, 1873-02-12

not commercial nation, ,-As WAS threatened"
!le Ind therefore aolicitod tho British to assist
British aoldiory.
prompt than tho scnhte, voted to impcach
IonMt: na tte WINS required to find aoct1rlty it
%2oOo0 and two aurotioa In $1G, 900 each, and
was then aeqncbtercd, or expelled, by vote
unhni1noua, lacking ono
plonnt was tried In i70s His lavyore, Dallaa
aT"t,E 1nd dng9rIn,o % e., nlo plea donying tho 1ars;
Senators worc not officers lIahlo to 10 inpoaclod,
= Senator. Harper and bayard, on behalf Of
s 0aao T. n ths S1 hut e Senate
ly soon aftorward,
Thus treason, 1and-grabbing, aud secret 1ottors
to Indian Agents produced All oxnu1aIon in tho
scnsto IN tho Fifth Congress- OF tho Unitod
OTHER Expurs1oNB.
III tho year 1899, john g Dreokinridge, Jeaae
D. Bright, aud Trusten Polk we're o1poilad from
tho gonato, but their offonce Of treason, thau
general Will, an entire sooton, exoneratos tho1n
from the moro contomptible charges rife at this
period.
FROM KANHAH TO RoafE.
Tho Senators Of Rome wore forbidden to
engage In commercial pursuitg, and tint great
body kept tta character for . long period, until
It az inhtrunont; aud, at last, ono Of tho Cald-
wollH OF that period. cortain Senator Dldius
Julianus, bought tie Imperial crown for about
Two hundred pounds sterling por vote, Or 0,250
The life. antecedents, and reign Of Didiua
Jnllanus proaont an opportunity for parallel
rendings.
bIr: Ju1ianus was good trader, and his conf
mofclal word was good. For busncas nun, llo
was Of the frankest nature. His checks, when
like men nowadays, he thought 1t was Of no
consequence what tho limo Of business WAS, pro.
vilel you could got into 1t.
The Prtotorian Guard, otherwise tho Kansas
Roas, tho Emperor, for voting not guilty on tho
trial Ct Andrew JohnBon. Bulpicianus Tor Sidney
ulark) began to treat for tho Imperial dignity,
bnt 10 ns demanded tho office BY right # party
tho important subject Of q,td pro mo. At this
announcement, " His frccdmon and his para-
sites," eayg ono Of the newppapor authoritice OF
1tA timo, easily convinced Julianus that ho
to embrace so fortunate an opportunity" This
picture does not seem to smack Of antiquity, but
to bo plnin passage III Kausas politics.
Didius Jnlian,ls waB indu]ging himsolf In tho
luxury Of tho table when he heard that tho pur-
plo, was for sa1e. Ho took out his lead pencil,
and made Q computation Us to how much tho
prlzo would cost, and what tho opportunities
were Tor trade III tho Office. Ho bid against
enlpicianus at tho foot Of the rampnrts,-we had
almost said in tho town Of Topeka; audi 1000
Of money, not widely different from Topeka'a
pricoe,- knocked on the crown.
Ho thon made speech couohod in the Pomo-
roy yein.. He e1patiated on tho freedom Of his
assurance Of the affections Of tho Senate. Tho
Senate voted him q golden statue, but,
with that remarkable 1agacity which only
busfnesa Senator can posaoss, Julianus re-
lasting; for ho had always observed that tho
stntuoH OF former Emperors woro soon destroyed,
and those Of brass a1ono remsined, not being
worth destruction # tho above wero signed
"Gath," instead Of Edward dibbon, tho loyal
tical difference is, that the latter wrote about
nation destroyed by its corruption, which might
hayo been arrested had 1t possessed auch IN his.
torian, and been aroused by his depiotions Of
those owl days.
There was indignation throughout the Roman
Empire, but tho sonate alono, whose oonepieu-
ous station aud ample possessions e1aoted the
atricteat caution, diaaembled their sentiments,
and 3,na met tue Affected eiyty Of 5uanas With
gculpturo Of Senate to this day, y,-the dilferonco
being that Didius dealt with 0onscript Fathers,
aud Caldwell with Bankscrip Fathers:
Tho army, however, concluded to take Julanuz
sovorus, "a native Of Africa, and doubt1oas
progenitor Of Senator Pinchbaok,-hal offered
every soldior E400 to Investigate Julianua
with apear,. Julianus, howevor, called on tho
ffEt0flan pREty. TO WAlch lie Uau pbon truly
loyal, to defond him In committee or otherwise,
and sought to "nogotiate" with his rapidiy-al.
yancing sneuny. But tho prmtorinus heard the
long, dull roar OF the whole empire, and aban-
doned their creation after his brief reign of six.
ty-six days. That sevcrus should have marched
from tho confines Of Pannonia Tor KauBas) &c
rapidly, is proof, says Gibbon, " OF the goodness
of the roads, and the indolent and subdued tenn.
per OF the Provinces"
Tho dismayed Prtptorians cut OF tho hoad Of
Julianus and we're in turn hanished and dis.
pensed with by the empire.
This soenls to be q good Lesson all around.
Julianus. however, was spared the humiliation
gro aold-hande, like Patterson, OF South Caro-.
lima. or Of buying patent for 1t, like the negro
gambler, pinchback. GArH.