Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-18
FROM BELLS MESSENGER,
(JULY I, 1904.
....,y,s ocknozylsdssd by the continental

&N gpo50erS.
E i, necessary that we should now re-
- the situation of France. Withir
f.v last months the most eventual dra'
- has been acted in this country, and the
amp. and wonders of the revolutions have
s.r , .nruassed both in eRecs and novelty
+ hi, latter exhibition, in which the ira.
the lodicrous, and the grave, have e
ally taken their turn on the stage.
The sudden rise of a demagogue to ty'
.,,;;ze for aday, and be displaced ON the
~, ~ the boldness of a rival or the CO.
sr;ce of a people, are the common changes
G. Republic; they scarcely excite the SEN
.,b;l;tyo of the softest heart, or the curiosity
afthe dulleat mind: but the present eie-
alton Of Bonaparre, the FRAMES With
.xh;ch he grasps his scsptre, the seeming
s.cnritv wirh which he holds 1t, and the
a;.position to. acknowledge him, so gem
AL and unaccounsable among the continea-
\ al Princes; all these are events which
\ mock prediction, defy calculation, and
Leave to mankind nothing but silenc amaze
Ement. and hearts at oucs replnlng and op-
pressed by the strange yicissltudes OF at
fairs.
kis peculiar 60 this man to turn every
hing to his advantage. He has become
popular by an act which would have rem
lered others only contemplate, and has
been elevated to the purple by a conspiracy
against his life. He has been, in word,
Through all the events of his life, one OF
those characters which wsuLd persuade
seak mind oft existence OF destiny, and
Further Confirm pious one in the belief OF
j particular providence I; contrary causes
become, in him and his fortunes, subseryi-
ent and to the same end, and, In despite o.
Eths corrss of nature he is only accelerated 10
his progress OF glory by Obstacles which &C.
cordlng to that course, should retard or. O.
sverthrow him.
Forxome end or other, ii is the will Of
Heaven that he should reach his presen,
dignity when that cndis accomplished, we
may expect It's particular justice against
himself. 1t sonly the ordinary course Of
history, that the instruments of wrath, aud
Sscourge of nation or world, ha. in turn
Experienced the same vengeance: after
having answered ITS purpose, and kindled
8the conhagrAtion Of ruin, the torch has
&been thrown to the dust either % be trod-
dea under foot, or TO perish by fate
ss mean az It's former period was glori.
ous.
But we cannot see without regret that the
Bptide of all the old powers of Europe
should submit TO voluntary homage Oh
&shi.new Emperor. Each seems eager to
s'emssrip the other in the offer of the tribute
&ni acknowledgement. We cannot bat re.
member the IRA of history when the add.
tion of new title, or the assumption Of a
Enew rank, woald haze produced general
wat, AID Congress would have met after
Congress before such submission would
have been yielded. Nor was this hrmness
&sny thing else but sound wisdom. la po.
Slitcai logic, from their influence on the
Judgment of men, wods and things.
In the present siavish snbicc,ion Of the
continent there only remains one hope
StsaS shuch Acknowledgement is is rather pru
dent than voluntary, that IT the etfectra.her
Spoi fear than sincerity.
We do not wish to be understood as Jus.
ufying any war on the ground of compeii,
ing new reSalafions in the internal state Of
France bat we cannot but think that th,
kenrulaiion Of flsttery, and eagerness of &C.
acknowledgement has al aspect nowise favor.
able TO the cause of England. Any per
sonal aggradlzemeat of Bonsparts, so fope
as be continued to WELD the resources O
the kingdom, was of little consequence
ipt as has private ambition IS connectee
with the, public hope Of extending the EN-
pre- of France, and mortifying the pride
and abndging the power of Great BrlfAin,i