Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-17


: barren submits of the Apennines and til
Alps, to endurs patiently the insults of thes
soldier-slavesp
mo There is none such among the victor
of Montenotte, of Millesimo, of Dego, and
Mondovl
My friends, promise you this gloriou
conquest but be the liberators, and not tn
scourges of the people you subduel''
such addresses acted on the army with el
ectrical effect. Bonaparte had only to wall
over northern Italy, passing from triumph t,
triumph in that immortal campaign, with
facility and rapidity which resembled tn,
shifting views of phantasmagoria. He en-
tered Milan, and there, to swell and stimulate
his legions, he again addressed them =
"You have descended from the submits Of
the Alps like cataract. Piedmont is deliver.
ed. Milan is your own. Your banners wave
over the fertile plains of Lombardy. You
have passed the Po, the Tessino, the Adda-
those vaunted bulwarks of Italy. Your faith.
ers, and mothers, your wives, your sisters,
your betrothed, will exult in your triumphs,
and will be proud to claim you as their own.
Yes, soldiers, you have done much, but much
more is still to be accomplished. Will you
leave it in the power of posterity to say that
in Lombardy you have found q Capua Let
us go onl We have still forced marches to
make enemies to subdue, laurels to gather
and insults to avenge.
% To resstablish tina capitol, and reerect the
statues of its heroes to awake the Roman
people sunk under the torpor of ages of bon
dage; ;-behold what remains to be done i
After accomplishing this, you will return to
your hearths; and your fellow citizens, when
they behold you pass them, will point at you
and say-He Dds soldier of the army of Ltaiyi',
Such language was never before addressed
to French army. 1t excited the soldiers
even to delirium. They would have followed
him to the ends of the earth. Nor was such
an event foreign to his thoughts. The ermy
no longer obeyed-it was devoted. 1t was
not led by mortal commander-it followed
demigod
When he sailed from the shores of France,
on the celebrated expedition to Egypt, the
destination of the feet was conflded to none
but himself Its course was directed first to
Malta, which, as is well known, submitted
without resistance. When lying off its harbor,
Bonaparte thus addressed the splendid army
which fioated around him =
"Soldiers You are wing of the army of
England. You have made war on mountain
and plain, and have made sieges. 1t still re-
mains foryou to make a maritime war. The
legions of Rome, which you have sometimes
but not yet equalled, warred with
Carthage by turns on the sea and on theplains
Of zama. Victory never abandoned them, |
because they were brave in combat, patient
under fatigue, obedient to their commanders,
and firm against their foes. But, soldiers =
Europe has its eyes upon you you have
great destinies to fulfil, battles to wage, and
atigues to suffer-"
When the men from the mast tops discover
ID the towers of Alexandria, Bonaparte first
announced to them the destination of the ex.
1edition: -
Frenchmen l-You are going to attempt
'onquests, the effects Of which OH the civili-
'ation and commerce of the world are incolcu-
able. Behold the first city weare about to at
ack. 1t was huilt by Alexander"
As he advanced through Egypt he soon per-
'eived that he was among people who were
anatical, ignorant, and vindictive, who dis
rusted the Christians, but who still more
profoundly detested the insults, exactions,
'ride, and tyranny of the .Mamelukes. To
latter their prejudicesand confirm their hatred
le addressed them in a problamatio ion conceived
n their own Oriental style B
"Cadis. Sheiks, Imans, Carbadigys, they
will say to yon that have come to destroy
vour religion Believe them not. Tell them
hat come to restore your rights, and to
'unish your usurpers, and that I, much more
han the Mamelukes, respect God, his prophet,
md the Koran
"Tell it to the people that all men are equal
'efore God. Say that wisdom, talents, and
'irtue, alone constitute the difference between
nan and man.
" Is there en- your land a fine farm Pit be-
ongs to the Mamelukes. Is there anywhere
! beautiful slave, a fine horse, splendid
louse f--they all belong to the Mamelukes.
+ Egypt be really their farm, let them show
What grant God has given them of it. But
Tod is just and merciful towards his people.
All Egyptians haae eqnal rights. Let the
most wise the most anliohtenad and tba
most virtuous rule, and the people will be
lappy.
"There were in former days among you
,rcat cities, great canals, and vast trade
What has destroyed all these, if it be not the
upidity, the injustice, and the tyranny of
he Mamelukesf
"Cadis, sheiks, Imans, Charbadgys, tell it
o the people that we MISC are true Massul-
mans. Was it not we that subdued the pope.
Who exhorted nations to war on the Mussul-
mans Are we not also friends of the Grand
;ignorf
60 Thrice happy those who shall be on our
tide happy those who shall be neuter they
will have time to be acquainted with us, and
% join with us.
"But woe, woe to those who shall take
lrms for the Mamelukes, and who shall COM
BAT against us For them there will be no
nopel They shall perishr'
After quelling the oevolt at Carlo, he avail
sd himself of the terror ond superstition Of
The Egyptians, to present himself to them as
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