The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-11-26
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Sylla, having crushed Mnius allowed no rival
anbl''on 10 rise 10 power aud fame Besides, the
veteran lrgluu> that had conquered at ChGroucl,
at Nrchomrnos. aud brought their leader Trim pin
ant from PonuS TO Rome, were unwilling To
hGIn another war, under any other chlcl but
Syila. lie had promised Them, land, gold, and re-
pose; aud when hey claimed these at his hands
he distributed IN them the inheritance of hun
drrd thousand prescribed or slaughtered Roman
citizens These mi i'ary co'onisi were quarlcred,
ns il were within hearing of the Blclnors vorc,
had hr called for The aid Of their swords. SylIa,
when h. broke the golden pIlm, the symbol NJ
Of The Dictatorship dnl not lay aside the shield he
hnre when he scaled The walls If Athens, nor throw
away the spear that hid Snbdncd Nl,hrldatrS, Car
10, CHINA, aud the Younger MUrins. To the very
day oIhls death he rrlsnrd absolute over Rome
Pompry, whom he had S,ulrd by the lnc oi
The Great (prrlnp, IN morkery Of hi s"'l'con.
crii, since, N that tune, he WAS only vain and
p,mpnus.) vr~ Sl-l' ,d with having been thus
battered in pr bile. Cms,us, pretended 10 he allo-
grlhtr Devoted Ia the increase of his wealth Scr
inriuS hd Il II Ia lu,ilnni ready 10 defend hln-
- iihrrr il III, life was sought after. The terror
Of :, Ia : name cnrhrd equally all these rival AM
hilinuus:rnv. Cwsur himself Che greatest homage
offered 10 HE Bi'nlor's rr>iSiIrss Supremacy adj
l,nrnrd the executions or hs pans ~ future CORY
che nOhlrsi ever won hy II Roman, save those
gathered hy Cicrro,) whirlI he Ind already en-
swiurd with the n,yrir sacred IL hlS divine ancrS.
lrrss: lrnyin. with simulated apathy in the firm
grasp Of iylll hand. the arlnul golden pln Leaf,
the dread symbol Of unlimited dicraiordl power,
together with those lHure's. destined 10 replace Oi
hi- victorious brow hereafter, ct goiIOus suhS'l-
rnlc,) the locks precautionary plGcked hy anSrrc
thoughts and super human tolls Bul.whrn inform.
ed that S,lln (as il he had read in his very soul)
h d drrarrd That hr saw more than one Ma
rns in hi, elcminac youth, in spite Of his loose
!, aird'ed gown, he abruptly left Rome, lest The
Diriator should las violent hands IN hln Alter
such deirrrnl,l acknowledgement of his power
the nlSrr-rnlnd Of Cesar, thinking from IN en-
counter with mighler aud far darker spIrlt-Syl-
Ia. in spite of the cnlply pageant ol his nbhlrh"n
might we'll smile in contempt ut the Inpotent wrath
Of The youth, who (looIl>hly believing in the reEli
is Of the shilrwy exhibition presented, as any 9th
er show, To aniusen degenerate prnple) assaulted
| him with harsh aud oppruhrious words, aud even
threw stones at him: aware rs hr was that sew
rni,-se,rn lrgn"s uf veteran soldiers devoted IL
hi, fortune. and cuvailng, Ms their own fields
the estates Of one thousand Roman citizens S'augh
tered hy the command Of their general, either Il
SntnIe his wrath, ~ to make room for Themselves
were ever rraGy. at his call 10 defend his person
. and IN sustain the authority Of In acts.
II has not been our intention either to lesson lh'
u,ory acquired by Sya in battle, or TO cast shade
over the illusirinus enduwnrhis Of IIiind capable
Of rnnsci, ing plans Of ngrhndiSrmcnl 50 vast, an'
,o pyeruie them with success 81 uninterrupted a
that which followed him in counsel, aud N ~ mn
n, battles Ills nilribuiing 10 hlnSrT this cnn>inn
tide of good fortune, 10 a blind ielrIly attached II
:, .-snn. seems 10 ~, on the contrary. proc