Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-24
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1uIIue Cnanrs By Lonia N. HonapRrte

Julius Cesnrs BY Louis N. BOnaparte.
Fitting tribute 70 the genius and greatness
Of the uncle, the world-renowned Consul and
Emperor, who with shorter life, but longer
career, was the only representative in modern
times of the greatest Caesar
For 1900 years has the great julius
been mnligned by all the Christian world,
and will be maligned by the world Of En-
gland. for who, unfortunately for us, make
our public opinion, for many years to come.
Il is time that the Americans had learned to
do Justice TO the foremost man of all the
world, or at least to his public actions. De-
liberate Misrepresentation, or inexcusable
ignorance, has always prevailed relating to
| him. He was revolutionist. So was our
| Washington aud his co-laborers. The first
Napoleon was the child Of revolution. Our
| Washington and his associates were simply
rebels against the expressions OF distant and
| really alien government Alien, because the
| inhabitants of America were Of the people,
while the Government of Great Britain was
composed of the nobility.
Julius Caesar came upon the stage Of action
during the time of the Plebeian Marius and
the Patrican Sylla.
II was in the midst of continued revolu-
tions, upon which his great genius fell as a
| thunderbolt, OVERRIDING and subduing patri-
clan and plebeian, and which did not end
| until his great nephew was elected for ten
years to supreme power, and many times re-
| newed. r8..
| When the latter punished his enemies, the
youth of Julius was urged in mitigation of
his fault, and he consented 10 spare him; but
made the observation, ''ln that youth ! see
many Mariuses.'
Rome was plunged in excesses; the wealth
of the patricians was enormous, and much OF
IL was in the shape Of usury extorted from
the laboring classes by the money lords.
Civilization was at its hight; the divisions OF
society were the greatest that could be in a
uniform race and where caste did not exist;
the whole machinery Of government was
contrived to keep up the state Of society; the
Senate had no other object in view but to
perpetuate their own privileges and Keep
down the people; in other words to prevent
revolution.
Julius Caesar sought employment under
government for many years in vaini born OF
Patrician rank, he had espoused the cause OF
the people; he was past forty years OF age
had spent all his patrimony, and was in debt
miilians of dollars to Crsssus and others, ant
t had to escape from Rome between tive
days." when he got his appointment fo
n | Spain IL has always been q wonder hov
5 Crassus, the miser, came to trust him. Som
{ | writers suppose he had faith in his genius
: My opinion is that he got in so far that it wa
e as well to keep on as to draw back; indeed
e that his only chance was to throw gooC
/ money after bad.
e When Caesar crossed the Rubicon he wa
f in arms against his country; rebel, guilt.
of high-treason. So was George Washing
5 ton, SO were his confederates. Julius Casa
o had put in force that right so much admire
n in our Government by the sagacious foreigner
# "The glorious right Of revolution"
S II is time the true history of this great ma
). was given to the world without comm
n through the Patrician channel of Englis
n writers, and no one SO fit to do justice to tn
n great subject as the nephew of the "Child Q
IL Revolution" who may be destined to trans
: nit to posterity the government which hi
: great uncle sought to establish.
5; CINCINNATI, July IL, 1860. Fl. G. Fl.