The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-03-19


ished all tho abuses which existed in the sd'
ministsa,ions, ard digested those immortal
codes of lew, on. which be Funded the happ'-
ness Of the people. France, g's,efu, for such
signal blessings, decreed him the u =, of en-
peror. II was then that the French eagle,
necessarily pressing the British lion, would
have reduced him TO ibe last shift, iftho cor.
rup,ing gold Of Eng!snd had not. svered the
mortal stroke by instiga,ing in the north
now war sgsins, France. ~
1t wa, here tina: cor msnced those glorious
campaigns OF fGermsny, Of Prussia, and ct 70.
land, Ina, shed such Iusiro on the soldiers oi
France. a few months wcre Sufficient tor
the emperor 10 apnihiiaio arrnie, which his
enemies hbd formed With fhs u, nno'. difficult
ty, snd to inv sdc their states and capitals.
The fields Of Aus,eriits, Of Jsna, Of EyIau. OF
Fiedlapd, of Ratisbop, Of E.ssilng, of Wa
gram, will DO e,ernaliy celebrated IN tho leafs
oe france. In loss than three years, the
French armies, aIwsy, conducted By Nspole'
on, twice conquered Austris, invaded Prussia,
end hailed on the confoes of Poland. Never
had any people more confidence IN their sove.
reign. ile seemed 10 be the man destined
for Them by heaven. lie held In chain, ioi
fifteen years the fck!eness OF fortune. He
had learnt how 10 CON msnd her. Under his
reign, each year was more and moro ptoliEc
in great and glorious events, which, IN other
times, ages would hardly have accomplished.
lie always knew how 10 excite adOirelioo
anew vh:o exhausted b7 a long seriss Ut pto-
diges.
The greet destroyer, vsr, sss'ned 20 siac
new hf; TO France. Ths genus OF Napoleon
was not confined to the field Of ba'lc. ~
T1cnps, al Berlin, at Tilsi,, he established
inpse immepso wots which alone would have
beer The glory OF any other monarch.
The perfect tranquility which France en-.
io,ed, caused her interior commerce to aour.
Is, the baohs ofths Seine became the coun.
tsy Of tho scionces and tho fine ats sgricul-
mre double dits products. al! s,dcs, new
canals, rendered comm r,catioo more easy,
and exchanges more active. Industry reach.
ed such degree Of perfection, ,hs. in 20
branches did tnsie temsin a rival nation. The
finances were IN the mos, prosperous conai.
lion, for the subjuga,ed people shovered up.
on us subsidies. Misery no iouges weighed
down tho people. Al. b'eahed happiness
and content. Ao bundled monuuen,s ates,
the glory Of France, and tho grandeur Of tho
hero who governed her.
Such was The state OF this ya.t empire dor.
ing nsa'iy Gheen years. II is in ssin that
y -
been plunged in Msfot,unes aud trnnbics.
Never was EfaUce g'ealer, rieher, happier,
than du'irg ,his memorable patiod.
But Napoleon, great ~ he wo., vss bai
mao. he was no, perfect. be com mi,tci
setioos fsolts, and ibr,uos became untrue 10
him. The elements ieogued with his eac.'
mics. and the plain, OF NuseoVie became the
somb OF the finest and most intrepid army
that ever existed Nspolcon, as,onisbcd,
me assured the extent Of his losses, add, with
on. stopping to.deplorc, he haNsned TO repair
them. Ia . short time hc again appeared
formidable. The fields of Lu,.sn aad Of
Baulzen saw him again conqueto', and Toll
of confidence. Fatal conhden.c, which pcr,
mitted him no, to fofesee that his allies would
abandon him when Abandoned by fortune !.
And how could he imagine that princes, TO
whom ho had s,ven kingdoms, forgetting his
hvors, would hsyo turned traitors .
Tie fata, battles Of Leipsic were the result
ol that disastrous deset,ioo, sss lie found
only enemies where DO had Stationed iricnJs |!
Forced 10 become the defender OF The
Erench territory, wrh the wreck Of his army,
he ss,uoished and terrified twenty times, his
innu mc'a ab,e enemies. |, vas in thar grand,
but unfortunate osnpaign, that Napoleon dia-
played all his scieoce, and ioexh sustib!e sc,iv-
i'y. Each day victorious in combat, no De.
voted each night in p, operations 10 engage
the following day upnn some other point ---
2,adrupilog, his forces 5y his ma,er'y ma.
noeuvres, he presented on oh sides his old |
soldiers, md amongst them all he srow-d |
himself. Hhrvasslns necessarily strie, al
ways complete, defeating them al Champ Au.
bert, at Montmitail, at Montere uau, the te
suit OF that ad mirable campaign would have
been fatal TO the allies at Pats, had it not |
been so pr ecipi,a,eiy suirsudstea. |
The enemies Of Nopolcon, master. of |
part Of L ance, and encsmped IN his capital, |
ye, dreaded him. Tha French, whom they
though, they well knew, appeared the m 100 !
for uiidpbc under such head. IIcocegorth
they saw no security. They exao,ed the 90. |
dcA,ion Of the emperor, Napoleon believing
tos, the bsppiness OF Frapce demanded this |
gtea, sacrifice on his paet signed his sbdica.
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