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ant PROVINCES under their patron ard rollti-
Cal father, the great Augustus. This sys-
ten OF empire, as il IS founded so must e
be retained, by conquest Like the primes
pie Of motion, il ceases TO exist when u
ceases To proceed: Ithas moreover q Still
more fatal characteristic. The adage an
Gent as the. world No ecurat sna, does
not applyto il. Iteasily admiss ofacces-
sion. If another kingdom is adeed il re-
squire. but another project. The history
Of mankind is as uniform as the materials
of human action. This empire WILDE
sooner or later overturned by the jealoqsles
of the confederate princes. But from It's
present and immediate energy, twill 10
time overthrow every thing around it,
Kingdom after kingdom will fall into rs
mass, till, like the death of.the poet, hav,
ing destroyed every ihirg about, twill
terminate by preying on itself. A new
system will then succeed. The present
monarchs of Europe are the fragments of
the feudal system. When the military sys-
tenn under which Europe mus, now sui.
fer for some centuries, shall in lis turn be.
come split aud shattered. Our pos,erity
will behold new forms Of empire & modes
of rule, which prophecy itself seeing shro'
the fuggy mss Of time, could scarcely BE-.
lieve, tho it were the finger Of Di:inisy
thaspointed 10 them.
6 AS to the personal character Of Bona,
rarte, imagination, accustomed TO the or
binary course of nature, averts from is with
incredibly. Every age has Its standard Of
vice aud virtue. The a.rocity OF the age
of T,berius was not to be expected in the
18th century. HuEaa reason as it was
supposed had made some prcgres. in the
space of so many centuries had kept
peace q. least wiki the procession of the {
quinox had advanced with the maturity
OF nature. Ifthis even admitted a doab.e;;
the immediate gif. Of heaven itself; the
spirit OF christianity had passed oyer the
surface Of the moral world, and sofeeed
the venom Of original malignity and pr
mevai ev;I.-It was no; therefore to De
expected, that the course of time returning
as it were by 2 backward current, should re.
produce in the 10Th century. she
q ( ~. ~ ~ = -
Secul,am PayrJe ,0va monstra quessas.
This prodigy cfanoshsr age, however hs.
appeared amongst ns."
FROM TIE PEOPLES FRIEND.
Doctor Johnson says, that "whether
we provide far action or conversations
whether we wish 10 be useful or pleasing,
the frs, requisite is the religious and mo,
raj knowledge of right ADD wrong the
next is an acquaintance with tie history &c
mankind, and with those examples wh.ch
may be said to smhody truth, and prove by
events the reasonablsness Of opiniona, The
public Journalist. therefore. canao. be
wrong who occasionally makes temporary
topics Of local pcli,y give way to make
room for well chosen extracts irola the bes,
histories of mankind. The following eaa,
racter of Timoar, commonly called Ia.
merlane, taken from G bbo1, is no less IN
,erestipg than instructive and while it
pleases the inaginat,on, conveys an aMfu!
admiration Of the instability Of earthly
grandeur, and Of the INCONSISTENCY al human
power and happiness.
1.-THE tame Of Timour has pervs6ed the
stand West. his osterity is still invest
ed with the itnperial title; and TIC adaaI-
ration OF his subjects, who resserel hin, ale
most as "a deity, may be jus:sasd in some
degree by the praise or confession Of his
bilterest enemies. ~ hsngh he was lame
of an hand and foot, his form. and stature
were not unworthy Of. his rank !; and his
vigorous health, so essential TO hle,selfaad
to the world, was corroborased by senper.
an:e and exercise. In bis familiar dis.
course he was grave and nodes, and if he
was Ignorant Of the Arab,c language. be