Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-03
hNECn0TES OF SJWAPROW

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The language of Suwarrow was stamped
with simplicity and his replies were very la
COMIC. He concluded all his tactics in three
words: "Ranidity, quick-sightctlncss and I'M
pctnous assault lis address before battle
was: God is with us: forward The Rus
slams will conquer hourrah." His work was
invloablc and the Russians adorcd their Chief:
the enemy fled before their hayoucts. The
hero congratulated his soldiers with tears
"llourrah matchlsss heroes! victory. glory
The God of Russia is great
Notwithstanding the rapidtv with which hC
executed his plans. he laid it down as a rule
Haste is Indispensable, but precipitation i.
tpcrnicinpS."
One day he left his army with small party
Of his bravrst mon. and soon after 4 message
was brought couchcd in these terms: GLORY
{" God glory to YOU. Twitkai is taken
am in il ~
On the shores of til" Rimnik, the Prince Of
Coburg sent to lin for achievements He
returned the letter, on the margin of which he
wrote: Il am coming, Suwarrow." 4 few
hours afterwards he arrived at the head of six.
| teen thousand Warriors and the vizicr of the
Grand Sultan was defeated with his army OF
sixty thousand.
At the siege Of Ismail, he approached that
formidable fortress with giant step; it fell in
10 his hands. and 4 few moments after he dcs-
patched his bulletin to st. Petersburg: ..The
| RUSSIAN banners float on the wall Of Ismail.'
| When the Polish army WAS defeated ut Brcst-
| lit"wSE. he wrote to lsumi;rnzuw: "Sirakow.
sky is no more
| troycd: "lIourrah Warsaw, Suwarrow. " MAS
his bulletin 10 the Empress Catherine. Hour
rah Flcld-Nlarshal Suwarrow, Catherine"
WAS her reply.
On the Alps they showed him a tablcau rem
rcscnting all his exploits, with this epirranb ::
" lie came. he saw. he CONQUERED" lie caught
| up his pen Immediately and eiiaccd the words,
| he Sap.
Suwarrow was OF such IN active tcmnero-
ment that he ran rather than walked; on
| horseback he always galloped 1T is true"
| SAID ne. {" that money is NECESSARY 10 carry on
| war; but time is still more valuable. do not
| act by hours. but minutes
On his arrival at Warsaw thcv sent deputies
to him with terms of capitulation. The mo-
mont he deserted them he g,lioped to meet
them. without his coat, his hclnlet on and his
sabre in hand. He hung away his bloody So
brc, embraced his enemies, and with tears in
his eyes, exclaimed: Peace. peace ~ The
deputies, surprised and confolindcd. forgot
their proposals, and opened the gates of their
city to the conqucror."
lie announced the capitulation of Warsaw
to his friends by letters, whose exterior bore
the name of persons for whom they were de-
signed: within was written Warsaw. the date
and his signature.
When Admiral Nelson, captivatcd bv the
beauty of Lady Hamilton, remained i'm mac
tiyity, Suwarrow wrote him: palermo is not
Cythera."
The austrian General Melas. being sur
rounded on all sides by enemies, sent To ask
Suwarrow where lie should retreat The lat
ter returned these words, wittcn with pencil:
IT" placenza:" that was to say, $50 on"
Potcmkin did not believe in the greatness
of Suwarrow's mind. Catherine, to convince
her tav0ritc. permitted him 10 he present at an
interview with Suwarrow Putemkin. aston
i>hed at his sagacity and the greatness of his
views, asked him, i'll Il reproachful tone. why
he had not convcrscd in that manner with
him. lie replied. Il use different language
when speaking with snvcrcigns from that
which hold with YOU
To one who boaStel Of having SPOKEN to the
Empress while he was yet page he said
''Potemkin always speaks to the Empress; do
sometimes; but, to one like you, never
lie stopped another who was overwhelming
hun with pro;cstations Of friendship, by say
ing, "Frcndsllip and service are parallcllncs
which never meet"
At Prague he gave Il ball. 10 which he in
vitcd the celebrated professor and author,
Mcissner. Seeing some Of the gentlemen
rather dissatisfied, ''McSSncr." said he to
them. "hc.wlo has portrayed the genius of Al
Ill, Ill = al. II.
| credit Addison, genius belongs to the highest
nobility"
\ general Of another nation sent him word
to keep on the defensive he replied by his
aid-dc-camp Go, tell your prince he is q
young officer, while l am an old WARRIOR
The words retreat and defensive are not found
in my vocabulary. have dared to overthrow
the tactics in use, and have created some for
my own way. Adicu."
When he was recalled from the army, he
took leave of his men with tears. Ascending
| n mountain he said: "Suwarrow is great -
descending. Suwarrow is little. Xdicu,
children, friends, heroes pray to God. We
have fought with houOr, we shall meet again"
His conversations were brief and full Of
meaning, frequently intcrminglcd with play
of words Two days before his death some
one remarkedin his presence that Gen. Morcau
passed Tor u cunning man. 'Hc who has the
reputation for cunning he replied, "is not
Speaking of Mcas, he said. immitating Boil
| lcau: Il have seen Meas. alas" Having
sent the Lieut.. Gen. Bellegarlc to Alexandria,
Il shall sleep tranquility" said he, "for |
have 4 belle guard at alexandria,
The evening before the conquest Of Milan,
l. 7 l.. III %
a thousand years.
lie called tho learned hut absent Marquis de
Chastelcr his military library turned upside
down.
He could not hear prodigality in letters
In Bohemia he was presented with the details
Of the plans they had resolved upon; without
finishing the reading of it, he wrote under
meath: My instructions arc, full power to
the coumandcr-in-chiei, and report TO the Elm
peror himself
''1lc bullet is FOOLISH" said he to his war
riors, but the bayonct is sensible :" and they
were ever victorious when their old general
cried ITO your bayoncts, my children hur-
rah !" lie was, indeed, father 70 his sol
diers. and, with truth could he say, Il have
never made one unhappy. whoever he might
be-"
.Ils constant maxim was Haste to insure
success The epitaph gi-git. Suwarrow, was
written by himself. AS for his titles of Count
Rimnisky and Prince ltalinsky, they were re-
served for the inscription on the splendid mon
uneut which the Emperor Alexander erected
to his memory in the Champ dc Mars of the
Russian capital.