Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-29

lopen--an operation neithe' very exnen.
,slve, no difficult to accom- Iish, as the in.
Ihabitants are almost like colony ot Enc.
lsh and would be glad to give their % %
sistance in any work that would tend f.
! the renown OF their islaad'
Bonaparte's Opinion Of Europe, Of .Nln
and Things.
The following is an ex ract Of an e,-
say sid to have been lett by Bbnapsrte
lat Elba.-The sycophancy Of his cour-
tiers he describes III short question:
i"CouId | move step without treadine On
them. -
The slaves were in want CT masters
I was not in want of slaves" We Owe
entire belief to these sayings if men
were not basely inclined to become
slaves, tyrants could not com pei them
ito pass under the yoke. When be saws,
8 | know men and roy age" we disbelicye
him. Why then was he the dupe of eco.
fists. and the victim of gross nicalcuIa.
/ tion Had he known men and his age, he
had never invaded Russia after exaust-
ling himseIfin Spain. Had he knOunea
men and his age he would rot lave
euarrelled with the people al who's
continent, by which nation Of islanders,
his deadly enemies, gained over him all
the advantages they could desire. But,
whether this paper, which first aPpea,ea
in an English publication, be the comro-
tsition OF Bonaparte Or not, it expresses
mach trath with g eat energy.-Col.
I Philosophical tho,9stts Of eide.
cant sorereign.
"The foundations of our societT are
so defective, that it threatens ruin; its
fall will be terrible. and all the nations
tof our continent will be involved in it ;
mo human force is capable of stopping the
course Of events; as the pear DROPS when
lit becomes ripe SO states becomes putres.
cent at the end of their autumn. All CT.
Iviized Europe is now at the same point
as Italy was under the Caesars. The
ternnest of the revolution. of which some
clouds extend themselves over the Whole
surface OF France, will soon coyeraII the
Infatuated part of the globe with a hOrrl-
Idle night, and until nature shall have
exhausted her combustible materials, the
| thunder will not cease to roll, nor more
serene day appear. The world Cannot
be saved, but by shedding rivers oil b'oOi,
and nothing but a terrible storm can PO'
rity the infected atmosphere, wmch en-
veIopes all Europe. live give ourselves
up to The course ofevents. then we Shall
have the same fate that the Romans had
TO endure from the iHundatoR OF The bar.
bariaps Of the North. Ike latter would
have made but vain elfJits, had not lie
Romans been degenerate. ! alone - !
could save the world and no otber' !
should have given It the emp Of bitterness
to empty at a single drausat' lnS'ea' D.
its being compelled to drink it drcP by
drop. They think themselves te,iyt,ea
by baDishing me from The scene 81 ! ~.
world, but no man who knows the sp'rn
that governs the nations, AID The ca0i0e 10
of Europe, Will be of thar oPin;o9-he WI
rather be persuaded The contrary,
Among the actors WI It pie'eht hs"l.
on the stage Of tn wpr d, there IS HO'
one who can apply q cnedy to 'heI"'m +.
Were not this the caye would a'teNlF''U 10
made to restore on the Old taotl"g e's'1
thing that ought to per sh or to be D'rIeu
lin the night OF oblivion. as entirely W.
suitable to the light OF the aee, ,, 'iat
| still mere so to our actual posItiuH "" 9.
is fermenting at preseetiu spain ana 'o' At
Rome will soon cause a general co' -,
Grafton over the whole surface oil Eu'
ope 49,, tbe
.:rhey are pompouslycalIing + or ' '.'
des,h of tombs. III which rerose, l""'s s
who have been dead for ages after Ilay" ",
endured the miseries aad follles % ,.'
Iime. phantom VIII ch they ressa;o. ~ ',''
saving spirit that mast brig ,he'h "'1''
and happiness. - oear hap.
mems in the diseases of iadiyidaa's. "n or
Seek remedy tor these evils % ' tEe
The physicians may say Of II; ,a e" and
cries will be terrible. | khow peh the
|ny age. 1 should have hasts !.1. whom an
return of happiness, If those VIZ .;Ilsirs
Il had to act had nos Deen sae' W."