Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-17


the stronghold of Halicarnassus--the
cruel slaughter Of It's defenders--will
never cease to speak with its convincing
eloquence Of his mad ambition. The
valley of 1ssus, made fertile by the
blood Of 100000 human beings, wi
forever mock his glory.
The memorable siege Of Tyre, with
the numbering onslaught OF its twenty
thousand brave defenders, and the groans
OF its fif,y thousand cap,ives sen; into
bondage far we rse than death, will per.
petuate the tyranny of Alexander down
TO the remo;est period Of time The in.
vasion Of Esyp,--the blood flowing
over It's consecraled soil--the sacking
and burning its populous cities--the
laying waste its rich harvests, and sub.
jecting its people to starvation-will tes-
tily to his cruel barbarism. Palestine =
the !airest province of the world, made
sacred by the tread Of the patriarchs OF
old-will damn his fame to eternal
intany, for his brutal cruelty to her in
nocent defenders; for dragging around the
walls Of GAIA her chieftian, ia barbar ous
imitation Of Achilles who ragged Hec-
tor round the walls of Troy. The streams
OF blood running over the plains Of the
Scylhians will never dry up, but will
forever curse the memory Of Alexander
and his inhuman ravagers. Alexander
may have done some good to the world
in founding one or two cities, but the
motive was merely to perpelua,e his
own fame. One city he calls Alexan-
der and;the other he gave the name OF his
celebrated steed, Bucephalia
Perhaps it may be a rash act in us to
bring forward the name of Napoleon
Bonaparte as proper exemplifier OF
ambition OF an opposite character thai
that OF Alexanders. Yet we shall ven
ture 10 do SO, we'll knowing at the sa me
time that public opinion is against us.
Napoleon had no throne to mount ia
his youth-he was not the heir to king
/ dom, but rose by his own exertions
from the humblest plebeian to seat up
on the proudest throne in Europe. He
Numbered not into renown. He won
every laurel that the world was pleased
to bestow upon him, by unremitling in
dussry and hard, laborious toll. He us
&c no artifice, no deception he viola
ted no binding treaties he was far from
exercising any cruelty he was hum "a ne,
Just, kind and generous. He, too,
invaded the territory Of his neighbors
But in no single instance was he
prompted by selfish motives. The bat.
ties fought were not for glory alone, but
either in defence of his own right, or 10
relieve suffering humanity. His inva.
sion of Italy and Egypt-the battles OF
Lodi and the Pyra mids-are acts Of his
life which are brought as evidences oil
} his rapacity for conquest and love oil
glory. If the inha bilants Of Italv and
the people Of Egypt do not condemn
: MN Tor those acts, why should we?-
lie was singular conquerer for Egypt
opening the desolated streets of her cit
les; erecting manufacturing estab lish.
ments i; constructing factories, roads nc
canals; building churches and sch 90
houses, and supplying them with teach
ers; and learning their people the arts
and sciences. Surely IL vas not a xa.s
cruei invasion. Had not Nelson en-
tered the Nile and fought that famou;
battle, Egypt would TO day have beer
one OF the first powers on The earth
This was Napolson's ambition in tht
3 invasion OF Egypt, to relieve that coua
5 Try oil lis iyranis and oppressors, ane
extending 10 itspeople the governments
advantages, make il an eyer-endurins
monument to his name. In this he
failed.
The blood Of the slain on the plain;
oil Marengo is not on his hands. He
made conciliatory offers of peace, gen.
erous and agnanimous, but the Aus
trians, blinded by the strength of III,
meagre force that Napoleon commanded
refused all terms of peace. The ba,,l,
r was fought-Napoleon won-and for it
/ damned. The celebrated battle Of Aus
terlitz perfected his fame as comman
der; with fearful odds against him, h.
entirely routed The armies Of those two
{ neighborins powers Of Russia and Aus.
iria.
Although the world has acknowledged
him the greatest warrior OF modern
times. yet the greatness of his fame de
ponds no; upon his skill as military
chieitain. This wonderful skill ma,
afford generations yet 10 come, the very
evidence 10 doom his name to infamy
but even then there will remain traces OF
his genius that time will never remove.
The Napoleon Code is destined 10 sur
viye as long as the people of the ma
tons OF the world shall consent to be
governed by human enaciments.
| An EDITOR SHor.-On Tuesday week, John T
Morton, editor of the Quincy Wing, was shot in thu
Streets OF that city, by Austin Brooks of the Herald
and dangerously if not mortaly wounded
The difficulty grew ont of charges and counter char
/ ges made IN regard to the management of the pos
office, OF which Brooks is Postmaster. The quarre
went so far that the Herald denounced the editor
| o. the Wing as "lar, puppy and scoundrelv Thi
was the provocaton. About IL o'clock on Tuesday
Morton was sitting with some gentlemen in front OF
| the Quincy House. Brooks passed along by them
when Morton sprung up and slapped him in the face
Brooks drew revolver, which Morton seeing he tarn
Ell around to seize chair setting near for his defence
As he turned, Brooks fired. The ball struck him il
the back near the edge of the shoulder blade glanced
and entered between the other shoulder blade and the
ribs Morton seized the chair and threw it at Brooks
when the latter snapped his revolver at Norton bu
missed fire. The parties were then separated.
The wound of Morton severe but is not considered
motal As may be supposed great excitement prevail
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