Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-13

substituted usurpation for legitimacy, and
subjected to a regular march what had been
before in France only the result OF the M
stiact of crime, and the blind impulse Of re
volt, it was not to be expected that such a
man would have accused Austria Of hagiug
followed the steps of the National Cunvt..-
ton, and of having wished in 1909 to ope-
rate in Europe a revolution AS gcacras as
that which the iacobins meditated towards
tile end Of the year 1922.
He seems 70 be convinced by the manner
in which he has been attacked, and ~ the
vast plan that was formed to terminate the
suFerings of Europe, that the scorer Of his
power has been discovered while th- poo
pie have been taught the sccresot ahe,r force.
Such discovery was well calculated tex
cite his apprchens!ons, and to proyolse Els
race. and he does not dissembe either o!
these sentiments. Hc e.cvotes to infa,ny
and shame Inc authors of this plan, and he
accuses all the archdukes OF having assisted
10 carry it into execution. Unfortunately it
has not been executed with that unanimlty
with which it was organized, nor followed
with that vigor which could alone have en-
sured its success but ii is still something
to have tried it, and to have given to Europe
a movement that has restored it TO a degree
of vigor by terminating those principles OF
life, which long and disastrous wars, aud a
tyranny equally formidable and new, had al
most destroyed.
The reverses Of Austria, however deplor-
able they have been and however fatal their
effects may be, will not destroy that impulse,
and whatever be the sacrifices which neces-
sitv may impose upon tina, power, Bonaparte
will at length perceive that people are not
to be transferred like passive masses or IL
mid flocks--Europe far, very far, from av-
ing discovered, as he prcrends, her real ene-
my in Austria, has taken the livel!est inter-
est in her success, and has EN- her reverses
with the deepest despair.--lt the egofisn,,
the ambition, or the fears Of some Cabinets
have once more let slip tie opportunity OF
throwing oF the yoke OF Bonaparte, the taui:
is the fault of few individuals, and not the
effect of the Indifference or apathy Of the
people. They blSss that power which, as
he says himself" has not only augmented
ner regular troops, and put in action the
whole mass of her population but which has
also conceived the hope OF arming iii her ia
vor the whole population Of Gcrmany."-
Unhapp;ly that part OF the plan has not been
acted upon every where with the same Vi
COR, on account Of the first reverscs of the
regular army, but the impusr has been Civ
CO, and Europc has seen by the resistance OF
the 1'yrolese. and their brilliant success,
what can be ct!sc:ed BY the enthusiasm OF
loyalty, and the perseverance ofcourags.-
In vain does Bonapar,e compare the noble
efforts Of that nation TO the horrors Of the
revo!uton--such an accusation viii not
check people as it frightened a cabin land
the Tyrolesc will not the less continue, be.
cause they are called Brigands and Rebels,
to maintain TO the last extremity, the cause
of their Country and their Sovereign.
This is what Bonaparte dreads-he sees
by the valor and energy displayed by a
handful of Mountaineers, bv that fidelity
which attaches them to the standard which
they have received orders to abandon, thai
he has at length found enemies who are not
subdued by his fortune, nor srduced By ms
promises, nor intinidaeed by his threats.