Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-20
ALEXANDRIA.
FRIDA, SEPTEMBER go.

Ibaen BROUGHT h from sea BY some vessels
That Bonapale had made his escape
from ST. fielna. The eargerness with
(which such ties are read, shews that the
hopes of onejortion of the world, and the
Ifears ufanoser, are not yet arrest re-
| specting tl3 man. Those who wish tn
lsee the woA once mote in arms. and
! the wholebrfe Of civilized nations en-
gagged in pe desolation and horrors oil
war. and6elieve that no other '.erson
Icould ,Iobo much to set forward their fa-
lysrite suelae OF tumuit, blood shed. and
tmisers >bng most sincerely and ardentiy
I for his iscape.
Welhink, il such persons ever mean
ito drrse any considerable benefit, III
l.his ,Ay. from the service of Bonaparte
Ithav must enntrige ways aud means to
Ieifecl his eIease pretty speedily. If ht
lwerl now at liberty. aud ready to land
on ne shores OF France.itis very doubt.
|fulMhether he would find materials fol
Ia revolution still remaining in that king.
tdan. BY the measures VIII CHI have beer
luarsaed since his Reinforcement. aud OK
ke, large proportion OF tie Old con,bus
lible master has been disposed of--sonit
by capital punishment, some by a forced
aud others by voluntarily exile, some
BIZ Imprisonment, and some hy natura
death. In these various ways, a srea
proportion Of. the res elutiopa Y chiei:
have been disposed Of, and the remains o.
tic old army are almost withoutofiicers q
distinction from tive Bolapartean scnooi
By the time. tie five years. mentioned l..
the treaty ...atween The Bsench aad allied
Shall have elapsed, The race 81
inca officers and soldiere, viii, to q
great degree, become extinct.
In the mean time a new generation OF
men will be on tie stage--a race, that
aiIl have escaped from the tcrrors OF the
bloody CONSUMPTION, and whose ideas and
sentiments, will nave been led TO deep
abherrence Of the terrible period Of i'm
perial usarptatim and tvranny. That
generation will be forxed apoa the sys
TEN of peace, and will nave strong no
horrenee Of war. Not'oa!y 50. bat they
Nillgrow up witholt passing through a
course Of aiiitaiy instruction, AID dlscl-
3liae--they viii be without host OF an
bilious, daring, skilfu,, al experienced
officers, to stimulate ard lead them Oh to
achievements and martial glory.
That France will be a great anl pow.
erful nasi,,n, we entertain not doubt
But they are now in a state of" Indirect
lebi,ity''-they have suffered the fall
measures Of tyranny, and bondage, they
nave been delivered as By a miracle, and
we do cot believe that they ae able, o.
that they wish, to engage in such terrible
scenes again,
That the great body of the nation feel
numb;el, aud mortified, at the present
state of things, we presume is true. Tic
French aee a proud and vain glorious
people: and the remnant Of the imperial
army, doubtless, feel the change in their
circumstances with peculiar sensibiiity.
md chasrin. The once Idol leader is
chained tn rock in the ocean, thousands
II miles distant f,on them. Net only so.
,at he survived hi, reputation. before he
eft his throne. He had been beaten
100 often, and too severely, he had ~
continuously fed TOO many times from the
ield of danger. to be generally regarde
.ither as inyiacible. or braee. fsaving
,pec lost their confidence in him as ain
mcoaaucred and unconquerable leader.
lie woald scarcely answer for the Ein-
,erour even OF his old friends. They
la nlR want man that can be beaten,
NJ hat will suaer them to BE- beaten. they
want chief that will lead then on in
shat they consider the career Of conquest
rom nation to nation, opening new
Genes Of their vanity, and new OBJ ects ,f
,hnder to glut their cupidity. When
1rencIsneu bave been forced to acknow-
edge superior power, and h4ve learned
" bitter experience that they can b. de-
Gated. aud humblesl, aud me- titie'is they
,ecome at oace very different sort oil
'pings from what they are in the full tide
( success, aud in the broad blaze Of VIC
ory. AS eonquerours they are ihso'ent,
yrannical, and yindictive, a. conquered
Hey are mean, supple, and obScqulpus
We firmly believe thatit will be good
many years, before Fraace becomes as
uunidahlc as she has been TO the rest
If Europe, and indeed tothe rest OF the
world. She must tread the vale Of ha-
for years to come. before she
will be able to pour her feroclous over.
HE surrounding nations. and to crimson
n o., &C Errnnn NTH human