Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-23

ence which is more useful than strength to
| comhat--he understood how to emr,tc,v 4.
Ills foresight scemca TO make him master.
of events. Obstacles were tDrss-en e,-s.
rY thing seemed calculated before hacd Z,
yanquish them. The treaties were con-
Guided as rapidly as the battles were gan
ed. At what time did France shine WI.
! greater spien6orf When did she possess
more power than when all the scvereipus
recognized Napoleon when all the s. lsn-
mites of religion ccnsecrated him upan the
] thrcue>
| III the interio- every trace Of tliscors, ard
disunion seemed to be forgotten, Such va
rions. such complicated Interests seemed tn
he raconciled: all parties lived peaceably
together / ne several religious persua-
sions shared temples and affairs with each
, other. WHO Gid not then seek the favor of
look from Napoleons Those who then
bowed themselves in the dust the lowesr
before him, confssss the least
Abroad, Napoleon had ended the war in
the first battles all the sovereigns desired
to live in peace with him. In the case OF
hostiiities, the love of glory would have u
nitcd the whole French youth under the
standard and laurels--the youth who had
learned to consider heroisn as a want and
enjoyment.
q" iaeS VI AfSpoiSon Was too rich in
wonders to excite our astonshnent that
people who were more capable Of admir-
ing than judging should believe that the
Cause of them lay beyond the earth. rIis
empire assumed the appearance Of dula.
ton, and almost the properties of that sn
cred character, which time impress. s unon
the works over which It passes in jts randi
career; Al this power. which seemed to
be ct al, has destroyed Itself in the ex-
cess OF his ambition hope and the fear rs
seeing 1t revive followed him to the Isle of
h'ba all, my Lord, is sunk. aud SUM- for-
ever, on the fis,d of Waterloo
One thing goes before all-honestv he
who in the days of his greatness
WIS the arbiter of Europe, saw when
ne made sport of his own pledged word
when lie wanted to make this snort the
prerog tive OF his throne. how in an eou,l
degree, ne incurred the just in .li~nation
the same soverelgns and of the anne nations
whose confidence he had gained, and t,
whom he had given his. Every banJ :,
Europe armed itself to overthrow nm a,t;
traiy power, which would neither ~.
checked by opinion, nor regulated sy in. o.
Hient, nor sanctioned by its own interest,"
Napoleon found himself in so critical Sit
uaton, that like all those whosbuse the;.
power, he was compelled to be aky+va
victorious that he might not be aonih;la,'s
by reverge. May what has passed instr,,-t
us. that after having escaped The abyss wa
may not be devoured by another Al; -.
regular power destroys itself. The T,,-et
opposite extreme produce the same nbens,-
mena IN the political establishment an,
plunge nations into equal misery. As.so,n
as an uncontrolled power IS in the hsnds of
one or OF many, the moral deterioration oe
individuals and the weakness of the 81 -.
VIII always be the consequence ther-
'ieeus lor 'his no despotism, no DANGER
may 1t proceed from the lightn;po vI,..E
fell from Heaven, or from tie ,oy,er.s ~
popular errors. which, if they do not oyer.
throw, tleast lay waste.
L foresaw the storms which rrs, -
Caused by the mode Of election. AMI ~
consequence OF the elections of one of ~
chambers. wished that the ACTIVITY Of ~,
deputies. which seemed to become d.,s-
tructlvse, might be checked by the forn,a-
ton of connubial assemblies The go
throw of the first bulwark of our lihest;,..
has led to the destru ton of all the r,s+
Man, before he belongs TO the qovern1s'.,r
and to the state, belongs to the nlgce whe. =
he was born. In the bosom Of Rio fr,il,,
the hrst feelings for a Country Is or;y;rs,,
ed and unfolded, and tn. interest of +he
Io""'unc - t'ie 1rSt Element of All NJ li,ic,
interests. Those who take il for sror,.,a
that men may be united by NUNS &c
complicated forms, that they m v he ,~,.,-
eroed by the publication Of some aSsf,art
principles, are unacquainted wi,l Nm, 49,
human heart and he sources of no,vc,.-s
OHe might say th't they have studied ,b.
anatomy Of tree constitutions only IN re- II
systems. Obedience forms the neasn,.,. s.
the limit OF power positive ins,,utiops 49,.
nite men together the more the usn.l r.
tons existing among them are mn;t;Dl,yd
the more do their Confidence and th.,r
strength increase ; the more means n rov,.
eminent has, the more strone and now.
| tui u is but IN thN e4establiShnenf oF ,Lo
muhirlPJ government, the thro G nav Lc
anaig lmatcd with the people the mn
| cipalItles are the first units IN the orler -
the national repre- sentation ascendin- an.
leg stature, and the last in the order IF ,bc
| executive power. which DIES ends r. ~ a.,
| and ends with thru. I, however H. -
cd the number Of So many small connonre.
winch cannot touch and balance eseh otb !,
! err without being in each Others wsv. In
stead Of helping one another.
The nature Of things and of me-, -.
| CURES that, and even demands tllst fine =
Wi and political bodies be not TOO orea. 80
too small in the order of society. as n 49,.
dwarfs. S''' n''
have suffered nv elf to be led q