Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-25
THE IUsTEsT PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON Bo-
NApARTE THAT EVER WAS EXHIBITED.
EXTRACT.

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EXTRACT.
| Difficult indeed is the task of drawing such
portrait in gcouiae colors, and OF trac-
Ing lis features by The iineamenis OF IN.
partiali,y and truth. Few men, if any,
exs, without particular predilicnons and
aversions which, when applied TO ma
t,onaI OF personal competitions, render a
fair and candid appreciation still more
difficult. Fne author, VINO has probably
paursrayed his character with the greatest
success. is an Epglislsman in Paris, iNr.
Thomas Halcroft, who marrieda Frenen
lady, and resided considerable time
on the spot. Hi8 del!nealions in many
respects, bespeak the hand of master;
aud where bis coloring is defective, il
NAV be attributed to The difficulty Of
poursraying so extraordinary prince
With classical precision In his g Ira.
wells from, Hamburg through Wes,pbalia,
Holland acd the elherlauds to Paris, :"
from hci, the ensuing extract is taken,
IL first eaumerates the vices, and then
tie virsu-s q his hero Fed Caz.
Z II is ;Ac turn aad concurieucc Of
chromosomes thas givr the lowers Of man
theiy direction, stamp his character, and re-
col ci.e him 10 courses 81 action such e.
ven as he nav have once held in abhor-
reuce II al tie atdor CT youth, when the
inlcinpera.e Imagination ktiesp not where
10 resf, before principles had b-e!! fixed by
exp2risDce, yer ~, till ef CT Il burning THIRST
OF !aree had been excssd il nin, Bona.
pafte found .ha! dangerous eogine, that i'm
Eltmeat OF .lafpsn misery, az army, al his
command, and prompt 10 etE1ct whatever
pu; pose his rapid geoas could conGelye.---
Hr soon discovered the necessity here was
10 give thar coloting 10 eccl,ts hat might
produce ne eilrcis inteDded 20 conceal,
70 deceive, 70 fix be attention or false
points, 20 hasler peasants, TO speak TO prln.
ces in the lniiy toae O. Tnensce, 20 spur
The sodies 10 attack by b. hopes OF Plan-
der, to hang f.iaa afterwards for the crime,
TO promis= frieadship 70 the vauqu,shcd,
ard then ~ sa!se consr!hu ions, and strip
ihen CT HI they esteemed n,st prcc Gus;
these sooo became the daily occurrences
Of his active wa, fare Oh, Aqa his grasius
yeceirsd another dlyecfion, haa he been i'm
fcAed 5u,th 10 less f0,ce ints The PATHS Of
72isG9al and benev0leace. 7vhat blessing to
tie zvo,M .voatM he have bcc,a
" In Egyp. he found race much more
| ignoraAt, more depraved, and therefore
still more addicted 10 the arts of dc ceit,
tnaniu isaly and ne beat all his powers
TO the task Of overcoming them in every
manner. Gould they Gght? lie conquer.
| ed ;hem as well in valor as 10 sagaci,y.-
| Could they rnislead and wear The mask of
hypocrisy Even in this shey were not his
| equals. Still his mighty mind CARVE public
proofs OF the warnings and impulses il &C.
! ceived from 'ru!h /; to the yaan OK discern
rnen,, there are passages in his ssaee papers
shat show with what force It ssrack him ;
and prove mis- momentary grandeur of sno's.
To this hour, changed as he gradually
has been, AID loaded as his horlsoi. is with
the clouds of splenetic ambition, il never
theless occasionally en!ts alnmioous beam,
/ Bus,he mos, fatal of all the circumstances
/ which have united him for the task he
has assumed TO himself, which is no less
than thar Of governing Europe, is, that
he has been Infatuated to the command OF
armies.
81 have several times, says Mr. Hol.
crofs, been close TO Napoleon his stature
is diminutive, hi. complexion sail0w, and
his phisioguomy bears those marks which
denote the labcrs Of his mind ii is care.
worn, but il is also susceptible Of grea,
s; variety. From his a,rabillarious complex.
ion, choler might be certaicly Predicted
i but from the sedateness of his eye, no. oil