Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-06

iSu~tAi,seD As .sS 1oltn WORTHY i,
this pre-. eu,inence which prrsaees 70 Z !, q
rauch felicity, let US continually rceaI V
our minds the ever Instructive rem.
brance of ten years which preceded y
mongt Us the re.es,ablishment Of the :, 9
narchy, 20 compare them with the ord Is
the security aud the splendor Of Our ~.
scot state. Let Us contemplate The dssn,,.
ofthe abyss which we have got GU, of, sa 's'
into which we should again fall, wer. !.
not for the support Of the tuselary an
which has drawn Us out OF u. and no or.
shall dare TO shew himself foolishjv i.
grateful tow ards the august libsrator VIA
by prcfsuud theory Of public spiri,, kuou
how TO oussirip and direct It's inaaeuee.
who has brought back from the arny !,
the mass ofcitIzens the sacred ere Of b.
nor, the only iesven sufficiently active 10 r,
&c nerste car scula which forescelre fran
afar the Interests, wants, wishes the a..
tons of the French people aud The pf,lr
bic return of their. hsblts, al first dcfeo,.a
them agaios. their enemies in order 10 ~
tee, US afterwards more powerfully srsi,..
ourselves; sho allied himself 10 cur r..,
luton 10 order to destroy al lis t;sar,.a
izis.g principles. after having prudro,sy r..
commodated himself,o rs a-ritabs 80.
sequeaees !; aud who in aeaichins fam,
the moot ferocious passions az ssceud,s,
usurped over reason, HIS founded bi. ON
pira on slle confidence acd unlon Of all DR..
ties.
In fact, gentlemen, it was only from
the midst ola victorious army, i,as ap.
neral ought TO arise 10 saprems paY-e
whose great name had 70 dread neither d.
w cor riv4lity and We stood 10 need Of
the most sublime OF all military repowu,
10 order 70 ssbdue by the strength IF .lvy
the most unru!y oPininn. This extaordI.
nary mao has appeared and has beforehand.
signalized his destinies by making Of o.;
a new art in the world. He does MOI m.a.
sure space, he leaps over it,. His marches
are mapGasres SO varied and so shifted .ha,
en- arriving in the centre of his armies, ia
which the point Of union alone unveils in.
mediately themos sublne conbinatica.,
he finishes his campaigns at the very mo.
ment he appears to e2en them. Thus i.
is the great commander deprives fabulous
history Of its Inventions, in order TO trans
port INFO his own every thiog marvellous
in Mythology. | mistake, gentlemen, !!
ought to 60 back rauch farther. How ISL
possible, ia facs, not 20 behold, in life 80
full Of historical days, ever marked by SIC
seal of hat providence. which, by so aiany
prodigies, displaysso-shs vide world the be-
70 called from the midst Of eternal councils
to become the Instrument az his designs
and the executor Of hi. dscreess I, is.,he
sudden and unapitaous cry o! universal sd
naira,ion which there is in the whoe d this
astonishing destiny. know 90, WAS great.
er than natursy saBs,hing, howsver, whica
canaos belong to time, and which uaii13 ii
is neither hucertain, ga incoastacs, u:
changesa'e-
"Oh! VIVA. nlen.ent can .: more apb5
site tor observing, aud saying i g.1sa ;hs;
in which this monarch pysdes,iaed &c %
much grandeur, ,isiblv covered via tt:
shield OF the divine protection, saiancesl ia
his triumphant hands The 10, Of empires,
measures their syteng'h, divides ,het 70.
teres,s, prepares for theaa other limits. sU5
forEas for the political world, at ,h4 head
Of his legions, a new and durable equli'
brium; whilst from the exremi,ies OF Eu.
rope where, from victories TO victories,
and FROM conques,s TO conGues,s, the fight
of his eagles has SO rapidly coDccn,erea
the horrors of war. he holds on high and
without relaxing, the whole reins Of bis
immense government, as if he were IA
profound peace in the midst of his capital
No, gentlemen. there is no longer anyo'
,her than a single reputation which bears
sway in the universe; and admiration r.
ducsd to respect aad silence, does no. meet