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their power. The success of France
80. n la on rc,tt-h m fhe means of pro.


would add so much to the means ct pro-
,sneing this power, as TO render the
anne OF their overthrow feeble and dis
,ant. fit come at all, 1t might come
100 late. The popular deluslons by
which they are supported might be DIS
PEELED, by the presence Of those diretul
ealamities, to which our present course
directly and rapidly conducts us ? but
before they could be thus dispelied, the
letters Sith which we have bound our
selves might be riveted by the hands OF
foreign master we might fell into the
gulph beforethe blindness produced by
our passions and prejudices would per-
nit US to perceive it. Our hope, there
fore. the sheet anchor Of our safety, is in
the. final triumph OF Russia, of which
her victories already achieved have laid
the ground work, and afford happy,
ala,ast sure, presage. Shait we not
then rejoice in these victories, with
ioy great in proportion to the deliver
ance Of which they are the foretaste and
forerunners! Shall we not express, with
delightful enthusiasm, our adohration
and gratitude towards him, to whose
magnanimity, constancy and power we,
our children, and our children's chill
dren, i'm common with so many other ma.
tons, are 10, be indebted, for this great
est of blessings. His victories are not
for himself alone, nor for his own nation
they are achieved in the cause OF hu.
mainly and of civil society even in the
cause of France herself, that cstlmable
and unfortunate nation which is made
to suffer uuheard OF misery In the at
tempts OF her tyrant to rivet chains Oh
the rest Of the world, and whose deliver
ancs from the iron yoke under, which
she writhes and bleeds, and groans, can
be expected from no other quarter
The triumphal car of other cenquerers
has passed over the necks OF PROSTATE
nations. AS the triumphal car OF th's
Alexander advaDces, PROSTATE nations
rise M and hail him as their deliverer.
His giorv is the sun rising IN the east,
which inspire. and warns--not like the
glory of other conqueors, baletui
star, which scorches and withers. those
hands from which his powerful arm has
stricken OFF the shackles, are every where
lifted up to invoke blessings en- his name.
Hope dawns again ap the nations. Those
wnom the light has not yet reached, be-
hold il afar off, and bless its approach.
Those u DO, like us, had not yet been o.
overwhelmed, but stood looking with aw-
full and trembling anxiety on the impend-
ing storm, now see it dispelled, and be-
pin again to breathe freely. To AleXan-
der Of Russia we owe il. under God, that
we rave this Sreat cause OF rejoicing,
and the liberty To rejoice. 10 hiIa we
are indebted f.,r the dellverance already
accomplished, and for the hepe OF good
things vet to come. To him we owe 1t,
that withou, SHINING againstth dearest
hopes of humanity and our country, we
NAV indulge our national prideSand ex-
ultation in the brilliant achievements oil
our gallant little navy, the noble remnant
of Washington and that enlightened pa
triotism does not compel US to grieve
over our own victories, which but tor
thoss achieved by The arms OF AleXan-
der, would be but so many steps towards
our own ruin. Let as then. as tar as de.
Ponds on US, bestow or him the MOST
Irlorious title that mortal man has ever
received, the most glorious TUE that
msrtal man has ever deseryed--Let us
drink the health of
dLRXANDSR THE DELIVfRGR.