The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-04-19
GgNEALoGY OF TIRE TRUMps.'
The Trumps of Ancient Greece.
DrA MEMBER or TUE FAMILY
MEMBER VII.

h MEMBER VII.
A.. VI, 1926. No sooner were tue
Greek Trumps freed from foreign foes,
than they became jealous of each other.
The Athcnians having returned to their
homes, began to rebuild their city, and
remembering its former weakness, now
formed a plan to strengthen anl enlarge
its walls. This excited the Jealousy Of
the Lacednmcnians, who sent ambassadors
to the Atlicnians TO persuade them not to
make the contemplated enlargement Of the
city, but being ashamed to own their real
motives, they claimed they based their
arguments on the ground that it would be
detrimental to the interests of Greece, il
the city should ever fall into the hands Of
the enemy. 'rhemistoccs, who was then
running the machine at Athens, at once
saw through their design and resolved
to meet their duplicily with equal dissim-
ula,ion, and told theu they would send an
embassy to Sparta, aud fully satisfy their
scruples; and having procured himself to
be chosen, he accordingly went, but by
delays &C., he kept the Spartans in sus-
pensc until the works were Completed
lie then boldly threw off the mask and de-
clared that Athens was now in a condition
TO keep out any enemy, foreign or do
nestle, and that if any violence was
offered him The Athcnians would rctaliate
upon the Spartan ambassadors. who were
in their hands. He was accordingly re-
leased aud returned home, where he was
greeted as though returning from great
victory. lie then proposed another bold
but unjustiiab!c scheme for increasing the
power aud glory Of Athens, which being
laid before Arisli,lcs, tho venerable head
Trump Of the city, was jisappt0ved by
him, and in public assembly of the
people, he tollihem that nothing could
be more unjust; so great: was the conf
dencc Of tho people in him that they re-
jec,cd the proposal. without knowing what
it was, aud bestowed Oh him the surname
Of the JUST.
The Confederate States being now a,
liberty. to turn their arms against their
foreign foes, fitted out powerful feet,
under the command Of Pansains, Arts
,ydes and Cinion. They s,cered for the
Isle Of Cyprus, and set all the city free.
Then directing their prows towards the
llellrspont, they attacked tie city Of
Byzan,um, Of wllic!, they made. themselves
masters, and besides the vas, quantity Of
plumber they found. they took many pris-
oners, u geat number Of ,llem Of the
richest families Il Persia. But, us has
been tile case in all ages, the wealth and
| plumber they obtained done tllcm more
harm than good, as it bacaine the means
of corrupting their simplicity Of manners
and their purity Of character. The same
mania for wealth seems to have broke out
in Sparta, and 50 corrupted Pansilas, that
he offered to deliver up Sparta. and even
all Greece to Nerves. on condition that be
gave him his daughter in marriage. =
This conspiracy was orpor,mely detected
aud he was twice tried and acquitted, just
as the Ephori were about to seize him, he
took refuge in the Temple Of Minerva,
where the sanctity Of the place proven,
his being arrested people. however,
blocked up the en,cranccs with stones and
tearing of the roof, left him to perish Of
starvation and cold Thus persisted one
Of the ablest and most successful Spartan
commanders.
The fate of Pansains involved the fall
of Themistocles, who had been living a,
Argos for sometime under sentence fban.
slinents. I1o was now charged with
having been privy to the designs Of
Pan,ainas, without revealing them tG
the State, and tho Spartans, who had
always been lis enemies, now came for.
ward and accused him before the assembly
Of Alh ms. Hc vas condemned aud !,
posse was sent to bring hin before the
assembly. but he hearing OF the action
which had been taken Immediately fled to
the Island Of Corsyfa, from tllence tC
the court of Adinelus, King of the Mo.
ossians, and from thence to Sardis, where,
throwing himself upon the Persian mon.
arch, no bodily declared his maine, his
country and his nlisfortuncs. II have,
he cried" - done my angrateful country
service, more than once, and am now
come to offer that service to you. My life
is in your hands. You may now exert
cemcncy or display your vengeance"
Ncrxes made him no answer at tic au-
dicncc, though struck with admiration
for the man, but he soon gave vent to his
l. joy over the event. lie gave him three
cities for his supper, and treated him
with the greatest favor. But although
driven from his home By his ungrateful