New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-08
THE MEETING AT PHILIPPI.

After reddening his hands with the
blood of Caesar, the wretched Brutus sat
alone in his tent a. the dreary hour OF
midnight. There i. was that his cowardly
conscience conjured up the phantom which
he imagined said to him, u am thy evil
genius, Brutus: We shall meet again at
Philippi." In giving this incident to the
world, Brutus himself has left 1t IN PROOF
that he was self-convicted Of the commls'
sion of a foul and fearful act. The retrl'
button was terrible. He died in despair.
doing execution upon himself. The
bravest and best disciplined army III the
| world. commanded by the creates: general
then alive. Marcus Antonius. man cruel
| and yindictive. the friend and avenger OF
Caesar, was upon the plains OF Philippi.
! These solid leg;ons. to be moved By such
a man, constituted the array which the
assassins of Caesar were destined ''to meet
at Philippi." Their forces, outnumberins
those Of Anthony. were imposent in the
conflict. Upon the first onset Cassius,
with his division of their army, was over
whelmed himself being killed in the bat
tie. Brutus, with his command. survived
for a short time only.
He was soon after utterly routed. his
forces being either killed Or captured. He
escaped the fierce pursuit Of his foes only
by falling upon the point of his own
sword, pi:ifully exclaiming that he had
worshipped virtue as real goddess, but
had found that she was only the slave OF
fortune. His wife. also one Of the con.
spirators. destroyed her life by swallowing
burning Goals. And it is most signifi-
cant fact. as far as known to Us by histo-
ry, that no. one Of the prominent persons
implicated in the assassination OF Julius
Cesar died natural death. Even Cicero
himself, though not participating in the
conspiracy meanly truckled to the pres
sure of party domination SO far as 70
give it luis sanction. and thereby sealed
his own ignoble doom-.ha: Of falling by
the hand Of an assassin.
1.-THE meeting at Philip.i" has often
been re-enacted in the course Of the ages
that have followed. Near our own times
there was a memorable rehearsal Of it
during the French revolution Of 1890.
History informs us that at the same place
where Louis XVI and his accomplished
queen were decapi.ated, the heads OF
Robespierre and Danton subsequently
rolled beneath the guillotine-an awful
example Of the fate Of instigators Of bloody
deeds. And on this very spot the allied
sovereigns eucamped when they made
their sriumpha! entry into Paris. in 1914.
showing that. in the ultimate effects and
consequences OF revolution that was
commenced and carried on by murder
and outrage. proud nation was humbled.
So it has ever been and will forever be.
It is irreyocably fixed by eternal laws
that the assas sin. his aiders and abettors.
his indorsers and apoiogists must i'll the
end come to a reckoning at ''Philippi."
The wretch who resorts to assassination
and sets up in justification ofit his pa
triotism, love OF country and devotion to
liberty. is worse man than the one who
stealthily commits murder to avenge apri.
vate wrong. Disappointed ambition and
baffled seiishress urge the former to any
deed to glut the malicious feelings gene.
rated in his heart against a successful
rival who never inflicted any injury upon
him. Having no sanction in heaven or on
earth, he looks in another direction and
exclaims, like Juno in her insane rawlings
agains. the Tyojans. ".Si ne 2ueo .6sc'ere
supeyOs. Aciero,,ta Douebo." 1T can not
prevail upon the gods Of heaven, will
appeal to those of hell Can it be that We
have in our mids: men classed as respect
able who have this fell spirit: Are there
among us those having good character and
standing who secretly approve assassina.
ton OH any srounds Charity constrains
us to think, that unless during unfortu-
nate moments when passion rules and
reason is obscured, there are no..
1t is the duty Of all men to guard against
the promptings Of the dark passions and
especially against the disposition to
avenge wrongs real or imaginary. No
evi! disposition of the mind is more in.
tractable. and not one that SO stubbornly
resists both the iniunctions of philosophy
and the precepts Of religion. Hence the
danger We are in continually Of bringing
down upon our head the abundant woes
that await dere!iction of duty in that
direction. Reason. common sense, philo.
sophy. religion, all exclaim :gains. it.
Near fouv centuries before the advent of
the Son of God. Tnales and Chrysippus,
and other philosophers Of the Academy
and the Porch. at Athens. taught the |
doctrine Of the non resentment ofinjuries. |
Socrates ina later age gave it his approval,
and acted upon it to the admiration Of the !
world. I: was afterwards authoritatively |
confirmed and established by the in.
f,llible teacher Of Nazareth.
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4 RAILROAD IN AFRICA.
An eminent federal general and civil /!
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