Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-18

llty, In the room OK tIlS rOVal ana HOOit
race, has started from obscure life, new dy.
nesty, far exceeding the old one in wealth, j.
re sources, in ambition, corruption, power
splendor, and extent OF dominion; and sup
ported by new race of princes and mobiles
created from humble life and materials d
warlike character, habituated to dangers and
to victory, and bound to the new made sove.
reign BY the strong ties Of interest, rank and
glory. Undertke government of the chic
of this dynasty despotic beyond all example.
and therefore irresistible, nation OF thirty
! mill ions of people has become one great ar.
my, and has spread its conquests and it's ter
rors over the face OF one quartcr Of the globe
and bids fair. first or iast, to extend them
over the other three. Europc is in a state
Of y,ssalage to a.man who few Years since
, was scarcely known out OF the neighborhood
of his fathers cottage. The obscurity ircm
which he originated, and the vast height to
which he has arisen, and, above all, the won
derful things he has accomplished in the
short space OF ten years, ought to sink deep
in the minds Of the few civilized nations
that yet are free, and induce them, as they
regard al! the enjoyments of peace, indepeE-
dence and social happiness, to guard with
all possible care, every inlet to his Aide
stroyIng arts and arms. A rapid survey Of
his achievements, may not be altogether
Improbable.
1t Will be recollected, that in the wear
1899, this conqueror Of Europe, deserted
his army in Egypt, took passage in vessel
bound 70 France, with grea, difficulty escap-
ed the BritlshscraIzers IN the Medilerrsnc-
an. and landed ALONE in France. Since
thai period what has he done? 4 few DAYS
after he landed, he seized the government,
| ard after passing through stage or two Of
! FORM under the name Of consul for years,
| and tor lie, in the course Of three or four
years, he caused hinaselt 70 be proclaimed
! and acknowledged, not only by the REPUB-
! LIc, bus BY large portion Of Europe, EN-
! pERoR or FRANCE. His coronation INTRO
! duced the career OF the downfall of nations.
Every state ard nation in Europe (Grsat-
| Britain exceptcd) which had or protested
to have, particle Of freedom in its govern.
ncnr, is anni!ltated. The Pope, who once
swayed the scrptre OF Chr;stendom, has
| bcea robbed 0! as domi,,ioos, his revenues,
| and his lslilueace, not only as temporal but
| as al eocleslast!cai potentatc. Germany is
parceltcd out mo insignificant monnrcnies,
created by tle Fat OF the mighty Corsican,
T, and each placed under the care Of one OF his
brood Of kings; ana at the present moment
| the Imperial house OF Austria is struggling
not only tor empire but for life. In Prussia,
! the heir oi the Great FREDERICK, and only
at the second remove IN descent, has been
unihroned, and is new suffered to retain
F., but little more either OF dominion or maies-
st!v, than the empty name Of king. In Sweei-
CT, that crown which has been worn by a
succession OF The greatest names IN history,
at the command OF Napoleon, is transferred
to another head than that Of It's lawful pro-
prlctor, and the successor OF the mighty
name Q! GuStayus, is doomed to descend
t'om the throne TO the dungeon. What the
canksr worms OF Russia, Prussia, & Aus
tria had !ef: of Poland, this palmer worm
ct France has devoured. The house of Bra
Sanan has been transferred to a distant re-
glon, TO save It's remnant of honor and in
dependence; and the Spanish Bourbons are
prisoners in France, and their kingdom the
scene o! bloodshed and misery. Even the
mighty car, the grandson of the naughty
and magnificent Casharine, has dwindlcd to
mere automaton in the hands Of this nigh
ty magician.
The means by which these astonishing e
vents have been produced, are of the most
formidable kind--corrHbtiol and arms -
and The latter, terrible as they are, are much
less to be dreaded than the former. The
poison OF French intrigue, is infinitely more
etiicacious than the thunder of French artil-
lery' The approaches Of an army are dis