The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-16
From the Neac York Sentinel.
THE DAZZLE OF WAR.

From the Neac York Sentinel
THE DAZZLE OF WAR.
If there be any thing that blinds and dazzles
| the eyes of the understanding-that turni
mems heads, and obscures their judgments-it
is the catching spirit of martial glory AS the
drum "a fit emblem of the spirit it is employed
TO rouse) browns every sound around t-ay
even'the groans of slaughtered thousands as
they fall-so does the military rage overpower
the voice OF common sense, and even deaden
perception of the thousand dang ers and miser.
les that follow in its train
The lmbecie tyranny of the witIess Bcurbons
carried with 1t its own antid ote. Not so the
! splendid vices ofthe CorsIcan ChIeftan Even
those who surrounded him-who saw him cold
~ throw his own glory into one scale and the
lives and well-being of millions into the other
and knew that the lives andwell .beingof millions
outwelghed not, in the scale of his selfishness.
even that bubble reputation which was wreck
ed at last in Russia-even they his intimates
his tools, hated him not. Nay, they loved. thew
admired him. Despite of selfishness, heartless.
ness, cold ambition, naughty disdain, they low
| ed and admired him.
| AS an example of the strange infatu alton
which attracted these poor victims the idol,
| IKE the moth to the scorching candle, or the
| fascinated bird to the devouring serpent, we
may quote the following extract from the
journal of one of his officers. A Charles Capet
is helper in the great cause of human improve
ment tor he brings tyranny into merited con-
tempt Napolean Bonaparte is its deadliest
enemy, toi he dresses up the Moloch of des-
majesty until the blinded nations fall down and
worship him. Here is the extract:
!" He has ruined us-he has destroyed France
and himself yet love him still 1t is i'm
J frh a nd ho
has SO much greatness of soul-such majesty
of manner. He bewitches all minds approach
him with thousand preiudlccs, and you quit
him filed with admiration: but then, his mad
ambition. his ruinous infatuation mis- obsiina.
cy without bounds Besides, he was wont TO
set every thing upon a cast his game was all
! or nothing Even the battle of Waterloo might
! have been retrieved, had he not charged with
| the Guard. This was the reserve of the army :,
and should have been employed in covering his
retreat instead Of attacking but, with him,
whenever matters looked desperate he resem-
bled mad dog. He harangues the Guard
he put himself at its head-it debauches rapid
| ly--it rushes upon the enemy. We are moved
down bv grape-we waver-turn our backs
and the route is complete. A general disor-
| ganizaton of the army ensues, and Napolean
I returned 70 himself, is cold as stone. The
last time ever saw him was in returning from
the charge, when all was lost. My thigh had
been broken by musket shot in advancing,
and | remained in the rear, extended on the
ground Napolean passed close to me his
nose was buried in his snuff.bo and his bride
fell loosely on the neck of his horse, which
was pacing leisurely along. A Scotch regi-
ment was advancing at the charge in the dis
lance. The Emperor was almost alone. Lal.
leonardo only was with him. The latter still
| &C. ot civ oil ic nf
rally, soldiers rallyi !" The Emperor rcplinC
not Word Lallcmande recognizes me ir
passing. What ails you, Raoul :" Ny
thigh is shattered by musket ball" !" Poo
devil, how l pity you how pity you Adler
-adieu !" The Emperor uttered not a aUord.'
ANECDoTE. A gentleman from Carolina re-
Gently giving us descriptions of the state OF
military tactics at the south, said that a captain
one day exercised bis men on point of land
at the junction of two rivers Instead of the
usual direction to front, he said, " Soldiers
stand with your faces to the Congaree, and
your backs to the Saluda?" Another captain
ordered his men TO &c ob-li-que to the left .
That isn't right, Captain" cried man in the
ranks, 1" it is obiiqae" "Do you think don t
li-que in my ook."-Lynn Mirror.
CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL. It'll quite anus
ing to hear small beer" politicians discuss
the cOnStitutionaiity of the late proceeding of
the Chief Justice Of the supreme court Indi-
viduas who never looked into law book, UNI
less to see how far they might proceed in SIAN
derous imputations with impunity, pronounce
upon the legality Of the measure, as calmly as
ifclad in ermine; and it would be as difficult to
induce them to believe they might be mistaken
as to propel steamboat with the tails of light.
ming .bugs.-Froderiekto Herald.
| IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE. One John w
Perry, citizen in the county Of Gibbs, in Ten
uessee, has presented petition to Congress.
! which sets forth that his coniugal adjunct
| having recently presented him with tire,
children at birth, named Washington, Lafay
cite, and Jackson Perry, he desires an appro
priatiOn of a tract of land from government, fo
his unparalleled exertions in the increase of sta
tistical matter. He furthermore sets forth, tina
besides his last addition he has large famil,
of children that he is poor, but rerv indus
triouS; and'throws himself upon the generosity
Of the government.--BoSton Gazette.
The Adjutant General of New York nc
knowedges the the receipt Of .Gfty one dollar.
from some unknown person, enclosed in note
containing the following words -" Duo fo
Military Fines, evaded by illegal excuses"