The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-08-19

Ve' u fefWs 1 fcdcc might, indeed, have
had some effect on the minds OF men on
The Con,inent but, can any one say, that
tue fhig Party have shown any desire TO see
such offers made !-Whcre is the record Of
any motion, any steech even, 70 that effect
Nay, have they not abetted the Ministers in
all their warlikc projects, and even gone be-
yond them in expressions os exultatcn at
what they all appear 10 have deemed the .faH
OF Napoleon But, besides this, will MIR.
Perry undertake TO show, that, in the present
Internal state Of this country, peace with
France is POSSIBLE If she be left in posses
sion of Holland, defy the ministers, under the
present system, TO reduce by peace the expen-
ses OF the country and, if the taxes cannot
be reduced, peace would only have the effect
oil sending out of The country many of those
who now smart under the taxes. Are the
Wings ready TO give us a rcform OF the Par
lament 1t they are no;, to talk about peace
is mere mockery hiseling prints are,
as usual, making great efforts 10 cause the
public 10 believe, that Napoleon has, upon
this occasion, gained no rictory. lie
has advanced fifty miles, however, according
TO their own acknowledgement. But, this
thinking people have have long been in the
at all of triumph while those Of his enemies
are decided proofs of triumph. It's useless,
however, to make these observations for a.
bout the thousandth time. They do, per-
haps, but little good The public ear is fill
led with the falsehoods Of the hired press
and suffering alone can max: way for belief
of the truth. What is most worthy Of re-
mark upon this occasion is, that fhe people Of
France seem to parlake, as much as ever, ia
the feelings Of the Emperor. This is the
main point for after all, France hcrsclf, shat
fruitful source Of military talent and military
courage, is what he must depend upoo.
When the French people resolved, that the
Rhine and the Alps should be the boundary
Of their territory, how soon they extended
their sway 10 the Rhine and the Alps 1t Is
the genius and taste Of The heohie ef France,
which do every thing. 1t is not on brute
force that Napoleon depends. IL is OH the
skill of his officers their genius tor war
their qucksightedne their ability In turn
irg every circumstance TO their advantage
aud the great mass of like ability, though in
differ..,, way, amongst the ranks OF his ar
my.-Then, he has the vast advantage OF ee-
ing dsembarrassed by aristocraticai ana oh
gurchical interest. No family influence pre-
walls with him. He is not, by any such shac-
kles, confined to few, out Of whom to Sc
lect his officers. He has whole army he
has all France to choose out Of All the
youth of France are brought, as 1t were, one
after another, before him, for the purpose oil
giving him an opportunity TO select the fttcst
persons to command in his armies. He
chooses, too, after experience. Merit, real
III. 10 hA
recommendation to elevation in his service.
1t is, therefore, no wonder that he succeeds,
and less wonder that he is admired by his arr
my and by the people, seeing that he can
have no temptation to promote an unworthy
person. The COURIER and TIAEs' ncws-pa-
p-rs, especially the latter, has, for many
months past, amused their readers with ac-
counts Of insurrecfions in France. We now
know, that these were falsehoods hatched by
themselves or by others for them, who had
their views to answer. Indeed, all men oi
any political Information knew, at the time,
that they were falsehoods but, the mass oil
the people believed the accounts and, as the
accounts have never been contradictcd, they
do still believe them. The people in this
country, in general, think, that Napoleon is
hated in France as much as they hate him.
II you were to tell them the contrary, they
would either not attend 10 you, or think that
you were ignorant of what you were talking
about. They believe, almost to man, that
Napoleon is held, in France, in deadly ab.
horrence that he is obliged to resort 10 all
sorts Of precautions to prevent himself from
being assassina,cd that he has spies in eve-
ry hole and corner that no man darcs open
his lips without danger to his life that there
arc soldiers every where to shoot at the peo-
pie, and that these soldiers, having been iorc-
ed into service, hate him even moro than the
rest of the nation do that France is filled
with BastiIes that any man may be clapped
into prison, or shot, or hanged, at a min
utcs warning, without any trial that there
are no laws in France except military laws ;
that there are no courts Of justice and, in
short, that the people are the most wretched
slaves, the most miserable, starving, bare