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! speculative theorists, produced hat " FAD,
| Icf of kz7nan YiSaont."
! Bonaparte became First Consul, no mat.
! ter BY what ,oeans lie pretended 10 be
! satisfied wiii ,00Ok year il was enough
'or detraying ~ the expenses of his private
! establishment But he procured himself
to BE declHcd Emperor, and he must be put
| upon the sa'as footing as 10 revenue with
| the late unfortunate Louis the XVI: he
| Must have I 200 000k at his own unsccount-
, able disposal; for his amiable wife Joseph
! inc he must have one third OF that sum /; all
! Als brothers I'D sisters must be distinctly
J r~eFidcd for ,-she Sress ;-ers If ss-.z.
the ministers, the Judges, the foreign am
| bsssadors, must he distinctly provided for
cut'ct tie public treasury He did modest
" propose all tlASs to MS phantom Of sen.
ate lie said he must have it and he had il
But this is not sit, he takes Whatever he
pleases Qua Of the public purse. " II met la
nlGin dams Z. ,uc" He puts his hand in the
bag, say the Parlsians, & takes whatever lie
pleases. With such all immense revenue as
1000, O00i. at his command, he can bubG.
and has brjbed, all the cabinets of Europe
but one, which am confident he will new
CT be able to bribe.
Every sovereign who has been a military
man, and Put himself at the head Of his ar
my, has done, and every one Of that descrip-
uon would do as much, and more peEAaps,
than BOnaparte has done.
We have seen Charles the Vth, Peter
the |, a Charles the XIlth, kIchelieu,
Turenne, an Eugene, 8 Marlborough, and
z Frederick Of Prussia, do greater things
than BOnaparte has done, though with ine-
rIOr means, and under greater dis4dysnta-
gcS. The antagonists Of these men had
heads and hearts, also, 10 oppose Them
those OF BOnaparte have neither,
AS 10 his administrative talents, ii il gen
orally admitted, that lie IS not At all acquain.
ted with that necessary branch Of govern.
ment. Whenever subject Of political e.
economy, commercial regulation, or finance,
IS discussed IN the council of state, he gener-
ally sits yawning, sometimes he sleeps,
looks a news paper On pamphlet, and Will
often converse with one Of The members
who Sis nearest to him, and il lie has any
personal dislike 10 The man who IS speaking
he viii frequently call out 10 Inn "wel
have you almost done -
HIS irritablity and violence are beyond
description he IS known in his paruxysms
TO have broken porcelain vases ID great val
lie ; IN his fits d passion he kicks those a
bout him he runs shout the room foamIug,
raging and swearing like a mai boy. Like
Catlg~sHI Gf- e. g ti.cre IL noti,Inp IN my
nature with which am 30 much pleased as
my inflexible rigour' Like Caliguia too,
he has said, Remember that AL things are
lawful 10 ne"
Even in lis lucid intervals, without being
angry, but merely TOR his amusement, he u.
sed to pinch bis Josephine 10 thai degree,
that the iIspre ssion Of his fingers on her bo-
dy has been visible for days
Vain Of his person, he is fond Of shelving
himself in public but conscious of his
crimes, lie takes care TO be always well
guarded. Il is impossible for language to
convey an adequate idea of his fears and APP
PrehenslCns OF assassination. Facts howe
YER may throw some light upon the SUD-
ject.
he met not long since in the corridor Of
the ThuiIleres, Madam Despaux, miilner
to the empress, wlO resides IN Paris IN the
Rue Grsmmont This woman had been
sent for about midnight, with orders to
bring with her some masquerade dresses,
&c tor her Imperial Majesty and her Ma.
Jo,'J N ''""~''o' - was Odih III the COT
ridor, and the woman mlstook her way
unfortunately for her she was met BY Bona
psrte; he had not a clear view Of her he
was 80 much alarmed that he called out
Tor lights, guards, &c. He tainted, and in
his rage Olde ed the woman 10 be sent 10
pIison for SIX months, saying " zen suis
quite pun Ia PeM." This anecdote is known
- all Paris
he - without any religion, bat he is ex-
trcme!y suPerstltiOus lie believes fortune
te!lers more than h does the gospel.