The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-08
eENsALoaY r.or THE TRUMps,
The Trumps Of Ancient Greece.
I. sYlA MEME o. the raaa AZ

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when, BY special .dispepsa.ion- of Provi-
dencc, he did 1; and his son, NERVES, sue
cceded to his Kingdom. ta1i!iiDf
AERxEs, although tyrannical and COW.
ardly, was ambitious, and determined TO
wipe out the good old Trumps Of Greece.
lie accordingly called council Of. ,wnr.
! and laid the matter before it. MARpo-
slus,a his Jtrother.in.law, knowing the
wishes of his royal master, encouraged
him to tho undertaking & butAkr1pANus.
Ills uncle, who considering tina, he be-
longed TO the Persian branch Of the
Trump family. andwas a pretty sensible
sort Of fellow, used oil his influence to
divert him from. the rash undertaking,
and told him, i the small family Of the
Trumrs Of Athens could whip the grea,
army commanded by Darts and Alta
ruEaus, what ought he'toexpec; from all
the Trump families Of Greece combined !;
and as test Of his sincerity, he proposed
that il tho campaign against the Trumps
Of Greece should prove successful, he aud
his children should be put to death ). but,
that lit proved unsuccessful, MAEDoNlrs
and his children should suierA,e penalty.
XEaYgs refused TO listen to sthc advice .!
his uncle, aud as punishment, ordered
him to stay at home among the women
and children. while he n,urchcd to honor
oad victory Rsls 10 smfua II g'As0
| Tbs. campaign being decided upon,
AEKxEs made gigantic PREPARATIONS His
army rcudezvonsed at SARDIs, and his
fee. along the coast of ASA MISoug lie
marched towards the EllELLksro,Sr, und
on his way, he cut a tiDutch Gap Canal
through the neck Of landTwhich joins
Mount Arnos to the continent. While
thisiwas being done, XxrxEs amused
himself yHaddrcssing Mount Arnos IN
this style:t"Athos, thou proud, aspiring
mountain. that littest up lthyiThcad into
the heavens, be no; so audacious as to pu.
obstacles in my way, or I viii cut The
level with the plain, aud throw the head.
long in the sea- Or course, ATios
didn, put any obstacles in his way. As
an instance 0: the character Of this tyrau-
meal Trump, II is related that l,ay.pg Or
dcred the con Gf pYrilIAs, "A Lydian
prince, to uttcnl lin in the vars, bis ia
Their offered him all lis treasure; amount
ing to four, millions sterling. to purchase
his exemption NERVES Immediately Or
dcred tile son to be brought before him,
and had him put to death before, bis, "a
TIERS cyes-his body cut in twain, and
ordered his whole army to nlurolrbc.ween
the pieces. /, ,n, pablm5 lsaiaet1io
4 AZ this time, lis {, army amounted to
1.-two millions of men, and bis fleet con.
sisted Of ], 427 ships, besides 1 900 small
icr. vessels, on board Of which were 6OO,-
1000 men. Addtto this ndmberltthc wo.
itmeu, slaves aud suffers; always attend
ant upon an army, and the whole amount
cd to about 5000, 900 Of souls! In the
year A. NJ. 1923, XEnxrs iset, out with
This great host, intending to make little
breakfast spell ofour ancestors ofGreecc.
! In his march, he was compelled ITO cross
1.-THE l1ELLEspolST, now called the Straits
tof Dardanelles, and for TINT purpose or
ltdcfeia bridge ofeboats to- be built across
IitnrrBut she bridge being carried away
by the icurrcnt, XERxgs wreaksd his ven.
gcauco both upon tho workmen and upon
the sea, causing the heads Of the former
to be cut off, a number Of lsshcs to be
inflicted upon tic latter, and fctters u be
Thrown into it, 10 teach it obetlicnte 10 his
will in the future. Another btidge was
built, aud III took his army seven days 10
cross. apAssoon as he established himself
Hin Europe, all. the smaller families Of
Trunps, except those of ,ArtiESs aud
iSrAkrA, at onec submitted But they,
like true heroes as they were, pledged
A themselves to defend their liberties Of die
in the "last ditch."Y Accordingly, they
prepared for the issue. Spies were sent
TO the Persian camp, who were caught,
but 81, confident was XEnxEs of success.
that .f,e led them through lis whole culnp.
and ;icn sent then, home, surprising that
their story would be sufficient to cause
! their friends to submit at once but in
stead of this, they resolved. to q sacriice
tho '.last man md the last dollar to
preserve their ancient liberties !! 4 Accor-
ldipgly they mustered their whole forces,
WHICH amounted to only, about 1900
men. TllEMisrooLEs was appointed to
I The chief command, and AnsTpEs was
recalled from exile, who was one Of their
most, accomplished generals. ID TnENIsro.
Giles Immediately ordeted one hundred
gallcysto be built aud added 10 the navy,
4 the ,orasles having declared that only By
\ wooden walls could Athens bc'dcfended.
The Spartans joined in this operation;-so
that on the approach Of XERxEs, the true
), irruinps Had a feet Of gS0isail. the com.
mand Of which wasIconferred Oh Eunipi-
4 ADDS, d rspariah. 1.-The battlefield was
finally chosen lus the pass bf ,ThgRAorY.
| Lac. between TnEssALY 1und Phoeis,
which was. ONLY l.ubuut .wcn,y feet vide.
Tie command Of this post was given to
LEoSiDAs, a ruling Trump Of Sparta, aud
. force II 5000 iiied assigned ,hiai. 'Of
I,,.. Al QQO sac. 9h,st,,s ,,.t . ,ra. .,,.ai