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gpetlle uftct, wars which dccimated Eu-
rope, aud turned it for 50 many years
sSnto % great charncl house, have to
sshis day III the minds of most men,
/ Ssoscomplctely swallowed up all other
saspnsiicrations, that both are regard
ed as sort Of deadly pestilence, an
earthquake, or volcano, sisnify ins no..
thing but Gods ,ijSplcasure against
linen, and his punishment Of their
+ Atransgressions. Bat no event has
occurred i'll the history of human so.
8cicty, moro necessary to the welfare
sofman than that same revolution, and
sssllD wars were ever wLycd that more
.tircctly or raid!y advanced the
cause OF human lrccllum than those
same wais. The violence OF the one,
anil the protraction and carna &C ot'
l the other, indicated only that tho
evils both were dssiynssz!! - - cure,
8ll;nl been endured too long. The
iron frauc work o! feu,lalis,n hal
sres;e'l SO long i'll its place above the
heals Of the people, that no slow Coz
sltjsioIlor steady roofing power could
Y @aifcctits lirtnness. ~ CONFUSION that
4 should tear and renI ever thing
) Sasunlcr Was needed. 1t was the incvi-
table effect of our declaration Of rights
carried back hy tho French army
(which had served in our rcvolltioua-
rysstruss:e, and uttered aloud in the
s IS ais of des;,otism. Alarmed at this
! rev all sudden birth of the princi.
Side Of freedom i'll their midst, The
kings Of Europ, gathered together
,iii CONSERVATION, to consult how they
s4oould best crush it with bayoucts, and
..slo3. the allied armies moved dJwn
upon the infant republic. France,
Sfs,hi!e & Struggling tor l,rsash in a sea ot
Y her own Llvul,
satcf!Mli,I enc .,s1', SEsss ll''s u Z
,tfoe. Bat witlf~ y
si.agc within, and Europe in arms
( without, there seemed no hope but
the establishment Of the Bourbon
slynasty. Atthis critical period arose
that strange man, NAPOLEON Bona
GI,artc, Who never after left the field
Sof vision, till he disappeared i'll the
war clou,l of Waterloo. Smiling
with blow after blow the Austrian
army Oh the plains Of Italy, he t,Ils
the mnnarchs Of Europe ii they at.
tempt to crush the principles Of free
1 dun iii France, his soldiers Shall car
sry, them oil the points of their sahrcs
Z to the banks OF tie Danube. The
world g'izcd with astonislment Oh
the campaign Of Italy, but scarcely
hal the war cloud swept from the
empire Of the Caesars, revealing
new dynasty there, before the gle IN
ing Of French l,nccs was seen
around the pyramids of Egypt. And
while men were listening to hear
again the thunder Of cannon amid
the tolLbs Of the Plaraohs, 10 his
mighty armies are hanging along tho
war cliffs OF the Alps, and the next
moment bursting tho their yrr3es
with the shout ot victory Oh the plains
Marcnso. Before the smoke and
tulnult have cleared away, revealing
5wli.rc this strange embodiment Of
power stands. his terrible standards
are saa':iag along the tanks of the
horystlcncs, his s;erd is Stacking his
thirst III the waters OF the Nlcmcn,
Ean'i his eagles soaring ainid the
~. .-tfaie5 II j Ii II SLOW. Au3;c'!'z, Jena,
Wasram, and BoroinQ rsa@ one az
ter another. II rapIl succt t~SiNn, be.
fore our astoniihed right. through
all varieties OF war, from the tero.
cions hcadlong rush of the mob
around the palaces of Paris, to the
onset OF the steailicst troops of Eu-
rope from the fiery valor Of the
Turkish cavalry, charging around
the sepulchrc Of the Saviour, to that
of the fleet Cossack on the steppcs
OF Russia, he passes OH in his terri
IL, career. lie shifts from scene to
scene, so varied and opposite in its
character, that the bcwil'lered mind
can scarcely recognise his identity.
Amid the glaciers Of the Alps, and
vineyards Of Italy, on the sierras of
Spain alul sands Of Egypt, amid the
SHOWS Of Russia, and on the Mount
Of TRANSPORTATION, that form is seen
ssreathed in the smoke Of battle, un-
It'll, at last, the common soldier is
Been to sit calmly down by the throne
sof the empire OF half OF Europe.
Thrones arc oyerthrown, kings dis
crowned, dynaslies changed, aud the
oldest nlonarchies of the continent
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