Daily enterprise. (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-04-03
The Field of Waterloo.

french and English character, saws =
have spoken heretofore with some Levitt,
OF tho contrast that exists between the Eng
lish and French character but it deserve,
moro serious consideration. They are I'll,
Two great nations Of modern times most din.
metncaily opposed, and most worthy of eacb
other's rivalry essentially distinct in theiI
characters, excelling in opposite qualities,
ana rejecting lustre on each other by Their
very opposition. In nothing is this contrast
more strlkngly evinced than in their military
conduct. For ages have they been contend
ing, and for ages have they crowded each
0tners history with acts of splendid heroism.
Take the Battle of Waterloo, for instance.
enc last and most memorable trial of their
rlyai prowess. Nothing could surpass the
oilniant daring on the one side, and the
steAuast enduring on the other. The French
oaValiy broke IKE waves on the compact
squares OF English infantry. They were seen
gaioping round those sorried walls of men,
seeking in vain for an entrance tossing their
arms in the air, in the heat of their entb,,.
siasm, and Drawing the whole front of battle
The British troops, on the other hand for.
hidden to move or fire, stood firm and cudur.
e ina wa onlyto 5itants 81 SAID 2 !
&c are salu U.%s e.. ~, sl-;laE
ing ,hsle rows were swept down at .
nohIy ,,ts Ssuryiyors closed their ranks, and
snos an. In this way many columns
Stood through the peltng Of the iron tempest
without firing a shot without any action to
stir their blood, or excite their spirits
Death thinned their ranks, but could not
| shake their souls.
| A beautiful instance of the quick and gen
erous impulses to which the French are
prone, IL given in the case Of a French cava-
| liar In the hottest of the action, charging
f1riousIy upon British officer, but .perceiv-
ing in the moment of assault that his adver-
s.Py had lost his sword-arm, dropping the
poiInt of his SABRE and courteously riding on.
Peace be with that generous warrior, what
; ever were his fate II he went down in the
storm Of battle, with tho laundering fortunes
of his chieftain, may the turf OF Waterloo
grow green above his grave and happier
lar would DO the fate Of such spirit to SINK
amidst the tempest, unconscious OF defeat,
than TO survive, and mourn over the blghted
llaurels Of his country. SIX,
N Aha wav the two armies fought through
lonq and bloody day. The French witt
enthusiastic yalor, the English with cool, in
flexible courage, until Fate, as if to leave tn
louestion Of superiority still undecided be
tween two such adyersaries, brought up tn
Prussians to decide the fortunes of the Held
> II was several years afterward, that
visited tho field Of Waterloo. The plough
share had been busy with its Oblivion
labors, and the frequent harvest had nearl
be obliterated the yestiges Of war. Still til
blackened ruins of Hoguemont stood, a moi
umenta pile, to mark the violence Of tn
vehement struggle. Its broken walls, pierce
Nv bullets, and shattered by explosion
showed tho deadly strife that had taken plai
'rs within; when Gaul and Briton, hemmed
between narrow walls, hand to hand al
!, foot to foot, fought from garden to cou
Ioor ward, from court yard to chamber, with
tense and concentrated riyalship. Colum
ain, az smoke tower from this vortex Of battle
!; from volcano: ait was,n said my quiz
-, niike, a little hell upon earth" Not far
" two or three broad spots of rank, unwho
some green still marked the places VIII
fbese rival warriors, after their fierce O
fitfui struggle, slept quietly together in
... Ian of their common mother earth. Over
+ tbe rest of the field, peace had resumed
n sway. The thoughtless whistle Of the T
l SAINT flosted on the air, instead of the tn
nets clangor tho team slowly labored
tho hillside, once shaken by tho hoofs
rushing sduadrons and wide field of 6
waved peacefully over the soldiers grave
summer seas dimple over the place where
. tall ship lies buried bed o.a ,rr-rr