Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-26

Thou dire DESTROYER of the human race,
tU u ,;, art, indeed, chiefjourneynian to death,
Assisting him TO stop OF men the breath
And natures pidStey-SpoTk' deface,
In thy dread progress for moment stay,
And listen TO the MUSES. angrylay.
s11I,Aps declares that war and desolation
Are needhil to diminish population,
which (overcrowded) famines might produce,
Such men as thou art, then. may have their use
So, (nerely with phiianairo?ic view,)
Thou tlost, perhaps, the generaigooa pursue;
Having with CEoRcE, thy royal brother, join'd,
In this rare scheme to benefit mankind
Yet. let me tell thee, twas dirty thing
To steal oflatc the Spanish king;
Nav. both the kings, the father and the son!
Itell thee, Nap it was not nobly done.
This shamefd method OF entrapping
Is what slave dealers cali Kidnapping;
And does MOI suit YOUR glorious name:
Enghien's duke indeed by stealth YOU caught.
And caus'd him tro in secret to be shot
A deed that furnishes your brilliant fame.
Yet, even that Accursed decd,
Which made the heart Of pity bleed,
Was nought 30 'his, in which fear to find
Ingratitude and treacheFy combin'd
The Spanish FERDINANp, tits true,
Deserved his fate tho not from you.
That trait'rous son against his sire
BY thee was tempted TO conspirc
A luscious fruit was Sdtan's bait,
Which caus'd the ruin of our mortal state;
Nor vert thou less successful to deceive.
A rIbt'ring crown thou oHered'st to his eyes,
And hid the ferd beneath fair disguise
py fatterv. and by friendship feignd.
Thy base and sneaking ends obtain'd;
IT'LL all his heart with Blacklist vice was stand
And now, e. sinner ripe for punishment,)
To thee his foul sedrcer he is sent.
,b;s ;,,et and p-oVi1eDce I own
It's wcnd'rous Judgments in his lot has she wn
But wFetched CHARLes. a harmless king,
Who never did a cruel thing,
Save when I've shot a partridge on the wing,
What had he done thy vengeance to deserve
His inteKec,s could scarcely be prcfer'd
Even to those ofGEoRoE TIVE THrRD!
He humblv had obeyd thee long,
And from thy dictates dar'd not swerve:
The zveok should sure be pitied by the strong
why hast thou then dethron'd the poor old
mani
Thou might'st, according to thy usual plan, y
Have let him reign, (thy vice-roy,) as, else
where,
YHy subject D1ondrois thy commission bear
But thou, Napoleon, hast finty heart;
And heaven has rais'd thee as the scoURGE oil
KINGS.
Thy topsy -tIrvy works the truth impart,
That fraii and vain are sublunary things.
Go on, then, n the terrible career,
which thouhast FOLLOWED now for manga year
Cheat, steal, and murder, plumber and sub
vert;
TIL, well-instructed, men shall fully know
What fools or knayes are Sov'REIoNs here be
low,
And ev'ry throne shalt crumble into dirt
Thy own perhaps the last /; (when Heaven from
thee
Shall set oppressed aud tortur'd Europe free 1;
That FREEDOM there, at last, may rise sub
lime
Upon The ruins of despoic sway.
Bat come not hither from this western elm
charge thee, Nap, TO stay away
FsfEDon dlready cheers hishGsby land.
No Nohies here have we for thee to slay;
No Kings to be corrected by thy hand;
No riches worth acceptance for thy purse
And nought but bietes you'll get, or something
worse.
Take my advice then i--come not DER tn
deep;
FOR what we have we arc resols'd to keep.