The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-17
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FROM rae Aanonal .ddp0 ea'e. q
VIEW OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATIONS
AND foLiVCAL.C CHARACTER OP
NAPOLEON BONABARTE.

| CO "'h nis hsme' lie better pst spoke
with the respee, due TO the many and eiosi.,
Gus -'bors OF Ihe Snodcfn H9rcses. A iew.
IN obediencs TO the signal IN wn OF, by tho
Coutv, OF London could see nothing in his
Asssssipstioo, but jon and moderate punish-
ment for the crimes which they hesped upon
The head oi the i'us,iioos victim. They &C.
euse d h'm OF breaking tn usay ,het imp,is-
ohed him 10 The island oi Eibe, as though
they were not we'll aware that this ccsli,ion
had sl esdy resolved 10 drsg him from ,bst
asylum. and ,'ansPest him ltoa thence 10
Saint Heieaa :, spd, TO screen the n i,ish
cabinet from The infswy Of ieaeing up ,ho
| Wesy passed between Napoleon and Captain
Mai land, they have no, scrupled w sd,aoce
'he ebsuyd false hood that, at the mon,en, of
the execution OF this treaty, Napoleon was On
the point OF being arrested Us al outlaw, by
troops sent after him by Fouehe. And The
philant ropi editor OF the Boston Ccntinel
pushes this foolish msignity 90 far ss to vote,
upon what suthoriiy may some day appear,
the thanks OF oll Europe to the gsulers II
Saint Helena. Sill, in this one hing, oil u
nic, that Napoleon was moro than ext ssor-
dinary man bot In the enumeration OF his
actions, they all pass over his best titles TO
Immortal fame. and they are ihese:
lsL The services nc rendered to France,
10 Europe, add TO civilization, by stay ing The
destructive movements Of the revolution.
2dly. Tha, he re.opcncd the temples and
rebuilt The sltars.
Sdy. HIS immortal codes, by which be
still Ieigns, not only in France. but over a
considerable portion OF tho civilized world.
4hly. The Impulse given by his genius to
| the industry OF France, and, by consequence,
! tc that OF Europe, now forever freed from the
! shameful tribute exscted by raveoing Eng
land. From those omissions, the journslisIs
almost avow their ignorance OF the true eau
ses Of that implacsbc revenge with which the
European .drimanuss putsues, beyond tho
grave, tbc fegenero,or, not Of France alone,
bot OF grcs' part Of Europe.
The facts which acc ON panied the dssth or
this great man, and which ate uodispu,ed,
loudly proclaim tha, he died victim of refo-
cd Srusby, end sf su .~ss.si-. ,io~. ern,va~..d
during rive and half year. The inqui,i,ion
published by he Courier, goes far ,of iseH to
show that his death was finally wroueh by
| poison.
Whom il 10 recoIeeted that the physician
employed by tho English government was
dismissed from the Island OF Saint Hs.seu,
because he would NOT lend himself TO meas
utes that endangered the prisoners health
when IL Is kept 10 uind thai Napoleon did
nor die ill sfior the recall of The Austrian
and Russian Commissstie,, il IL no, sutprie-
ing that the editor Of the Auroia hDds 10 the
details given by the Courier, the indications
Of poison. And upon what ground does the
Il ,ston Centinel affect TO repel this iosinus-
,ion with so much indignation Because the
English ministry, il they commined such q
crime, would be the most profga,e of men
There is 10 hi, defence simplicity which,
but for the malice that accompanies II, might
s'gue great innocence 10 this ad,oce'e Of the
British ministers, end for which h,s clients
would prob9bly repay him with ,he contempt
oous smile Of pity. Is there no o'her IN;
stance in which the British cabinet ha, given
proofs Of folly sod ctuely combined Need
we look Tor il beyond our own county, where
madness and despotism provoked the war OF
independence where our b. rothors pei ished
10 the Jersey prison ship Mus, we forget
the fusilade at Dartmouth, and the burning
Of our capital. 10 Europe, tho burning Of
Copenhagen; in, England, the massacre az
Manchester, the eonshiraey of Csto.streef,
aud tho Disgusting trial Of The Qusen; and
need we now hesitate 10 give them credit Tor
another crime, because that crime would i'm
ply a mixture Of ferocity with folly No!
wherever any no'rio ucou snai put ea'o"W w
shame, shall Cause humanity 10 grosn, and
nature to revolt, civilized Europe will, with
out other proof, suspect that most depraved
Of cabinets, atheist in morality, which has for
an hundred years aud more governed Eng
land, Scotland, and Ireland.
Yet still in spite Of ell these dancing eif-
cumstances, my judgmen, upon this charge
Of poisoning, shall await tho declats"on 10
be published by that physician, whom tho
ae.ols,o mother of Napoleon, from a dis,rust
I but too we'll founded, sen, 10 watch over the
he'd III and safety Of her son. That dee'a's-
,ions { made in freedom end that must DC m
| the Uoi,ed States, where only truth cen DO
uttered with entire seeuri,y--tna, declaration
alone sbsli determine my opinion ,ill then,
shall remain in doubt as to the poisoning
but whatever hesitation ! may have as 10 that
| .k..-. \ .h.li have none in nron ouacio0 that