Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-09-26

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Iectcd. Every man Of ruined Tor :
tune seems 20 be cxerting his whole :
pawerso bring ruin upon the repub-Is,
lie, in hopes 10 raise himself 70 ennis / !,
ncncc amid the general destruction.
Such i man. us YOU we'll know, Is
I.ucius Catalina Who, last night, wasl !
detected 10 u at the head Of u con-
spiracy mon ,daring and hor d than
any recorded on the page Of history.l
1t was no less than 70 raisc general
insurrecsion, To fire the city,to put MI
81 noble blood 70 death, 70 ovcrthrowl,'
The far fabric 81 our republic, and toI
establish 4 tyranny upon It's ruins. vi
this. Cicero, ever On the alert, obtaln-
cd immediate intelligence; and early 1
this morning summoned the Scnatcl
to tie temple 81 Jupiter Stator, which,
Us YOU know, is done only in times oil
public alarm. And would you believe
| that Catalina himself had the eiiront-
cry to meet with theml Yes, he on
account Of whose daring yillany thel
Senate had now assembled, cnmc and
4 took his usual seat. AT the sight OIL
4 this. Cicero, Who sat inthe GonsuFs
!, chair, was COMPOUNDED, and for . time
! seemed at d loss Tor what To do. And
, no wonder, htlicus, when you re-
i nectnpon tho times, and upon the 30
j az Of men il tile midst Of which he
twas. How could he feel confident
j that the Senate would support hint
4 How did lie know but that halt o.
!. them were lcagucd with the infamous
! Catalinc9 How could he think that
J. this parricidc would dare to set ms
!. foot within the temple, unless be tell
\ sure OF the Senate's projections ile
s could not look around upon this body
in without seeing those OF the mos
Ut questionable character. lie could seq
~ on one side Cetliegus, to whom th'
IS faction Of Marius had looked up q
Il. its chief support; on another, Len
tnlus, who, BY his prodigality, had DC
come the leader Of the mob; md be
fore him, Caesar, artiul, gifted, ambl
@. tious, aspiring to supreme command
No wonder, then, that at first the res
olution Of Cicero seemed to fail hun
he But, at length, quoting every rlsln'
ce fear, summonng up all his courage,
ID and his every moral power--and feel
On ing that his country, his idol, GALE
ofIupon him in this trying hour, IN tn
re- midst Of such an assembly, the orato
ar. arose and addressed Catalina himsel
az Never before did hear such tone
lo' from the lips Of Cicero. had hear
IN. him when he impaired to the dulle'
I'D law question the most intense inieres
led | had heard him when by his persll
ms sivc cloquence, he seemed TO bend
nm ven Justice herself. had hca
j. him, when in pleading the cause
is the dolenceless and tho orphan,
vc. drew tears from The stcrnest hearts.
,c;rI But here, how different! | never |
,oldl fore saw Cicero III such a charactt
4 ~
ODDS ] never thought he possessed suci
10 5. power. lie appeared IN, anew q
So divine light. lie seemed like Eat
hey otsm herself, descended in hum
aeo form to save our threatened count
tie Such strain ofimpassion edelogner
,ah- never before fell from the lips q N
, tal man. Now. he addressed Cf
nre. line with The most thrilling denun'
bler tons, laying open 10 lis view
M whole course ofhis past life; his VIC
can his intrigues, his daring vlllan'es,
present Eorrid plot; exhorting hln
, basleave the city and fly beyond
& q walls. Now, he addressed the )
tero. ate, coniuring them in the nam
al ifl the republic, devoted to rum, !
10 CITY to confiagvation, their wlve'
else violence, their children 70 slav
,ords themselves TO dcaih--to unite
81 Of crush the foul and daring traIto
i a. Now, in the name Of tie mighty
lime ders Of the lsepublic--of Rom
,hesc and our martial ancestors, he N
~ ~ red the protection Of heaven
J m. this hitherto iyvoredland. Areun
,henI entrcaty, expostulation, persua
,lnjna warning, threatering-ali were
oman to rouse the Senate into acton,
ar H.. 10 drive Cataline from the wal
Wien he thanked the immortal
\ Of a for their protection thus iar' !
;ns 70 but think Of the dcvout and
md IN Chryscs, as be stood IN the mi'
clow- the Grecian camp on the plans
/ ora. Iium. with his hands raised 70 Nc
:. and IN prayer. When he invoked
every protection for the future, hls
ais Of were like the music Of Apollo.
he invoked their protection iS
Pam future, his tones were like the
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