Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-30

=, NC ieuaa' govern ncnts, less ss.,
means to crafty Itself, Bonapsr,s. Is't
the present age overcome the Germar' a
Charlemagne reduced thsm. ?. ,bs ''
spoken Of, under his dominion. r. r'%
ed, .lisrwisc, his empire over 4 rrs,,
OF Italy, AMI Spain and Holland w..
Purtenanccs to his crown. YET a.
maggie nsrd no subscriptions, and L.j
millions for his standing army, and be-
tended with nations provsrbial for III.
roeity and contempt Of fatigue and J.
His armies, likewis4, were composrd ~.
soldiers Of his liege vassal. men WIN ~
expert in predatory warfare, bur ur., a"'
toned TO regular and tedious csnr,;s
nndiscip.ieed and difficulty coa;rolst,- -
the country Of tie people whoa i. =
qarred WAS pecuiieriy li,ied Tor nro,,,,,
contest. Yet with al these dsadyam,@
Charlemsese established an en- 2ireas tus,
sfve as thar Of this second emperor Of Il.
West
Let Us, hkewlse, call our attention to,f.
du5Qti0n OF the empire Of Caarl.mapr.
How long did this uawe;ldy BODY pfsser
its integrity? No longer than until the frs
awe, excited in the conquered by the 5tnt
Of his arms, had subsidized. NchsrpoY,
cal ror physical bodies that are large, ara
vigorous as those that are OF slnac, proron
tons. In the first, the principles whicha
the life ofps!!.ical bodies, energy & ponct
NESS in ac,ien, cannot possibly suhsisl--
Their operations, from their great cGtr,
must necessarily be slow, and .ro!:l The srvI
variety Of parts, necessarily weak. DIR
ence of interes,s will produce diss.asna
and that very dissension will prevent the u
nion OF d force adequate t. sitting Tin en-
bryo, or ohstructiag It's progression. Ia
empire Of CIiarIemagn= was dividst ata
his death amongst the different branches
his family, and tbat distribution, which IA
poleon has made even during his l.f., s.g:
ris. to the chickering's and contentious q
ambition, separated the different polsntlfs,
as well with respect to interest ., place, aal
divided the great empire Of the Wejt no
more principaIities than had existed in &.
rope anterior to lis formation. In secod
great parallel case presented lis BY hstor,
long prior TO this, we observe ...ar.tyo'
effects. The Macedonian empire had scare
" commenced rs existence, when il v1
2ortioned out between 4 mul;m4e c! coal
pe,itors, and re.dividcd, IRto tie se2@a;:
kingdoms and governments whlea had ioM'
ed, during very short pcr'oJ, It's coa't'-
tuent parts. And although the empire 49,
tablishetl by the Romans Was mors sE%H'
sive than that OF CharivmaGne or Of ANI'
ander, it canno; be adiaced as an exam
which initiates with the arguments mere az
duced: For the conquests OF the Ron~1
' ere gradual: their astonishing Po"sF Va
the work Of more than seven hundred year
their acquisitions more II: y to b. c01'1'
dated by an assimilation os manners a. Gu,
toms and opinions, and purchased BY
more gradual expenditure OF "s1''' 'D'
strength. ..,J.,.
Reasoning, therefore, from pT'f:oin
;,Jeinr from what is pas, of that "a'Ia
70 come, there is manifest reason TO osan ,'
hat the evil of which We complain '''D
~ durable. The gian. dominica Po'':';s .,
" the emperor in hurops' ".'n n" 5.r ,a55
.nce on that part which does not :.,,s
,.pcrtain to his empire, will, wE'le sI ~, =,
,faacss continue as they are. e'i:c'o'.5 -,
,lude us from the exercise OF Or c0" '.ao,I
i trade. But is there not reasonaos s 5,n
o anticipate the reduction OF th'' ofs ,Es co.
,.wer. and the elis.nembcrms0t Of :s s,s' ,,n.
ossean empi,e? Millions OF cons cons u oor:r
, r always be kept up; the terror ,% Of Of p h.
viii be overbalauced in the n'' NJ o =,
tributary nations by impa'iencs 81 81. o nd b;
Jon The princrs Of his ow" fanny '.,b 'ar ,,r.
svo,;trs whom he has invested V"n . %r
nr1 of his power, may, like o.':' J ?t't ,s
I'd other favorites, be infected : w." ,nn,.n.
age of ambition, and the sp''" oo, h. rs
!on: those very miaons, "n0' .. e.,in
ra;ned to war, may, ike tn' .l!c = h1'