaa
hs
it
ICy rpbr eoenj neze .c makingti
negotiationan
f ;
a a nad
declaration no ter tei it
of wi
warh
b ect for
with Buenos Ayres
one, ilure. rho oj. 1
1" I had visited it was" at an end, and I desire( at
r to leave it.
Flit tathteesaeinheiefes?
port to
had, as a matter of course, applied for my pass-
efmm,lice at twelve o'clock in the day,
I was waited upon by that
ar,"*°ll, aecompanied b'y Colonel Pereira. Both were
foire. ti I and told me that Rosas desired to speak to me..
a,:ed thern, but instead of conducting me to his resie-
eree, they brought me to the Cuna—a prison of the
,4E1;4 de3cripton, and there, without a charge made
an 'llat Me ---without any explanation demanded fromre
44.,
.I was placed in a cell, measuring six yards by five,
months and
cell I was never permitted to stir for
"dls and tvventy-tive days.
I had
Period been an acquaintance of Rosas at a former
wad
0 °I life —I micrlit even say his friend. No thought,
wa;. viir entered into my mind of injuring him in tiny
itQt to could not believe it possible that he could thus
std
wsirds one whose life was so well known to him,
blattitietteh.asvthdloesmdeae opinions and habits he could not bet
aI
nrnda
in.
nd evda
hal.n interview with him, bu
4,1_
laws was British subject, and as one not violating the
the °f the country in which I resided, I was entitled to.
tio4r2tection of the British flag, and to the interposi-
frmi the British Minister on my behalf. My former
tritishwts British
gaoler, and the representative of the
of British
sub did not enforce for me the rightsfothae
otb, i Jeet: The o ould not see me, and o
atier\li.,T. apt
ai Tg fai
net
eagrheinze:a innfrnthereafter,
I heard nothing but that
V"ce that the door of my cell had been closed upon
rile was
~,
ParpoBe
of "ever opened, except occasionally, for the 1:::13::evilaYs hthanadtod to danerh
thtr_ ?eke, no one condescended to answer me; and
ollveh iecuht i nwathse dmooorre.
punishment inflicted upon me—solitary
Persoria(nt--.Wich has sometimes been known to make
. of Btrong passions madmen, and to reduce those