learned men, is one of the firmest pillars of his throne, and not only endears him to France, but entitles him to the praise of all mankind.
But, say they who are determined to grasp at every idea which can militate against Buonaparte, he has depopulated France, and exhausted her treasures, to gratify his insatiable ambition.
In reply, I would observe, that during no three years of his government has he depopulated France in proportion to the losses of Great Britain in the year 1809, compared on the scale of the relative population of the two countries; nor has one-fifth of the money drawn out of the British treasury been expended by him in the same space of time; for, as he is uniformly victorious, he always makes the vanquished defray the expences of the war.
It is not France, it is the States which are dependant on France, that may complain with justice; for, in order to spare France, he throws the burthen upon them; they are indeed to be pitied.
