Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-06-20

eism, may inspire sudden fury into The
bosnms ola raw undisciplined multitude
But veteran corps would surely defeat
such multitude.
1.-THE inhabitants Of France ever fell
the republican enthusiasm, which i. in.
deed very questionable, there is not much
reason to believe that it contributed tc
Gil The ranks Of their own army or to make
those Of their enemy give way. Expe'
rienee, which brings plausible theorie,
to the test, aud correct knowledge oil
human nature, have abundan,ly contuted
the notion that the common men are tn.
better soldiers for the soundness Of theiu
logieor their politics. Men are very
much alike, 10 all the European eoun.
tries in respect to their capacity of beins
trained for war. When SO trained. the
diHefenee between two hostile armies oil
equal Numbers will be found to lie in the
tALeuks Of their subaltern officers ant
principal commanders.
Common soldiers are soon trained
but it's the work Of time to form officers
Their is not the least reason in the world
to SUPPOSE tina. the Austrians or Russi.
ans afe inferior to to the French soldi.
ers ID steady, perseverips valour. Bu,
there Is ample evidence of the superiori.
~ Of he French ofH:ers over those ol
their tnemies. War has become, in
deed ever was, among civilised natl
ons, 1 science. It excites and employ,
the utmost vigour aud extent of human
intelle ct. Though it is a science, it il
such only for the officers, not for the com
non men. For two centuries past
France has devoted more attention anc
more money to the perfection Of this sci
ence than all the rest Of Europe. Loui.
XIVsh established such military school.
as the Great Cyrus would have desirec
for the education OF the oGicers of~tha
army That achieved for him the conques
of Asa. Bouaparte and Moreau, un
doubstdly great Generals, are indebted
for their triumph to these schools. It !,
ofte3 said the common men will dare 4
do whatever their officers will lead then
on to do. 1t i. no less proper to say tb'
officers will seldom finch from leading
the men ii they but know how to leae
them. ,.I ...
Nothing Is more certain than that tn,
military institution, Of France supplied
the 6rst revolutionary armies with an in
finite number Of accomplished young of
6cers, who g!owed with Impotence Il
gain glory and promotion in that profrs
sion which had from their infancy en-
crossed their thoughts and kindled al
their passions. The revolution furnish
ed only sparks and not the fuel for shri
combustion.
..- Nor is there the least reason to pre-
tend that the 6rss French armies wer
composed Of raw recruits. Animmensi
standing army was maintained, and whe,
it i. considered that on the side Of tn
Low Countries and the Rhine, Franc
guarded what has been emPhatically call
ed her iron frontier, with double ROY
Of fortified towns, and that every one O
these was occupied with veteran garri
son that would figure as a respectable
American army, We see plainly tina
France possessed every advantage 70
success. in war, from the very first DAY
Of her military operations.
The democrats, to a man, believe tina
France wa. entirely detrnceless wher
the coalition Of deyp7ts" secretly enter
ed into the treaties of Pilnitz and Pavi
for her Acknowledgement. Those trea
ties, it has been a thousand times proved
are forg.rie.. Austria was taken b
surprise. The Emperor Joseph had le
yelled the ramparts Of his towns in tn
Netherlands, Luxembourg excepted, 3
his troops in tina, country were no NOR
than feeble corps Of observation. Tn
Austrian. had larger proportion Of "a,
recruits in their armies than the French
Be it remembered too that the revolu
ton supplied the French with an unex
haus,ed superiority Of men and mean
that no regulargovernment in the worl