Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-12-12
The Cesar of the Present Day. ---The
Glory of Civilizations.

The Caesar of the Present Day. 1.-THE
GLORY of Civilization.
Cesar has been characterized by Shah-
speare as q the foremost man of all this
world ,,I We Judge Of men by different
standard now, for We have man much
greater than Cesar This triumphs and
gioriess of all the Caesars were as nothing
compared with the triumphs Of Professor
Holloway. When "the great Caesar"
was dispatched to Gaul by the Roman
Senate. the first communication they re-
ceived from him was the epigrammatic
announcement, al came, T saw, con-
quered." When Holloway, under the
influence of noble philanthropy. and
guided by sound philosophy, entered on,
his mission Of happiness, to man. his sue.
cesses might well, have been recorded IN.
the words, at came, / saw, / saved. ' '4,
Caesar. during his campaign in Germany,
determined 10 rise up with his army
against the State his, first, step was to
pass the Rubicon. "A clIaos Of b!oodshed.3
wickedness and anarchy ensued, which the.
world has seldom seen since then. Hol.
loway, disguised and shocked with the.
futility of the means commonly employed
to counteract disease and preserve health,
set his energies to work to devise new
and universal curative his first step was
to consult Nature, Nature responded, !,
and his medicines. scattered over The face
Of this broad earth. shed their Blessings
on suffering myriads, and brought health
TO countless homes from which otherwise
peace and happiness would have for ever
fcd. ~ ' 60 :
When Caesar entered Rome in triumph,
the envious MarceIlus exciaimea:::' ,..
"what tributaries follow him to Rome
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels, =
We all know how the imperial 'despot's
wretched prisoners were made promt>
nent feature of the savage ovations by,
which his victories were celebrated. -
Mark how the times have changed. Der
Cesar rejoices in no tributaries purchas>
ed with tears and bloodshed. Hollo>
ways laurels have not been bought by
human slaughter and >desolated homes, -
His triumphs have been triumphs over
disease and death and his most yalua--
BILE rewards has been the prayers and
blessings of thousands Of grateful hearts
with whom his name and fame have be-
come "household words"
Cassius. though one of Cesar's foes,
acknowled his greatness when he said
Yc Gods, it doth amaze me how he should
So get the start OF this majestic world, ~,
And boar the palm alone"
But what a hollow greatness was Caesars
compared with Holloway's. What a
cruel end he had. He lived by the
sword. and died by the sword. He Was
murdered by his 9. friends" Thus ended
the career Of the greatest ruler Of thf
greatest republic OF the old world and the
old times have ever had. But here in
this new world and in these later time,
we have republic greater. truer, purer
than Rome in her palmiest days. And
here, too, we have a new Caesar whose
deeds and fame will be commensurate
with its greatness, and whose claims &c
the admiration aud respect of the worlC
now and in future times do not rest or
the number Of human beings he has slair
or the desolation he has made, but on
the number Of human beings he has sa.
we'd, and the blessings Of beaith and hap.
piness wlfick Ne has bestowed ON human.
ity in the discovery of his miraculous re
needless Boston Traveller.