The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-04
voiCG FROM ST. HELENA.
From Dr. Ulltafa's " tcsse from 81. lFele-
af.n

bkllIsh National DEBT 49, THE BAT
rLE uf WATERLOO.
! Napoleon prolrsscd Inns, f doubtful that
the English could NOW continue In manu-
| lacture goods SO rs IL hc able To sell them
nj the same price rs those made IN France,
/ IN consequence NJ the actual neccssties of
life bring so muci dcarer IN England than
IN France. He proicssed his disbelief thai
The natlon could support the immensew weight
OF taxes, the deainess of provisions and the
extravaganza oI bad administrations
When | was in France. lconiuurd he)
with four times the cNtoht of territory, and
ourtncs the population, lnctcrcould have
raised one haltol Your taxes. How the I'm
glsh population bear it, cannot conceive
the French would not have suffered one
fourth oithem--notwIlhstandingy Your great
successes continued be- which are almost
incredible, and to which accident and per-
| haps destiny have much contributed, | do
not think that You are out of the scrapc
| though You nave the world nj command,
do not believe you viii ever he able Ia get
over Your debt. Your commerce has kept
you up but that will lall when yen will no
| longer be- able Ia undrrsrll manufacturers
OF other nations, who are rapidly improving.
| \ few Years will tell whether ans right
The worst thing that England has ever
done, Was that OF endcayorug 10 make her
sell great military nation. la attempting
that, England must always br the slave of
Russia, Prussia, or Austria, or nj least sub
| serslrnt Ia some ol them, because YOU have
| moi population sufficiently numerous To
combat on the coatmcnt with France, or
with any ot the powers have named, and
must cuuscqrruil, hire ucu from some of
them Whefras, At sra, You ar SO superior
Your sailors are SO much better, thai YOU
cam always command the Others, iih satety
Ia Yourselves, aud with little comparative
expense. ionr soldiers have mol the rrqui-
site qualities for military nation. They
are moi equal IN address, activity, or intelli
gence 10 the French. When they get from
under the fear of tho lash, they obey nobo-
dy. In retreat tney cannot be managed !,
ana II HEY meet with NInc, they are 50 ma.
ny devils, (idnta didroh.) aud adice 10 sub
ordination. | SAW the retreat Of Moore |
never Witnessed any thing ike It,. II naa
impossible Ia collect or To MAKE them do a
ny thing. Nearly al were drunk. Your
officers depend upon interest on money for
! promotion. Your soldiersarc brave, nobo-
dy can deny ii bnl il was bad policy 10
encourage Ia" military MANIA, instead OF
sticking Ia Your marine, which l. The red
force ol y"Gr country, and one which, white
you preserve il, viii always render you
| pow Criul, In ord,r 10 have good soldiers
Il nation must dttrdys b. di1far.
"if You had lost the battle Of Waterloo,
Continued hc) what date would England
| have bccn in The flower of your youth
Nol,Id have been destroyed for not Il man
not esra Lord WcllinglonJwould have es-
capped ! observed here. that Lord Wei
llngton had determined never 10 leave the
ileld aIife. Napoleon replied, "he could
nol retreat. lie would have been destroy
ed with M army, #, instead OF the Prns-
slams, GrouehY had come up ] asked
him # he had moi believed for some time
! thai the Hrt .ats who had shown them
selves were part of Grouchy's cerrs.-~
| lie r"plird, "Certaiuly and | can now
scarcely compg' hcnd why il wa Prussian
! dAIe'ou, and nDt thai Of GrOnrhy." then
! tooh tie liberty To ask him whether, if nci-
! Their Grauchy nor the Prussians had arrived,
! ii would not have been n drawn battle
! Nanolren answered, THE English army
would have been destroyed. They We're
! defeated ~ midday; hut acridcni, or more
! likely. destiny, decided that Lord yelling
! lou should gun If. could scarcely be-
! iieyc that he would nave given me battle ];
because II he bad retrcated to Antwerp, -
| he ought 70 have done, must have been o.
! erNhcmed by the armies of 300, 00o Or
| ZOE, 600 men ihat were coming against IRE,
| ~ siyog me batta, there was chance for
me. II was the greatest folly 10 disunlle
| the English and Prpssan armies. They
Ought 10 have been united, and / cannot
conceive the reason If their separation il
va" foil. in Wellington t. give me battle in
y place, where il defeated, al must have
been Ioa., lor he could not retreat. There
Wa Il wood IN his rcHr, and bul one road 80
gan it. He would have bcea dcstroycd.-
borrower, he allowed hiinselftO be- sur|jri-
sed by mr. This was great fault, he
/ ought 10 have been e9campcd from the be-
] ginning of Junr, as ht must have known
/ that Intended In attack hin. Bot he bas
! been fortunate his desiue his prevailed,
AL every tniug he did vii meet with ap-
! piausc. My intentions were IN attack and
/ destroy the English army. Tbs knew
! would have produced . change Of ministry.
The Indignation agiinst Them, for having
caused Int less of 10000 Of the flower Of
the English army, would haye"Xcted sneh
a popular commotion, that they would
nave been tuned ont. The people would
have said, Waat IS il ~ ns who - on tie
throne OF france, Louis or Napoleon arr
we 70 sacrifice ~ eur blood ilruirayors To
place on The throne a detested family p
30, we haze suffered enough, It is 40 STAR
Of ours at them selle i, amons them
s.hes. Thev would have made peace
The SaEoa4, Bavari'ns, Balgians, Wntem-
brrgess, would have joined ne. The Goa
litloo s4s noihas without England. The
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