Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-27

qucnee. sigor and daring superior 10 oil found
himself bitterly disappointed in bis claims TO graf.
fnde and honor. Camillus, his enemy, 10 whom
he a, least bund himself equal who had 90, shsr.
cd IN the distress Of the sclgc, Iof the Capitol by
the Gausl who bad mpreca,ed curses on his
country was repeatedly raised by the houses 20
the dictatorship, and by the cofnil,s, which were
under the influence Of ars,ocrsey to the military
tribunaie Will. he q c insUlsr, found himself es.
cluded from all dignn,cs. THIS insulting negiec,
IN r,iurn for an action Standing iofemos but no,
alone IN heroic ifo the energy Of which was
still unes Exhausted poisoned his heart with vituent
rancour. lie was one Of those powerful minded
men who have received a calling TO the fira
among their eouptrymcn, and feel an unconqucr.
able longing 10 fnlhi while io~ mi~ds eavy-
ing aud sliking them, arc resolved to keep
them back from the place which Is their due one
OF those the cuperhuman vehemencc Of whose
character, when drawn forth by such a conflict,
makes even homes, but timld natures shrink For
indeed il is their doom TO be haunted by spirit
against the snarcs Of which nothing can protect
them but the confidence and esteem OF honorable
minds God will require their souls from those
who have driven them into fatal courses their
faults be will Judge more merc,fully, than those
which have ruined his nobest work These
mighty characters have always an intense Unborn
feeling in behalf Of Justice truth and whatever is
glorious hey are animated by love and pity, by
hatred and indignation Of the right sort these be-
come subservienl to their fierce passions, but do
no, die away it is glaringly unjust, even when
they have gone irretrievably as,rav, to regard
lions which in man oiblamelcss life would Q ex-
tolled noble and praise~or,hv IN any other light
in them, although vulgar souls may do the Same
thing from selfish mo,yos--Niebuhr.
II H., "a, Il,
he nigh have served his country, like Nicias,
with unsulIed honor In later age he might
have passed his lie IN peaceful obscurlv. His lot
fell on dark and troubled times, when j, WINS diff.
cult to &C, with dignity, and the hes, pa,ro, might
be inclined to despair But he de.paired, and vet
acted He dispaled not merely Of his country,
which any one may innocently do but also for
her, which no man has right to do. He would
have forced her to despair OF herself He resisted
every attempt that was made by holder and more
sanguine patriots to restore her independence. He
did not withdraw from public life: he acted as
the tool OF his countrys enemies, as the servant
of foreign master, conten, 10 mitigate TO the
pressure Of the degrading yoke which he had
helped to impose Towards the close of his life
he descended lower and lower constant only in
his opposition to whatever bore the aspect Of free
dom The fellow who spa, on him his way
TO execution, was perhaps more estimabe
person than the man TO whom he would have
surrendered Athens, as well as himself He left
character politically worse than doubtful ono
which his own private worth alone redeems from
the inhmy that cings to the names Of a Cailims-
don, and n Deunades warning to all who may
be placed in like circumstances TO shun his exam.
pie, whether they value their own peace or the 60.
TEEN Of poseriy. - hiriraH
EPAMINoNDUs-So died Epaminondus, tho
worthlest man that ever WIS bred in that nation
Of Grece, and hardly TO be matched in any age or
country for he equaled all others in the several
virtues which in each OF them were singular
HE justice and sincerity his temperance, wis
4 dom and magnanimty were in way inferior
to his military virtues in every part whereof he
so excelled that he could not btu, properly be
! be called wary, a valiant, polite, a bouu,iful,
and n proydent captain. Neither was bis private
conversation nDanswerable TO those high parts
which gave praise abroad for he was grave and
yet very afable and courteous resoluie In public
business, but in hi. own in particular easy and
much milJness, lover of his peope-beariny
with mems lnfrmtes witty and pleasant IN speech
far from insolencc, master Of his own affections,
and furnished with all qualities that might win
and keep love. To these graces were added great
ability OF body, and much eloquence and very
deep knowledge in all parts Of philosophy and
learning wherewith his mind being enlig hened
, rested not IN the sweetness OF contemplation, bu!
broke forth INTO such effects gave unto Thebes,
which had never been an underliDg, a dreadful
reputation among all people adjoining, and the
highest command in Greece.--Raltigh.