prince. His origin was humble, and therefore our sapient ministers deemed the subject beneath their consideration. And what has been the result? Why, that we have squandered ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF MONEY, AND SACRIFICED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THE BEST TROOPS IN THE WORLD, AND LEFT BUONAPARTE ARBITER OF THE DESTINIES OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. These are painful reflections, which produce heart-rending sensations—they are, I confess it, unwelcome truths, but had they been known and well appreciated be fore, we should have been spared the painful part of the relation, and avoided the reiterated disgraces attending our arms; for every one must feel convinced, that, in order successfully to cope with an enemy, it is as necessary to ascertain the character of his mind as the number of his forces, to penetrate his cabinet, discover him in his study, and read those mental conceptions which will ere long be thrown into practice with a view to our own discomfiture. Having done this, having discovered his tactics,
