The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-11-07

FontainbIcau, and j cannot say how msoy
other pIaces. ID swing, descriptive geome
srv, mechanics, and che misty. mutusly aid
ino each other, gave q general impulse to
10 ibis new born industry, which advanced
with rapid strides tows' ds the highest pros
pc,i,y. The very choice of the situation
where Two OF these schools werc established
is a characteristic indication of the genius OF
that man, whose aim was not only TO do good
bur In do IL we'll
In fxing the young punils. the hopes and
pledges Of future industry aod prosperity, IN
the nsIghborhood Of Compiegne and Fopts'n
blesu. he clearly showed the interest he totk
10 them, and that Inc found no recreation' no
nmuse ent, so worthy Of himself ss the pr
sonal and patetnaI care with which he visited
cherished, and watched over this precious
source Of national prosperity. Bni all the's
means which Napoleon coDbined me Gus
tom house regulations; tire societies OF en-.
couragemcni the b"nks, csp'is!s' sPeeis'
schools, reunion of he learned a' these
" light have produced bur transient success
md ell this psternal solici,ude tor the I'D
ysncerpent of the national industry, might
have attained but an ephe ana DUBIOUS
success, had Napoleon not been seconded
in his patriotic exerrions and ente'ptjze by
most powerful auxiliary-ENGLAND.
IL i,s truth, we'll known IN France, and
known, though not ayowed, in England, thai
the maritime 6toekade was the effective cause
Of iha, pfcsper,,y which indus y attained IN
France. The 6lotkade first whispered Tn
+ arce tho secret Of her strength. Tie
pride of The nation awokc and the national
industry, born as it were but yes,erd.y, has
already reached an elevation, f. ON which the
jeslou, rage Of tho d lush Cabinet can never
disposscss il.
This industry, in o growth Of twenty three
years, improved by emulation and experience,
has struck It's roots so deep, that the storms
Of civil dissention ccBnot now unfasicn them
Since that epoch, all the special schools
founded by Napoleon. and that celebrated po'
;ytec hnic school, found, q by Monge and Pri-
eur, have eve y year enriched the arts. The
mmercial establish ments, the laboratories,
and the great faciofies with all the pupils
that could be spared E ON ho artillery, the
engineers, marine, or tho Dads and bridges;
this enlightened class, increasing daily tor IS
years, tsking possession OF, and cui,ivsting
the soil OF French industry, and entering into
every IN anufActure throughout France, has
rendered ,he arts and sciences familiar and
popular. In descriptive, geometry; in draw,
ing and designing in all tho principles OF
science, and al the processes OF art, and that
mine of modern discovery. the application OF
chemistry 10 the arts in all these, France 's
thirty years in advance Of England; and
hence forth, French industry, 'ciying on us
own strength and capsbiity, IL beyond the
power of that cove,ous and eovious England.
who, willis, she be- holds, with scornfu! and
ang,y eye, The prosperity OF other nations, be =,
g'n, TO feel thar the scep,re is already falling
from her hands; and hat her forced snd IN.
natstal explorations, ,he cause of her past
wealth and depredations, daily dminishes.
! will not speak of.those monuments with
which Napoleon has embel'ished Paris,
france, and all the parts OF Europe which
hpvc been occasionally under his dominion
That balong. TO the historian of the hse arts,
and might alone suffice to secure ths admir-.
alton Of future people, and future ages. l
an not lble to trace his military conceptions
ard achievements, and am IA from prcsum
Ing that have in shls feeble sketch of his civ
Al administration, given a fonhful picture.
But after gancing back upon his whole lite,
canno, help saying, that if Nlroieon was not
one OF the gcestes, men that have existed, the
The man who has raised up, and pu down
80 many thrones; who has led IN his train
that crowd Of German princes, OF his own Gre
alton, whose thrones by IN odd change OF
fo,tune, still subsist after he is overthr own
the man who could as oosiIy st,ike Prussia
from of the lisl Of European powers, as be
could dismiss one of his own Generals from
his army; this man can never be an Oh.
Icc' OF ind.ff, enc Z. either to The surviving,
or to future generations.
b During ten years, there was bot one King
IN Europe, and he was thar King and when
At the conference of Tils,l, Toe dcs,inies of
the world were committed to fragile bark
wh.n napoleon received the polite embraces
ot ms brother .fierauder, which OF hose two
bgo,hcrs was then the master Who dicta-
I'D the peace Of Tiisit Who commanded
that OF P'esbourg!
Vain would DO the attempt to hrn the ius.
ire Of this story, BY the CAPTIVITY and death OF
herO Ia Ia Thar .nl ,h rantivitv