The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-05

aoNApARTE. WELLINGTON, NELSON,
-, !. Remarks on the Character Of NoPoteon =
po,,g1nrfe n-puJiisaed IN the Gu. E1on'i"ef.
,I,na Greatness of the warrior is poor ana J
1o,v compared with the magaaninity % ;
,,;rtre Il vanishes before the greatness % /
,,rircinle. The martyr to hnmaua'y' "
frecdom. or religion; the unshrlhsing "u
- &c aospIsed and deserted truth
- .lone uns,lrported and scorheu' WIN
800 '.,s,d n inflse into him courage, no
no - objects to draw his thoughts
f.ar, himself. no opportunity OF enort OF
;r,anca 10 rouse and nourlsh energy, |
It'll Yields himself calmly, resolutely' with
;ny;ncihle philanthropy, to bear prolonged
md exquisite suffering, which one retiacl-
mr. word miuht remove such man Is as
s,,narior to the warrior, as the tlanquii anu
.honndless heavens above us, 10 the AZ"
eartb we tread beneath our feet:
We have spoken of the energies % m ml,.a
called forth bv war. Ii we may pe aiio"
ed short DEPRESSION, which, noMe, ~
bears directly on our man suoJes'' III ia
,.,;l;tar1 talent. even of the highest order,
IS far from holding the first place among
intellectual endowments. 1t is one OF the
l.,.s,.sl. farns of genius; for 1t is not con-
iects IF thought. we anV's>siAast OH
which takes in wide country at glance,
and understands almost by intuition the
positions it affords for successful cam
paign is a comprehensive and vigorous Que.
The general who disposes his forces so as
TO counteract greater force; who supplies
by skill, science and genius, the want OF
numbers: who dives into the counsels OF
4 anil
success to a vast sphere of operations, IN
the midst of casualties and INSTRUCTIONS
which no wisdom could foresee, manifests
great power But still the chief work of a
general is to apply physical force; to re-
move physical distractions; to avail HIM
self of physical aids and advantages to
act on matter to overcome rivers, ram
parts mountains, and human muscles: and
these are not the highest objects OF mind,
nor do thew demand intelligence of the
highest order; and accordingly nothing is
more common than to find men, eminent in
this department, who are almost wholly
wanting in the noblest energies Of the
soul; in imagination and taste, in the ca
pacity of enjoying works Of genius, in
large views of human nature In the moral
sciences, in the application OF analysis and
generalization to the human mind and to
society, and IN original conceptions on the
great subjects which have absorbed the
most glorious understandings. The Office
of great general does not differ widely
from that Of great mechanician, whose
business it is to frame new combinations Of
physical forces, to adapt them to new cir
cumstances, and to remove new obstruc-
tions. Accordingly great generals, away
from the camp, are commonly no greater
men than the mechanleian taken from his
workshop. In conversation they ale often
dull Works of profound thinking on gen
cral and great topics they cannot compre
bend. The conqueror of Napoleon, the
hero Of Waterloo, undoubtedly possesses
great military talents; but we have never
heard of his eloguence in the senate, or of
his sagacitY IN the cabinet; and we ven
great themes, on which the genus OF
!. philosophy and legislature has mediated
for ages. We will not go down for illus
tration TO such men as Nelson, a man great
on the deck, but debased by gross vices.
AMI who never pretended to enlargement
of intellect. To institute comparison in
point of talent and genius between such
men and Milton, Bacon, and Shakespeare,
is almost an insult on these illustrious
names. Who can think of these truly
great lnteiiIgences OF the range of their
minds through heaven and earth of their
deep Intuition into the soul of their new
and glowing combinations of thought of
The energy with which they grasped and
subjected to their main purpose, the Infinite
materials of illustration which nature and
life afford; who can think of the forms of
transcendent beauty and grandeur which
they created, or which were rather ema-
nations of their own minds of the calm
wisdom and feryid impetuous imagination
which they conjoined; of the dominion
which they have exerted over so many gen
erations, and which time only extends and
makes sure; of the voice of power, in which. !
though dead, they still speak to nations |
and awaken intellect, sensibility and rem
Jus in both hemispheres who can think of
such men, and not feel the immense inferi- I
ority of the most gifted warrior, whose ell 1
ements of thought are physical forces and
physical distractions, and whose employ
ment is the combination of the lowest class
OF objects, on which powerful mind can
be employed!
GERMANY.
The following brief notices of several of
the continental capitals, are taken from a