The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-02

Of Juaea,. witt. the high priests ssand his
officers. 1t the appointed hour no
guests appeared This was an insult
offered 10 my dignity. = few days after
ward tie Tctrarcll deigned to pay NE a
visit Ills department was grave aud
deceitful. He pretended that his relig
ion forbade hiln aud his attendants to sit
down at the tables Of the Gcntlles, and
to offer up lnations with theEl-
1 thought it expedient to accept Of his
excuse hut from: that uloment | was Goa
WINGED that the conqnred had declared
themselves the chem es of the conquer
ors.
''At that time Jerusalem was all con-
quered cities, the most difficult to govern,
50 turbulent were the people that [ lived
il monentary dread of an insurrection.
To repress it [ had but single centurion
and q handful Of soldiers. | requested
reinforcement from the Project Of Syria,
who informed me that he had scarcely
troops sufficient to defend his cwn prov
ince. Insatiate thirst Of empire to ex-
tend our conquests beyond the means Of
defending them Among the various
rumors that came to my ears there was
| one that attracted my attention. y young
man, it was said. had appeared in Galiec,
preaching, witha noble JUNCTION, a new law.
in the name of the G;oJ that had sent him.
II first | was aprehensive that his de
| sign was to stir UP the people against the
| Romans, but soon were my fears dispell-
| ed. Jesus Of Nazareth spoke rather as
friend of the Romans than Of the Jews
One day passing by the place Of Si!oe,
where there wfs great concourac OF the
people, [ observed, in the midst Of the
group, a young man leaning against a
tree, who was calmly addressing the mul-
titude l was told it was Jesus. This
could easily have suspected SO great
was the difference between him and those
who were listening to him. His golden
colored hair and beard gave to his ap-
pearance celestial aspect; he appeared
to be about thirty years Of age. Never
! have [ seen 4 sweeter or a more serene
countenancc. y hat q contrast between
him and his hearers, with their black
beard and tawny compilations Unwill-
ing to interrupt him by my presence I
continued my walk, but signifed to my
secretary to join the group and listen.
''My sccretary's name was Manlius.
He was the grandson Of the chief of the
conspirators who encamped In Etruria,
waiting Cataline. Manlius was an an
cient inhabitant of Judea, and well ac-
quainted with the Hebrew language.
He was devoted to me and worthy Of
confidence.
''On entering the Pretorium [ found
! Manlius, who related the words Jesus
had pronounced at Siloe. Never have
| heard in the Pettico or in the works of
the philosophers, anything that can com
pare to the maxims of Jesus. One of
the rebellious Jews, SO numerous in Je-
rusalem, having asked him if it was law
| full to give tribute to Caesar, Jesus re-
piled, "Reader nnto Ceasar the things
aohich are Caesars, and anto God the
things that are Gods"
1t was on account of the wisdom of
his sayings that | granted so much liber-
ty to the Nazarene for it was in my pow
er TO have him arrested and exiied to
Pontus, but this would have been con-
trarv to that justice, which has always
characterized the Romans. This man
was neither sedicious or rebcllious I
extended to him my protection unknown
perhrps to himself. He was at liberty to
act, to speak, to assemble and address
the people, to choose disciples unrestrain-
ed by any Pretorian mandate.
sShould it ever happen-may the
gods never avert the omen-should it
ever happen I say, that the religion of
our forefathers be supplanted by the re-
ligion of Jesus, it will be his noble tolera-
ton that Rome shall owe her premature
obsequies, whilst I miserable wretch [
shall have been the instrument Of what
Christians call providence, and we-des-
tiny.
.:But this unlimited freedom granted
to Jesus provoked the Jews-not the
poor but the rich and powerful. 1t is
4 true that Jesus was severe on the latter,
and this was political reason in my
opinion, not to control the liberty OF the
] Nazarene. s'Scribes and Phariseeso
would he say to them, Hyou are race of
yipers-you resemble painted sepulchres.'
/ At other times he would sneer at the
/ proud aims of the Publican, telling him
that the mite OF the poor widow was
more precious in the sight of God. New
complaints were daily mado at the Pre-
| torium against the insolence of Jesus.
| I was even informed that some misfortune
would befall him-that it would not be
| the first time that Jerusalem had stoned
| them who called themselves prophets
And that if the Pretorium refused justice,
| an appeal would Re made to the Caesar
if that happened. My conduct was ap-
proved of by the Senate, and I was
/ promised reinforcement of troops after
| the termination of the Pal THAN war.
ssBeing too weak to suppress sedition,
/ I resolved upon adopting a measure
that promised to establish the tranquil
| ty of the city, without subjecting. the
Pretorium to humila.ing concessions, I
wrote to Jesus requesting an interview
with him at the Pretorium. He came.