American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-17
The Cesar Of tho Present Day.
TIE GLORY OF CIVILIZATION.

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Caesar has been characterized by Shake.
peare as the foremost man Of all the world
We judge of men by a different standard
now, for we have man much greater than
Cesar The ttiumphs and giories of all the
Cpsars were as uothing compared with The
triumphs OF Professor Holloway. When The
great Cesar was despatched to Gaul By the
Roman Senate, the frs, communities ton they
received from him was The epigrammatic
announcement, i came, saw, conquered
When Holloway, under the influence Of IA
noble philanthropy, aud guided by sound
philosophy, entered on his mission OF happi.
ness TO man, his success might we'll have
been recorded in the words--I came, | saw,
saved Cesar, during his campaign in Ger
many, determined 10 rise up with his army
against the State his first step was to pass
the Rubicon. a chaos of bloodshe,l, wick
edness and anarchy ensued, which the world
has seldom seen since then. Holloway dis
gusted and shocked with the Gutility of the
means commonly employed 10 coun,oract
disease aud preserve health, set his energies
TO work to devise new and universal cura-
tive; his first step was to consult nature.
Nature responded, aud his medicines, scat
tered over the face OF this broad g. beauteous
earth. shed their blessings on suffering myr.
lads, and brought health to countless homes
from which otherwise peace and happne -
would have forever fled.
When C@sar entered Rome in triumph
the envious Marcellus exclaimed
Sc What tributaries follow him to Rome,
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels.r
We all know how the imperial despo Is
watched prisoners were made prominent
feature OF HE savage ova,ions by which his
victories were celebrated, Mark how The
times have changed Orr Caesar rejoices in
no tributaries purchased with tears & blood.
Holloway's laurels have not been bough, by
human slaughter and desolated homes His
triumphs have been triumphs over disease
and death and his mos. valuable reward
has been the prayers and blessings Of thou
sands Of grateful hearts with whom his name
and fame have become "household words"
Cassius. though one of Caesars foes, &C.
knowledged his greatness when he said
/" Ye Gods, it doth amaze me how he should
So get The start of this majestic world,
And bear the palm alone"
But what hollow greatness was Cm-
ears compared with Holloway's. What
cruel end no had. He lived by tho
sword, and died by the sword. He was
murdered by his "iriends." THUS ell
ded the career of tho greatest luler of
the greatest republic the old world and
the old times have ever had. But here
in this now world and in these later
times we have republic grsater, truer,
purer than that of Rome in her palmi-
est days. And here, too, we have a
new Cesar whose deeds and fame will
be commensurated with it's greatness,
and whose claims TO the admiration and
respect of tho world now and in future
times do not rest OH the number of hu-
man beings he has slain or the desola.
ton he has made, but OIL the number
of human beings he has saved. and the
blessings of health and happiness which
he has bestowed on humanity in the dis
cove,y ofhis miraculous remedies - Bos-
ton Traveller.