The politicians of Belgium are extremely busy in inventing reasons
why General CHASSE should not batter down Antwerp. We think the mere fact that Antwerp does not stand in his way, is a pretty Talid reason. It is indeed observed, that the destruction of un- offending towns was no unusual trick with generals of the olden time ; the shooting of unoffending individuals was also a common trick of these worthies. It seems forgotten, however, that what they gave with the sword, they commonly got with the scabbard, —that if soldiers then were wanton, men that were not soldiers not /infrequently took the liberty of retaliating. If General CHASSE revive the old game, he must look for the old hazards. If he take it into his head to bombard Antwerp, on the one side of the citadel, in, order to drive away the French on the other, it will be the part of the people of Antwerp, the moment the citadel is taken, to hang +General CHASSE and his officers on the glacis.
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