. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. ning to^combine all Europe in one great cru-sade, having for its object the demolition of his power. YetNjpoleon came, and seemed but to stamp on the earth, andarmed legions arose at his call. The doubts and discontentsof the people disappeared like mists before the rising suii^and the same confidence which had attended his prosperousfortunes, revived in its full extent, notwithstanding his late re-verses. Every department of the public service appeared tobe animated with a spirit of tenfold activity. New conscrip-tions w
. Napoleon: his army and his generals; their unexampled military career. ning to^combine all Europe in one great cru-sade, having for its object the demolition of his power. YetNjpoleon came, and seemed but to stamp on the earth, andarmed legions arose at his call. The doubts and discontentsof the people disappeared like mists before the rising suii^and the same confidence which had attended his prosperousfortunes, revived in its full extent, notwithstanding his late re-verses. Every department of the public service appeared tobe animated with a spirit of tenfold activity. New conscrip-tions were called for and yielded. Regiments arrived fromSpain and from Italy. Every arsenal resounded with thepreparation of new artillery—thousands of horses were pro-cured in every province. Ere many weeks had elapsed. Na-poleon found himself once more in condition to take the fieldwith not less than 350,000 soldiers. Such was the effect ofhis new appeal to the national feelings of this great and gal-lant people. On the 1st of March, 1813, Prussia signed a treaty of aJ*. Chap, xxi.] CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON. 273 liance, offensive and defensive with Russia, and on the 16thdeclared war against Franca. Napoleon received the decla-ration with calmness, and declared it was better to have anopen enemy than a doubtful ally. Six years had elapsedsince the fatal day of Jena; and, in spite of the watchfulnessof Napoleon, the Prussian nation had recovered in a greatmeasure its energies. The people answered the call of theirprince, as with the heart and voice of one man. Youngmen of all ranks, the highest and the lowest, flocked indis-criminately to the standard: the students of the universitiesformed themselves into battalions, at the head of which, inmany instances, their teachers marched. The women fiungtheir trinkets into the kings treasure—the gentlemen meltedtheir plate—England poured in her gold with a lavish Emperor of Russia, having masked several French gar-risons in Prus
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