Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-19

which bad OF meeting niui unf'hs n's ''o
at Paris. that his character could not De |
defined BY the words which we commonly
use; he was neither good, nor gentle, nor
violent, nor cruel, after the manner OF ina'-
viduals of whom we have any knowledge
Such being had no fellow, and therefore
could neither feel nor excite sympathy me
was more or less than man. His cast OF
character, his understanding, bis language,
were stamped with the impress OF an un-
known nature an additional advantage for
the subjugation of Frencbmen. Far from
recovering my confidence by seeing Bona
arte more frequently, be constantly init
Undated me more and more. had con-
fused feeling, that no emotion of the heart
could act upon him. He regards human
being as an action or thing. not as fello"
creature. The force of his will consists in
the impossibiity Of disturbing the caicnla'
tons of his egotism he is an able chess
player; and the human race is the oPpo-
nent, to whom he proposes to give check
mates. His successes depend as much on
the qualities in which he is deficient as on
the talents which he possesses. Neither
pity, nor allurement, nor religion, nor al
tachment to any idea whatsoever, could
turn him aside from his principal direction.
x*x* Sometimes he related the politi-
cal events of bis life in very interesting
manner he had even somewhat OF Italian
imagination in narratives which allowed OF
gayety; yet nothing could triumph over my
invincibe aversion for what | perceived in
him. felt in his soul, cold, sharp edged
sword, which froze the wound that it in
flicted perceived in his understanding
profound irony, from which nothing great
nor beautiful, not even his own glory, could
escape; for he despised the nation whose
sufrages he wished, and no spark of enthu-
siasm was mingled with his desire of as
tonishing the human race" Vol |, p. 1877.
The unrivalled sketch which has just
been extracted. is followed by detail of
Bonaparte's successes; his departure for f.
gy pit and return thence hi consulate, and
accession to the imperial throne.
From the Washington City Go=ette March Is
We extract the following concluding pa
ragraphs from the OPINION OF Mr.. ChieI JUS
lice Marshall, on the light y. Tie states to
tax the branches Of Toe Bank OF the United
States, recently pronounced IN the case U!
M'Culloch against the state OF Mary iand
in the Supreme Court OF The Uuited States,
In our next, we will commence the pubica-
ton of the whole OF tbs lengthy but inter-
resting decision, copied from the National
al intelligencer, and shortly lake coca sion
to offer some remarks thereon.
'sIhe people of all the States have crea-
ted the general government; andhaye con-
ierred upon It the general power OF taxa
ton. The people Of all the States, and
the States tine selves, are represented in
Congress, aud by their Representatives ex-
ercise this power.--When they tax the
chartered institutions Of thet States, they
tax his constituents and these taxes must
be uniform. But when state taxes the
operations of the government Of the United
States, it acts upon institutions created not
by their own constituents, but by people,
over whom they claim no control. 1t acts
upon the measures of a government created
+. by others, as we'll as themselves, tor the
benefit of others in common with them
selves. The difference is that which always
exists, and always must exist. between the
action of a whole, or part, and the action
of part and the whole-between the laws
of government declared to De supreme,
| and those of government which, when III
opposition to those laws, is not supreme.
But ifthe full application OF tins argu-
ment could be admitted. it might bring in
! to question the right of Congress to tax the
State Banks, and could not prove the
! right of the States to tax of the Bank OF the
+; United States.
"The court has bestowed upon this SUBJ
ject its most deliberate consideration. ne
result is a conviction that the states have
no power, by taxation, Or otherwise, to re-
| tard, impede, burden, or in any manner
! control the operations Of the constitutional
laws enacted by Congress to carry into
execution the powers vested in the general
government. This is we think, the una
yoidable consequence Of that supremacy,