Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-02-17
For The Portland GezsqaE.
A DISCOURSE
The ADAPTATION Of Gen. BUogASAR7z
IN France.

nchM HOSE epiiodical exploilons, or fubordi-
ndi nate revolutions which have appeared in
ne inner times upon this volcanic theatre have al
40 avs prelentci even nc the abhorent mind fome
Boxing execute or publication. At leaa, the
,orld was then in Gafpence, and eaGly wrought
obavery event Into fomc regular web according to
&ncy. But now that we are no longer welded
0nga any great fuppofeable feheme, fnch pranks
any one may choof= 10 play will asnd before
bacc in rather more nakedneis. We are no longer
Grounded by she blue fame of forgery, nor
heatifted with the creative powers OF trance.
=. In the fri place, however, we mnH requelt
fery one to examine whether there is not fome
emainng charm, iome certain melodious tones
b hele fonr fyllables-Bn5napzfe We believe
CHAT the word republican, liberty, equality, and that
r., vhole lenor clas are laid up where they fhoud
and,e. and being fom-what ruay. do not dazzle
the he beholder now. Bit the campaign of 1896
ind the treaty of Campo Formio are of younger
late, and the regale of 70 many thoufauds Kill
i'd, and Of 70 many robberies committed, is not
rs let forgotten. The name of Attild has at length
insy the elfett of time upon its periihabe parts,
become found ofhorror and detefation. Yet
srobably the name of Attila in the 9th century
s. vas even alovely name aud it is at lealt poni5le
raa.hat the Corfcan aPrella,ion, Buonaparte, may
bdoAereafter Ggnify no more than dsfperate buc.
xau5a nier.
We fhall here quote 7. Maltt da Pan, wri
Ter of truth, where ipeaking of the journey of
ins<,en. Buonapayte from Italy through Swizer-
Ire land to Rafadt, he fays, g 1t was not however
lnt protector, but as morole and malignant
"-t fovereign that he difplayed himfelf 10 tha,
7 Journey Every word he uttered was mali
+ cious and infulting. At Geneva he boafed
4 that he would democsatize England in three
E months, Perae had prepared HIM honosrs, a
hlils ball, deputations, and relays he rejected all
l.with proud dddain, and pahed through with
out topping, leaving on his way only marks.
r of illhumour and contempt. The only per-
4 fcns he thoughr worthy of his attention were
vit fome eourtefans and ns.culottes, who in the
f,;ls road to Laufanne, came to prelent him nofe-
+ gays and compliments"
IS We do not recollea that this "hero Of France"
aohas been celebrated for the poGetion of any
aryof :he qualities which go 10 the competition of
bern good man. Not even the'heroic virtues have
tesbeeu afcribcd to him. The Objectionable power
:. Of commanding an army, an affected. tate for
a..sehc arts, and the vanity Of making ridiculous
- 4epublics, may receive wiiar embeifhnient they
ne AN from the meanncfs Of pride, f1lfsho6d and
. fsif .adularion. Which did he fpare his own
ofseroops or lament the 'efation Of blood. He
ne boaaed TO the Turks that-he had overthrow
.rke Chriaian church, andProfeGedrhe Mahom-
ateran faith to betray aud plunderrrhs Turkiih
a.trfibes. es sif~
e. Nor can we perceive that the praife of ability
ytbelongs to Gen. Baonspartc. Sir w. Sidney
Smith Jays that " his impatience and precipita-
|" ton led him to commit fuch palpable errors
!" at the feige of Acre as even ieamen could rake
rs.advantage of. He feemsd to have no prnci-
E<s pie of aaion but that of predng forward, and
rsappeared to Rick at nothing to obtain the OBJ
4" jett of his ambition, although it NUT be evil
a. dent to every body ellie that even il he fuc.
It' cesded to take the town, the FIRE of the flip.
i" ping muIt drive him out of it ag ain in Mort
81 time" And the fame gallant writer Gays that
after he had laviihed the lives of amoR his
whole army before the place, he had recourfe
80 10 mott hagrant breach of every law of hon.
cor and of war in propoiing truce to bury
:" the dead and attempting to furprize the town
g while the anfwer was un der consideration"--
but that even with this advantage " the aHail-
sc ants only contributed 20 increaf. the number
"of dead bodies in qu.ltior. to the eternal diff
"grace of the General who thus di1oyally "a.
"crhced them."-With an army arcnger than
that with which Alexander traverled tn. fame
5 ground in much more warlike age, and three
times beat the myrads of Ala in fair and open
shsd, our hero has done nothing at all but
write his name on Pompey's Pillar. Surely the
dilgracetul feige of Acre in which one difcharge
OF cannon beat down enough of its rotten walls |
to allow Fifty men TO enter abreaIt," is but |
poor parallel of that OF aacient Tyre, which |
aood in the fea. tItr ae.- 4
But IN coniiderng the ability Of this motley |
character it is not satisfactory barely to place |
hun with surrounding military force upon the |
old barren fcene of fable and exaqperation. nor |
even to Thew how ridiculous he Appeared ON |
thefe Egyptian fands-his ability nun be at. !
teited by the expedition itfeIf Buonaparte. we |