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

nsra,te. ela,e with rash confidence, e
.ludcd negotiation. Al length the father
&c his vile found himself constrained,
NV duty and honor, to jointhe allies. AT
III. connection, which could not have
been unexpected. Napoleon was not,
MISUNDERSTANDING on the hollow
faith OF coalitions in which diversity OF
interest often keeps asunder the hearts
whose hands are united, forgetting Or
not knowing, that his tyranny had lofm ~.
ed league against him stronger tnan
the union of states league OF which
ali mankind were members, and general
sentiment the soul he still battered
himself that BY the weight of his arms
and the edge Of his craft, h. could sever
the sands Of this new alliance. Totbls
end, tho bravery Of his soldiers, the skill
Of his officers, tho dexterity OF ms MI
nistcrs. and all the resources OF his &c
MUS. we're exercised and exhausted,
s,lurine the last summer. The plains OF
Saxony were wasted with memorable
severity. Pestilence and famine mach
ed. in the train OF war, to thin the ranks
of mankind to extend the scene othu-
man misery, and prepare wide theatre
Tor the display OF British benevolence.
At length after many battles, the well
planned movements of the allies obliged
Napoleon to abandon Dresden. From
that moment his position on the E.be
was insecure. But pride had fixed him
there: perhaps too the same blind con
6dence in fortune. His force was COL
lectcd at Leipsic.-Leipsic, in the war
of thirty years, had seen the great Gus
tavus fall in the arms of victory. i.eip.
sic again Witnessed battle, on whose
issue hung the independence, not OF
Germany alone, but of every state or
the continent Of Europe Hard, long &
obstinate, was the conflict. On both
sides were displayed an union of the
rarest skill, discipline and courage. AS
the food tide waves of ocean, in ap
preaching the shore, rush, foam, thun-
cdr, break, retire, return-so broke, re-
tired, and returned the allied battsl!ons,
impetuously propelled by the pressure
Of their brethren in arms. And as the
whelming food, passage forced thro'
the breach, rends, tears, scatters, dissi
pates, and bears away its upnumbered
sands, so was the tyrant's host over
wbelmed, scattered and borne away.
And now behold a scene sublime
Three mighty monarchs lay down their
crowns and swords. They fall On their
knees. They raise their eyes and hands
to Heaven. They pour out thanksslv.
ing to the God of Battles. To hin, the
King of Kiags, sole, self existent. in
whom alone is might, majesty, and do
minion. With ONE voice they cry
" The Lord is suith Us. Brother the
Lords with as. Glory be to the Lord"
Contrast this spectacle with that which
had been exhibited thirteen months be.
fore on The plains of Russia.
The anxious hour is past. We re.
spire. The air is embalmed with bios
SONS of liberty: Humanity rears her
head, from the dust, smoo;hs her di.he-
yelled locks, and wipes away the tear.
She ereets yoa, yictors princes |! he
roes christians! She bids you follow
the path to immortal glory, pointed out
by the finger of Heaven. March Lo
already the opposed armies are sepa-
rated only by the Rhine. Here again
the olive branch is rendered 10 the fierce
Napoleon. Perhaps experience may
have made him wise. Perhaps he has
learnt in the school Of adversely, to mo.
dera,e his dasires. Perhaps. con6ding
in fortune no more, he may begin to be-
lieve there is a God who governs the
void. No. The mysterious plan OF
Providence IS yet incomplete. Napo-
Icons pride is yet untamed. He con.
hde's in wintry storms which bid the
weary soldier rest. He confides in the
fortresses along his fiontiers. He con-
6des in the neutrality Of Switzerland,
andthe 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 believes thathis foes will be restrain
ed by principles he never regarded. He
is not deceived, He relies TOO, on as
surances wrnng from the subjugated
Swiss; surprising the sentiments of
men to be stif1ed in the bosom of bis
slaves. He is mistaken. The Al
Led armies insensiblc to frost and
fatigue, defying alike the, rage Of ele-
ments and the rage Of man, throw them
selves over the Rhine. They march
through the cantons of Switzer land, not
merely authorised by their permission
but furthered by their assistance, mask.
ing strong places by corps of obserya.
ton, they penetrate the interior of
France, on the east and the north, while
Wellington pours in on the south, his
Britons, Spaniards and Portuguese