Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-07-09


ference to the miscries OF mank'no'
profound contempt for moral iies'
marble hearted atheism, 70 WHICH ien
eion was only political instruments
the stern perseyering will TO oend eYs.
ny thing to his purpose,were the means
of Napoleon to make himself the terror
the wonder, and the scourge Of nations.
The CALLING of his Iron yoke taugn'
Frenchmen fcelingly to know how much
they bad lost in brt aking the bands OF
their allegiance. They had, indeed, to
amuse them. the pomp Of triumph, the
shout Of victory, and Tie consciousness
of force which made the neighborng ma.
lions groan. But the fruits of their la
Dor we're wresled from them to gralitJ
tbe ex,ravagance ofvanity, or supply
The waste Of war. Their children were
tern from their bosoms, end marched
IF in chains to the the altar OF im2ious'
unsuitable ambition. Aged parents, who
with trembling step, had followed to bid
the last Of many sons final, fond adieu,
in returning to their cottage, once me
scene of humble happiness, but nov
stript by remorseless collectors vi eve
nv thing which could be sold, looking
round in vain for the little objects TO
which use and need had given value, q
seeing only the remnant OF that loai
from which they bad taken their last
meal, moistcned with bitter tears, turn
their eye. to Heaven, then, throwing
themselves in each others arms, exclalm
nv child my child Such, France,
were thy sufferings. Thus was the In
nocent blood of thy sovereign visited
upon the. Frenchmen! by these woes
were you taught to feel the present, The
ayenging God. 1t was this deep agony
which led you to declare to your sove-
reign's brother, in the lang OF ma
ture and truth, "Sire. we bring you our
hearts; tho tyrant has left US nothing
else to give.
In the month of September, 1912,
the son Of an obscure family, in small
island of the Mediterranean, was at the
head of greater force than was ever
vet commanded by one man; during the
long period 10 which history extends.
His brows encircled with an imperial
diadem, his sword red with the blood Of
conquered nations, his eye glazing on
the3ieIds he had devoted to plunderihis
feet trampling on the neck OF kings, his !
ismd glowing with wrath, his heart
swoIn with the consciousness OF power
unknown before, he moved, he seemed,
he believed himself God. While at
one extremity of Europe his ruthless
lc sions drenched, with loyal hood, the
acid soil of Spain he marched, with
gigantic stride, at the other extremity,
t. round his vast dominion in the widest
aircle of tie civilized world. Already
ne had pierced the Russian line OF de-
fence. Already his hungry eagles were
pouncing on his prey-Pause.-Vlew
steadily this statute OF colossal power.
The arms are of iron; tie breast is of
brass but the feet are Of clay. The
moment Of destruction impends. Hark
The blow is given. 1t totters. |, tails,
1t crumbles to dust. This mighty man,
this king of kings, this demi.god, IS
discounted. Hetlies. He is pursued.
lie hides. Stripped Of royal robes, dis.
tracted with apprehension, Tapping the
wings Of fear, he scuds in disguise a.
cross the wide plain OF Poland, not OAR
ing to look behind He takes a mo-
ment's breath, and stakes the feyerish
thirst OF his fatigue in the waters OF the
Elbe. A second flight brings him to
the Rhine. After third effort, he is
within the walls Of Paris.
Hero again he reigns. Here the Graf
ty statesman contrives, and the gloomy
,yrant collects, the renewed means Of
wartare.--Again unhappy France,
must thy gamers and thy veins be o.
pened. Again, and under the doubled
weight of oppression, must thou groan.
Vain are representations vain the tu.
muituous cry for peace; yainthe shrieks
of despair.
Alexander, the great, the good, ad.
vances. He moves, at the head of his
hardy Russians, from the ashes of Mos.
COW, toward the banks of the Elbe. AT
his approach the plundered, insulted
subjects ofPrussia rise to vindicate their
honor. The Germans burn to avenge
their wrengs. Bot Napoleon has anti.
cipated his enemy. He is, in force, on
the Elbe. His vigor and activity are
successful Again he quaffs the lu-
cious draught of victory. Drunk again
with hope, he shuts his ear to the coun.
Gil OF prudence. But, true to his prin-
ciples, he calls fraud to the aid of force;
and, accepting the mediation of Austria,
displays the insidious craft Of perverse
policy. For what Ito elude peace
which, conceding vast territory, and
restoring his captive legiens, would
have placed him again in condition to
menace, insult, and Cypress the world
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