Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-21

| ssvo,abIe 10 France, we suppose that
such a competent smsking would Do
a;y.n to them, as even to adnait them
mn safety within the printing Offices Of
the iederali.ts. We suspect there IL
more smoking Of the nfws than IS neees'
sary for the papers" .s-
aThe revolution Of France Is found
ed On basis, which completeness the
dyna.tie. Of Esrope-On its> ultimate
decision the happiness or misery OF tho
civilized and commercial Worio oepe".
and we trust in that providence, which
ba. hitherto miraculsu.ly supportea Boz
naparte through dangers innumeraole'
that He will be preserved to accomplish
the great business OF emanc,pat'ng al,
nations from the tbraldom Of Britain, ana
her subsidized satellites" 80.
It appears to US, that th' rehSiou'
faith of these men has taken the mos.
singular and unhappy turn: we are no.
disposed to deny, that good is someone's
educed from the greatest seeming evl''
or tina. the ruler of the universe some
times accomplishes his purposes oy =,
gents, to human apPrehension' niue
suited to the ends which through MS
superiu,e odance they finally accomplish;
but tina, mind must be either insplred'
or grossly deluded, which can rely WIN
confidence on the direct agency OF VA
ooleon Bonapsrte, FOR restoring harmo'
ny and happiness to the world
There are two questions. very I'M
nortan, to the future condition OF Europe
on which we have too little information,
70 enable us to form very decisive opl'
MON. The first is whether BonaParte
has yet the power to oppose any etiec-
tual resistance to the views OF the allies;
and the second whether, If the allies
have the power, they are disposed to o.
yer,urn the Napoleon dynasty.
Bouaparte has still large army, I'M
derthe commana of his ablest surviving
Generals, Ney, Victor, Marmont, Nor
tier, sc. concentrated in the heart OF MS
Empire. This single army compre>
hends all his troops, except those VINO
ara cut off frop France 10 remote gar.
ri,oas, an Italian army in I:aly unde" the
Vicerov, one corps including 10000 OF
Suchet's veterans in the direction OF
LYONS. and the remnant OF Soulfs ar
nv in the direction Of 5ordeaux,-The
whole number of regular troops which
can possibly cooperate with bin, does
not probably exsesd 10000 men.
We about month ago made an e,tl-
mate, founded principally Oh the differ
ent statements which We found In the
French papers, of the comparative force
of the two parties and then gave an O.
pinion, that such vas the weakness OF
the force directly opposed to tho Grand
and Silesian army, these latter were "in
"a condition to march in few days to
Paris" Subsequent events have shewh
that Bonsparts, sensible OF n. weakness
af hi, main army, hastily recalled Sn.
chet from Spain, and great part OF
Sou,t's army from the defence of Dor.
deaux, sacrificing every minor object TO
the protection of his person and his fa-
vorite capital, and made furious attack
upon each ofthe wings of the advancing
enemy. These moveaes:s retarded for
a few weeks the fall of the capital, buv
sacrificed the safety Of the sxtremiiies
of the Kingdom. Accordingly We find
the allies advancing on every side (; and
we conceive that nothing is hazarded in
the assertion that he 10 by no means a.
BILE, successfully to resist saeh vast
accu mutation Of force. as is pouring up
on him from every quarter.
In what manner the allies will be dis.
posed to make use of their superior
power, it is more difficult to determine.
What is astonishing to the whole world
is, that in all the concerns OF so compli-
Gated and extensive an alliance, there has
vet been no proof of single failure Of
the most perfec, unanimity. 1t is not
however, to be supposed that all the par
ties have precisely the same views; still
their admirable concert * uniform zeal
so far, are such as find no parallel in
history. The improbable story Of the,
detection of Austria, which caused SO
much exultstion with one set of politl-
cians in this country, i. rendered still
more improbable BY the :ate events.
Yet it is not certain that either she, or
any one of the allied powers, would wish
for the reinforcement Of BsBa2arte. Nor
is it certain that such an event ought to
be desired for the welfare OF Europe.
France is already sufficiently shorn Of
her strength, to render her for many
years, under any sovereign, harmless
enemy to the independence Of nations.