The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-08-18

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had = military genius and an army to back
,ha;r os,,rpations. Civil discord generally
49, i military despotism. When the ell
~s.a,,s ara thrown into chaos, some daring
80, 1t The head of an army, generally rises
r. tbs ton. I" to rule the whirlwnd and direct
,he storn.'' Some military commander, OF
Great genius and reputation, was therefore
s,kad for TO command the destinies Of the ma
tion. She was ripe for such a revolution
and il came in the shape of the most aston
isbinc man that ever rose TO the mead Of al
fairs.
thought he was in Egypt; he Came, and every
difficulty gradually vanished. de rapidly as
cended to the throne borne aiott at every
new effort, by new victories, and more buoy
ant reputation. One ofthree consuls-~-a sin-
gle consu-consul for llfe--Emperour crown
ed by the hand Of the Pope, sprinkled with
the holy oil--behold him, elevated by the
srace OF God 10 the throne OF country which
so lately boosted of its liberties New con-
quests wait upon bis car. Behold bum sue
cessiyely Protector Of the Rhenlsh Conteder-
alton, King of Italy, Master OF Holland and
OF Switzerland, the conqueror of Prussia, the
son in law Of Knights eagle threatens TO
osershadow all Europe. He is about to over
run Spain. and Portugal--when he inyades
Russia with gigantiek army. He flies from
victory to victory with rapidity which Is un-
exampled: his enemy retifes before him, un-
ill at last we see him IN possession OF the
venerable city Of Moscow. From that mo-
ment, when he appears seated on the pima
Gle of glory, his star begins to descend. Ma
ture conquers him who had dehed all the
might of man The SHOWS and frosts OF Rus
sia oyerwhelm him with Tremendous desola-
tion-his allies desert him, one by one, ana
the retiring wave now turns upon nm.
Er,oce who had overIun others, is overrun in
her turn. Bonaparte falls, the Bourbons usurP
his place.
Behold the conqueror Of Europe, now
srant;ve on the rock Of Elba--but bis teeming
brain still projects new schemes OF empire.
In the solitude Of an island, he medltates me
conquest of the greatest empire IN the world.
He makes the attempt, and is successful.
aThis daring eagle flies from spire TO spire--
unfit thighs upon the towers of Notre Dame.
No revolution is more astonishing in the an
nals Of the world. Without shedding one
drop of blood, it is consummated, and ne once
more rises to the throne of France.
But another revolution rapidly approaches
10 sweep him of. Europe is once more mar
shalled 10 the cause OF" legitimate princes,
and in the field Of Waterloo, his military ca
reer is closed forever. He is borne again TO
a rock not on the verge of France, but in
The depth of the Atlantick not King, but
captiye: with no little court to keep up the
paceantry of the scene, not wandering at his
ease in bis little island but guarded by for
eigntroops. confined in certain prison bounds,
bis very look watched, his correspondence IN
tercepted, and the very seas that wash 81.
Helena guarded by British squadron. Such
is the mutability of fortune SO trail IS the
condition Of even the greatest OF men. But
let him blame himself Had Bonaparte
been less ambitious Louis nigh! have eat ca
pons in England for life. !. !
Once more behold Louis on the throne OF
Crance-not seated there by the will, or rest
ing ON the affections of his people, but impos-
ed upon them by foreign States, and supper
teddy foreign bayonets. The troops OF the
allies cantoned upon Inundated France, and
some of her strongest fortresses occupied by
foreigners.--Is any situation more disgraceiul.
or more CALLING TO highminded people !
How would the Americans feel on such a
coniuncture Then let US judge OF the feel
ings of Frenchmen--lately the masters OF al
most all Europe, now the slaves OF all.
Miracles come again 1t appears by the
report Of housing committee of the Legis
lature of Connecticut, that one OF the numer-
GUS federal officers of that State, who have
been entrusted with public monies, has re-
ceved about t,gelue hundred dollars more
than he has paid into the Public Treasury |;
that be has acknowledged the deficiency. and
has promised TO pay The amount when he can
collect It. This discovery has made the dem
ocrats Of the State all cock a hoop, and this
" Federal DEFALCATlON" of a County
Attorney, is declared by them to put that Of
SKINNER and GANSErT quite in the back
ground. There is compliment TO the feder-
al party in this outcry, which the propaga-
tors Of it did not intend as had not the
event been rare and unexpected, il would
not have produced SO much excitement
Centina.
Mr.. BEAsIY. the American Consul Al