The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-19
mo. l09.

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"Nn Il Suspicion e, thot his demonstrations ef
,!is pr"lert "efe Inef. appeals 10 The na-
"onal PRIDE Of the people whom lie ruled.
anu that he bad rot hy heart iarrnn or
Tue subject which il amused him IN rceile
10 NJ. Las Cases. Surprising this idea,
hewever, 10 be totally wrong, aud granting
that we have got rid Of an enemy who
! might have invaded as with Two hundred
! s'nps OF the line, tar policy of having lnad-
ed our posierty with debt 10 get rid Of him
| rrmaln5 ms much ~ ever to b. donbird-
Ills plan II canal communication hrtween
| ms hnrOurs Is ntellghle even q a Bourbon.
ana ms mode of reparing naval conscripts
reman as pratiit able rs ever. Lei il nor
be SAID that We have delivered Ourselves
from The danger of the corrsirs Of Europe
b'ihg combined against us, for Napoleon
never could have formed n coalition more
dangerous than Ill. Holy Alliance. The
powers Of that coalition have, without the
grandeur 81 ms views adopted whatever
WAS III ms principles. He WAS made unr
cnemy ny TIT determination of Our cabinet
NOT 10 treat With him. Our holy allies tic
grafnliously tontemptaous, from belle, ing
our strength exhausted In The common
struggle, and substantially hostile, because.
we arc free people.
The utmost establishment was produced
m NapoIeon's mind when he was Grs, made
acquainted with Tie sums expended in En-
gland on public charity. Las Cases found
him one morning lcading AN English work
on the poaf's rate The account embra.
"'a hitihhs OF men aud hundreds Of mil.
nous ut money. The emperor Was appr,-
lp II H.,
rcclly, or that he had mistaken the sense.
The Thing, he said, seemed altogether i'm
P"asibl'. He could not conceive hy what
wees and deicrlsso many puur could he
louhd IN country so opGlcnt So iadnstii-
aus, and 50 abundant in resources for labnr
.as England. lie WIS still less capable Of
tomprebendng by VISIT prodigy the pro-
prlelors, overloaded with taxation. U,re
also enabled 10 provide for The wants or
such a multitude. He then demanded nj
Mons. Las Gases, if lle had not been sem
INTO the departments on n particular mia
''on with regard To uiendicty. Las Casfa
loid hlm that he had the official reoor, nf
ms MISSION among The few papers he haa
preserved He went for il. The Emueror
glanced ut II a few minutes, aud said
well, THIS IN fact has no resemblance
Whatever to England" With rtspeetton
menuic'ly establishment, which had been
she SPECIAL object of his mission, Las Ca
seS lold nm thai his intentions had been in
understood, and that the plan had been
altogether unsuccessful There were "A
lew departments, il is true, in which the
ea'e Of the perfects had put an end To mem
Welty but in general the casr was other
wise ] aud our author remarks that il was
found chiefly difficult to suppress mendici.
~ IN places where the clergy Yoio,rd ST.
pcrlor wealth aud power. In Belgium. fur
instance, mendieants were seen 10 derive
honor from their trade, aud boast Of having
followed II Tor several generations This
circumstance Napoleon attributed and
pfobab'y with justice, 10 80 many saints
belnb ~ The calendar, whose only apparent
merit was mendicity. On this subject.
however, Laa Cases is prodigal of his
praise to The humane dispositions of1his
cohoirymsn. The South, above all, and
iIahghedh, displayed great zeal and anina4
non III the support Of charitable ingiite.
lions. The hospitals and almshonses'u
every where numerous and well ATTENDED
10. The foundlings had increased len fol-
since the revolution. This our alltbor had
at first aseI1fed TO the corruption OF times
but he was desired 10 remark, and was
convinced upon reflection, that thu chan
yes had resulted from more honorable
cause Formerly the fouudlings bad been
so wretchedy taken care of, that ep.v
from seven to niue wrctched, siylly and
d'mlnutiSe orphans had survived, out of
lcnihatwerc takcnin. Whereas, NJ present
their food aud vleaniness, and the care that
IS 'keh OF Them, preserve nearly the whols
81 lfiem, aud they grow up fine race uf
children. The attention shewn TO them
gives rise 10 a slnguIara b Use ;mothers, even
IN easy circumstances, are tempted to px-
pose tiieir lntants; they afterwards apply
I" HE hospital, and under charitable pre-
tex, offer to bring up one themselves. IL
IS tlleIr own witch is restored TO them, With
The bentfit of a small allowance,