Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-07-27

brings him to the RUNE. After thiri eff,
tori. he is Within the walls of Paris.
Here again he reigns. Here the crafty
statesman contrives. and the gloomy tyrant
collects, the renewed means of warfare. A
gain, unhappy France, must thy garn-rs &
tiny veins be opened. Again. and under
the doubled weight Of oppression, must thou
groan. Vain are expostnlations vain the
tamuituous cry for peace vain the shricks
of despair. :,
Alexander The great. the good, advances.
lie moves, at the head Of his hardy Russi-
ans, IRON the ashes OF Moscow, toward the
oanks OF the Elbe.--At his approach the
plundered insuted subjects of Prussia rise
to vindicase their honor. The Germans
burn to avenge their wrongs. But Napole-
on has anticipated his enemy. He is, in
force, on ~ Elbe. His vigor and activity
are successful. Again he qnaffs the luscious
draught OF victory. Drunk again with hone.
ne shnts his ear to the counsel of prudence.
hut, true co his principles, he calls fraud to
the aid OF force; and, accepting the media,
ton OF Austria, displays the insidiou. craft
OF perverse policy. For whati Toelude
peace which, conceding vast territory. &c
restoring his captive iesious, would have
placed him again in condition t. menace.
insult. and Cypress the world. but no A
Condolences In his talent, confidence in his
fortune. have made him blind. He .nfides
In fortune, the god of atheism, which ana
iyzed, IL nothing more than the combination
OF events we cannot discover in which ne.
| vertheless. though unknown, there is no
more OF chance than there was in a Gomez.
orbit ere Newton was born.-But the ado,
| ration oi that which derives its essence from
ignorance accords with thsir wisdom WHO
deny the existence of hat B ing by whom
ponderous planets, hurled through the inf /.
| mite void. are compelled to move in their
prescribed Course, till time shall be no more
bonaparte. elate with rash confidence. e.
luded negotiation. At length the father of
| his wife found himself constrained, by dutv
and honor. to join The allies. At this connex-
ION, which could rot have been unexpected.
Napoleon was not dismayed- Calculating on
the hollow faith ofcoalitions, in which a si.
| versity OF interest often keeps asunder the
hearts whose hands are united, forgetting.
| or not knowing, that his tyranny. had sor-
! med league against him stronger than
the union OF states; n league of which all
mankind were members, and general senti.
| ment the soul, he still hattered himself that.
~ me weight OF his arms. and the edge q.
MS craft, ne could sever the bands of this
| new a.liance-Fo this end the bravery of
his soldiers, the skill of his officers, the
dexterrry OF his minister's, & all the re sonr.
ces OF his genius. were exercised and ex-
hausted, during the last summer. The
piains OF Saxony were wasted with inex,r-
able severity. PestiIencc and ia mine march
ed IN the train of war. to thin the ranks of
mankind to extend the scene Of human
miser. and prepare wide theatre for the
display of British 5enevolehce.
AZ length, after many battles, the well
N &c
Napoleon to abandon Dresden. From thar
moment his position or the EIbe was inse.
cure. But pride bad fixed Inn there, per
haps too. the same blind confidence IN For
tune. His force was collected at I.eipsck
leipslck IN the war otthirty wears, had seen
the great Gustayns fall in the arms of vic. .
tory. Leipsick again witnessed a battle. nm
whose issue hung the Independence, not of
Germany alsne, but Of every state on the
Continent of Europe. Hard. long, and obsti,
nate was the conf1ic.. On both sides was
displayed union of the rarest skill, discio
line. q courage. Asthe food tide waves Of
ocean, inapproaching the shore, rush, foam,
tnnncer, break, retire, returns 80 broke, re-
tire and returned the allied battalions, i'm
petuously propelled by the pressure of their
brethren IN arms.-And as the wheln,ing
Hood, passage forced through the breach.
'~''4', 'So' - 'SeA-eNAop uic-ipdtSSs ana pears
away its unnumbered sands, so was the tv
rants host over whelmed, scattered, and
borne away.
And now beholda scene sublime.
mighty mosarchs, lay down their crowns,
and swords. They fall on their knees. They
raise their eyes and hands to Heavens. Thew
pour out Thanksgiving to the God Of battles.
10 him, the King of the kings, sole. self.ex.
'stent, in whom alone is might, majesty and
dominioH. With one voice tkey CRY q The
Lord is with us. Brother. the Lord is with
US. Glory be to the Lord" Contrasl this sp.c
tac'c with that which had been exhibited
thirteen months before on the rlains of Rus
STA
The anxious hour is passed. We resp;re.-
The air Is mbaIBed with blossoms of liberty.
Humanity rears her heal from the dust smooths
her disheyciled locks, and wipes away the tear.
She greets you, victors princes heroes chris
t'ans She bids you follow tho. path to i,nmor
IA glory, pointed out by the Enger OF Heaven.
March. i,o already the opposed armies are
sspar.ted only by the Rhine Here again the
''ive branch is tenlered TO the fierce Napoleoa
= rhaps experience may ,,ave made him wise
Perhaps he has learnt, IN the school of etlver~
sIty, to moderate his desires. Perhaps, coptid.
my IN Fo'tune no NOR he may begin 70 be-
Ileve tn re IS God who governs the world -
NO. IN, mysterious plan of Pvoyiden G is vet
inopmplstc NapoIeon's pride is yet untained.
Tie confites IN the winiry storms which bid the
weary soldier rest. He conftles in the lofty
barrier OF the PyreDnees.- He confides in the
iortresses along HI frontiers IL confides in
the neutrality of switzerland. and the reyer-
ence oi hrs en- m,es tor cubic law. The viola.
nj 4 hat La a..