The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-31
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IL is generally thoughl IA America, tbae
Napoleon owed tbs wonder riul popuiarny 70
his miitsry exploits. This Is u icai ma.
take. DO not deuy that his brilliant and de-,
cislve campslgns III 10y, aud he expedition
% Egypg, which, nom Us oiieDtbi and chivai-
fic Gharscter, charmed the i'm. gn,a. ion, 10, n,.
ID zoe ground work 1t bls popularity but
IN i,a,y gio,y was then 100 common in
france ,u have slopv called iofth mat eorfi.
d.nce W winch Bonspaf,c was, rs II weie,
-,ssa,icd Amongst the generals then Az
FtHnce, Nassena aod Moreau might, ss war.
rio.s Ut The highest rank, hav. attracted tho
egs.ds OF the French people. Msssena,
above I'LL, who had jJst ,endered 30 gleste
sc vice 10 France, aud TO the civiia4uOD OF
Eutope, by crushing the Ruasisns, and
huinbling the iD.olsnt Tartar t6et led ihem
Oh. But Massena and Moreau were but sol
dieIs Who attached no kind ui consequence TO
civil ins,nuuops! Besides that, almost siI
thc generals weie more or less exposed 10
the tongue OF SANDER or oi eeu,ure some
Ly theT ino'dina,e desire OF tiches oihe,s .
by 90 much isebenoSs OF character sDmo
l. on' 100 gteat iaxi'y oi morals some from
conduct too equiyocai IN the seasons 81 tho
cNII uouJes. And since The name Of Mo-
that some months prior to this lime, he had,
by letter TO Ba,ieiemi, thea Director, too
,sfdiy depouncing the h.st treason OF Plohc-
gu, placed himself in u positIon SO doubtful
and suspicious, that the Directory had been
obnscd TO dismiss him, though he was
AGAIN employed after The defeat OF No.i.
lhis general, desirous OF toinsa,ing hius-
self in opinlsn, could devise 40 betiec way
/ IN AN I'm y ain the m tideutr cult,v,t.. -
friendship oi Borsput,e and l owe !, 10 the
same chance that has enablcd me TO speak
with certainty Of SO many o,her events Of
those times, tha, ] knew Of Moreau's going
10 concert win him the means oi bringing
sbon, the event Of The following day, the lsh
OF Brumsite.
ltwas to Bonspar,e a great advantage that
| he eolered 50 late into tho iesoiut,on. He
mad DO, hg'ned IN any parry, aud IVES ires
from every revolutionary y stDip. Uoconncct-
ed With any iaclion, and fon M your quite
( pnsuspecsed, opiOions sccerdsue wnh the
i,nih.~s~i him down for perfectly iep.s,isl;
And thougn the Patlsisns mig ht some iimex
recall to mind the shAr OF Vendcmaire, yet
they knew that he was there acting under or.
dcrs, aad on tho defensive. From that time,
always placed upon The theatre Of glory, re.
mole hom the times a0d in,igueo Of tho
CAPITAL; his expedition TO Egypt had doubly
served him. What .was greas IN Uself, dis-
,ance 'eodercd marvellous J and after Tho
burning oi his vessels by ,he English left O.
tone aid cut oil from oil su.cout o. .upply.
be was uncc. tHe necessity OF exet,ipg the
combined talents OF war and administration.
All the Generals who had se,ved under
his ofders N ItaIy, oil the ,flice,s, oil the
soldIets wncm lac knew BY their ngmes, and
hcioical actions all the French and al tho
suspgeis who had seen that great bss. upon
he theatre oi his giotyj oil knew ,hat ma
indeiatigabe nd0s,y, had no resi- bu u the
change OF occups,ions that be was the ifiend
oi order, the enemy oi fraud, the hster Of an
a,chy I; that he had established 10 the finance
oi tho army, the same order " hieh lac afcr-
wards ist' oduced INTO The vast mschne of
the treasury, which, al this day con,inues 70
ac, by the impulse he impaired TO II. IL was
known, that he was as inaccessible TO sell in.
terest, ss 20 every other weaknc,sj and that
tai, soldiers made their cots of 1t. HIS trea-
| 'ty Of peace, had acquired him tho repua,ion
Of "a coDsummste sia;esmas, and tue esso
| with which he had treated the MOST wtighiy
aifairs in Europe, and Egypt, Showed that he
| could be ss great in Council, as in the camp.
IL WAS said Of { se,a,, that he he'd every
| vice, but 10 defect No vice tsrnished tho
| reputation Of this yonng man, 'sdien' ss no
then was with all the virtues that constitute
hero. These we're the great qualities, with
out which The ns'ion would never have seen
IN Bo9ppae, nothing but ono leader more
skiiful, or more fortunate than another but
these were the qualifications with which this
young soldier and statesmso comm sDded tho
public coDfdescc, pot stop 10 the evolu'
,ioo, and laid the foundation Of the high des-
tinies Of that generous pooIlG whom he ss-
loted by the name OF " hhe graf nHt0n."
After qucnching the torch oi civil d'seoia,
Napoleon was too great politician not To
know the influence OF that universal mo aiiiy,
that Connects tho thoughts and minds of men
with heaven. lie lighted The laup Of ,e-
iigion, opened her temples, and faisrd up her
aitars. Those who knew. and can remem-