The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-31
From the National Mttii,gencer.
NAPOLEON.


recently published by his Snn, w
l. W. I"NE. gives 40 just and i'm
partial a Portrait Of NAPOLEON 30
NAPARTE. aud of a part of the eau
ses that pre-, ented the success of the
United lrishmeu. in ctfreting The
Revolution 0t ireland. at that disas-
trons period. 10 which those Me
moIrs refer. that We doubt not us
aCCcptablehess 10 our readers
In order 10 give a clear and full
narrative Of the third and last cx-
petition lnr the delivcranee of Ire
land, il will be necessary 10 ascend
somewhat higher. When Garnet.
the only able and honest man in the
Councils of the Directory. MAS pro
sCribrd. and when General Hoche
died. the friends of Revolution IN
thai Island lost every chance Of as
slstanCe from France. Those two
great statesmen and warriors. "a, n
est IN the cause, of which the, per-
ccivcd the full importance to the IN
terests Of their country. and Ia the
extension Of Republican principles.
had planned the expeditions of
Bantry Bay, aud Of the Iexel. on
the largest and most effective scale
which the Naval resources of
France and Holland could afford.
The former failed. partly by the mis-
conduct Of the Navy, aud partly by
the indecisinn of Grouchy. OF that
honest but wasering man who twice
held the fate Of Europe in his hands
at BaDtry Bay aud al Waterloo
arid twice lei il slip through them.
from want OF resolution. The Sc
cond failed only through the fault of
the elements.
On the death of General Hoche.
the French Government recalled.
10 succeed him, the most illustr,ons
of their warriors /; he who afterwards
welded the destinies ri Europe, u
vino then. under the name nj Gencr-
al Buonaparte, n was already ac-
knovl led red the first commander of
the age land yet it was an age fer
tile in great chiefs. But he who,
before the age OF thirty, had already
achieved the immortal campaigns
of Italy subdued that beautiful coun-
try founded one republic. (the Cis-
alpiue) and extinguished another.
(Venice ) BUNDLED the power of
Austri1, and compelled her. by his
private authority, I to liberate LA
tayette from the dungeons of 0lmutz.
and acknowledge the French Re-
public by the treaty Of Campo For
MIC, WAS more than mere Gene
raj. 1t is, however, with extreme
reluctance that feel myself called
upon. by the nature Vt my sub t.
to point ont any errors in the con
duct OF the sovereign. Chief. and
benetactor. under whom bore my
first arms and received my first
wounds ;of him who decorated me
with the insignia of the Legion OF
honor, and whom served with
constant fidelity and de, otion II the
last moment of his reign. Bat the
imperious voice of truth compeIs
me to attribute 10 the influence and
prejudices 81 General Bnonaparte,
at that period, the prime cause Of the
failure of the third expedition for
the liberation of Ireland.
The loss of HoChe was irrepara-
BILE To the Irish cause. Although
he died in The prime 1T his youth
and his deeds. eclipsed by those Of
his still greater rival. are INV near
Iy forgotten-at that period. they
were competitors in glory, and for
med two opposite parties in the ar
my. The Generals and officers of
the two Schools continued for a
*The petty and impotent malice Of
that great mans adversaries was We
ry unlucky in the choice of he nick
names by which they chose to call
him. When the English would on
/ ~ address the Royal prisoner. whose
title they had fully acknowledged.
in the Conferences of Cbatillon, by
the appcllation of General Buona-
partc. they gave him the most Illus
trious name which appears on the
pages of history, from the days Of
antiquity, and one which sbincS.
perhaps, with purer fustre than that
of the Emperor Napoleon. When
tho French Royalists pretended that
Nicholas, and not Napoleon, was
his rcAl name, they were probably
ignorant that the meaning Of the
word, in Greek is derived from
Victory.
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