Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-06-03

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70 of antiquity, never receding from
grand design, succeeding in al but one
His attempt on the Turkish empire va
completely bafled.a But if he was f.
once compelled 10 renounce the object o
his heat ifhe was opposed by m enem.
Of no less genius than himself, If his re
sources were cut Of, his troops thinnes
BY the most dreadful ofdiseases, anddes
perateb BY the indispensable diiicultiest thu
seemed TO hem them on every side-if
in these circumstance, he found himself
unable to contend with nature and for,
tune, We are not yet to suppose that hi.
ambition for once, sunk under the pres
sure Of disaster, or that his eager hope.
were for i moment distinguished. II
ehe whole course Of that expedition there
is not the slightest appearance of remiss.
ness in his ruling passion, ambition.
His religion and his country he abiured
without hesitation. When his prisoner,
became SO numerous as to clog the ope.
rations of the army, when some Of his
soldiers were infected with the plague
he adopted the summary expedients Of
Frederick the Great, to prevent the in.
lection from sPreading-and whenhe had
no artillery to play on the walls Of Acre,
he endeavored to raise a mound Of the
bodieso his soldiers level with the ram.
parts, as+he had formerly made a bridge
ofthem at the passage of Lodi When
all these efforts proved fruitless, his am.
bition, as If collecting force,fi like : tor
rent, from the obstacles which opposed
it, burst forth in a new and unexpected
direction
Abandoning histroops, the companions
and the achieyersofa an his victories, TO
the, enemy and the pestilenee, he passed
over into Europe through the midst Of
his enemies, overturned the established
government of his country to which he
had 90 often sworn allegiance, and with
out even the hesitation Of the First Cesar,
boldly seized at ono on the sovereignty
of a mighty empire.
His inordinate ambition naturally in.
spires him with q confidence unbound
ed. Conseiousrthat he will 20 10 every
lengthto execute his object he Is never
deferred from his schemes BY the pruden-
tial calculations Of those who are more
timid. 1t is to this boundless confidence
that he owes his own present elevation,
and France owes her extended domini-
on. "a
Afterhis return from Egypt, and the
passage Of the Alps, there isno enterprise
so romantic which Bonaparte may mot at
tempt.
The qualities which we have alre adv
mentioned, are such as 6t the First Con.
sui beyond most men, for the attainment
of authority-they are also Of such q M,
ture a to enable him to retain the power
he has acquired. Men, whose ambition
has been aroused only by the object i'm.
mediateiy presented-who possess othel
strong passions, that are1ready 70 act 1,
soon as ambition ceases, BY oyerstrained
exertions, are apt, on attaining the sum.
NIT Of power, togiye q loose to the othel
principles oftheir disposition. Enemies
,favorites, sensual qualifications BY turns
excite themto acts subversive Of Their an
thority. BonaParte, however, has no,
as yet given any symptoms Of being at al
influenced by such considcrations-and
If he has raised his own relations to no.
nors, and has re-established the Catholi,
worship, we may find sufficient motive,
for the measures in the consolidation o
his own power, without having recours,
either to his fraternal affection or his reli
gion.
The effect produced by this total ab
seAce of other passions, is more caleula
ted for the retention than the acquiremen
of POWER. Cold and reserved, his Eea
lures seldom relaxing into . smile, an,
his hanghtiness never giving way to care
less conyiyiahty, he throws mankind at
distance, and commands their respect b,
being above their pleasures, then coneili
ates their friendship and cooperation. !
was only in the confusion and turbulenc,
Of = revolution, that such a man was cal