Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-09-04
From London Paper.
OF THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO.

| loo, was celebrated in this town and
throughout the country with the usual
honors. The bells rung, the canEonI
thundcred, and the veterans who bore
part in that famous deed of arms, assem-
bled to congratulate each other on the
result of the memorable contest. In the
metropolis, besides the usual marks Of
rcjoic ing, the C"nqueror of Napoleon
himself teasicd his most disting uished
companions in arms, and the King hon
ored the day and the men by sharing the
banquet.
N Nineteen years have now elapsed,
since the reign of Hundred Days was
terminated by the Battle of Waterloo. =
How great and numerous are the chan
yes which have occurred within that Pc
riod and how diversified have been the
lates OF the princi pal actors in that san
culinary drama! -
1 Napoleon, the Conqueror of MarengoI
Jena, and Boredlno-the victor in fifty
pitched battles-the maker and deposer
of kings-the founder and destroyer of
J, dynastIes--the creator and subvertor of
empires-le who swept over Europe
Ill @ a whirlwind, bending or breaking
all who dared to resist his course-lies
thousands Of miles from the realm which
he ruled, and the continent which he des-
olated, buried beneath the willow Of St.
: Helena!-His son, once to all appear
ance destined to command upwards of
fifty millions Of men, cut off in the ilow-
= er of his age, reposes on the banks of the
Danube! His brothers, the former mon
arch of Spain, Westphalia, Holland land
Naples, still lives as exies from the
countries in which they once reigned
!, Noy, the bravest Of the brave, has per-
= ishcd beneath the bullets of comrades :;
S Davoust and Massena have died, like
> their imperial master, in their beds, and
= gone to give an account of their sangui-
nary career; whilst fourth, and per.
haps the greatest of all Napoleon's mar.
shaIs, the Duke of Dalmatia, not only
"a survives, but survives as the actual gov
1t error of France, and the minister OF ano-
a ther dynasty!
;. Turning from the Conqueror of the
; World, and his adherents, to their con.
d queror, how strange are the yicissitudes
n through which he passed! After years
d of retirement, we have seen him raised
;, to the highest power which British sub
i ject can attain-we have seen him dis.
,r appoint the hopes of his friends, and full
N fill the desires of his political enemies
l. we have seen him surrender relig lou:
freedom TO the spirit of the age-wt
- have seen hlm fall by refusing to ad
i. vance with the people-and we now SCI
him vainly bufletting against the strean
which is carrying society forward! Hi
future fate we do not venture to guess
Napoleon, when at ST. Helena, attribu.
ted his fall to his having resisted the
spirit of the age. May Napoleon's con
queror never have cause to utter a slmi
lar lamentatlon!
But the changes, which have takel
place in the political relations establish
T ed by the Battle of Waterloo, are, if pos
i'll sble, even more strange than the vicis
STUDIES which have occurred in the live
of those by whom that Battle was lost u
won.
The elder branch Of the Bourbons
no twice restored, have for the third tim
of been chased from the Throne, whic
rs, they had disgraced by their bigotry, an
U.s. lost by their ignorance. Louis XVIII
= is in his grave; Charles X, and his de
scendants driven into exile, depend o.
le the protection of Austria. The eide
es branch of the Bourbons was re-estab
r lished by the overthrow of Napoleon
ee and fell, like Napoleon, by opposing tn
a spirit of the age! Another warning t
,g all survivors.
&c The Tories of England, raised to tn
&c highest pitch Of authority and ntluenc
by the victor of Waterloo, have talle
like the Bourbons, and precisely by tn
same cause which destroyed both Ma
polcon and the Bourbons.
Iu- France and England, the ancient, an
e e. according to the Tories, the 'natural
ab enemies of each other, are firmly unite
Iy- in political friendship.
nd Freedom has triumphed in both ,h
OK kingdoms of the Peninsula.
mo The ill-latcd union of Holland and BE
ers gium, has been broken up.
10. "Peacc has its triumphs, too, as we
"s rs war!"-And these are the triumph
of Peace and of Freedom. The Battl
of Waterloo will be remembered through
out all ages, os a great feat OF arms, al
as the event which overthrow horrib
d. system of military despotism but its II
To- ilucnce in propping up arls,ocratic al
on rcgal tyrauuy. IS rapidly diving ava,