, 1874-03-14

mud ft1crcaned by dcgrooa, IND Erow on what It
fot. Thu rulers gave why step by atop. THO
eorccss'ona % OF ono Enper or furnished preoe-
denta for tho noxt not to 10 galuHRd or resisted,
except ut Ills poli1.
Aftor time, tho support of tho Roman Com
munistB became
AN 1NToLEhABrE I, unprv,
too heavy to ho bori>o by te people Of tho r1oy.
lnees inc, and, one after the cshor. they revolct|
res!et t'e lt'vaaons Of the doths and HatnB,--
believing .lat h change Of ,r !nstors would Go for
the bost, and TINT no change could 10 for the
,1, worae. Thus tho posHosei' ,ne Of Homo wore
sion. rho oommanista had had become ICON ''ton too
lasy,, aud \. onorvatcd ovon to iloht
for tho retention OF tic pr ovincos on Which tlcy
subBlated ll,t ca1,aad hoa' ior burlonB to DO I'M.
poaod on those still rom aiming under tho con-
from bad 70 worst, until tho Roman Euplro OF.
plred atnidst Its rains. TIC invading Gotta 1t
!aht bcsieeed and oapturo,i tho city itaclf, saclo
1t, h'1rnod It, and loft tho Communists Tho inter-
Btarye Most Of tho wret< shes, after having oaton
out the vftats Of the En- ptre, proforrod tho lat
tor, md
n,, pEnisHED f1loM rH1: FACE OF THE EAnTn.
llte population fap'dly mn down from million
and half to half mil lion. and tlon to quar-
toros million. and tns ly to half Tho lat tor num-
bor; from which trit}lp n handful It revor rocov-
cred during tho fifteen centurea It Inns been unor
tho control OF the Clhn rcl,. But, nrtng tho troe
yoara Tint nomo haa boon tho Carftal OF Ro-
MniteH Italy, moro n s's onsoB have bcou erooted
tl.nn during The 'Feeeding 800 ,yoara, and u
Ercator accession 10 tic population Inns been
male g, than since tho days Of the Crusader.
421n Tho only YORK 1,evforme tn nome for two or
11e Communists arrived at TINT auto Of per-
foction that thov
DEMANDED SLAVES
to whit on then and RdminiRtor to thafr lusts
ffSriN hmm Il %Mnr %5$1.1~ ~ut4t
time tho Romsln 1ogiona wore omploYad In
making war on tho border counties to cap
t,ro prisoners to bo carriod to Romo.
Tho moro powerful maloa wero consumed Ia tho
others wore distributed among tho Communists
AZ servants and mi strosHos, to provide for their
profit and pleasure. Aftor tic destruction of
Jerusalem, tens ot thousands Of the surviving
jews wero cnrried OF prisoners Of wnr to Rome,
and aiapoeod Of llcro described. with tho OK
ception that tho Government retained multi
ttttle OF nblo-bot ictl men ~ Ruve-1aborerB In
building new Thor1nn. circnBeB, co1iaoums,
theatres, md ott'or public worliH Of similar do
aorn'lon. for The amusement Of tho Communists.
clety In Rome dr rng tho Empire. and reflects OIL
the 1nonatrouB auHes that vero ut work for it's
destruction, llt,d crmnsng it a,1d gnawing at it's
ytns. the woald or B, not That 1t fell. but that 1t
did not
st'os En TUMBLE IT, PrEoFH.
The Republic had reared UP political syHtcm
=
% VI mhrynlout ;,. ~ aGton9t, aa e',anraneo tho Em
natnos u"t ~ "ts ;sn mnn @ ana 'yen.ea
laws aud ptillties baaod on tho IDEAS Of Justice
.n ana pont!eai eanantY' Honesty md patriotism
wero t' 1ns NY v,uta ii,1s1 os1e9moa ~ 9nmlnlHsra-
slon. ina lhV:hcihle aWoru OF tno hepubllcan
ir 1nglons conquered gu surrounding countries
Inc PRIV legeA Of ltoman citizenship to which
thov "cro admitted, the 1uRtice anu equity OF
tho laws. tho mildnoHa OF administration, the
nrotectoo nf,ninst tlln'.lt or tyranny, reconcile
tho conf ,orod nations to Roman rule, and nndo
them legal subjects and Btout defenders
OF tho 'tlqnity and majesty. Of tho
mighty llopublic. Had it not bncn for the Gnu
cor Of Celtntnunsn, which nte tie heart out Of
tho Emplro and DESTROYED 1t, who cnn tell how
long Tint; ysondoriu Government might have
lasted? Who knows but It would have survived
until the ptoscnt day, and Rome atill bo tho mis-
tleas Of th' world, and all lts natons and tribos
merely Pre- virces or Statcs Of tho
UNIVERSAL poAtlSioN2
Certainly It would easily have survived all tho
other deHf r11ctive agencies for many long con-
turle8 sui sequont to it's fall. A. little export