That Buonaparte unites, in some measure, in himself, the two qualities of being beloved and feared, is very evident: he is unceasing in his endeavours to conciliate the affections of the French people, to attain which, he considers the sacrifice of a whole state a mere trifle. He has raised France from a secondary power to be the first power in Europe, unless we dispute that title on the grounds of the old adage, Imperator Maris Terræ Dominus and that
"Le trident de Neptune est le sceptre du monde."
Be this as it may, Buonaparte does every thing in his power to gain the affections of the French; knowing, as he does, that his personal courage, his prompt decisions, and his rigid system of military discipline, must naturally inspire fear; but that the sensation pauses there, and does not extend to hate, is amply proved from the non-existence of conspiracies against him, which must infallibly have taken him off had he been hated rather than feared.
