Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-03
FOR THE NATloS,L GAZETTE.
Parallel 6elCeea Washington amt Nopo
leon.


From the French Of Chateaubriand
At the neriod Of my arrival al Phtaoeiphla'
General Washington was absent from '"a' C''
~. was constrained To Walt Tor MN during !
f,r,n,gLt. after the lapse of which time he Re-
turned | saw him passing IN carr'as''
viii, led rapidly along by four spirited horses,
under g. CT r,in
According to nv ideas, Washington was
NECESSARILY annrh r CnCinnatus; but Cincln>
mans in carriage rather deranged my repuo>
lie ortte year Of Rome 296. Could the dlc'a''
or Warrington BE- other than countryman
ouickenine his oxen with the goad, and su'd-
ing the motions Of his plough! But wheh
went TO deliver my letter oil recommendation
70 this prra, man, found again The simplicity
Of the ancient Roman.
\ small dwelling in the English style, SINH
lar n every respect 10 the surrounding houses,
was the 4lace Of the President OF The On''ed
SIS: i, vas distinguished nom The others by
Nh, at, ndance OF no qua s. and not wen by
valet, knocked, Young serving maid o?-
eneG he door To my question ii he Gene
al vas within, she replied IN the afh:ma'V''
then telling her that | had letter TO pace I'D
h hands, she inquired my name, whlch oeihS
difficult 70 pronounce in EnShsh, she cow, -,
not retain She then quietly said TO me, W ak
ed me 10 await thu entrance of the general.
was not agitatFd. Grandeur, whether Of
soul or fortune, has NJ imposing effect upon
me: nv admiration Of the first is unmingled
with awe; the second is 10 Inc rather an object
OF pity than respect Never shall Tie face OF
man excite troubl in my breast
Several minu'es having elapsed, the general
made his Appearance He was OF lofty stature,
with calm and cold, rather than noble air:
his portraits bear. striking resemblance 10
him 1 presen'sd my letter in silence; he
opened It, glanced his eye al The signatur-, and
exclaimed in loud voice, Colonel Armand I"
j was thus that the Marquis de Ia Rona,ic had
signed himself, and was dtnominatcd by The
general
We took srats, and explained to him as
We'll rs could, III motive of my vusage. He
an >w"red in FIR nch or English monosyllables,
aud LIS ened TO me with a sort &c establishment.
Prrcelving this said 10 him with some de-
gree OF 'isacty. But it is less difficult, 10 dis
cover he northwest passage, than to create, a.
you have done, peoplr." swell, wei, Young
mar! he replied, and extended towards me
his Tand At my departure, he gave mr. an
Invitation to dine with him on the following
day.
Twas faithful to the rendezvous: i'm a short
time about bve or six guests were assembl, d.
ne french revolution was almost the only
topic of conversation The General showed
Us one OF the keys OF the Bastile, which were
distributed az that time IN the two World,
bat were rather silly sort o. toy. If Wash
lngton had heheld the CoHquerors of he Bas-
tie, in the kennt IS Of Paris, as did, his faith
Ia the relic would have b, en- somewhat dimi,
nished. These saneuinary orgies were not the
m'rks OF the strength and g. avity Of the revo>
luton. AT the time OF the Revocation of the
Ef,ct of Ntn'z, in 1885 the same populace Of
the FaIxboure ain,>Antoine demolished the
protestant temple at Charen,on with as great
zeal ~ that which afterwards Influenced them
to destroy the church Of ST. Denis, in The year
1898
- eli the table Of my host at O'Clock in the
e,enng,-he depar,,d the 1t morning from
I'll" city for the country, and / set GU, to pro-
srcn'e my journey.
Such was my meeting with the man who |
had ehtranc hised an entire world Washiny>
ton was ga'hered to th' tomb, before any re- |
nown followed my footsteps; passed before
hin' as an unknown individual; he was then at
the acme OF his glory, and in the mids, of nv
obscuritv. One day perhaps was sufficient to
obiIte' ate my name from his memory. Ham
py, nevertheless, hat his eyr> had once fallen
upon me, the remembrance Of I a, circumstance
has warmed my breast through The whole
course Of my life, for III re is virtue in ,br
looks Of truly great man.
> ! lf'erwards saw Buonaparte, and thus nv
the favour of Providence, had The soud for