Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-25


| Frame before that time, these men onI
wanted Tn get rid Of Napoleon, that distuy'
Der OF Europe ; but the moment Franc,
was in their h nds, they could no longc
trust eUen the king. They noTv. rs W,
see, wish to dismem5er aud cripple an,
! even destroy France. They no7v cry fol-
| the destru tiou OF the power, not OF any
men or any party, but the power of France
hersetE
Let us now hear the Editor f the TIMES
oftkc same date. After calling upon the
| government to murder Napoleon aftrr AS
serting, that, if he be not publicly put to
| death, Despaid was murdered, he pro eed:
| thus
Is it consider d. what EFF ct The knowledge Of
ms n.hig IA existence must neces ar.ly have the
| tslitcctcd in every part ofEurope They will
think, and 'huk with truth, that the Allied SOves-
eigns are AFRAID to touch the lie OF man who has
so many sdherents and admirers This, of course,
WI i1crease the nMmbcr Of his adhcrcnts and the
crvour OF their Abstraction II, in the depth ol
ms degradation, their idol can inspire respect if the
cultivators OF religion ard virtue, and LOYALTY. ar
forced to bow down before the spcadour If his
crimes, even when under eclipse, what mist they
DO at the happy moment when he bur.ts foth
AGAIN from behind tire cloud mo7neut towards
which his followers viii loos with more devotaux-
ety than the lnd;au dec to the first dnw-iog OF
day, marked nv as'rGoey Is tic most feytn,ate 81
ms HE Indeed il must be granted that the extra
ordinary escaD' which this man has had from the
hands Of justice well calculated to create kid
ri superstition in the minds Of taos- who have been
already hsZZlcd by his fame. liz trusts himself p,
tho'e whom he has most inbred, as Daniel hraved
the tiiry otthe lions, tie thr. brethren walked
through the fiery fnrnace--ani orr folly, ON cow
arTiice, works the miracle Of bis se,v "A long ~
ne iiFes, therefore, treason ani ,ebclon must be
every where at work. Ills escape, lis r~lease his
1.ro
steal ofan infamous criun'l, he VII be cnnsier-
ed as an Injured prince uuusty kept from tie en-
braces and salutaiinns Of a longing people; and
when at last he breaks prism, (Which sooner or 1T
err he undoubtedly viii do lis return will he Nore
triumphant, ard his power more FIRMLY coneoIi lat-
ed than ever. He is 10 be guarded by on Fnrlsh
regiment. But the whole ~ GIN ut IS rot alr-ys
ON guards it imagined thai an J. ngiish centineI
alone can neither Le bribeG nor eluded In the
English army, too, It may be asked w..etatr there
are none OF those TUtah anil are fectipo men zpio
dlfntre daring sUccesstW crime i? TO sneak
pd'no, 5 It OF k1toTyH fIct. THAT mann c1e7i Of
me En2tih ofIcci'S hsraonGi admirers Of Ma
poteon Ro''dtdre2 Most ofthese Young aeut'e-
men Uorit IS OF the younger sort that | speak,
have no b' ter reading than the -HoIwing Ci1oni-
c'e or tie Edlni7ac- Re71gzy or some OTHER ORTIZ
less oduction, in which THIS Monster is usually
DESCRIBED as the first OF Heroes, the great Capt.in
o. he age, Sc.-it is NJ wond, thst such studies
should dazzle their imagination, aud conlou mi
the'r moral sense AMI We may he assured that
50 fo'r as Nnbofeou BonabGrfe ines. TIL, 7,e-,,
se2gts EN- will 50 o. Increasing
ROW, can you suppose, that q Monster,
IKE this writer, WHO would commit de
hborafe murder IN revenge on a man tor
BENG an affect ofadrtirati,n, would not, If
he could, gladly cut Il yole' rhroats, men
women, aid chiidrens The fears TN 1t the
wretch feels md describes are q proof Of
the ialsehoods of his accuse ton for, if Ma
polcon'S d,ets were such as he asserts
thcn to have been, what reason can there
be to take away his life lest so large a mart
OF mankind should still feel an interest in
ms tate He would have Napoleon muir
dsrcd, not because he has done that viii h
has made HIM an object Of hatrel and con-
tempt; bat because he has done that.
which has made him an object of love and
admiration. Having thus disposed of Ma
poleon, he comes to the French army. the
whoe Of whom also, he seems 10 wish to
see disposed ofin the same bloody way.
-" The first point" Says he, and without Which
~ offers would be nugaory, is, that the army of
me ore whatever mar be the terms on which
TIC KING might be disposed % accept OF its sbp;ssi
or, shall he d'sbanded; in,imai1u 90 that effect
WI, We have some reason 90 suppose he pnblish,
~ aday or two. II the trcOps give nm Their arms
di'perse ard retire. rs they viii be REQUIRED In DO
,he" past rtbeiion, airocOus as Il has been, win
nc overlooked out Should t.ey obslinatelv perse-
ES'e hi ther criminal cOrfuct, we snppOs. that
they themselves can hardy wish TO be forgiven
4 prepondtTatng force will be sent against t,cr,
iHUeed, Tint this army tpgether bv treoson Ie,f
Ivy ihe traitor hImse'finto tie field, and there de-
ieate, should think j; pos hl, that IL can co.exi,t
Wit1 any regular and legal government is inor di-
DC. Our great doubt as u the cfccfitrI e1eciic,i
o. ths article, results from The {, a-ac.rr and bs
mtsol the men; they arc chiefly 4gifLor,f L9,gce
lnuIen only toeamp', ga91isors, b. tiles ard C,rni
lar with no other hopes than sneh rs are incident ..
tnose courses OF life, plundcr. adsancern4ti nv
Wh+tthey term glory; so dat L Is He1t In ioS.o.
st,'e "0' SHch men SAoWd e7'er learn IN fars
Gull LIFE"
30 that f these men now sttec1pf to 1,re.
vent The absolute AMI entire inquest Of
their country, they are Mt 20 e.rfccf to a.
Vo'a otin8 hanged and, if they lly down
their rms and are wiling Co dispsrse they
nave ~ homes," and 1t is impossible, or
next TO impossible, that thew shoDld ever
return to tranguIHf At once rD6;on and
fuf'ocTte ! He knows well, that If that
army ccuil be completely an1,LilateI
FF"nCc would have no chance Of eaIvafior.
But let me bcscech Won 81 rcccIlect Wit
these men formerly said about the persons
composing this same army. While Name
1 On Wn5 Leading this army 90 victsIv
While this army follo,,ine- hin, ~
Ef'pe, these vii ers 6egv0Hed their f,fe.
ihey Wre then poor unhappy Youths
0faS5'd ION the hre-s.d Of their fond
and respectable parents. tied hand aud foot
ana tlus carried 70 the ara and conn c1 .
ed 10 fight. On how these writers " D;ti-
ca them and their p1r.rtsl Ave, that they
did. fro IN The tofto-, &c 81. 49,