Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-07-14

Nu11 no TlpEOy hO bhNJ
there is a God who governs the world
No. The mysterious plan OF Providence
is yet incomplete. Napoleons PrIde Is
vet untamed lie confdes in wintry storms
which bid the weary soldier rest. He con
fdss in the for,resses along his frontiers
lie conides in the neutrality at Switzerland,
end the reverence of his enemies for pub
lie law. the violation of which law was,
with him, an ordinary measure Of war.
The plumber of ~neutrals was with him. an
ordinary fiscal resource. And yet he be-
lieves that his foes will be restrained by
principles he never regarded, lie is not
deceived. lie relies, too, on assurances
7yrung from the sobjugated Swiss suPPos-
ing the sentiments of men to be stuffed In
the bosom Of his slaves. lie is mistaken
The allied armies, insensib.e to frost and
fatigue, defying alike the rage OF elements
and the rage Of man, throw themselves
over the Rhine. They march through the
csntons of Switzerland, not merely au-
thorised by their permission but furthered
by their assistance, making strong places
by corps of observation, they penetrate the
mterior Of France, on the east and the
north, while Wellington pours in on the
south, his Britons, Spaniards and Portu
guese. Mark The representatives of Dor
deaux were first to proclaim a French re
public bordeaux is first to unfurl the roy
al standard. Napoleon surrounded, beaten,
on the verge of ruin, remains unmoved.-
The allies, anxious to spare the %effusion Of
blood, and terminate the misery of Eu-
rope, again tender peace, with the posses
sion of undivided, undiminished France.
They are actGated by motives of humanity,
and governed by dictates Of human policy.
But he and they, mighty though they be,
are only Instruments in a mightier hand
The heart of this modern Pharaoh is hsr
dened. He will not release those whom he
holds in bondage. His demands, far from
being suited to this condition, would have
been unreasonable even had he been victo-
rious. His severity had silenced truth
His violence obliged all who approached, to
feed his vain glory with pleasing falsehood
Ignorant. therefore, of his peril, he be
lieves the French attached to his person.
Yes, strange as it may seem, he who led
them so long through every stage and de.
gree of suffering, believes himself to be the
object of their tender affection. But why
wonder at his sslfdeluslon ? Has not the
same strange thing b"n asserted by men
among US, repu,ed wise ? Nay has it not
been believed BY buudreds and thousands
Of their followers men who shut their ewes
70 reason and their ears to truth, from the
fear Of perceiving their delusion ? 10
the great scheme Of Providence, as far as
man may wit'put implety, attempt to raise
the veil, miraculous events appear to be
wrought by human intervention, Thus
we discover, in the preceding tyranny OF
Napoleon, The cause of that self deception
and false Information which prompted his
cxtravagant conduct. Spectators, amazed
that an adveniu,eT, followed by a few ex.
haus,ed, dispirited soldiers, remnant Of re-
i~terated defeats, in the midst Of a great ma
ton which holds him in adherence, should
persist in refusing the throne OF France un
less other thrones were added, cannot re
sist the conviction that he Is blinded by the
direction Of the Almighty will. And We,
we can trace back the present madness to
preceding crimes. Thus punishment
springs from offence. That determined
inhexible will, which had beaten down SC
drives him to ruin.
Again the cannon roar. The long arches
Of the Louvre tremble. The battle RACES
The heights Of Montmartre are assailed.-
They are carried. The allies look down
victorious on the lofty domes and spires o.
Paris. Lol the spiIal ofthat nation which
dictated ignominious terms of peace ir
Vienna and Berlin the capital of thai
nation which rapt in flames the capital o.
the Gears is in the power of its foes. Their
troops are in full march. The flushed sol
dieCy may soon satiate his Lust and glut hi.
vengeance. See before Won. Princes. the
school Of that wildering philosophy which
undermined YOUR thrones In those sum-
tuous palaces dwell voluptuaries, who.
protesting philanthropy. love only them
selves. There rerline, on couches Of down.
those polished friends Of man. who revell-
ing in the bosom Of delight, see with in.
difference a beggar perish, & calmly issues
orders for the confagration Of cities, and
the pillage of Kingdoms. Listen to the
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