THE CONSPIRACY OF KINGS.
Bv JOEL BARLOW, ESSUIRE.
(CONC L UDID.)
A NDdidftihou hope, by thy infuriate quill
JTx. To rouse mankind the bloo 1 ot realms 10 spill ?
Then to restore, on death devoted plains,
Their scourge to tyrants, arid to man his chains ?
To swell their fouls with thy own bigot rage,
And blot the glories of so bright an age ?
Firll stretch thy arm, and, with lels impious might,
Wipe out the itars, and quench the solar light :
" For hcav'n and earth" the voice of God ordains,
" Shallpafs andpcri/h, but my word remains."
Th' eternal Word, which gave, iu spite of thee,
Re ason to man, that bids the man be free.
Thou couldfl not hope : 'twas Heav'n's returning grace,
In kind compaflion toourinjur'd race,
Which ftript that loul, ere it fliould flee trora hence,
Of the last garb of decency or sense,
Left thee us own foul honors to display,
In all the blackness of its native day,
To fink at last, from earth's glad futface hurl'd,
7 he fordid iov'reign of the ietter'd world.
n some fad hour, ere death's dim t rrors spread,
Ere leas of dark oblivion whelm thy head,
Rvflcft, 101 l man,— II thole, thy kindred knaves,
O'er the broad Rhine whose il<ig rebellious waves.
Once draw the sword ; , burning point lhall biinj
ro ihy quick ncrvrs r« :i vcr.ending firing ;
The blood they ihed thy weight ot wo shall fweii,
And their grim ghofls 'orever with thee dwell.
Learn hence, ye tyrants, ere ye learn too late,
O. all your a alt tlf inevitable fare.
Tlie hour is come, the world's unclosing eyes
Dilcern with rapture where its wiidom lies ;
Jrom western heav'ns th' inverted Orient springs,
The mom of man, the dreadful night of kings.
Dim, like the day-fliuck owl, ye grope in light.
No arm for combat, no resource in flight ; H
If on your guards your lingering hopes repose,
\ our guari.s are men, and men you've niude your foes ;
If to your rocky ramparts ye repair,
De Launay's iate can tell your fortune there.
-No turn, no fliift, no courtly aits avail,
Each mask is broken, all iiluhons fail;
Driv'n to your last retreat ot fharne ana fear,
One counsel waits you, one relief is near :
Ry worth internal, rife to felf-wrought fame,
i cur equal rank, your human kindred claim ;
' Tis Reason's choice, 'tis Wisdom's final plan,
To drop the monarch and cfiumethe man.
Hail Alan, exalted title ! firft and best,
On God's own image by his hand imprest ;
I o which at last the reas'ning race is driv'n,
And leeks anew what firfl it gain'd from Heav'n.
OMan, my brother, how the coidial flame
Of all endearments kindles at the name !
In every clime, thy visage greets my eyes,
In every tongue, th) kindred accents rife ;
1 he thought expanding swells my h art with glee,
It finds a 11 iend, and loves itlelf in thee.
Savthcn, fraternal family divine,
\l hom mutual wants and mutual aids combine,
Say from w hat source the dire delusion iofi,
That fouls like ours were ever made for foes ;
Why earth's maternal bosom, where we tread,
'l o rear our matificns and receive our bread,
Should blush so often for the race (he bore,
So long be drench'd with floods of filial gore ;
Why to fpiall realms tor ever reft confin'd
Our great affections, meant for ail mankind ?
7hough climes divide us, (hall the ftrcam or sea
1 hat forms a barrier 'twixt my friend me,
Infpirethe wish his peaceful ftateto mar,
And meet iiis falchion in the ranks of war ?
Nut seas, nor climes, nor wild ambition's fire
In nations minds could e'er the wi(h inspire ;
' , " e c< 3 u sl rights each sober voice {hould guide,
No blood would {lain them, and no war divide.
'Tis dark deception, 'tis the glare of state,
Man funk in titles, loft in Small and Great •
'Tis Kant, Didintlion, all the hell that fprin'gs
'hole prolific monitors, Courts and Kings.
In tL arc the vampires nurs'd on nature's spoils ;
For thrfe with pangs the (tarving peasant toils,
ror the(e the earth's broad furface teems with grain,
1 heirs the dread labours of the devious main ;
And when the wafted world but dares retuie
The gifts opprt dive and extorted dues,
J hey bid wild (laughter spread the goiy plains,
T "e: htc-blood gushing from a thousand veins,
it their thrones amid the f.<nguine flood,
Aud dip their purple in the nation's blood
1 he gazing crowd, of glittering State as, aia,
Adore the Power their coward ineannefs made •
in war's snort interval, while regal (hows
Still blind their rcafon and insult their woes
V. hat (liange events for proud proceflions call !
See kingdoms crowding to a Birthright Ball I
See the long pomp in gorgeous glare difplay'd,
The utifcl d guards, the fyuad.on'd horse parade :
. ce herald s g»y, with emblems on their vest,
In iiffu d robes, tall, beauteous pages dr»(l •
Amid fupenor ranks ot fplcndid (laves
.ords. Drikesand Princes, titulary knaves,
C onlus Liy (hine their croiTcs, gems and stars.
Sceptres and globes aud crowns and spoils ot wars
On gildrd orbs fee thundering chaiiots loll'd,
eeds, snort in-; fire, and champing bits of pold,
Piance to the trumpet's voice, while each affutr.es
A .ufncrgait, a „d l,f ts his ncck of p , umcs
His h on a moving throne, and near the van
The tyrant rides, the chosen scourge of man •
Clanonsaiid (lutes and drums his lay prepare
And (homing millions rend the troubled art •
Millions, whose ce.fclefs toilsthe p<„ np sustain,
hose hour "Pays an age of patn.
Toihee O T*'> ''T ° rders - S! "« »»d Kings,
»?.,?■? an ' ! r »v heart rebounding fpr.n-5
cho d tl, afcendtng bhfs lhat waits your call °
Heav'n s own bequest, lhe hcrit of > a| ,
Awake to wisdom, f e i zc the prizc .
from dude to light, from gticf to glory rife'
jr" n 7" V last > w ' lh R"f„n in her train,
W ll"'?" h " cve reign ;
See Gallia s sons, so late the tyrant's (port
W " a " d fyC °P hants « court,
Start into men ex p and lhcir wcll . t ht mind
Lords ofthemfclve, and leaders of mankind. '
On equal rightstheir base of empire lies,
On wal s of Wisdom fee the ftruftu.enfe ;
ALo^IM/ 51 ? 8 WO ' ld " low " s
A mode I d form for each Wounding clnnc
To ufeful to,ls they bend their noblefUirT
patllot Vlev>s iDs ! mor»l views the fame,
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Her Majesty has decorated Major-General Ri
bas with the Order of St. Alexander, and Lieu
tenant Generals Prince de Wolkcnikoi, and M.
de Kutufchow, with that of St. George ofithe
second class—All the officers who diitinguffhed
themselves at the taking of Maczin have been
promoted, or have obtained other marks of tlif
tindHon. The officers who exerted themselves
at the capture of Ifmail will also (hortly be re
compensed by their sovereign. The fuccefsful
negociations of Major-General de Pahlen at the
court of Stockholm have been rewarded with the
government of Riga. M. de Subow, who was
Aid-de-Camp to the Empress, has been created
Aid-de-Camp General, with the rank of Lieute
nant General. M. de Trofizinlky, who aifted as
Secretary to Count Befborodko, has been creat
ed a knight of St. Woldimir of the third class.
As to foreign affairs, our Court, without doubt,
has a private interest in tbe state of affairs, both
of trance and Poland, but has not yet evinced a
disposition to take an adtive part in them, except
by a supply of money, of which the French Prin
ces at Coblentz have been furnifhed with the se
veral considerable funis from Banking houses an
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