him, as our own beloved sovereign would be liable to a similar censure, for more than one attempt have been made against his royal person. The truth is, and I do not scruple to declare it of my own knowledge, in the face of all the world, and as a positive contradiction of the senseless clamour of our journalists to the contrary, BUONAPARTE IS BELOVED AND ADORED BY THE FRENCH NATION. Nor will it be wondered at, when we consider on what basis their love and adoration is founded.
The vanity of the French is proverbial, and what can serve to inflate it more than to really make them the arbiters of Europe? The glory of conquest possesses too many charms not to dazzle the eyes and seduce the affections of any people less emulous of military fame than the French. .Even the phlegmatic Briton glows with honest pride at the successes of his country's arms; and worships, as a demi-god, the hero who gains a brilliant victory. What bosom was not warmed, was not flushed with joy, delight, and extacy, at
