The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-02

Tie toait referred 20, as drank by the
republicans, was IN theie words g b.,
" Haparss; the man whom the laws
6 Gamer reach, she dagger mn9,
is apprehenied tbac mot 6f the
republicans will, upon reelection, he
very .orry rlae they countenanced luth
a irntiment. The 6rlt confui was cleo
81 BY 70 valt = majority, tfu. tae nj
nonty was only large enough to iheF
that people durf woe on whac Gdc cley
p|caied- Before the Corhcan returned
trom Egypt, the French were worried
upon ali ii3es. After the mot ne5oic
and deiPerarc exertions, M9-eau and
Macdonald were driven OFT ii Italy.
Maiiena and Sucher wel- ccoped up
IN 4 corneg. OF it. The weakness, pro-
digacy and corruption Of me directory
had eNcited univerial hatred, and fur
pailed all defcripsion. Without taking a
iingie life, without firing an ounce OF
powder, BonaParte overturned this
odlous tyranny, and gave the county,
what 1t very much wanted, itroag,
and at the fame time, wife and ten
Perate government. He did not croid
the Priions with his oppoicrs. He 1ed
nor one drop Of blood on the fcafo d.
IL put the finances in order. He re-
!tored public credit. He burft, like
thunderboir, upon Italy, and by : lin
gio bartlc reconquered thar garden OF
EUROPE. lie offered the emperor peace.
Il was refoled. Moreau drove the
Auttrians before him into the heart OF
Germany and terms of peace, which
had formerly been rejected, were fab-
icribed within 5hree days march OF Vi
cnna. No addition was made 20 them ;
Yet, hunanly tpSaking, there was
nothing to have prevented che con
qurror from eneering Vienna. En- :
gland was compelled TO accept Of peace,
and uPon rennls highly favorable 20
France. Nor is it the Imaileif part of
his Pralie, that Bonaparte reforcd che
Roman catholic religion. The expert
encc OF all ages proves that, without
iome iyi}em ofreligion to repote upon,
the human mind cannot be az reIt. 3d.
naparte mas, therefore, very wifcly re-
tered the old iyltem in France hIt Il
is now diVetted Of much Of it's dcfofmi-
ty. ne lituation of the farmers and
Peat~nts IS alio lnne1lely improved :;
and the whole nation is reltorsd rc the
ole!iinSs ofpeace, Is not this much
better than 70 have new conffitul;on.
or, at icait, a new revolution, one IN
every elghreen months Did Hot Mo
reau ai1itt in perton at ehe expul6on
OF che directory And is he nor al
mott as much interelted as DR.. Shore
hImfelf, < in The happincis of France f?
| nc Pretent generation Of Frenchnen
mas had fdIi iurfeit of that wild fcatter
ormniylteln oFliberry which ler fail With
our either ballaft, helm, or conpafs,
and which menaced the world with
whole century Of maGacres and refor-
nations.
what conceivable advantage of anv
tort would accrue to mankind from the
murder Of Bonaparrc IF the patriots
Of Pererlburg were afked, lley could
not tcll. If the Preienr fyttcm we're
overlet, which heaven forbid thewhoIe
country you'd reapfe into ditorders,
and rhc newiP&pers would once more
relemble The hiltory Of 4 butcher fham-
1lcs. But then the ulurper has depriv-
cd France OF her freedom. Granted.
But he has given her dignity, proiperi-
ty, and happiness; and without them,
freedom is bur poor bargain. Ii is
fz1t pretended rbar the people ale OBJ
PreHed, or the courts OF jultict cor
rupted- But an immenlt military force
has beer found necefary TO preier1e the