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give to the poor and afflicted some of our hours
Of leisure. Ought we not to be cheerfully sub I
mssve at all times, and under all circnmstancesI
to the will of our heavenly Father Let us strlves
to be contented and grateful from st~ce.a,ion as
we'll as duty People are apt 10 give indulgence
to their grief, without making sufficient efforts
to controul their feelings We do not know whatIi
we are capable ofeHecting, till we make and per.
severe in the attempt. So much has been done
by our Creator to make us happy, that it SONS
like disobeying his will to yield to depression -
The christmas should presen, an example OF
if it were only to convince others,
THAT he is possessed Of belief and of hopes.
which support him in every condition. Be not
alarmed if you are called by some insensible.-I
You will be thought so only by those who are
Ignorant ofthe "peace which passeth understand
Ing" and which belief in christianity can alone
give. What are all the pleasures, the vanities OF
this world. compared with the cheering hopes of
the chrstian
|BONAPAPTE'S OPINION OF WELLINGTON.
The accounts of Bonaparte, which have
'|lately poured from the English press, have
'lgiven us very particular ancctodes of the
|acts. opinions, feelings, &c. of this won
,Iierful man-the most astonishing prodigy
tlthat has appeared in the tide of times. -
But there is very little in them of Bona
lparte's impressions concerning the genera
-lwho finally foiled him at Waterloo.---
etO'Meara, Las Cases. &c. furnish very littlt
e on this score---in fact, it is one of thosf
subjects which the ex-emperor was indu
: ced by variety of considerations to pas
slbv. A work, however, has been lately pub
}. lished with the stamp of authenticity
(which relates some very interesting decla
y lrations of Bonaparte-in which the grea
eIhero of the age places his competitor sui
efficiently low in the scale of intellect
o. Vola!
3 IL have been told" said he, THAT it j
; Through W that am here; and lbe
lieve it. It is conduct we'll worthy of hir
who, in defiance of solemn capitulatinr
e suffered Ney to perish-Nev, with whor
t, he had so often been engaged on the feel
n of battle For my own part. it is very cel
m tain l gave him terrible quarter of
ys Ihour. This usually constitutes a claim o
: noble minds; his wa5 incapable of feein
:. : it. My fall, and the lot that might hav
;" been reserved for me, afforded him an oT
$ Iportunity Of reaping higher glory than h
nlhas gained by all his victories.--But h
e,ldid not understand this. Well. at an
m rate, he ought to behcartily grateful to oil
L., h.I Cor L. Z ~
!. not where his Grace might have been t
:" day; but know that |. at least, shoul
10 not have been at st. Helena. W
r. troops were admirable, but his plans wei
I'd Idespicable; or | should rather say, th
isIhe formed none at all. He had place
N. himself in situation in which it was in
III possible he could form any; and, by C
:. rious chance, this very circumstance save
., him.
IL If he could have commenced retres
ng,he must infaIibly have been lost. He ce
nd tainly remained master of the field of ba
all tie but was his success the result of il
th skill? He has reaped the fruit of brillia
= : victory but did his genius prepare it f
: him. His glory is wholly negative. II
- faults were numerous. He, the Europe;
'h' 'Generalssimo, in whose hands so maj
'n,Iinterests were entrusted, and having befo
Il him an enemy SO prompt and daring
ed|myself, left his forces dispersed about, al
cd slumbered in a capital until he was su
J. . prised. And yet such is the power OF
!, talityl In the course of three days, thr
u" times saw the destiny Of France and
ne Europe escape my grasp.
:" In the first place. but for the trease
rst of general, who deserted from our rank
ID, and betrayed my designs, | should ha
re- dispersed and destroyed all the enemy
nj detached parties before they could ha
:" combined themselves into an army corps
hu "Next, had it not been for the unusu
ra'I hesitation of Ney at Quarter Bras, shou
have annihlated the whole of the Engli
army.
Finally, On my right, the extraoTdln
ry mannuvres of Grouchy, instead of s
curing victory, completed my ruin, al
ev- hurled France into the abyss.
our "No," continued he, W possess
MIS- only a speciaI Kind of talent, Berth