Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-19


In,.s.ks sa,iatcd with victory. desired
- p. "a Npon un hundred fields he hao
A.bossd, aud tie eagles Of the Republic.
bessual and the Empire, for all these
z Wffr< France had undergone within 4
fa sNzpace of time, had SWEPT through
-~xydrope, and had been planted in triumph
upon her proudest capitals. Kings were
his subiects-thrones his p!aythipgs. Am.
bi,ion, which inspired his thoughts and
ruled his every action, from the time OF
ouellins the revo.s of ,Saa Secl'ons in Paris,
and OF The terrible passage Of the bridge Of
Lodi. lad changed. and the great Captain,
tired OF war, aimed at making the rame OF
France famous III Pence, as his genius had
made her famed in war Tired Of strife,
and sickened with the blood which had
-wa,ered many fields, Napoleon sighed for
peace. ybu, it came not. Asiance after
alliance had been formed against him
army after army had been levied to pros
,rate the pebian Emperor, but still his
keen foresight, his courage and bis skill,
dissolved them by driving their shattered
aud broken cohorts before him.
< Europe, too, needed repose! Her best
and noblest blood had been shed--her
finest fields and provinces devastaied-her
treasury exhausted, in warning against
this child Of destiny, but peace she could
no, have, for they who ruled Europe, as
thew now would rule the world, forbade it.
England and Russia, the ono claiming to
be the most free and most Republican Of
all the Monarchial Governments Of the
world, the other acknowledged despolism,
had struck hands, and each to the other
was pledged that long as Napoleon lived
and ruled France, so long should Europe
be conyulsed, and SO long should the war
continue, and those nations careless in the
observance of plighted faith, as ready to
break as to make treatise, and never allow.
ing honor to stand in the way of aggran-
dizement or interest, kept that faith in good
part. War had ragged, and though heta-
combs ofsslain had been heaped up, still
mus. war continue, for England, in con-
quest brooked no rival-no 'robber hand
but hers was allowed to devastate and ID
conquer provinces, and Russia knew that
Napoleon was pledged to restore Poland TO
her original limits and to give her again a
name and standing among the nations of
the earth. +
Finding his plans for peace thwar.ed by
England and Russia, Napoleon resolved to
strike blow upon one or the other Of these
powers which would cripple them. and this
became the master passiop of his mind -
For time it was doubtful against which
the first blow was 10 be struck. England
saw, and with alarm, large naval arma.
nent collected at Toulton. and her every
energy was strained to avert the threatened
invasion.
: Upon the borders of Russia an army was
collected, led by the Generals, who revolve
around the larger planet, each a world
ITSELF yet small in comparison to the great
or5 around which 1t circled. From all
parts of Germany, there was moving OF
troops to the Oder. The Poles rallied
under the standard Of the brave and chival-
rous Poniatawski-the brave Euglne led
on his host Of Italians, and its thousands
formed an army; and Ney, Victor, Davou.f'
81. Cyr, and Oudinot were there, with their
lsgioas, who formed an army Of three hun