Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-24

Polish nobes and (Stanislaus Lecznski youth like
himse to king and the submissive Polish Diet
echoes the Of the foreign and youthful monarch and
the pageant Sansaus stalks king Proud ofhis work. the
conqueror enters Germany, encamps at Alanstad from
whence his heard and obeyed the Alexander
of the North.
Well may we pause and reflect on the fact that Charles
Kill in 1907 only twenty-five years of age, in his camp
Aransiad had gained of power far above any
other of the age who perhaps Alexander of Ma
cedon excepted existed in Europe John, Duke Of
Marlborough crowned with renown, amongst the
many who gladly propitated his power. The
then going between France and the Allied Powers against
her the Rhine. The young king, with sixty thousand
veterans Injured and familiar with victory, had only
will to decide the contest or TO force conciatory peace
similar that of Westphalia, and have his placed
amongst the benefactors of his
The path of grandeur lay open before him-bu it
opened begung prospect his nature Revenge for fan
ced injury possessed his whose SOUL and Peter of Russia
be dethoned and early in l70s this dominant conque
followed by $4,000 men, brisng in brass and scarlet
led the Dneper into Russia barren victory open
ed desolate and gloomy country And why is but vaguely
if all known Charles led his army towards Moscow but
down the Dnepe and the most intense winter of which his
tory has left he records, spent by this devoted
and army in barbarous country and rude climate, awaiting
the stroke Of fate in the ensuing That stroke came;
and the dominant conqueo the dposer of and
scepres the heart of BRASS which the of millions
could not produce thrill, fugitive amongst Mahome
tans. Five years of exile SPENT not in rejecting how
mad had prosperity and been wasted but in schemes
still insane return Christendom and the
carnage and ruin which had been his wild mag
naton only suspended One object Of deadly hate Peter Of
Russia, haunted the day and night visions of this scouge of
his fellows At length, escaping from his long exile find
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and inhumanty of his former No. not in the smallest
degree The Charles Of l7l4, in mind, the Charles of
1902, the Charles of 1909, and remained in life still four
years, to and distract his country until the
destructive victim of his folly laid low Fredercks-
hall, by random ball. and left might say
ing But is not thus to be warned Nations be-
wiser before they from the vsatoas of such
agents of misery is said nations scouge for their
crimes but ignorance and serviy make them ministers Of
wrath in the hands Of such as Charles Of Sweden.
Europe fostering with the accumulated moral and political
malades of ages engendeed towards the end of last century
revolution which ignorance attributed individual design
and crime but had looked backwards and examined the
history of Europe they would have found that the very agents
they charged with exciting this upheavng of millions were
themselves bubbles flaming and floating lava In this
almost universal Eruption France the the volcano
but In this immense revolution where and when
whose intellectual powers seemed superhuman, Napo
leon himself the greatest effect; still he was an effect
though to the end Of his career, he thought himself
1t may appear presumption to say that Napoleon himself
conceived the basis of his power scanned
the true why he enabled to bear with him millions
of men, sweep kingdoms states and empires why
kings fell PROSTATE before him. and armies composed Of the
bravest troops dry grass before the devoung flame
Had this man, more correctly, could this man have
sured his fortune by the standard Of history, he
have foreseen the of his The falen
dered, idly sacrificed family Of French monarchs the ruin
and exile Of families proved their thousand year titles the
humility of the monachs who admitted his superiority his
bed shared by the daughter of the naughty the
cacies of Euope his glitterng CROWN and in ne
object around, but taught of change and muatonof the
naughty laid low and the humble exalted Butsuch may
again repeat. human destiny, will be
human destiny until NATIONS, and not Monach rulers
and not them unless the body Of mankind become wise
enough to estimate the immensely greater gain of peace
even successful But let for few our
mental eye upon the progress and fall of Napoleon and
to comprehend the which had their deep and wide
spread roots in European society," and which admitted
her supernduced the existence of such phenomenon
may glance upon the general history of Western Europe
Since the Christian era three great systems Of national po
icy have existed and though very definite points Of time
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other down to the present time first the Roman Imperial
rather loosely called Universal empire the second Feudal
and third, Balance Of Power.
When the Romans had established their power the far
greater part of the civilized world and had themselves
submitted to the domination Of man. their empire might
least by comparison be called universal Augustus found
the Romans weary Of civil and by profound system of
policy in leaving the forms and expressions of the Re-
public, stability to the rule of single person. The dark
but able of Tbeus confirmed what his predecessor
had established and left the Imperial rule strongly based to
sink under the anarchy prevailing in the period in which
and fell Cagua Caudius Nero, Gaba, Oho and yitelius
With the reign Of Vespasian shone with the spendor
of fine morning, after empestuous night under Nerva
Trajan Adrian, Antoninus and Marcus Aurelus up to A.
d. $780, under five soveregns, who Individually honora
bic to human nature passed the finest age Rome and
of the finest Of humanity.
With the death Of Marcus Auelus commenced long pc
Rod Of anarchy and confusion marked by short intervals of
prosperity under able monarchs but if carefully review
Roman history from the age of Augustus, and par
tcuary from that Of Marcus Auelus discern the
symptoms political Decline and attribute the short periods
Of apparent health great who from time time
When, however, Rome in the zenith of its power, and
ruled by the most able Of its Emperors great families of
nations deed its power These the Parthans Of Asia
and Teutones, Germans Of Europe The latter had made
themselves felt century before era and the year
OF that period in which dates included DESTROYED
whole Roman army, with their general, Varus. From that
time forward though often defeated the Germans gain
ing in military science, and in about A. d. $40 formed those
leagues yet entirely eaced which changed slowly but