The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-01-11 00:00:00

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literature, communicated to the mass ,of the popua
cation an impulse irresistible in its force, and try;.
mentions in its consequences. The House of Beur.
bon, venerable for so many ages, and accompanied
with those associations, so dear to every French
heart, of glory and renown„fell before the cataract,
and was precipitated into the ,galph of the arTO.4
lution.
The Nobility disappeared, as if !Prole. the nafu.
',late stamp of an Enchanter ; and the Churches
fell, like the Walls of Jericho, as by the sound of
a trumpet.
Freedom appeared in the sanguinary scenes that
followed for a moment—but the Daemon of Jacco•
binism hooted her from the theatre, and she tied.—
From this chaos, from this " confusion worse con-
founded," proceeded a Constitution admirable in its
theory, but impracticable in its operation.—Mca ()-
time the armies of the Axancny spread themselves
over the fairest portion of Europe, annihilated her
disciplined legions, and carried the name of liberty
Into the palaces of the haughtiest Princes. - ,
A new generation of public men, like the drltgoe4
teeth in the classical fable, sprung up in ,the night 4
the Revolution, and appeared at once, at the hell
of mighty armies on the Alps, the Pyreneesi_ a
the Rhine. Victor Moreau anti-Napaleon -113—na.;" -
parte, soon, however, divided -the suffrages of Eu-
rope. One forced back upon Austria herself, the
Confederacy which Austria led—and the other, with
e.rvldity and precision until then wn in mili-
larYiffairs, swept the fairest portion of ltal), and
planted that renowned country with Republics.
It may be said, that what were called, at this
time, French principles—a phrase which the poli.
tical prattlers continue to employ, even now. in its
original sense, contributed as much to 'these victories,
or, rather, to the circles of Revolutions, of ,t hick
France was, the centre and salient spring, as the
prowess of the French armies, or the heroism and skill
of the French Generals. It is not necessary to deny the
assumption. poubtless Belgium groaned under the
sway of the Geri an Emperor, and Holland was sick of
the inglorious and cruel servitude she endured under
her Stadtholder. That the people were anxious to
receive the French, and such freedom as the French
conferred, is undeniable—but it is equally beyond
question, that the armies of the Confederated Sove-
reigns fought well, and that, in the field at least,
France obtained no benefit from the pre-disposing
condition of tho.public mind. The fascination of
her principles never operated on the armies opposed
to her, however considerable it might have been upon
the population. If any soldiers were ever entitled
to credit for their bravery—if any Generals were
ever worthy of renown for genius and military science,
the French soldiers merit the character—the French
Generals have won the renown.
The peace of Campo Formio gave a temporary
respite to the Continent, but to France it gale no re.
mission; it brought no healing on its wings; she was
still the prey of demagogues—she was still torn, is
pieces by a series of sanguinary factions. A lenatic,
at this time, upon the Throne of Russia, was easily
induced by Austtia and England to form a new
coalition against France. He poured his phalanxes
into the South, headed by one of the most cele•
brated barbarian Generals that the North had pro.
duced since the days of Artilla. Suwarrow bathed
Italy in blood, crossed into Switzerland, and threat.
tined an irreption 'into the Republic. Austria me.
naced on the Rhine and from the Tyrol—Moreau
procrastinated, like a consummate General, the
war in Italy,. and Massena conquered the Russians
in a great battle among the Helvetic hills,
At this crisis, Bonaparte returned from Egypt,
seized the Consular Chair, intrigued so successfully
with Russia, that Paul became his friend, gained a
decisive victory at Marengo, while his rival Moreau
defeated the Austrians at dobenlinden. Peace unon
the Continent was the consequence of these great
events; but the Conqueror proclaimed that his glory
was not full, until England returned to the re-
lations of amity which she formerly held with
Prance. In a short time the Peace of Amiens was
concluded.
Up to this period there are few, even among his
most inveterate enemies, who will deny that Bona•
parte acted with consummate ability, and that by
breakieg up the mad democracy of the Republic,
and giving form and consistency to the Government,
he had conferred substantial benefits on France.
It is not the design of the present Rsraoseecs, to
discuss the causes which led to the rupture-of the last
Peace. No man knows the causes better than, or
perhaps so well, as our present Lord Lieutenant.
To the Talent, and Energy,, and Address, displayed
through the whole of Lord Wurrwowrit's Embassy,
and particularly at the period immediately previoui
to its close, there is no person who reads his Lord-
. ship's dispatches that most not unequivo, ..11y
scribe. But, and surely we have no political bias to
indulge in the avowal, a caodid and impartial man
will find it difficult, qlti)erlU Lord Whitworth's

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from the Court, and which the Court could neither
eradicate nor lighten, but from the exercise of feudal
rights--from toe oppression forstt profligate. Nobility,
land the impudence and extortion of the Priesthood.
these grievances, which every peasant in France felt
in his cottage, which every anima% experienced at
his humble board, combining with the fire and sub+
tleti of the philosophers of Paris, and it must it
admitted, with the general licentiousness of French