The Woodville Republican., 1852-05-25

revenge But freedom mast, on earth find
some safe abiding place Far Oh IN III,
Latin plains, she seeks home, where on
infant nation. nurtured at the paps Of the
free and cumming wolf, catching the declin,
ing splendoT OF Greece's setting sun, aud
rising to mooniide radiance, soon absorbs
the nat ons of earth in her resplendent
light.
The Roman Eagle was the darkest bar.
py that ever preyed upon the so called lib
critics Of man still Rome herself was mag
nanimuus aud free. She made the sword
the arbHer OF human rights, aud vofsciously
swallowed nation after natlon. To safe the
mad cravings OF her counoant appetite.
Her csp,ives were the rerest slaves, aud
her provincial avs the grinding oppression
ol a military despulism sth Rome was the
mistress ol the worid-,he miiiest among
the mighty, What rheu FASTENED, the
downfall vi tins grand Col iossus aud read To
word anaiher sad lesson OF hose huge evils
resulting from democratic rue, or the
'1yrany ui the majority = Glbhon, the nm
mortal Gibbon, who, more a philosopher
writing history, than phiIosophc historian
tells us that Rome ielI victim TO corup'
ton corruption !! corruption
Now lhs is telling us hat men die be.
cause--they die. Had Gbbon only betn n
p ssessed OF slight qhantunl oi ihat splnt
which animated such historians as Mlcheiet
Bos.uet, or Guizot, we shol ID lave been
informed of the caUSCs OF this corruption and
have had the whole truth presented 10 n al
once. tut, a. GIbl on has suppressed aud
distorted facts in relation TO the gTnnutst
feature of his work we must moi be Hurpfis-
ed that minor facts have been CLOSED over
by the magic OF his poisoned pen. Gihbon
was evidently Red Republican" over
jealous of the principles OF demscIallc SUI
premacy. bul finding sad test Oi his genius
in the PROSTATE columns of Rome, preferred
to pass great causes over III sllentio, and TO
feed us with startling effects. without trac-
ing them to their legitimate anIecedents'
Such historians may ind favor with tlie I'M
rejecting multitude but TO the earnest i'll.
quirer after truth their authority is always
to be received with silen. shake oi the
head.
Gibbon. we, however, believe, has been
generally very fair in his statements OF facts
and these are all that the philosopher asks
for. Human nature remains always the
same, ard il is therefore no very difficult
matter 10 deduce true causes iiom effects
resulting from laws so fixed and invariably
as are those regulating mans mora nature
Let us then take a monIentaTy glance at
those corruptions Of which the historian
speaks, and endeavourto extract from their
study the truth we ore striving to establish
When the imperial bird had spread his dark
pinions from Hispania TO The remote pro-
vince of the East---irom the barharou~ na
/ tionS of the North. to the many l. es that
gem the Argenn Deep'-when al the then
known Nations earth lay PROSTATE before
Romes triunphat car--he restless eagle
strayed his eter-oEWard flight. aud perch
ing him upon The lofty Avehlne commeii-
ced to de'our the prey accun uIaIed at III
feet. But, behold what has been going
on at home whilst the invincibe legonsare
planting their standard upon the crumbling
Liberties of the outer nations It's vast
horde Of captured slaves have, for genera.
tions. been pouring their fatal numbers into
the walls OF their imperial mistress. These
slaves are not wild savages. Far from II.
They are spirited and crafty barbarian,
who have only succombed to the superior
| military prowesss OF the Romans, because
they had not reduced warfare TO science
These rude races soon become possessed
of many OF the arts aud Establishments OF
their civilized masters. aud greatly prefering
the boring brea,hs of southern Italy 10 The
severe regions Of the northern homes rush
down, in vast sworms, TO settle in, or
about the great melropiis aud finally become
Incorporated in. aud compose an integral
part of Roman civilization.
The Roman constitution had been found
ed on that wise, and only true basis Vi free
government, which roo niZes that Two ee-
peralp and distinct orders, OF society, are
absolutely necessary to The heaiihinl and
prosperous existence OF the human body.
polite as united whole, aud consequently
20 long as she, and the Grecian RepHb lcs
adhered TO this eternal principle, Freedom
did moi essay 10 forSake their -hrines. That
is 10 say--labor and capita must from man 5
very nature, reside. the one in the hand oi
him who must labor, and thr other in the
hands of him who will not labor. This is
but the creature Of mans social condition,
sill it is hbeny's sioutest pillar and the
grapdest feature Of human civlisstion.
But here is the great DANCE Of the system.
as il 10 natural that thi- reaiinn should *.
isl. 20 is il the tendency Of human nature o
make an abuse of its moei inesiimable pfi-
viliges-it opens too, extends scope TO the
play Of mans evil passions. which ineylta-
bly, sends him along with his most beautiful
systems INTO the dark abyss os destruction.
In Rome there had aiways been going
on, deadly contest between the psrtician
and the pIebisn ranks, occasioned. not s.
much by the exsciions of the one as by the