The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-24

essentiil principle IN common, that they were
!. al, founded upon The Sovereignty OF The peo
ME ell established upon constitutions con
sen,ed 10 and wriiten all not Only constlio-
tiooai but representative. Aad never Will
the despois of Aus,,is, P'ussia, or Russia,
rsrmit me establishment OF those principles
in France. Never will the British Cebne'
acuuissce in the establishment in France, oi
principles that, if oncs established there,
would soon spread ,hrough ell Europe. The
Engllsh Cabinet, and the English Oligarchy
b know by experience, that the moment 'ep'
resen alive government prevails, foreign cor
ruJtion, by wnich ihty Can assall a mini"er,
but not a people, can 40 logger svaii 'nP"
90 inst a representative Cove 'nlnent eve
vgiIant and cautious; where The lioef'y oi
The press, and the fieedom 81 speech "ain
tain 5alulaiy control over the wretches VINO
might he disposed To sell their country or
themselves or, II any such uaiiofs arc
bought aod sold, awes them into silence or
insclion, apd renders them lnDoxlous' ne
moment such governments could DO est"o-
lished, the fifty millions LtUres fourno,s' ION
millions Of doIlars) e secret service money
would he dead or al least unemployed on The
continent of Europe and England when she
could no longer corrupt, would become q
power of the second o. der in the midst OF the
great constitu'ionai families which reason
would keep in peace. will venture 10 pre-,
dist to Loa. XVIII, that il he should at any
time resolve to maintain seriously, Loyalty,
a0d msnfuliy The principles oil the chariet,
which he has granted 10 his heohle, and IN
consequence the, eof the liberty Of the press
and uf the tribune, should with all their sound
energies support that constitution, and guard
j, from corruption ill the industry OF France
should be revived, and its prosperity sheler-
cd from the pollution of those English ha"'
pies, ,he nert coalition 7vould dcthrone him
3dy. From these principles it follows, that
all the wars Of the revolution oil the wars
which N,poleon has sustained, have been
pure'y defensive, and ,ha, the conques,s
made under the Convention, tho Directory,
or the Emperor, were all but the results OF
nnp'ovoked ageressions and legitimate de-
fence, and pushed on by the necessity OF
weakening an imp'acable enemy, that never
signed a treaty but with a view 10 break II,
and was ttue and constant only To this one
point, haf France should never ENJOY PROSPER.
ity and heoce.
4hiy. That il is England alone that ever
busy agent of The troubles OF the universe
in the evil that she does her happiness the
blood and tears of every people her riches,
the rnin Of others industry; who cannot
maintain her forced and unnatural position
above Other nations, bu, by universal devasta-
ton, and insolentiy usufping the dominion Of
The seas. !, is England that we must accuse
of those eternal wars, which cause so much
blood to nJw TO no end, but that an ancient
IN kat I,c In
pidiry.
But leaving thi, Justification of Napoleon
rs supe fluous end unnc ccssary, let us enter
upon the true object Of this essay, and set
forth, some, at least, Of the titles OF this great
man 10 the love and gratitude OF the French
people. Amongst tho services be has rem.
dercd to France, 10 Europe, aud even TO the
kings the msclvcs who have been mad enough
to pio, his destruction, the most important
wss that of stayiHg, with his powerful arm,
that revolutionary rage, which, but for his in
terposition, might have to this hour been ex.
ercising i,s fo' mid,ble influence tha, move.
mont oi'dSorder and Of danger again renew.
ed IN the great political machine deprived
by his absence Of ITS powerful regulator, and
already threatening all Europe with ine vita
bio wars, and the fever Of exiermination.
In spite oil all the constitutions which she
had adopted, France, i,lusvrious abroad by so
many victories, buI AZ home in constant fer
mcntatipn, was, az the moment of his return
from Egypt, on The eve of new convulsion.
For although the French arms had exteruni-
mated the English, who had disembarked at
the Heldcr, and crushed the Russian army
beneath the walls of Zurich yet the oa,ioa
was no recovered from the terror and alarm
which The catastrophe at Now had excited
and The approach OF that ierocious Tartar, tho
butcher OF ISmai, the blood stained execu-
tioner of thirty thousand Poles, Of every age
and sex, massacrcd by his orders, after all
resistance had ceased in ihe subs bs Of Prague
by The 'igh, OF The midnight conaagrstion sd-
vanc'ne with hts bloody standards, and threat
enlng france with like atrocities.
Anarchy wa, hen a, IT'S height the three
branches OF sovernnent had declared open