The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06

QuIKoT ADAMS, there Appeared on an
Island in the Mediterranean Sea, a Human
Spirit, newly born, endowed with equal
genius, without the regulating qualities OF
Justice and benevolence which ADAMS pos
sessed in an eminent degree. A like ca
reer opened TO both-Bom like Adams
subject Off King--the child Of more genial
skies, like him, became in early life a pat
riot and citizen Of new and great Re
public. Like ADAMS he lent his service |
TO the State in precocious youth, and in its |
hour Of need, and won its confidence. But
unlike ADAMS he could not wait the dull
delays Of slow and laborious, but sure adj
vancement. lie sought power by the hasty
road that leads through fields Of carnage,
and he became like ADAMS, Supreme
Magistrate, Consul, But there were other
Consuls. He was not content. He thrust
them aside, and was Consul alone. Con-
sular power was too short. He fought new
battles and was Consul for lie. But Pow
er, conlessedly derived from the People,
must be exercised in obedience to their will,
and must be resigned TO them again, at
least in death. He was not content. lie
desolated Europe afresh, subverted the Re
public, imprisoned the Patriarch who presi-
ded over Rome's comprehensive See, and
obliged him TO pour on his head the sacred
oil that made the persons Of Kings d.
vine, and their right to reign indefeasible.
lie was an Emperor. But he saw around
him a mother, brothers and sisters not en-
nobled; whose humble state reminded him,
and the world, that he was born Plebian;
and he had no heir TO wait impatient for the
Imperial Crown. He scomged the earth
again, and again Fortune smiled on him
even in his wild extravagance. lie bestow-
ed Kingdoms and Principaliiies upon his
kindred-put away the devoted wife OF his
youthful days, and another, daughter Of
Hapsburgh's Imperial house. joyfully &C
cepIed his proud alliance. Offspring glad
dened his anxious sight a diadem was pla-
ced on its infant brow, and it received the
homage Of princes. even in its cradle.
Now he was indeed a monarch--a legiti-
mate Monarch-a Monarch by Divine APP.
pOintment-the first Of an endless success.
sion of Monarchs. But there were other
Monarchs who held sway in the Earth
He was not content tie would reign with his
kindred alone. He gathered new and great
er armies, from his own land-(Iom sublu-
gated lands. He called forth the young
and brave-one from every household
from the Pyrenees to the Zuyder Zee-from
yura to the Ocean. He marshalled them
into long and majestic columns, and went
forth to seize that universal dominion which
seemed almost within his grasp. But Am
bition had tempted Fortune too far. The
nations Of the Earth resisted, repealed, pur-
sued. surrounded him. The pageant was
ended. The crown fell from his presnmp-
tuous head. The wife who had welded
him in his pride lorsook him when the hour
Of fear came upon him, His child was
ravished from his sight. His kinsmen were
degTaded to their first Estate, and he was no
longer Emperor. nor Consul, nor General,
nor even a Citizen, but an Exile and a
Prisoner, on lonely Island, in the midst
Of the wild Atlantic. Discomfort attended
him there. The wayward man fretted oui
a few long years Of his yet unbroken man.
hood, looking off at the earliest dawn and
in evenings latest twilight. towards that dis
tant world that had only just eluded hi:
grasp. His heart corroded. Death came
not unlocked for, though il came even theT
unwelcome. He was stretched On his bee
within the fort which constituted his Prison
A few fast and faithful friends stood around
with the guards who Iejoiced that the houl
Of relief from long and wearisone watch
in, was at hand. As his strength WASTED
away, delirium stirred up the brain from it
long and inglorious inactivity The Pa
geant Of Ambition returned. He was agaiT
Lieutenant, General, a Consul, an En-
peror of France. He filled again the thron,
Of Charlemagne. His kindred pressed
around him. again re-invested with the pom
pOus pageantry Of Royalty. The Daugh
ter Of the long line Of Kings again stood
proudly by his side, and the sunny face o.
he Child shone out from beneath the dia
dem that encircled its flowing locks. Tn,
Marshals Of the Empire awaited his com
mand. The legions Of the Old GuarC
were in the field, their SCARED faces reju
venated, and their ranks, lhinned in many
battles, replenished. Russia, Prussia, Aus
tria, Denmark and England, gathered thei
mighty hosts to give him battle. Once
more he mounted his impatient charger, and
rushed forth to conquest. He waved hi
sword aloft and cried "TETE D'ARNEE.
| The feverish vision hroke-the mockery
was ended. The silver cord was loosed
and the warrior fell back upon his bed I
llieless corpse. THIS was the END oil
EARTH. The CoRsIcAS WAS NOT CON
TENT.
STkTEsMES AND CITIZENS The con
trast suggests its own impressive moral.
Ths f.oek Of love.
''Wide-seeing Zeus lookt down; as morlals knew