Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-26

pieces. Such an event would he tin
depiorabie in itself, it wo ID h. 'e truly
fatal, and above all disgra /. full TO deeply
but what would be its con. eoue AZ U.s.
it be possible to calculate them NssnceS, #
When he Quilted France, Puon,
had exhausted the treasure Of H. o"afare
He lad left, according to lis n..a aa'iGn.
troops destitute of every tLina &C. his
long arrears of pay. Tfe ,ers;r; alu III
yernment, which succeeded his m My 50,
has had many duties to perform D'isIule,
injustice to efface, and many v a,, much
heal. 1t has provided for tie raSs 70
Of the army, for the indemnityol T. .n a!'.
zens, on whose lands Buoiar,4a. l0l,
brought the ravase Of war. for the Ea "su
dation OF an enormous public debt, u ,fuI'
has absorbed immense fumes. and vi I:'a
appeared in utter disrropor,ion to al H' ,,
resources. 1t las done NOE in . t guF
months than could have been eyre,,o eT
more than could Rave been hoped .', ,t
engagement 81 Tie state lave been G Ss
filled, within their limited reriots, v;, d''
out arbitrary impositions, W thcut ,n; n,a',
loans, without any of the accu,trr "S
means of EuonaTalte, who cave h;;n.s 'W
no concern in drying up thu last sorrc ,,
of prosperity, for he loved nct tie ,eo
ple, & had nothing further 10 lore t,,m
France. "
From these facts the cone sion is. t,.
ne treasures have been amassed since tho
restoration of the monarchy eriieym.
disappointment, no doubt, 10 the a,arcs
of Buonaparte. He las indeed. GREAT
compensations to make, or latl.er Sreat
crimes, base submissions, and Infamous
treasons to pay. The degraded men WHO
have surrendered themselves to his will
have made that Surrender for gold. and
an amount equal to the whole Of tie "a.
tional revenue is perhaps already pledged
as the hire of his Blood thirsty assassns.
There remains, however, ole mean Of
satisfying his abomiEab!e obligations -
nor is this an imaginable mean for
France is not ignorant tat he has al
ways had it in contemplation-it is tie
division of the soil into Fies. the nstitu.
tuition of an universal mort main. ola
vilieinage, which will place twenty nil
lion of citizens, transformed Tito beasts
of burtheD, at the mercy of four or five
hundred subaltern tyrants it is tie re.
establishment of that balbarous feuGaiit,,
the last vestise Of which had been Ge-
stroyed by the philosorhic wisdom ard
paternal goodness of tie Bourbcns. Be-
hold the government & tie liberty which
buoGaparte reserves for Us
Bat before arriving at his object. lie
will have to sustain q painful, bloody,
and irreparabIe strusgie-Rejected bya
majority of the army. by a great Dalcrl-
" Of the nation. by az unceaslLg tat!ed,
Which will seize the first occasion to Dis
play itself, he viii only reign at faris by
the influence of terror. aid beyond FarIS
he will haze 40 authority. iie vii sees
in vain to restore harmony 10 those COLI
hict;ng elements, which he formerly had
tie address Or tie good fortune to COM
bine--he will now find them mere cEa-
os. His secret is disclosed. bis claim
dissolved. and his career finished. lis
first usurpation had Il certain ctaac.ei'
which gave it consideration IN u'e We"
ofhistary: thesec0rd can Only bereSalG-
I'd as tie coup DC main OF chlet 81 ao'
,erturous robbers pursued by luS'Ic''
which soon or late must oyertake iiill
it is not possible to be mistaken ID 'I,'
conclusions: Flance will not lave huO"'
anatte. and this sentiment !s'nCt ef"l',
cal. It is manifested III t e m 81 9'" '."
and stlikin. manner. Even the i.' '%.
70 base submission is barn ed, for hu'H%
alton. Itself will draw no Ply from ~ :"
Ger, who never lad it for any oIe; Il
who is only sustained by blood. f''. .',.
On every side bv instructions: lnce'Sa nnl
" renewed, menaced, at every mum" Or.
both in his authority and lis me- W ar
whelmed by the urceasing care 81 W ~.
which will spread through all tie FIo Pro" oft
ces. he will be forced to ie-ac'U n.r,s
those, who are nearest TO HIM. , ",
will again see prescriptions, more O't '"a
full than those of the reign OF terror terror low Do,
she will deeply regret the eSecFa 'a tlrn.
of Vendemiare, when BuohaI arc ;"te
dered Oh tie defenceIess citi1ehS' "a.
streets and public places; "Ofo'' '
ton OF a tyrant! ,hp eayt
But his triumph will be short; IL; ',,'" sIi
ard tie south are armed a@ail1ss mn n'n, .otn
will not lay down tier arms, NE Sr D
has rot listened to lie lerH'io0s. ~, not
tons of his em;ssaries. Tie west La IS
ceased to be faithful to tie A'r ! 81 r..
.oasrd. tho exterior it is IN vain tla' ~