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    MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAlftS* ¦I* The Christian's Survey of the Political World.

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    «* The voice of thy brother ' s blood crieth tome from the earth . " Ohf that this verse were made the text for every church in Cforistendciti , till mankind ¦ were brought to a due sense of the value of human life ! How dignified does man appear , when we view him as a rational being" , endued with powers so far sunerior to the brute creation t how

    is fee degraded when influenced only by brutal passions , and destroying human life with the ingenuity , that might be employed to so much better purposes ! The plains of Bavaria have been drenched in fclood . A most horrible carnage

    lias been made . The destroying angel lias mowed down ranks of men ; and , ¦ whe n inquisition is made for blood , to ¦ whose account shall it be laid ? This is at most solemn question , but amidst the din of arms can it be hsard ? Man is

    given up to the dominion of his passions , and violence and blood are the consequence . Both sides cannot be right ; ¦ where are the preachers of peace and good-will towards men ? Why is it , that we call ourselves Christians and yet suffer ourselves to be led away by similar passions , as laid waste the heathen ¦ world ? This is a melancholy question , and comes home to all our hearts . How

    ought-ws ; not to lower ourselves at the throne of Alaiighty grace , when we reflect upon these disorders ! and surely a due consideration of them would lead us to a better observance of our Saviour's words ; " By this shall all . men know that ye are my disciples , if ye love one another . "

    Austria has published a long manifesto in justification of her conduct , and the French emperor has laid before the world the grounds of hi .- ? proceeding's . ~ Who shall decide between them ? Will * fae blood of a hundred thousand men , the burning of cities ,, the murders of women and children make the question

    clearer ? ' Horrible thought I In this age of the world / nen are to be taught the first rudiments of humanity ^ The detail of the whole proceedings mu $ < shock vvory feeline : mind . Battles for several diys decided the fate of the great contest , and rhc warrior will explore with surprise the instantaneous effect almost

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    of the French emperors plans . Vfhat were the schemes of tne arcduke * s it is difficult to determine ; those of the : French emperor are now sufficiently obvious , and it is- manifest , that the ma «* nceuvres of nis adversary gave him every advantage .

    It seems to have been in the power of the Austrians to determine the tinre and the mode of the attack ; and it was made upon a very large scale . The grand army marched from Vienna into Bavaria , and detachments of very great magnitude took the road to Italy and to War *

    saw . No resistance scarcely was made in the beginning to either body , and news arrived in England of successes in every part , which excited very sanguine hopes in those , fcyho entertained a favourable opinion of the strength , discipline an 4 courage of the Austrian armies , and the skill of the commander .

    In the mean time the French emperor was meditating his deadly blow . As to the detachment towards Warsaw , he looked upon it as hors du combat , as so many men lost to his adversary , whose . success was of no consequence : As whatever ground they now trod over , they must retrace , if his plan was successful .

    The detachment into Italy made considerable progress > advancing as " fat as Padua and Verona , and consequently being so far distant from the main body , that it was incapable of rendering it in due time any assistance . Against the main body , then , the whole attention of the French emperor was

    directed , satisfied that his generals would ; keep the Italian army of his adversary in check , and perfectly secure as to the Warsaw detachment . At the time appointed in his own mind he flew like ai * eagle from Paris , and found himself at the head of an army , cpmposed o £ Frenchmen , Bavarians and Wlrtemburgers . The Austrians covered the plains between Ratisboii and Landfibut *' The disposition of their troops is not known ; \>\\ t wherever Buonaparte appeared , victory attended his steps , afld after live days fighting in various pU £ c *> the Archduke fled across the Dan \ tbe and others of his . troops feU back VP Austria * The French emperor had oh *

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    Monthly Retrospect Of Public Affalfts* ¦I* The Christian's Survey Of The Political World.

    MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAlftS * ¦ I * The Christian ' s Survey of the Political World .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/48/