, 1875-04-03
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GREEK HISTORY AND STATE SOVEREIGN

GREEK HISTORY AND 8TATE HDFENElGN-
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When the first authentic record lifts The
curtain from Greek history, VIC see On the
rolitical xlago some two or three hundred
autonomous States-oneh sovereign within
itself-cacli distinct nationality. There
WINS no o-l cation, ono to another, Of such
character Oh to constitute permanent polti.
cal compact Of any kind. There were TEN.
porary considerations for common defense
when danger threatened from without; but
these combinations usually embraced only
few Of the Statcs
This State isolation hnd no doubt long
prehistoric foreground, and, on tho warrant Of
Legitimate sequence, had reason enough for
being. The statea were mostly locatcd on isl
ands, or in valleys md hasins of 1ant, md
were, therefore, separated from each Other by
the sea and the mountains. Navigation and
land travel, for the want of SLIPS and roads,
had done littlo to overcome the effect Of these
natural barriers. There was not FREQ aud
ready communication between the people Of
the several States for tho furtherance Of at
qnaintance, sympathy, nr,t1 unity Of interests.
The conquest Of one State by another WIS
not very eaay. Geographical isolntion
had SO long favored political isolation
TINT the exclusive lf-govcrnmcnt Of each
island, city, State, became "sccond nature"
Thu hnbita Of autonomy had persisted 60 long
that tho feeling in its favor among Greeks
lnd become well-nigh inesadicablo. III con-
sequence of t1a "instinct Of autonomy"
the Crooks never would hnve Voluntarily
corfederated; mud they were only driven into
partial confederation by the immcdinte pres
surn Of danger. The Persian inyasions led
to concert Of action among part Of tho
States, with Sparta nt the head. Tho
stimulus given to Athons by these wars
made her great maritime State, and placed
l,or at tho head Of large Greek confed-
eracy. The Statcs Of thia confederate lcag1,e
wero bound to furnish men and money for
the common defense; md their representa-
tives met in synod at Dclos to der1so meas.
ures for tho common good. When any Slate
failed to send its contingent, it deyolred on
Athens, as tho recognized head OF tile confetl-
erney, to enforce the obligation. Then for
once in Greece WIS nationality in tho form Of
empire. The Athonians waro only ll,tman,
and, a. was natural under the circumstances,
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