YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF FREDERICK SHELDON PARKER B.A., LL*o* YALE 1873 HAPOUEON BCfHAEAKILTE CHEF HE BRIGANDS, at his PosH of Honor, BUONAPARTE, AN OUTLAW!!! AN APPEAL * TO THE GERMANS, ON THE NECESSITY OF OUTLAWING BUOJYJPARTE. " As'to those monsters, who under the title of sovereigns, render them* " selves the scourge and horror of the human race, they are savage *' leasts whom every brave man may justly exterminate from the *' face of the earth."— Vattei/s Laws of Nations, book II, chap. iv. BY LEWIS GOLDSMITH, ' »u • - Author of the " Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte ;" — " An Exposition of the Conduct of France towards America}"—" The Crimes of Cabinets," &c. LONDON: Printed by R. Juign6, 17, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square ; And sold at the Antigallican Monitor Office, 291, Strand, opposite Surrey Street j and to be had of the Booksellers. PREFACE. I submit the following few pages to the inha bitants of every nation in Europe, for 1 trust they will be translated into all the modern lan guages. From the knowledge I possess of Buonaparte'' s character, and of the effect which such publications have upon his mind, I am convinced that they will prove of greater utility than any proclamation or diplomatic state pa per. I likewise subjoin the very correct de scription of the tyrant's person, given in the Russian order of the day, dated the 12 th (24(h) October, 1812, for the purpose of effecting his apprehension., THE AUTHOR. DESCRIPTION OF NAPOLEON, Tu* figure short and, corripact ; the hair black, flat,, and short ;lthe beard black' and' strong/Shaved up" towards the e~ar ; the eye-brows sflfoh'gly , 3flrf\ad, contracted towards £h,S, nose:1 tta nose aquiline, with pegetual jnarks of snuff ; the countenance gloomy aiid vidlefa't ; the' chin exfretneiy . flyojectUjy,; always in an undress uniform ; generally, wrapped in a -little grey surtout, to avoid being remarked ; and continually attended by a -I&melulttv AN APPEAL TO THE GERMANS, $rc< Men 6f Germany! A^tHOUGH I awi no German, t nevertheless feel foi you as a man, as an Englishman,, 'ahd as a fireitid to liberty, and as such I aril induced to address you on the present state of your country^ and to point out to'yoit a course by which all your evils inay he remedied; I hav£ been educated amongst you, am jtvell acquainted with your language, your laws, and your customs; irom an intimate knowledge of your worth, I esteem yon, and ahl therefore as anxious for the success of the cause in which you are now engaged, as I am for that of my .own country* Under the impression of Such feelings, I request your attention to me, and am bold enough to tel) y©u, that if you adopt the plan I am about to pro pose tt> you, it wiU preserve yourselves and thf whole continent irom abject slavery; if you do not, a terrible fate awaits^ou, for the tyrant has decre*d your destruction ; and who would not be rather crushed at once by a thunderbolt from heaven, than experience Napoleon's vengeance ? The arguments in support of the plan which I have to propose to you to: rid the world of the monster Napoleon, I have brought forward so long back as April 1811, and which 1 inserted in a weekly journal J publish here, called the Ahti- gallkan Monitor and Anti-Corskan Chronicle, then I was considered a species of monster for preaching, what was termed, the doctrine of assas sination. All ranks and classes of persons in this country who considered Buonaparte an angel in stead of man, assailed me in- everv direction. In a British senate I was anathematized by men who avow themselves the enemies of the ministers, and who of course thwart and oppose any plan which may lead to the destruction of their Idol, the fero cious Napoleon. These persons called for my destruction ; I then stood alone and unprotected ; but I am not easily dismayed ; the want of protection, the want, of friends gave- me additional force, and inspired me with more than usual energy. Now1 I see with pleasure that many persons who did not then think your oppressor should be treated in ' the manner I pointed out, now 'subscribe to -my opinions; , Even the magnanimous Russian emperor,' by' his- 'procla mation of 1 2 (24) Oot» 1812, declared him an outlaw, and if it did not~exactly express these words, it left no doabtonthe mind of any person as. to its. true meaning. To .recapitulate.. alltthe acts^of usuroa- tion of Napoleohj does not exactly come within the meaning of this address to you. His conduct to Spain, to the Pope, to Prussia, to Holland, to the Hanse Towns, to Genoa, are so many acts of un precedented tyranny and usurpation,, that each of them would be sufficient to prevent any govern ment from being at peace with this all-grasping tyrant. However,, his public or political acts I will leave to the sovereigns of Europe to deal with him according to his merit. But his private acts of villainy and murder I will hold up to yon, and I have no doubt but that every brave German burns with indignation at his cruelties, and all of you will cry oat vengeance ! vengeance ! The tyrant has by a solemn decree, or what he calls a Senatus Consultumy of the 3d of April, avowed your destruction, you Germans of the free Han seat ic towns. He, without any hostility on the part of your government, thought proper to annex your cities to what he calls his grand empire. Your governments were too feeble to make any resistance. Now that you can make a resistance, he does not treat you as; a common enemy, therefore why should you treat him as such. The ancients, distinguished a public from a pri vate enemy, by the term Hostis given to the former, while the latter was called Inimicus. Modern. languages afford but one word for these two classes of persons* who ought nevertheless to be considered .separately from each other. A public enemy forms claims against a state, and maintains his real ojr * pretended rights openly by force of arms. A pri vate enemy is never innocent, not even in times o' profound peace ; he continually fosters rancour and hatred in his heart. His wars are illegitimate and informal, or more like predatory expeditions, un- dertaiken».without any cause or motive, and solely with a view to conquest or to plunder : such were the enterprizes of the graytdes eompagnies which assembled in Franfce in former times ; they were armies of banditti, who ranged about Europe, purely for .spoil, something like the cruizes of the bucanneers. Consequently, a nation attacked by such an enemy; h not under any obligation to ob serve towards him the roles prescribed in formal warfare.' Such an enemy may be treated1 as a pubJie robber and assassin ; and does not the tyraMt of Europe 'come under that description' of enemies which the ancients term Iuimicus ? Consequently, I hereby publicly proclaim that it is lawful arid jus tifiable to kill the tyrant Napoleon in any way you can. ¦•'-/• fr Assassination^ considered abstractedly, is cer tainly repugnant to the feehngs : yet that assassi na tion is lawful in some particular instances, can be satisfactorily proved by reason as well as precedent. When a man like Bonaparte by the most violent and perfidious acts, sets all law at defiance, and continues to carry on his career of devastation and 'perfidy, — when a man, who like Buonaparte has reduced murder to rule, and robbery to vriEKCE, and who acts> in despite of all civilized regulation's, lie, in fact , outlaws himself, arid self- defence dictates to .us, assassination, as the Only means of delivering society from the danger. Cicero says, " Bellum est in eos qui judiciis coer- ceri nonpossuni.* "We war against those whose conduct we cannot bring before any tribunal.'* Ia this situation stands Buonaparte. Before what tribunal can we bring him? He has put himself without the pale of the public law of Europe, he has trampled upon institutions, compacts, and treaties, which have been formally recognized by, and which have united all the sovereigns of Europe. And am I to be told that the atrocity and hardi hood of such a roan shall escape without notice? because it exceeds all former atrocity and hardi hood. Is such a monster to elude the punishment, because he will not acknowledge the power of the law ? God forbid ! The man whom I call upon you Germans to destroy, has himself already out raged all law arid civilized regulations by number less assassinations ; and you will but take the assassin's knife into your own hands in se, d$- fendenda. The assassination of the 1)uk.e d'ENGHiEN, of Captain Wright, of the British navy, of Tous* saint Louverture, of General Fichegru, and of several others, I shall not here dwell upon ; but is there a German whose feelings are not roused to a pitch of phrenzy, when he thinks of the murder of Palm ? Would it be censured; if the son of tha,t German patriot were to stab to the he&tt the assas- 10 sin of his father? (*) Can any German forget the murder of Schill— Can the murder of Andre (*) As a considerable time has elapsed since the murder of Palm, and in order that that infamous and bloddy deed may never'be forgot by the Germans, I think proper to insert the letter whieh the virtuous Palm addressed to his wife, the night previous to his assassination, tor the purpose of keeping alive the indignation of the Germans againt the monster. " In the dungeon of the Military Prison of Braunau, August 1Q, 1806. — Six o'clock in the morning. ** My dearest beloved, " : ... ,',.vc-. i, ¦ , •• , . " When you read these lines you are a widow, and our dear, dear children have no longer a father. My destiny is fixed ; in five hours I cease to live. But though I die the death of A criminal, you know that I have committed ho crime; I fall a victim of the present calamitous times! times when an untimely death can neither dishonour a man whose whole life has been irreproachable, nor thrgwa stain on his surviving family. In our miserable days wfyat virtue has not expired by the hands of the executioner ! — Do not let your affliction for the fate of a husband deprive you of firmness to support the duties of a mo ther. Our dear, dear babes "(Oh, my God! I shall never more press them or you to my bursting heart!) have now a double claim on your maternal love, as well 'as on your mater nal tenderness. Implant on their tender minds all those virtuous ' sentiments which made their good mother so very dear to their unfortunate father. ; I advise you to collect, as soon as possi ble, the wreck of our fortune, (if any,) and to retire with it to England or America. In those fortunate lands innocence is still secure, and patriotism is yet revered.— In my last fervent prayers I recommend you all to the protection of an Omnipo tent Providence, and to the compassion' of those contemporary patriots of all countries, whose noble bosoms sympathize with my own feelings, aud deplore, if not weep, over t&e destrua- 11 Hofer be overlooked ? The conduct of the tyrant towards this patriot surpasses all his former ini quities. By a proclamation, issued by the ex-ser- jeant Lefebre, nick-named Duke of Dantzic, dated Ihspruch, the 1st of August 18QQ:, and in serted in the Moniteur of the 14th August same year, he calls upon all the chiefs of the Tyrolese ^patriots,' and Hoff.r in particular, to lay down their arms, and avail themselves of his amnesty, which he then published. Accordingly' on the 5th .November following, Hofer, in a letter to General Drouet, and inserted in the Moniteur of 1st De cember, informed him, that in consequence of the amnesty, he ordered all the Tyrolese under his command, to lay down their arms, and to return peaceably to their habitations. What was the consequence ? No sooner was tranquillity restored in the Tyrol, and which was owing to the orders of BT.-'-'. ¦ tion of liberty in wretched Germany. — Reward the friend who [ delivers this; and teach our dear children never to forgive my .murderer! I cahriot — 1 dare not say more;— my breast is too 'full.' Oh; my God! never more to behold and embrace thtia and yon !! !— A Itnighty Creator, bless and preserve you ail, -until we meet in another and better world, to part no more! rrWith my last breath, your ever affectionate husband, " JOHN P. PALM." ; N. B. The, wishes of the virtuous Palm were complied with. Mrs. PaLm shortly after came to England, where a very liberal subscription was opened for her by our merchants at Lloyd's ColFae-House. ,'7' •' • is Hofer, than a French detachment entered that country, tseized this patriot and shot him, in viola tion of the promises made him. Is there a German who will refuse to avenge his murder? What was the conduct of the tyrant to the IVufc- sian minister Baron de Stein ? — Did he not out" law him? Was no tM.de Stein exposed to be killed by any of the Corsican's satellites ? What right had he over the person of a minister of & foreign and independent sovereign, who was then at peace with the tyrant—if that tyrant can be at peace with any human being ! But - recent events which have occurred at Ham burgh — at Luneburg — at Brenierlee — at Olden- burgh— and at Vartsl, call alond for the infliction of vengeance on the head of the blood-thirsty ty rant. Not only these, but a thousand other murders have been -committed by order of the Corsicdn bandit, from the Dnieper to the Po— from theDwind to the Tagus. Is there an inhabitant of those shores who has not experienced Corsican cruelty ? Then, Why hesitate to destroy this universal ravager, and employ those means which he has so often employed himself— assassination. You cannot obtain safety or justice by any Other method. Before what tri bunal can he be arraigned? By no other than by the tribunal of the people of Europe, and by the Germans in particular. By what law can he b.e tried,? By the law of nature only, Then botk the people of Europe, and the law of nature, call aloud for his speedy destruction; therefore, the 13 speediest and most effectual means for this pyrpos© become the most just. And to shew you, men of Germany, that it is lawful and praise worthy to. kill a tyrantj I must beg leave to cite some, authorities, sacred as well as profane,, iui' support of my arguments. I will begia with holy Writ. '* But when the children of Israel crigd unto the (t Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer v — Ehud, the son oi Gera$ a Benjamite, a mar* And behold as Baraak pUiy ¦iS sued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and " said' unto him, come and I will shew thee the " hiari- whom thou seekest. And when he came **' into the tent, behold Sisera WySead, and the {*)• Judges, chap .JJji. 1* ** nail was in his temples. So God subdued on "' that day Jabin, king of Canaan, before the " children of Israel (*). " Then said Samuel, bring ye hither to me " Agagi king of the Amdlekites; and Agag " came unto him delicately. And Agag ' said, " surely the bitterness of death is past Ahd " Samuel said, as tht sword hath made women" " CHILDLESS, SO SHALL THY MOTHER BE CHILDLESS *' AMONG WOMEN. AND SAMUEL HEWED AGAGtN " PIECES (f)." I believe I have given authority enough from sa cred writings to shew that the private murder of an oppressor is justified by. the laws of God, or it certainly would not have found a place in holy writ. I might also quote the, story of Moses, who assassinated an Egyptian because he killed an He brew. The fate of Athaliah is also a strong proof in support of my argument, that usurpers and op pressors may be disposed of in the most summary way- m , . ;..:--i» I will now produce authorities, from writers of antiquity as well as christian^ in support of my doctrines. . ( r, [There is no period of life at which the human mind so, much shudders at bloodshed as in youth ; the moral feeling is then in ijs primitive, ,state. of (•) Judges, chap. IV. ft) Samuel, Jhnnlr...,«.|ia«« V "at> OO, 15 purity, uncorrupted by habit, and unperverted by sophistry; yet, what youth reads, but with emo tions of joy of the fall of Julius Cissar in the Ca pitol ; though Julius Caesar was a clement and enlightened tyrant, and fell by the hands of his private friends ; in like manner, brave and wise nations have always united in commemorating the day on which they have procured relief from a ty ranny by the murder of the tyrant, and have es teemed such murderers among the greatest of their benefactors. > ' On the assassination of Julius Ceesar, see what the immortal Cicero says on that subject in particu lar," and on assassination in general. In a letter tO Decimus Brutus, book xii, letter xxxr, alluding to the Ides of March, he says : " As you wanted " not any exhortations to engage you in the no- " BLEST ENTERPRIZE THAT STANDS RECORDED IN " history, &c. &c. If you constantly bear in " mind the glorious part you have already " achieved," &c. &c. In his letter xix, to Dolabella, he says, " the "late glorious achievement on the Ides of " March, has wonderfully heightened that " esteem which I bore him (Marcus Brutus), and " which I had always looked upon as too exalted ?.'* to admit of any farther advance." In his letter xv to Cassms, he says: "You ", HAVE RfiVENGED THE INJURIESV0F Rome BY THE " death of her oppressor." The great Roman dt&\oT, in hisdeferice of™ Mild, says^'fn aTmosrani- mated strain of eloqueneej that; the greatest devo- J6 tior) was paid by all nations to those tienownedi citi zens who had doufage to liberate their country from these pests of humanity. The same honors were paid to them as to the god* themselves — thjey Were consecrated. to immortality, and deified. His words ©a that subjeetare: " Grceei homines deorum hot- . ** nores tribuunt, lis viris qui tyrannos necape- ." runt. Qu'tB,ego vhdi Atheriis ! quce aliisiu ur- " bib us Graeciae quas res divinas talibus institutes " viris I quos cantus ! quce. cavmina ! prtope ad " immortalitatis et religionern et memoriam cortr " sefirantur." And again he says, on thtei same subject : " Si feeisset, et magno animo et libenter " feeisset, libertatis omnium causa." And; in. his philosophical treatise on the Duties of MAi, theigreat orator holds the same doctrine : " MuUu *' enim nobis, societas cum fyrannh : neqae :e$t ¦" contra naturam spoliare eum, „« possis, quern *' honestum est necare, at que hoc emne gemm pes- " tiferum at que impium ex homimim communitatt " exterminandum est." ,.;,,_' But. the great Roman Orator, speaking of Casshr's assassination, .says; .(*):, " Quje enim res unquam" '<$$•>' And again^ " Qmnes bmv, quatktimu inMpsis Jlfaii, Ccesarem oecideranti aliis occasio defuit, ?{ polynias nemini" ;',. Such were the' opinions of the renowhedt €&fer», j)OW beforfi us, and if <2absw\vtv& called a; tyrant, what name is Napoleon to be desBgnatedrby1? The ¦*-^Bf^?«www H ^ilip 2. former was a philosopher, a well-bred soldier — a generous, affable, and humane gentleman — the lat ter is cruel, vindictive, narrow minded, and illite- »ate. To look at Napoleon is to loath him. Mur der is; in his looks. Ccesar was only politically cruel, Napoleon is cruel to private individuals. The former did not, like the latter, poison his own wound ed soldiers, or murder his prisoners, as Napoleon did" Captain Wright ; nor did he murder the inhabi tants of those countries, after they laid down their" arms and capitulated, as Buonaparte did the patriots at Bremerlee and at Moscow!' No comparison^, < therefore, should be made between C&sttr' and Napoleon. I now quote Other authorities. Livy(*y relates- the following oppression of P'or- semia, after Mutius Scevolw had failed in the at tempt to assassinate him.: " Hostls hostem occidere* " volui." No writer of antiquity ever blamed Choerea, the* tribune, for killing GtiUgula, who bore a much stronger likeness to Napoleon' than Cwsar did'. Whoever blamed Stephanas for killing Do- mitiun, another prototype of Napoleon ? Henophon says, " that in the very temples which murderers were forbidden even to enter, the Greeks ERECTED STATUES TO THE KILLERS OF TYRANTS, deeming it a bounden duty to hand the deliverers (*), Lib., n. chap. 11, B 18 of their country dowrj to posterity by placing them next their Gods." Plato says, " when a tyrant cannot be expelled, " by an accusation before the citizens, it is lawful " to have recourse to secret practices to dispatch M him." „ Plutarch speaking of the Valerian law, observes, " that it would be lawful to kill the man, even " without a trial, who' should only covet tyran- '" nical dominion." I could swell this out to a large volume were I to cite the opinions of all writers of antiquity who all agree that to kill a tyrant is the same as killing a beast of prey, and does not Napoleon come un der this description ? It has been said that only heathens approve of the doctrine ef assassination, I therefore now bring forward the opinions of very excellent pious chris tians to bear me through in my doctrines. Grothts (a better christian can not be than this learned publicist), says, " an usurper who governs " by force, is- in a state of war with every man i " therefore every act is lawful against him that is " lawful against an open enemy, whom every pyi- " vate man has a right to hill.',(-\-) Vattel, an excellent christian and a very modern writer, says, " as to those monsters who under (*) Repub. lib. VIII, (t) Orat. de Jure. Bell. lib. 1, chap. IV. « 19 THE TITLE OF SOVEREIGNS, RENDER THEMSELVES " THE SCOURGE AND HORROR OF THE HUMAN RACE, " THEY ARE SAVAGE BEASTS WHOM EVERY BRAVE " MAN MAY JUSTLY EXTERMINATE FROM THE FACE "OF THE "earth." (*) The same publicist says (-J-), " should a resolute u soldier steal into the enemy's camp by night, should " he penetrate to the tent of the commander-in- " chief and stab him, in such conduct there is no- " thing contrary to the natural laws of war, nothing " even but what is perfectly commendable in a just " and necessary war." The same author approves of the conduct of Pepin, the father of Charlemagne, who crossed the Rhine in disguise, with one of his guards,, and went and killed his enemy in his chamber. Vattel speaks in rapturous terms of the conduct of Leonidas, who with six hundred Lace demonians, broke into the enemy's camp, and made their way directly to the Persian monarchs tent ! Such conduct you should imitate, ye Germans, who form the Hanseatic legion. Let your legend be death to the legions of dishonor and to their chief Napoleon Buonaparte. — I will now quote the opinions of the celebrated Montesquieu on the subject of assassinating tyrants. That great writer expresses himself thus in his excellent work, " sur la grandeur, et decadence des Romains" (vol. i, chap. xi). " It was an ac- (*) Law of Nations, lib. 2, chap. IV. (f) Ibid, lib. iii, chap. VIII. B 2 CO knowledged public law, a received opinion through out all the republics of Greece and Italy, that the assassin of the usurper of sovereign power was Looked upon as a virtuous character ait Home ; es pecially after the expulsion of her kings, the law was defined. It was the received usage, that the republic nerved the arm of every citizen, invested every individual with magisterial power for the moment, and recognised him as her defender." ' " Brutus very properly said to his friends, that were his father to rise from his tomb, he would kill him also; and although the spirit of liberty was gradually on the decline, -owing to the conti nuation of tyranny, conspiracies were always kind ling from the very commencement of the reign of Augustus, " That ruling passion, the amor patriae, which forgot all the ordinary laws of crimes and virtues, absorbed all other considerations, and regarded neither friend, benefactor, nor father: virtue seemed to forget that it might outdo its former acts of heroism, and the act which it could not at first sanction, from its apparent atrocity, she afterwards admired as god-like. " In fine, Caesar's crime, though he lived under 9. free government, was such, that it could only be punished by assassination ; and to ask why he was not opposed by force of arms, or by the laws of his country, would be the same thing as to ask if he were guilty." Thus far authorities,— Now let me ask, did not 2!1 *H Europe rejoice at the heroic deed of ChatlMtte Cordigy, who killed Marat ? Atod what were the the crimes of Marat when compared to Napoleon ? The cruelties of the former were practised upon Frenchmen only; but is there a Frenchman, a Spa* uiard, a Bortuguiege, an Italian, a Turk, an Egyp* tkn, a Prussian, a Pole, a German, a Dutchman, Who has not to curse the name of Napohon9 When hereafter nurses will have to frighten their children, they will only have to pronounce (the name of Na* poleon* in which is Concentrated, torture, massacre, and hell ! Has he not without provocation, been guilty of all those crimes which have been marked as tyrannical acts by the spiritual and temporal authorities above quoted ? Then why hesitate for one moment to proclaim this man an outlaw, and try and get at his person. The Junta of Seville set a price on the head of this iniquitous monster when he was in Spain, a knowledge of which act soon made him quit that country. The tyrant is now in your country, men of Ger many ; and it is to you individuals, Germans, that I now address myself. As Englishmen, we have no right to treat him otherwise than we do an ordinary enemy, unless indeed he were to invade this king- dom4 in that case every man or woman would be justified in treating him, in the same way as Jael treated Sisera ; but as to you Germans, he treated you in a manner which justifies you to conduct yourself towards him as you would towards a beast of prey, Whoever does the act, everlasting fame 22 will be attached to it; he will acquire the esteem and veneration of after-ages, every nation of Eu rope will applaud the hand, and the whole universe will raise a lasting monument to the memory of the man who shall deliver his country from a scourge, the like of which has never yet been equalled. He has threatened you with his vengeance ; be before^ hand with him : After ages will be astonished that a patriot's hand has not ere this put an end to his vicious career. His murders in Spain, in Russia, and in Germany, must be still fresh in your minds, and the monster is unpunished (*). (*) An excellent Poem, recently published, entitled "The Fall of Napoleon;" by J.Rogers,' describes very erhphatically Buonaparte's cruelties in: various parts of the world, and I think the following animated line's very appropriate to be inserted in. this address,, '* And yet exists his tyrant power t " And yet survives this monster fell 1 " They do ; — but only for a' little space ; tc Trie bard prophetic sees the gulph of hell " Now yawning wide ! '.' Sees justice moving with a rapid pace, , " And retributive vengeance at her side, " Hears her thus thunder ! in an awful hour." " Thou who oft the assassin's hand " In the secret hour didst guide, " Thou who oft the peaceful land «.« With a crimson flood has dy'd„ " Mangling the helpless peasant in his home, Plund'ring with sacrilegious hands, the hallowed dome.'* " Fall thou by the assassin's blow ! " Be thou in thy torn laid low! 23 ¦ If these doctrines, which I have just advanced, please the governments of Europe or not, is of very little consequence to me. 1 have long been about the tyrant's person, and I know him better than any of his enemies possibly can. I address mvself to the people. They must take justice in their own hands. Some of the governments of the con tinent are at peace with this monster; some of them are even allied to him by marriage, but even the subjects of those governments I now appeal to. And here let me tell them, that treason to those governments who are in alliance with Bonaparte is a virtue, and loyalty a crime. What government can expect obedience from their subjects, if they place themselves on a footing with a rebel, an usurper, a robber, and an assassin. This doctrine may not please some governments, but it is a doc trine "which will destroy Napoleonic alliances, and preserve nations from Napoleonic servitude. Once more, Germans, recollect that the eyes of Europe are on you. Recollect the words of the " Ravaged be thy wide domain, " Perish thy unworthy train : *' No hallow'd dome thy .dust shall keep, " Some stagnant pool shall cradle thy eternal sleep." " Crimson'd all with guilty gore, " Now vengeance lift thy awful blade, " No looger shall thy hand he staid. — " Now the tyrant yields his breath, " See ! his eyes are fixed in .death ! M Europe -rejoice i — your curse survives no more." gallant General Wittgenstein, "the hour has " struck,, the hour of delivery from Buonaparte'* " yoke. But let us take advantage of it j. for ifc " will never strike a second time." Therefore* Germans, find out the universalassassin, and lay him prostrate; for even were your governments again ton make peace with him, you will be still exposed tov Napoleonic cruelties, as peacewith Napoleon give* you no protection. In time of peace the indepen dence of Germany was violated by the arrest of the duke dEnghien — in time of peace Palm was mur dered—in time of peace Hofer was shot--in time of peace de Stein was outlawed — in time of peace ant English ambassador was arrested on neutral terri tory—in time of peace, and on neutral territory- also, an English, messenger was robbed of his: dis patches. How then, even in time of peace, can you expect any security for your persons or proper ties r Your govern ments — 'the governments of Ger many— cannot protect you, for it is their weakness alone which compels them to be at peace with your oppressor, or never would they submit to such outrageous violations of the law of nations and of humanity. Therefore, Germans, strike the blow there, where it is sure to deliver you from bondage; by such an act, your countrymen will revere you,— - Europe will applaud you,r — posterity will admire you. LEWIS GOLDSMITH. London, 1st June, 1813. Printed by R, Jwsa$, ,17, ,Margf»etrst. Cavendish-si^,