Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-21

Hranrof he overturned except by its own
lconsent. it must be allowed that Louis
XVI, had till the last possession OF the
|crown of France. and transmitted 1t 10
his surviving relations"
/ The following passage basbeen already
ialluded to in The Times 1T is the para
Ioraph which seems to have given most OF
fence to Bonaparte's government -
g Even the expulsion of the Bourbons
lcould not create rights in favour Of ano-
Itber and in whatever manner things are
Regarded, it cannot but be allowed that
1.-THE existing government is no more than
ia provisional government, or that the
French people is the property of the trst
|occupier and it matters little that Ma
lpoleon was proclaimed Emperor by the
army and by the inhabitants Of the dis
tricts through which he passed lit matters
little whether the confessed powers did
Tor did not keep the covenant which they
made with him. FranceaIoes not belong,
either to the soldiers. or to the Inhabitants
lon the road from Cannes to Paris, or to
the coalesced armies. If a faction of the
people may dispose of the crown. soon
will that happen to US which happened to
the Roman people after the reign of their
first Emperors we shall have no chief
but soldiers, and the reigning family will
have their throats cut, as soon as they
lshall cease to please the satellites by
,,,hnn, hox IRA cn,.rnuudnd -
There is also very spirited article on
the convocstion afthe Electoral Colleges
lin the Champ de mai. The author after
reprobating the adoption Of such means
as fanatical songs, puerile declarations,
& other revplitio1ary pa-ades, wherethe
object should be to establish solid Sc
carlty of rights. and are passing sarcsam
on those haters of feudality who bsrrow
one of the most pompous forms of the
ifeudal system proceeds to ask bow an
Immense multitude of s or 10 thousand
individuals can enter into a regular dis
cussion and deIiberation on matters of
+ the most serious import bow thespeakers
are to be heard, how suggestions, doubts,
and amendments are to be communlcat-
ed !? After ridiculing some mechanical
expedient which it seems has been tried
for carrying the voice from one extremity
Ito the other of this assembly, he con
cludes with expressing his fear that this
assembly is collected for no other object
but to display an imposing exhibition.
There is postscript which contains
! two passages which must have been pc
lcuIiarly unpalatable to Ronaparte. TIE
first is as follows !; g The order of the
Extinguisher having fallen at the same
time as the order of the Lily, would it
not be possible to replace it by another.
which, being no less advantageous to the
progress Of darkness, would be still more
analogous to circumstances It appears
to US that the order of the Sabre would
evidently have TIE double advantage"
The last passage is important, and
conveys a valuable lesson for those
Frenchmen who have for 90 years been
stunning and would stun Europe with
their barbarous cries about glory -
What is glory ? A lion, who makes
Tall other animals tremble, is he glorious
| 4 wretcfed people, which knows not how
I to govern itself, and which can only In
|spire its neighbours with hatred or terror,
lis that a glorious people :? If glory is re-
|aIIy and exclusively the lot Of men who
have done good to their fellow mea,what
lis the precise amount to which the glory
of conquering people is reduced is
bravery, considered in itself and abstract
lily from all moral virtue, al estimable
quality ? Does he, who braves death.
without benefit to his fellow-creatures,
merit the esteem Of mankind ? Does ne
rrrit esteem, who braves the traveller to
plumber him OF his money Or he who
braves the ocean to make slaves, or
braves armies to reduce nations to seryi-
tude ? These are questions which we
give up to the meditation of those jour
nalists who are necessarily pratlng to as
about the brave and bravery"