Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-30
From the Wnehestsr Gazette:
characteristics.

CHARACTERISTICS.
The usarper of France, is. as 1t is well
known, descended OF an obscure family
in the isle OF Corsica. Early in youth
he became son of Mars and was regis.
tered 10 the ranks of the troops of Lew
lis XVI the unfortunate king OF France,
as an officer of inferior grade. During
the revolution he waxfcund among the
Sans Culottes He had studied the
science of war in the military academy.
in which he became proficient ana
where he acquired that knowledge OF
tactics, which, during the several years
Of that revolution raised him to snpe.
rior rank and enabled him to execute all
the, designs Of his ambitious soul, and
realize the projects of his contemplated
grandeur, and pave the way tor him 10
usurp the crown of that di .tracted mo.
narchy and at last to grasp at universal
empire. No man can deny thar he pos
sestrd an active and rejecting, but rest.
less mind The distracted situation OF
the French nation; the weakness, tthe
different states then composing the Ter
man empire, which had been occasloned
by their mutual jealousies, dislikes and
comp; titions, together with the unlver-
sal corruption of manners by which their
divisions were fo.tered, gave him am
pie scope to devise plan for their rum
and subyersion. Fully persuaded IN his
own mind Of the many and great advan-
tages he should devise from this con
fused state of affairs in Germany, Hal
land, Sweden, Denmark, and other IN
ferior states, the u.urper determined to
cover his ambitious projects and daring
Schemes under the speclons veil OF BE-
slowing upon the nationsboth civil < reli.
siousliberty; $40 eradicate every idea Of
monarchy both absolute and limited, &
moreove to reform the constitutions OF
those states who boosted OF Tree 60
vern.uent, as was the case with Holland
and Switzerland, and some ofthe Elanse-
towns, or free imperial cities, such as
Hamburg, Bremen, Lubbock. &c
When we consider the circumstan-
ce. which attended his youth; the dl-
minutiye paint from which he Sc out,
and the dazzling height to which 40 a.
rose: when we cast our eyes on the
extent of the empire which he governed
With absoluts sway, we are struck with
astonish,oen, and forced to confess, that
this usurper possessed sbays all that
bore that name fTamerlan natexcepted)
the greatest talents, the most proiouhe
artifce and the most csnsumdte hypp'
cri>y: ali these were supp RED bysoss
daring anbihon, which osercame all 90
stacies and executed the most atduoa'
designs, l.
By the mask Of his hypocrisy ne baa
once almost duPed the jews who taol
t 81 beheId in him some traces OF tneir
long expected Messiah, to 90 n''n no
mage; and ,ae, Egyptians believed him
one of the most jealous disciples OF their
prophet Mahonet; tie friends of the
reformation by Luther Zwingle and Cal.
vim, expected him to be a particular IN
in the hands of Providence 10
them, jim the full exercise oil
their religious principles; and the No
man Catholics, after they had ieit all the
terrors of hi. power in the destructios
of the Pope and every order ofthe cier
ov. were sootbcd and re-animated when |
thew found him establishing their re-
ligious system, and con6ning the liber-
lies of the Dissenters within very mar
row bounds. hypocrisy however,
became consummate when he made
choice of Atheists, Deists and apostste
Bishops and Priests to form his cabinet,
his minister's Of state, and commanders
in the army-These three soils were
mixed together, in which grew his dss-
surrounded with the flowers OF
the Legion of Honor: which were cal
culated to ornament his crown and his
sceptre for universal away. Napoleon
made up in bimself three fold cord
pot easily to be broken; he united in
himself the crafty deceiver, the profound
politician and the able commander. I
His operations were systems ic, his
strstage ems sagacieus; his marches and |
attacks rapid his valor enthusiastic, OF
which his officers and army had caught
the fame, but his mind was cool and de |
liberate 10 the midst of confusion and
which enabled him to notice
every movement of the enemy opposed
to him, and to take advantage Of every |
error, and to employ every stratagem |
to obtain the victery; towards the COR
quered enemy he acted as politely as
interest dictated sometimes With cle-
mency, at othss times With ferocious
cruelty; at one time he appears like
Lamb, at another like LIE, pard. He is
dreaded BY frienesa foes, whom by turns
he .acri6cesto hisIawless aud boundless
ambition. The schemes ct Destruction
he executes with calm deliberalion,
and above al usurpers before him, he
adds barbarity to injustice; his cruelty