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AAAltI INV ONSH Sl'tl uNtO z
Iim.-IhcI. w':h lis unif,rm ri&dled will
bullets. and lis face singed and BACKED
with powder, he marched on foot with drawn
sabre at tie head ofhis men. In vain die
the artillery hurl its storm Of fire and lead
into that living mass. Up to the very muz-
zies they pessed, and driving the artillery
men from their own pieces pushed on
s,rougl, :ae English lines. But at TIA,
%.no!nen, a Tile of soldiers who had lain flat
on the ground, behind a low ridge of earth.
suddenly rnse AMI poured a vniiey IN Their
faces. Another and another followed till
ono broad sheet Of flame rolled on their Dos
SONS, AMI iii slcl j fierce and unexpected
dow, t:Iat no Human COURAGE could with
stand i:.-Thry recled, shook, staggered
back, tn@n!nrnca and lied. Ney was borne
b.ck j., lrr r~,iur;,t ;idc, and hurled over
the i.!d. but for the crowd Of fugitive,
t'.ati,rrcd i'm on. he would have stnod alon,
mi f,ilsI in !Ms footsteps. As it was, DIS
iaimins to :y, though the whole army wa
lying, he fOrm"! hi men into two immcRs
squares, and endSavnrcd to STEM the terrifir
C rEr"nt. aal would have done 80, had it no
been for the thirty thousani fresh Pru<siar'
that pressed on his exhausted ranks. For q
long time the squares stood and let t: = -
i~tii!ery plough through them. Bat the 1T
Of Napoleon was writ, and thong, =.
doubtless did what 10 rther man in the q, ~.
could have done, tue decree could not %
reversed. The star that had blazed 50
brightly over the world went down in blood
and the ssbravest of the brave" had fought
his last battle. 1t was worthy Of lis great
name, and the charge Of the Old Guard al
Waterloo, with him al their head, will be
pointed to by remot,St generations with a
siuidcr.
! We now conc to the "xpiation u! his
treason BY apuhlic execution. The tl!'s,
after they assembled in Pirs, demanded
some victim to apprase their anger. N1n>
were selected, but better counsr..s prevaI'e
and Trey were saved. Ncy was a prom
ncut example; h. had routed their arm'"'
too frequently ani too nearly wreSte' taer
crowns from them at Waterloo, to be for
riven. II W IS intended at first to try hin
by martial law, but the Mar,hals Of France
refused TO sit in Judgment o" so brave, gen
erors, and heroic a warrior. BY a roya
ordinance, the Chamber of Peers was t!'er
directed to try him. Scorning to take ad
vantage of anv tecanicaliticS Oflaw, he Wa
,spcedii, found guilty and condemned t.
death, bv a majority Of a hundred and iity'
two. Seventeen only were found to vote IL
; his favor That he was guilty OF Treason
in the charge, is evident, but not TO that cx
tent, which demanded his death. No maj
had dane more for France than he, or loveG
! her honor and glory with a higher atrc
ton; and lis iCno:sinio;s death Is a ias''r
T d.s1racet TO the French nation. Justice W.
a the crcuse not the grand Of his c"ndem
= nathan. To!,ave carried ont the princIp.
on w;;icl, his sentence was based, woul
: have en!edin public mlsSacre. Ney an
d Labedovre were the only victims offered "
.4ts apprase a unjust Hatred. Besides NeS
q ncrs y was sacred under a solemn treat
p ria: W.%:r-trn had imseIf made. One
t;r ,~r.i.,..G IF that treaty, expressly d'ci"'
ct.i .,.! mo person s:'ouId be mo!ested T.
i =; ,~,,:,i..l conduct during the hu dr.
a!:;ms." "a such COL iitions WIS Paris 81
4 ,.;,t.r,.L, and there never was a more -
&. ,r.nt violation of national honor tlan Il
It rial nfNe;. TIE whole affair, from brgl
c ,,;uo to end, WIS q deliberate nuTcrr."i
n. united firm feelings Of revenge alone. ~
i ,o,eon never did 50 base All act l" Il q"
to and on wcliiagton's forehead is 4 'a. :!
Mt si,aIl grow darker with tiT'' ""' -
4 many a curse to be mutteIed over" ~ @i1'
rs lie should have int"rfercd to have s.
O. 90 gallant an enemy at the hazard oil us 3,
70. INIT he let his honor go down before !
ri. cIamor of vindictive entmlts, ond rec"
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