Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-10-01
JAMES NJ MORGAN & BERNHARr HEM,
Miscellaneous.
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Amidst accla,na'ions sha, came from .
human hone R.,Mrspicrre Ind proclaim
ed 'he existence of Dci.v; Cor men
believing or not in God. believed that
tnc worship OF God once established
something Of mercy and good will 10 man
would minelr will, The creed. In ME
presence of the Father, the sons hand
would surely drop the blade lifted
against the brother. t,ut NO: the DE-.
ity proclaimed nv Robespierrc had
brought no mitigation Of crime and
slaughter amongst mankind Like the
god NJ Epicurus. the hcing Rohespierre
could invoke seemed to dis,lain regard
for ,he.-affairs Of earth. And they who
had wept hot tears TO hear the eloquent
periods in which this would be prophet,
this master Of the ceremonies 10 heaven,
introduced the new worship. began now
t. ask themselves whether, indeed. Maxi.
m,'ien Rohcsperrc was the man to he.
stow religion upon the world. Eyo,ist
in every thing. it might be said that
Robespierre sought to turn even the Al.
mighty TO his own. advantage. He. had
inv. ked Heaven 10 crush the Atheists as
poli,ica' enemies, not to curb Atheism as
moral evil
Al thus time Robaspierrc was spcc.a.
Gle absorbing and awfu interest. His
constitution. always sickiy. was sink
ing fas' under his vigilance and his ter
,or He seldom slept, he never reposed.
l'evnured by the acrid humors Of his
system. his face became livid, his ewes
s,reaked Will, blood. Hour after hour
anonymous letters threatened him with
the hand o. the nssassin-conspiraci
gathered rapidly around him. Men, in
significant while Dan,on lived. took the
strength OF dragons from the blood OF
that awful head lie reisncd but By his
hold over the club Of the Jacobins. and
the hearts of the women! A strange
subject for female enthusiasm! bat ,ha.
usually follows power and will. And
there was something, TOO. Of mystery in
this cold. aus,cre being in years.
With the hoary cunning aud hard hear,
Of age; resisting oil temptation. except
that OF governing mankind; shaking Eu.
rope from chamber over a cabinet. ma.
ker's shop
The singular and ruthless dctcrsnina-
ton Of purpose which Ro5espierre had
hitherto shown began to desert him.
His energies, no longer concentrated up
on the downfall OF single rivals. wan
GcroI wild aud indccsivo over that vas,
field Of enml,y and peril, whic!, spread
before his gaze. In proportion as he lost
in vigcr Of action. he improved in elo
quencc Of word. The common horror
in which his character is held, makes us
unjust TO his TALENTS. And il requires all
the charity OF abstract criticism to praise
the orator while sickcning at the man.
5u, It would be difficult TO find any where
in the modern literature OF the ros,rum
finer passages than some Of his PRINCIPAL
speeches contain. The address deliver
ed to the convention in vinAica,ion OF the
Deity. is full OF beauties in language.
and Justice Of thought. Ru, it is natural
that those who read should be SO revoIted
nj The want OF harm nv between The ora
tor md suhiect-al the character OF the
butcher, arroga,ing tina, Of the theolo.
sian--the Nero assuming the Mama
that even the finest passages shock the
moral taste too much to win Justice
from the intellectual Rohespierre sin.
dica,ins, in the midst Of massacre. the
existence ofa God Of mercy. is like our
own Richard Ill issuing his .proclama-
ton agains. vice, after the murder Of his
ncphews. The sentiments protested nv
either may he admirable in themselves.
but they only serve TO deepen the gener
al adherence Of the character they con.
trast. No man ever had SO conp,ete a
Command over an assembly,. from tie
mere force Of mind and thought, as Ro-
bespierre long enjoyed over the Conyen.
lion, and to the last over the Jacobin
Club For, unlike most successful ora.
tors. he owed nothing to physical advan.
tages: wretched raon. ,nenn features,
even The fire ofthe eyes concealed by
glasses. discordan. voice, hoarse and
indistnct III tho low tones, shriII and
grating in the higher, the words and the
thoughts had nothing to set them off n
was this n'as's eioquentia, this faculty 80
prodigiously improved, which helped 10
ruin him; for he was evidently a win
man, andNl like vain men he attached un.
Que lmpcrtsnce to means tina. Obtained
ss'>,'ss> sssns "RP'0uSCs cSs nc would
speak. M would de0dGnce, ,c would
prsye, 10 would trust his cau.e 10 his clio.
quence! lie tho gh' OF words at the mo-
nenfswhen nothing could have saved him
but deeds. And Of all his efforts. never
one equal in eIoquenre to his last speech,
at the conventions! Had it been delivep
ed by man whose history commanded
admiration instead Of loalhing. i, would
have been cited as masterpiece Of lucid
argument, subtle thought, and fiery and
earnest passion; for in words Rob- snie rre
had passion, and mis- cold dogmas rinc
out aseiving principles. But the sniritl
o. the audience was gone, the speech
was GU; Of place and season. 4. ! a..
mon from DR.. Chalmers on the hus,;no..
Is Millions Defence OF UnIicenced Print
ny :" council Of war with the enemy
Al the ga'es-was 2 long trade Of arsu.
men's or complaints 10 an assemble or
men !Xho knew tina, IN six DAYS F,.nce
must bc the executioncr Of Robesn;s -
or hisslave. And the@ time los, - nrs'
pairing the harraugue would haye-mu,
no. whether in words or decd. hi, hour;
'i1as pas,:-lhe sense Of humanity was,
= length awakened, and tho las, Repre- !
sentative OF the populacc fell amidst IT'S
Anpu's and curses to make way Cor the
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