Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-22
A sTRIKINa PARALLEL.


inrIdEe OF America-One and the
Same.
There are passages, says the cinein-
natl ComEisreiai, in Ciceros first ora
ton against Cataline, that read as if they
might have been aimed At John c. Breck-
inridge, by some eloquent Senator during
the late session of Congress. Senator
Baker should have read them to the traitor
in the Senate House
How far, o Cataline, wilt thon ahase
our patience2 ART thou
nothing daunted by the nocturnal watch
posted 10 secure Palatium nothing by the
city guards Z nothing by the CONSERVATION
Of the people nothing by the union of all
I the wise and worthy citizcus2 nothing by
the Senate's assembling in this place of
strength Z? nothing by the looks and coun-
tenances of all here PRESENT. Seest thou
not that all thy designs are brought to
! light? that the Senators are thoroughly
anprised of this conspiracy Alas, for
! our degeneracy Alas, for the depravity
of the times The Senate is apprised of
ALI this; the Consul beholds il; yet the
traitor lives. Lives, did say2 He even
comes into the Senate; he shares in the
public deliberations.
Could that illustrious citizen Phtiius
Spicio, Sovereign Poutiff, but invested
with no public magistrncy, kill Tiberius
/ Gracchus for raising some slight commo'
ltions in the Commonwealth: and shall we
COusuls suffer Catalina TO live, who aims
at laying waste the world with fire and
sword? omit, as too remote, the exam
pie of Q. Servilius Alfalfa, who with his
o-7n hand slew Spurius Millius for plotting
n revolution in the State. Such, such WAS
I the virtue of this Republic in former times,
that her brave. sons punished more severe
! ~ tacttous citizen than the most ihEet.
crate public enemy. a decree once passed
/ in the Senate enjoining the Consul l.. OPP
I timus to take care that the Commonwealth
received no deIrimenti The very same
day Caius Gracious was killed for some
slight suspicious of treason, though des-
cended OF father, grandfather and an
cestors all eminent for their services to the
State
A camp is formed in Italy, on the very
borders of Etruria, against the Common
wealth. The enemy increase daily in NUM-
Der. At the same time we behold their
General and leader within our walls; nay.
in tue Senate House itself, plotting daily
some instructive mischief against the State.
= Immortal godsl what country do
we inhabit2 what city do we belong to 2
what Government do we live under2 Here,
here, couscript fathers, within these walls
and in this assembly, the. most awful and
venerable on earth, there are men who
mediate my ruin and yours, the destruc-
ton of this city, and consequently of the
world itself
Aud now, conscript fathers, that ] may
obviate and remove complaint which my
country might, with some appearance of
Justice, urge against me, attend diligently
TO what am about to say, and treasure it
up in your minds and hearts for should
my country, which to me is much dearer
than life, should all Italy, shonld the
whole State thus accost me: "What are
you about, Marcus Tullius2 Will you suf-
for man to escape out of Rome whom you
have discovered to be a public enemy
whom you see ready to enter on war
against the State2 whose arrival the con-
spirators wait with impatience that they
may put themselves nnder his conduct?
the prime author of the treason 2 the con-
triVer and manager of the revolt? the man
who enlists all the slaves and ruired cit
liens he can iind2 will you suffer him to
escape as one rather scot against the city
than driven from it? Do the
laws relating to the punishment of Roman
citizens hold you in aver Certainly trail.
tors against their country can have no
claim TO the privilege of citizens. Are
you afraid OF the reponches of posterity ?
When Italy shall be laid desolatc
with war, her cities Plundered, her dwell
ings on fire, can you then hope to escape
the flames of public indiguation2 =
Now, 1 Hm pursuaded that when the (Cat-
hlinel is once gone into Manlius' camp,
whittier he actually designs to go, none
can DO so silly as not to see that there is n
plot; none so wicked rs not to acknowl.
edge it; but when he has thrown himself
into rebellion, and carried out his friends
along with him, and drawn together the
prOfiigate and desperate from all parts of
the empire, not only this ripened plague Of
the Republic, but the very root and seed
of all our evils will be extirpated with
him at once.