Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-08-12
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y eses-A - - ~ 0MMGl - pause rom mo u
i ever IN pursuit Of matter on which TO
exercise il /; and no sooner has attained
one object than, scarcely allowing itself
time to dwell upon the enjoyment Of
that, i 6ies Of painting in search Of ano-.
thersT Thus The war Between France
and England has for several months kent
the public mind in q ferment Of anxiety.
curiosity and suspense and now that
doubt has vanished, its means and mode
ofprcvention, and liz probable conse.
quenees, occupy more or less the consi-
deration ofevery one, and already excite
much vague speculation, and much
groundless discussion. VIII there be
war! When win il begin !! we're the
questions Of every mouth buta few weeks
agoi and now, where, when, or how
aillitend ! takes the place ofthose, and
supplies colloquial food 70 every compa-
ny. TO collate and TO compare every
circumstance attending the business, and
from The slightest materials which the
newspaper intelligence from Europe II.
forsls us, deduee and offer to our readers
such differences, as our previous know
ledge Of European politicks aided by our
best reasoning. can help US TO, is no less
our duty - Editors, than our inclinati-
on asshe friends Of society atlarge. The
discharge of that duty shall be always
next to our hearts, and the objects we AZ
Jude to always in our view. Whenever
we go wrong, let il be remembered that
We speak concerning matters in which
from their very nature there can be no
certainty, which even 10 those who,
standing in the most elevated situations
in Europe, must see far, are but very
obscurely, If at all discernable-
which. therefore, must TO humble beings
like Us, ut this distance, afford room for
no more than rational conjecture.
We confess then, that the conduct Of
Buouaparte appears the most extraordi-
nary, understandable, and indeed extra.
VACANT Of any we have ever heard Of,
read, or even imagined. Making every
allowance for the inGnitely varied, mot
ley faifings of . man at once 90 multi.
fariously great, low, and wicked, We
are still at loss for any rational, proba.
bic footing on which 10 put IL. We know
that successful demagognes, and knavish
popular leaders, when they once net the
ring u their nosc,and the bride bis "a
their mouth never fail 10 curb, torture
and Cypress the people who submit to
them. We know that even men born to
power, nursed under canopies of state,
and swaddled in purple, are in general
more than sufficiently harsh and rigid in
the exercise of that power, and that up
starts are universally intolerably despo-
tic, unfeeling and tyrannieal. We know
that men trained to blood, like dogs 30
trained, passionately love and pursue the
scent of L rs long as they i've. We
know that deep guilt il remorseless, and
what men IN the natural enforced condi-
tion Of their hearts would recoil from
with horror and tismay, they win when
like Macbeth their . fears are harped
Alright" plunge into with all the !. rash
precipitation offcar.n We are sure thar
Buonaparte must know that the human
race and he are now as naturally enemies, |
q wolves and sheep, withthis difference,
that mankind, or MINI, in every ten Of
them, are able to destroy him. We know
thar all these circumstances do or may
apply 70 Buonaparte, but we know that
the man tcas cunning as the serpent. and |
we have not yet heard that his intellects
have decayed. That they may be4 little |
injured BY his dizzy height, Il possible,
hut they yet remain above the common
ofmankind. Possessed of q dess
potic throne BY usurpation, common
sense would suggest thath had nochance
for security in Il, but the affections Of the
people, and that those could only be OBJ. |
tanned by converting his ill-got power
into an, Instrument for their happiness.
Armed with such power what might he
NOT do, BY cnltivating the arts Of peace,
and by moderation and Justice to other |
nations In his peoples affections he |
would Be- secure from the assaults offo-
reign potentates. however Justly jealous
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