Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-08-14
The Cesar of the Present Day,


Cesar has been characterized by Shakespeare
as .sthe foremost man of all this world" We
Judge of men by different standard now, for
we have man much greater Cesar, The
triunlphs and glcrIes OF all the Cesars were as
nothing compared with the iriumphs of Pro-
fessor Holloway. When the great Cesar"
was dispatched 10 Gaul by The Roman Senate,
the first communication they received from
HIN was the eplgrammaiIc announcement, Il
came, | saw conquered" When Holloway,
under the influence of a noble philanthropy,
and guided by a sound philosophy, catered no
his mission Of happiness 10 man, his success
es might well have been recorded in the words,
IL came, | saw, saved" Caesar, during his
campaign in Germany, determined TO rise up
with his army against the State; his first
step was TO pass the Iubicon. chaos of
bloodshed, wichedness, and anarchy, ensued,
which the world has seldom seen since then.
Holloway, disguised and shocked with The fu-
tllity of the means commonly employed to
coun,eract disease and preserve health, set
his energies 10 work TO devise a new and uni.
versal curative; his first step was TO consult
Nature Nature responded, and his medi-
cines, scattered over the face ofthis broad and
beau,eous earth, shed their blessings on suf.
ferng myriadS, and brought health 10 count
less homes from which Otherwise peace and
happiness would have for ever fed.
When CIsar entered Rome in triumph, the
envious Marcellus exclaimed:
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 a prominent
feature of the savage ovations by which his
victories were celebrated. Mark how the
times have changed. Our Cesar rejoices in
no tributaries purchased with tears and blood
IiullowayS laurels have not been bought BY
human slaughter and dcsolaied homes. His
trlumphs have been iriumphs over disease
and dealh; and his most valuable reward has
been the prayers and blessings of thousands
Of grateful hearts with whom his name and
fame have become "househoid words.'
Cassius, though one of Casar's fees, ac-
knowledsed his greatness when he said
aye gods, it doth amaze me how should
So grt the start ofths majestic world,
And bear the pain aionc-"
But what a hollow greatness was Gasar's.
compared with Holioway's! Whata cruel
end he hadl He lived by the sword, and
died by the sword. He was murdered by his
.friends.' Thus ended the career Of the
greatest ruler of the creates, republic the old
world and old times have ever had. But here
IN this new world and in these later times wa
have a republic greater, truer, purer, than
that Of Rome in her palmiest days. And
here, too, We have a new Cesar whose deeds
and fame will be commensurate with his
greatness, and whose claims TO the admiration
and respect Of the world now and in fut1re
lines do not rest on the number of human
beings he has slain or the desolation he has
made, but on the number Of human beings he
has saved. and the blessings of health and
happiness which he has bestowed on humani.
ar IN me discovery Of his miracu ulous RENE.