Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-07-14
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sbriess of despair.
Alexander, the great, the good, sdyan-
ces. lie moves at the head OF his hardy
Russians, from the ashes of Moscow, to-
wards the banks of the Elbe-
AT his approach the plundered, insulted
subjects of Prussia rise to vindicate their
honor. The Germans burn to avenge their
wrongs. But Napoleon has anticipated his
enemy lie is in force or the Elbe. His
vigour and activity are successful. Again
he quaffs the lucious draught of victory.
DRINK again with hope, he shuts his car
to the council of prudence. But. true to
his principles. he calls fraud to the aid or
force; and, accepting the mediation of
Austria, displays the insi5;ous craft Of =
pervrrss policy. For what P-1o eiuae u
peace which, conceding vast territory, and
restoring his captive legions, would have
placed him again in a condition to menance.
insult, and Cypress the world. But no. A
confidence in his talents, a condolences in
his fortune, have made him blind. He
confaea in fortune, the god Of atheism,
which, analysed, is nothing more than the
combination of events we cannot discover;
in which, nevertheless, though unknown,
there is no more of chance than there was
in o comets orbit ere Newton was born.
But the alteration of that which derives
it's essence from ignorance accords with
tn EIn wisdom, who deny the existence Of
hat Being, by whom ponderoos planets,
hurled through the infinite void, ere COM
PEELED to move in their prescribed course,
ill time shall be no more. Bonaparte, elate
with rash confidence, eluded negotiation.
At length the father of his wife found him
self constrained by duty and honor, to join
the allies. At this c~onnexion. which could
not have been unexpected, Napoleon was
not ~dismayed. Calculating on the hollow
faith of coalitions in which adversely of
interest often keeps asundcr the hearts
whose hands are united, forgetting, or not
knowing, that his tyranny had formed a
leagues against him stronger than the union
of states a league of which all mankind
soul he still fattered himself that by the
weight Of his arms, and the edge of his
craft, he could sever the bands of this
new alliance. To this end, the bravery
of his soldiers, the skill of his officers.
the dexterity Of his ministers, and all tho
resources of his genius, were exercised
and exhausted, during the last simmer
The plains of Saxony were wasted with
inexorable severity. Pestilence and ffinine
marched, in the train of war. ID thin the
ranks of mankind to extend the scene of
human misery, and prepare a wide theatre
for tie display of British benevolence.
At length after many battles, the well
planned movements Of all the allies obliged
Napoleon to abandon Dresden. From that
momen., his position on the Elbe was inse-
cure But pride had fixed him there per-
haps too the same blind confidence In for
tune. His force was collected at Leipsic.-
Leipsic, in the war Of thirty years. had seen
the great Gustavus fall in the arms Of VIC
tory Leipsic, again witnessed a battle on
whose issue. hung the Independents not Of
Germany alone. but of every state on the
continent Of Europe. Hard, long and OBJ
.stinate, wss the conflict. On both sides
were displa we'd an union OF the rarest skill,
discipline md courage. AS the food tide
waves of ocean in approaching the shore,
foam. thunder, break, retire, return
SO broke, retired and returned, the allied
battaiiors, impetuousfy propelled by the
pressure of their brethren in crms. And
as the whelming food 8 passage forced
through the breach, rends, tears, s~catters.
dissipatea, and bears away its unnumbered
sands, so was the tyrant's host overwhelm-
ed. scattered and born away. 49,.
And now behold a scene sublime, Three
might monarchs lay down their crowns and
swords. They fall on their knees. They
raise their ewes and hands to heaven. They
pour out thaanksgivings to the God Of Bat
ties. To him, the king Of kings; sole, self
existent, in whom alone is might. majesty
and dominion, With ohs voice they. cry.
/" The Lord Is rriM as. Brother, The
Lord is nth as. Glory 5e to the Lord"
Contrast this spectacle with that which
had been exhibited thirteen months before
on the plains of Russia,
The anxious hour is. past. We resp,re-
The air is embalmed with blossoms OF no
erty, Humanity rears her head from ths
dust, smooths her dishevelled looks ana
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