Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-04

victories, but witbou, being able to INSURE cores
pondina advantages. This may have been in
/ great measure occasioned by the dependence IN
which the generals were held by the v,rions adj
minisirs,ors OF The republic at home "a dependence
accounted for by the .iiy of having recourse
10 the government at Paris for the means If pay =
ing and supporting their armies. From the time
'ha' Napoieon passed the Alps, lie inverted this
slate or military dependence, and made the newly
conquered countries not only maintain the al IN by
means oil contributions and ronfi-carions, but even
contribn,e TO support the French Goysrnment.-
ihus war, which had hitherto hsen a burlhen TO
me republic, became in his hands source Of pub
nc revenue; Wills, the youthful General. contii-
outing 10 The ineome OF the stste, which his
predecessors had been dependent, was enabled to
assert the Independence at hicb he speedily aimed,
a"d correspond with the Directory u, on footing
approaching to equality. Ills talents soldier,
aho r'uauon al victorious general, soon Iaised
him from equality to pre-eninence.
ihese talents applied not less TO the general ar
Engagements OF the Campaign, than to the drposi-
lions Tor actual battle. la each Of these great de
psrments of way, NAPOLEON was not merely pu-
pii OF the most approved masters of the he
was an imIrover, an nnoystor, and an inventor
In strategic, he applied upon gigantic scale those
principles which Frederick OF Prussia had acted up
on, and gained cal i;al kingdom, when Fir
TICK would have won 4 town or province
his system was Of course, that of assembling the
greates, possible force of his own upon the vul-
herabe point OF the enemy'- position, parai, zing
perhaps, two paris OF their eTmy, whilst he cut
lie third TO PIECES, and then following up his no
sl'ion by destroying The remainder in detail For
this purpose, he taught generals 10 divide their ar
mics upon the march, with view TO relefi,y OF
movement, and facility OF supply, and 10 unite
them at the moment of contest, where "a attack
would be mott feebly resisted, because least ex
pected For this, also, lac first threw aside all
species OF baggage which could possibly he dis
kyf ssat,lia al
the contributions exacted om the country, or coll
ected iroID individuals by irregular system of ma
rauulnS-di-coDtinued the use OF tents and trns,-
ed 10 bivouackiDg wi h his soldiers where hau,Ie,s
could not be found, and there was no lime TO erect
huts HIS sysem runous in point of lives
Tor even The military hospitals ere often li.pens-
cd with. But although MOreau termed Napoleo
eonqueror at the rate of ten thousand meD a.
day, yet The sacrfce for length OF time uniforms
Iy attained the object for which it was designed
lhe enemy who had remained in their extensive
canionmenls, distracted By the reports of various
Columns moving in different diIscions, were sur
prised and defeated 10y the united force of the
french, which had formed junction where snd
when 1t wac least expected. ii was not TIL ,hey
had learned the art Of Withdrawing from Lis st-
tack so soon made, that the allies learned TO de
feat the efforts .. his Mo cable columns
Napoleon was moi less original as tsciciap than
as s'rateSst. His manosuvres on the field Of
battle had The pI omptness and decision of the thun
derbot. In the actual shock Of coaa.ct, as il the
preparations which he had made for bringing il on
ms object was 10 ainuse the enemy upoa many
points, while he oppressed one By an unexp &c. Cd
iOIee OF numbers. The breaking through he line
the turning oil flank, which he'd been his object
from the commencement of the fight, lay usually
disguised under greater number of previous de-
mon -trations, and was not attempted untl 10th tie
moral and physical force OF ths enemy was in nj,
ed by the length OF The combat. Il was al this
s.orT \ 81 L.. -,
tieut OF inactivity, had been held 10 readiness for
hours, and now. sprinei"g forward Ike wo!!-Gcss
from the leash, bad the glorious task In which they
rarely i-:!ed, OF deeiding7he long sustained con
EST. 1t may be added, cbasaci esisc of his
tactics, thai lie preferred employing ile order Of
me column to that OF the line, perbaps account
OF the faith which he might rest in The extreme
valour of the French officers by whom the column
was headed.
The interest which Napoleon preserved in the
French soldiers affection by fJeqien, disfrhr.o,
ct prizes and distinctions, he well a. rs his fami-
ar notice OF their persons, and attending 10 their
wants, Joined to his Possession of sbsoue aud IN
dependent command, rendered ii no difficult mat
ter tor him to secure their supper; in the reyou ion
oil the eighteenth Brumsire, and in placing him al
the head OF affairs. Most part OF the nation were
heartily tired by this time the coniinual, gnsei-
tied state oil the government, and the various chan.
yes which IL had eXPer enced from The yisonary
bloody ferocy OF the Jocobins, the sordid and
undecided versatility aud i!nbeciiy Of he Direeto-
Tyi and the nation la general de ired settled form
OF government, which, if less free should be more
Stable npduration, and better calculated 10 assure
70 individuals the protection OF property and OF
personal freedom, than those WHICH had FOLLOWED
the downfall of monarchy. a successful general
OF Character more timId than that If Napoleon
might have attempted the restoration Of The Bouf.
bons. Bu Napoleon lor esaw the difficulties which
would occur by an attempt to reconcile the recall
OF the efnigrsnts 10 the assurance OF the nsfion
sales, and aptly Concluded tina, the parties which
tore Franceto pieces, would he most readily smsI
gaDaied together under the autboiiiy Of one - no
was IN great measure a stranger to them all.
Arrived attbe possession OF supreme power. &
height that dazzies aud coniounds 20 many, Nspo.
leon seemed only TO occupy The siaIon for winch
he was born, TO which his peculiar rouers sdspt-
ID him, snd bt- brilliant career OF success gave
Im, under all circumstances, ia esIslible Claim
he continued, tbei eiore, with calm mind and en-
iisbiened wisdom, TO consider tie mems OF rene
drrlng bis power stable of destroying the republi
cen impulse, and establishing monsrchy, Of ~ hif
he destined himself 70 he the monarch. 80 most
men the attempt TO revive, in igyour Of a military
adventure, form Of government, Which bad
been rejected By what seemed the voice Of the ma
ZION wiih universal acclaim, would have seemed
an act Of desperation. The pagtizans OF The Re-
puoIc ere able statesmen. and men Of eipcdor
talent, sccu-toned s.so o. rule e fierce
cy, aud organize those Inirigues, winch hal over
thrown crown and alter. IL was bstdly to be
supposed that such men would, 81 ere ittut 70,
sbamss sake, have seen. their zen years' isbuur at
once swept away by tue sword oil young though
successful genea
But Napoleon knew himself and hem. end fell
the confidence tina, those who bsd been .sroci.fe.
IN the power acquired by former fsvo.ntioos.
must be now content 10 sink iafo the instruments