He withstood the inroads of _Legitimacy_, this new Jaggernaut, this foul Blatant Beast, as it strode forward to its prey over the bodies and minds of a whole People, and put a ring in its nostrils, breathing flame and blood, and led it in triumph, and played with its crowns and sceptres, and wore them in its stead, and tamed its crested pride, and made it a laughing stock and a mockery to the nations. He, one man, did this, and as long as he did this (how or for what end, is nothing to the magnitude of this mighty question) he saved the human race from the last ignominy, and that foul stain that had been so long intended, and was at last, in an evil hour, and by evil hands, inflicted on it. If NAPOLEON was a conqueror, he conquered the Grand Conspiracy of KINGS against the abstract right of the Human Race to be free. If he was ambitious, his greatness was not founded on the unconditional, avowed surrender of the rights of human nature. But, with him, the state of Man rose exalted too. If he was arbitrary and a tyrant, first, France as a country was in a state of military blockade, on garrison duty, and not to be defended by mere paper bullets of the brain; secondly, but chief, he was not, nor could he become, a tyrant by ‘right divine.’ Tyranny in him was not ‘sacred’: it was not eternal: it was not instinctively bound in league of amity with other tyrannies: it was not sanctioned by all ‘the laws of religion and Morality.’ HAZLITT. Disgusting crew! _who_ would not gladly fly To open, downright, boldfac’d tyranny, To honest guilt that dares do all but lie, From the false juggling craft of men like these, Their canting crimes, and varnish’d villanies; These HOLY LEAGUERS, who then loudest boast Of faith and honour when they’ve stain’d them most; From whose affection men should shrink as loath As from their hate, for they’ll be fleec’d by both; Who, even while plund’ring, forge Religion’s name To frank their spoil, and, without fear or shame, Call down the HOLY TRINITY to bless Partition leagues, and deeds of devilishness! MOORE.