Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-22

been atulievoS, ana witt, ,>ower little less
than omnipotent insured military conquest
and commanded civil triumph. let those par
tiscus enquire whether mind so capacious
could have betrayed into acts, so raanv of
which arc pueriic, SO many more are alb
surd, and stu greater number are male.
VIOLENT and destructive The nature OF The
greatness has ever Been ard will &c bcre-
icenS IL This plans were so truly profound,
Wodid nos ms means Sc more certain, his
cause more even, and his end more secure
LIS taciturnity in private appears to be
prize ; but in his public acts, his sclishness
is too great to command respect. Power.
such as his ptTtiZans would have the world
believe he possesses, would better under
stand itself; would act in silence, ani, strike
Ia the DARK 1t would pursue The even tenor
OF IFS way, and CiiSdain 20 vapor or to soothc.
he excuses Of the passions uniformly
rob men Of thoir sound Judgment and rem
der item malignant and base.
TO those who will not allow the Empe-
ror Of France any one great quality, what
snail lie answered Let them look into the
history, and find under whose real or apna-
rent command, actions 50 numerous and
great, have been performed ~ a man cs fec
Die mind, irreSoiute III conduct, and incor-
sistcnt III his plans. Let them scrutiuizc
the powers Of the mind, and prove, if ii be
possible. from fact or from deduction, how
1t should happen III times 50 dreadfullY con-
tentlous, that debility could obtain and IRE
serve the rue; coald conquer enemies o.
broad, subvert rivals in power ct home,
profit by foreign and intestine iroiis, over
awe or reconcile factions, change the ca
precious destinies Of q capricious people 70
that which despctiSm calls order, and esta-
bilsh new dynasty, which, in ages CT grca =
ter ignorance, would long have continued
permanent and beyond controui. Truth is
Always round between the extremes. Ma
poieon is ~ extraordinary man, who has IL
we'd in still mere extraordinary times. The
I grand events of these times were many Of
them military so, IS it happened, was his
coucauon, and SO were his propcnsities.
such was the fortuitous favor of circumst,n-
ccs, that they caused him TO appear rrc
Dig. a first campaigp elevated him tn the
rank o! hero, The second Showed him a
god he seemed TO command events in re-
aiity they commanded him they were his
creator
Early habits had powerfully occurred
10 mt MIN for the future accidents unGe,
winch he became placed; & this predisposi.
tor, and these aociten,s, we're further nj.
I ded BY a mind Of such ardor, and Of such
Prohiic ambition, that he has been huIrics
Through the various gratiations which SINH.
lar MINDS have travelled and does and viii
only diiier from them in similarity of fate, .,
.ar as circumstances have varied, and shall
hereafter vary. Sallow complexicn, lcngsl
OF face, pointed nose, projecting chin
and prominet cheek bones, have distinguish.
cd the countenances OF fanatics and DeTsecu.
tors. Fanatics and prosecutors were otter
men of powerful minds, but violent De ssh.
ons; and between such men and the emo.
ror OF France, allowing for times and cir.
cumstances, ~ physiognomy, in talents, ant
| biance."