Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-20
From, the ". York Eve,iingg Post.

i ing been in Paris and an eyewitness vi
some of the scenes he describes, wlll1be
1 read with much interest. 1t is an able
paper, and is marked throughout with
| reflections of depth and acuteness.
| Upon the neao asurpation Of Bonaparte
There cannot be a more momentots
enquiry to all who are interested IN the
tranquility of the Christian and clylilzsd
| world. than whether Bonaparte IS really
| restored with the good wishes OF the peo-
pie of France. Singular as such phe-
nomenon would be, still if it be so, we
have only to regret the fckleness OF the
| French character, and that turbulent spi-
rit Which would again render them the
scourge, and merit for them the maledlc-
tons of all other nations. We have SAID
we do not believe such to be the tact.--
Those who would infer it to be so from
his unopposed passage through France,
| and his successful entry into Paris, must
have attended but cursorily to the cir
cumstances in which the Bourbons were
| placed, to the advantages the emperor
| derived from the route he selected, to
| the influence of his name with the soldie-
| ry, to the disarmed state of the popuiace
in France and perhaps to the precon-
| certed plans devised between him q the
soldiers of fortune who owed to hinftheir
elevation, and who began to perceive
that tine Of tranquility was the annlhl-
lation Of their power. 1t necessary IN
order to Judge OF this event to have some
geographical and statistical knowledge 81
France. This knowledge ain enabled
to give to many of your readers who ray
! not be so well acquainted with it. The
emperor it seems on his first landing made
| an unsuccessful attempt on Antlbes.-
This was the only place of any force be-
tween Nice and 'Touon. He landed with
114O men on a desart shore in the most
desart and distant part of France.-iie
attacked Cannes in tie right. and favor-
ed by the moon, he marched forward six
tv niles through the department Of the
| lower Alps within "a hours. This placed
| him out of the reach of TIE project OF tie
department Of the Var in which he land
ed. In two daysbya bye road he reach
ed Dicne, suiall place about tie size Of
Roxbury. From this place he proceeded
to Gap, another chief place of deralt-
ment about the size of Newburypoit. In
! neither ofthese towns does there seem to
have been any garrison. He met with no
opposition because there were 40 forces,
and because the couriers Lad to 60 to
MarseilIes. 100 miles. and to Lyons SEQ,
before they could reach any military posts
and he had Of course three or four Gays
the start of all nilitary opposition. The
! pursuit from Marseilles must rave been
fruitless as he must have bcel from .our
to FIVE DAYS in advance OF them. It is
as if an enemy should land on Care Cod
| and march to Boston, and expresses
were sent to New-Ycy&, where the whole
| military force Law.
At GrenobIe he might have been resist
ed. It is walled city, and Lad gar
rison of E or 8oC0 men. But these men
| were traitors. Perhaps by previous corr
| cert, perhaps from the causes stated by
the emperor, their advertisement ard sur
prise and delight again at seeing tier
old general, the man who had lavished
on the sodiery every tlins which Europe
could afford. As soon as the garrison OF
Grenoble reyolted, he was at tie head oi
| a force of ten thousand men, and it Is
| not extraordinary to those who know tile
French populace. ard the cruelty and
vengeance Of BonaFarte, that every
Ffenchman after that, who valued biz
life or his estate, was eager to shew hlm
| at least fictitious regard and to ray HIM
| a forced honor. Lyons was ire heA5 place,
AID we have it in tie cttciot report that
Ney the prince of ElcEingen, lad pre-
rared all the military in thai quarter to-
receive him with open arms.
| From this point all defence was vain.
He was at the head OF "a greater army
| than could be mustered at any one point,
and it was perceived that it was unsafe
even to muster them at all. Still the
people and national guards who resemble
our militia might have Eeen true to the
Eourbons. Those who place any reli-
ance on his declarations tast the peasants
and people welcomed hini On Ills route,
must remember how lie has Eeen accus-
toned to lie. | use hagsn but eAltes-
lsive term.
| Twas in Paris scoH after he assured
the imperial crown. .5e stated that at
the first review after ttat eVeEt, he was
welcomed with universal shouts CT Slfe
rEmpereur. i vas at that review. Ne