The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-11-06


9ucred, bat mover San be disgraced, and that
IS enough" But this much must be said Of
gen. Smyth, that ho expressed his feelings In
: cool hour OF fealcolation;w whereas yelling
tons restraining orders were given amidst the
roar and animation Of battle. General Hull
GENES sofncthisg ncsrcr--but still wo Sspnot
match it," No, no--John Fslstaf, sergeant
Ewar,, captain Bobsdil, lord Wellington, sod
his historian, Mr. Simp.oR, baron Munchau-
sen, and all the re't--you may Continue TO
challenge the cages Of Romsn firmness and
chivelrous enthusiasm" "Wo must not be
beat, - and 10 be as sure as possible Of that,
1ye must nN fight if wo can help it.
OF Napoleon, this author spsaks most un-
generously and most absnrdly--" he threw
way" says he, lin moment, tho character
founded on fifteen years Of miracles" But
how Why he ordered his troops "to dostroy,
and break, and sweep away the English" and
showed an insensibility TO the carnage he was
causing but particularly when his army was
ronted no repeatedly said, let US save our
aclyes." Those fools tell US he should hsyo
attempted TO retrive the fortune Of tho day.
What nonsense is this--during tho whole day
they say, the battle was agsinst him aud they
reprobate his cruelty, in crying,'" forward,
forward," urging his troops TO destruction
bot at night, when tho Prussian reinforce
ments had arrived, and tho French were
"ugned topsyturvy and thrown heels over
head" ho should have attempted to retrieve
the battle bio should have desisted when
he was sure of the victory but no should
have fought on when there was no chance
when the English bad lost $4,000, as Mr..
Simpson says, and tho French had lost ten
dimes as many, (sec page 5s) that is, nearly
one half more than ,hcy had on the field, Ma
polcon should have retrieved the battle but
"ne availcd himself OF the darkness anil tho
crowd, and sneakcd away. IL would have
been quite suitable in a pisk.pocket I; but II
wofuly nisbecamo an emperor" If such
was the disgraccful conduct Of Napoleon in
defeat, what was tho behavio. OF their idol
Wellington during tho battle, in which they
say victory was not for ono moment doubtful
The anxietics Of the Brltist chief were now
over" says our author -" they had been al
most too much to be borne. Often, II is said,
he had prayed, in agony, for the Prussians or
the night When their guns the Prussians'
commenced. it is described by officers, who
heard it, as something like yell Of rapture,
with which he called out, "thcre goes old
Blucher ut last" and unable TO bear up lon-
ger, burst into ,csrs." Bravo my good 40
logst--ihis is the herosm tha. you place in
compssi,ioo with what you call The distraction
of Bpnapartc.
During the battle, il 10 said, that the en-
pcror frequently praised the English troops,
hu, particularly the Scotch Creys. This, they
say, was wrung from him (; though, from the
tcrnus ot his compliments, they seem to have
been bestowed pretty freely" qnsiles onher-
des ronhes :" II puts one out Of ratiencs to
sec praises given TO the uugencrous for no,
ons sentence Of praise coeld be wrung from
thesc vain, selfish wretehes in return. Some
of the noblesi instances Of enthusiastic self
devotion that tho world probably ever wines
sed, arc specrcd at and imputed to French
vanity. This author, describing the wounded
aod dying at Antwerp, mentions one tossing
his amputatcd arm IN tho air, with a feeble
shout Of " Uipc Femhrrsur." TO cease to
cry out I" piue Femhereur," as long az breath
or life lasted, was thought not 10 be endur-
ed for nlomcut." One Of these miserable
military deVotees, "at the moment Of tho
preparations to take of IFS leg, declared. that
there was something he knew OF, which would
sure him on the spot, and save his LIMB and
the operators trouble. When asked to cx-
plain this strange remark, ne saia, "a sight
Of the emperor!" The indispensable ampu-
tation did not save him he died in the eur
gcon's hands and his last words, steadfastly
locking on his blood, were, tina: no would
ebecrfuiy shcd the last drop in his veins Tor
the great NapoleuA." This cold.blooded wri.
ter, who can deride scene like this, which
appeals to every tender and elevated feeling
Of the heart, cndcavors 20 excuse himself, Tor
the insult he offers to human nature, by ex-
elalming--" Had tho emperor meiitcd such
heroic dcvotion---had the gtosiousy sscrihc.
&C himself in the field J" SC.
With wha, contempt and indignation, do
we again see re-eshoed, the abominabls SEN
rimsn,s Of thst unrrincipled woman, Helen
Maria Williams. Benar,rte has been abos-
ed by the advocates of despo,ism in this conn
;ry, and in Europe, because he scorned TO COM
nit suicide ho has been ridiculcd and insult
ed, because he did not seek refuge from mis-.
fortuns upon the sword OF his fayori,e Mama
luke bot was found, tho day after his abdica-
tIon, making arrangements for his journey,
and busted abou, the triles of the toilet,cs
Christianity, or even humanity. amongs,