Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-23

II wrote sixteen years ago. Byron ex-
claims at the close Of his "OIc to Napoleon"
"Whero shall the eye rest, weary of gazins
on the great, whore find glory that is not
criminal, pomp that is not con ntemptible
Yes, there is man, the first, the last, the
best Of all, the Cincinnatus of the west,
wLom envy itself does not hate. The name
of Washington has been bequcathed to ua
to make humanity blush that such man is
alono in history
Is Washington rs great rs Byron makes
him? Yes, as we shall soon see if we COM
pare him with the most illustrious persona
ges. Take, for example, that Cesar who
has dazzled men to such degree that each
vies with tho other in pardoning his crimes
and bowling before tho greatness of his mis-
deeds. Washington does not pale before
this hero of the Roman empire. Doubtless
the American General had neither the mind
nor the rcsourcess Of the Conqueror Of Phar-
sala he lived in poor and frugal commu-
nifty and his fellow-citizens resemblcd the
contemporaries Of Cincinnatus moro than
those Of Cicero; but what moral differ
encc is there between those two men, and,
considering only political genius, hew great
is the one and how small the other.
If, in these two rivals, we consider what
belongs to the man, and no. what belongs
to the nature or to the age, | mean the will,
Washington does not yield to Caesar. Once
entered upon their career, neither have
Quilted it or drew back. Cesar sought to
impose his will on the world, and to cxpcl
therefrcm the very name of liberty moth
ing restrained him; ho slew n million OF
men to attain his end. Washington sought
to defend and consolidate the liberty Of his
country, and nothing arrested him either;
he bravCd the halter and ignomny to FREQ
his menaced country; he rejected with con-
tempt the crown which his army offered
him, and which he might have accepted
without being taxed wit ambition. a die
tator he had no other care than liberty, no
other love than the republic. Caesar and
Washington both succeeded; both founded
an empire, and bcquc0thed to the future
their example aud their idea; their work
will judge them. The despotism that Cnsar
established gave the orinipot:ncc TO one
master and condemned whole people to
live by the will of single man. This
reign Of day, by founding the empire, cost
the world fye centuries Of irresistible de-
cline. The imperial administration, one Of
tho best planned systems ever Invented,
wore ont Roman society TO such q degree
that even christianity did not revive it
new races were needed to rcgenerate the
exhausted blood.
Washington established a wise nnd we'll
ordered republic; he left to the future, not
The fatal experiment Of triumphat crime,
but the benefcent example OF patriotism
and virtue. In less than fifty years, thanks
TO the powerful impetus Of liberty, we have
witnessed the rise of an empire founded not
on conquest but on peace and industry, an
empire which before the end of the century,
win be the greatest state in the civilized
world, and which, if it remains faithful to
the idea of its founders, if ambition does
not arrest the tide of its fortune will offer
TO the world the unhcard of spectacle Of
republic OF hundred millions ofmcn, rich
or, happier, and more brilliant, than the
m5narchics OF the Oil World. This is tn,
work of Washington. Despite all the lustrc
of the genius, Cesar has left n sinister name
which is the symbol Of despotism. The name
of Washington is much moro than the fcun-
der Of an empire; Washington opens rev
era in HISTORY. Greater than Caesar, he has
undone the work Of the Roman; he has put
n end to the fatal divorce which Cesar in
iroduced upon the earth; he has rcsrscitl-
ted the world and liberty.-LaJolcgs's criii-
cism on NcpOle0R's Cesar.