The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-11-20

! gem, Heroic and martial prowcss il. ever
tsurrounded with halo OF scinti!lpting glare
? fascinating to the thoughtless and giddy.-
-tThc man Of real worth, whose sig soul, fik,
/ great cup Of gold, is filled with the ehan
4 ring mental, and moral rabieg. possesses
4 least enchai.meat to, tie popular mind, and
occupies a cramPed, unnoticed corner on
the page Of episode in his country's history
So with Te!smanchus, ,.'1'' '.' ''''' '''
This monk and anchorits of Egypt waI
endowed by nature with superior mind
His especial gift was that Of a disinterested ed
GEd fearless moral heroisn.
In the rude ra,al sscIusion, chosen by
him and his associates, to lead their lives
of religious devotion, there thronged to the
i simple oratory Of this o2histcated child
OF nature, the afflicted whom lie consOled,
and the needy whom ae relieved, In these
useful and unostentatiors labors passed
twenty years of the life of Telcmanchu So
Caance or curiosity threw a traveller tempo.
rarly into the monastery He came from
Rome. that proud, predicate and imperial
city that sat upon her seven hills and ruled
the world. fl Of this great centre Of civi}iza,
| ,ion the traveller spoke. Hour after hour
he enranced the ear Of the eager monks.
He spoke of her aggregated trophies
gathered by the syalor of her conquering
armies in every zone; of her noble, and
| ignoble rulers; of her virtue. and, vice; Of
her enormous revenue and squandered treas,
ure; of the happiness and misery Of her sub
jects; of her victorious battles and disas.-
trous defeats; of her stupendops temp les
and gorgeous palaccs; and OF her marble
streets and her gludiatorial Coliseum. ~.
On the last he dwelt, and recited the bru-
tai gIadiatorial exhibitions tolerated by Chris
tian emperors, to. inaame the worst pas-
sions of the licentious rabble. ,,.. .... -.... -.
This revolving relic of .paganism,. endur-
ed and approved by Christians, constituted
to widen chasm between theory and prac.
tice, for the jealous and scrupulous mind of
| Telemanchus. ,.l .a, b.. .-er..s ..,.
| He rose in his place, and said to his bro.
ther monks: While such hdeous pagan
evils exist to disgrace and shame our holy
religion, supineness or anything short Of an
open, bod-facng protest, is unworthy the
monkhood of Telemanchus. / will 60 to
Rome, enter the arena of the Coliseum, sep,
arate the combatants, face the emperor, and
excite the crowd, and in the name Of Jeho-
yah openly inyeigh against this horrible traf.
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Telemanchus started, and tsayeled and
REACHED the Coliseum just before, a gladia.
tors death, 'The exu!tng shouts that broke
from the gathered thousands stunned him
with alright, his heart .recoied a, moment
from its stern purpose, but true to the great
impulses Of his devout soul, it gathered cour,
sgc equal to the great emergency. Tele-
a.anchus descended into the arena, boldly
interfered between the astonished gladia-
tors, and with uplifted voice, in the presence
of assembled Rome, denounced the sin, cru.
city ard cowardce of such amusements.-
TIE boldnesa Of the intruder for moment
choked in The crowd all expression Of pas
sion; but balkedin Witnessing the beastly
| consummation Of the fight, the current OF
rage and merciless revenge set strong against
the OBJECT that had thwarted the final revi.
val OF the brutal feelings Of the debauched
tilrong. That object was the determined
Telemanchus. E''''
The menacihg gestures, and madmen
shouts from the multitude in the amphithea
ter, announced to Telemnnchus the doom
he had anticipated The crowd had seized
whatever missiles they could lay their hands
on. Tclemanchus calmly folded his arms,
and calmly waited the shock of the rising
storm. 1t came like bursting thunder
cloud, and overwhelmed him. He fell be-
meath the shower Of stones that dismissed
his soul to its final home. W
Thus fell the hero of the Coliseum. Thus
fell the noble martyr Of humanity. 20"
% Wonderful changes often take, place in
the feelings of popular assemblies. Shame
and remorse succeeded murderous rage; the
destroyers relentcd, and bestowed funeral
honoTs OF the, stranger they ,had. outraged.
The reactiopary feeling was SO great, that
|
Honorius, the reigning emperor, decreed the
abolition Of gladiatorial exhibitions, and the
populace yielded an unresisting obedience,
The far seeing mind Of Telemanchds expac
ted to attain this result in precisely the man.
ne1 it was effected. These shows were
neverrevived. w" "~''a@''S%" "
No shrine or statue has ever been erected
to Telemanchus. He has needed nome
The Coliseum itself is his enduring monu.
ment. After the wasting hand Of thous
andyears has been laid upon il, 1t still re-
mains the greatest archite ctural wonder OF
the world. The monument of Telemanchus
bids to- stand coequnl with the eternal
pyramids Of Egyptss ss4a fsaa LAMBoRE.i
,TThe Boston Post says: "a deacon who
became rich in grocery. not hundred
miles from the State House, used to boast
how much he bad done for the cause Of tenn,
perance, BY mixing al feast, d gallon on wa
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