Middletown transcript., 1876-08-19
THE FuLF1LLmENr OF PRoeHrc1

/. The Assyrian Empire.
2. The Babylonian Empire.
! 8. The Greek Empire.
4. The Roman Empire.
5. The French Empire.
6. The British Empire.
7. The Russian Empire.
j As in the order above given, so b.
each great empire been swallowed U
by the succeeding one. First-we s,
Assyria with its vast capitol. Ninevel
on whose walls several .chariots coul
ride abreast and requiring a days joul
ney to be traversed. This mighty en-
pire yielded to the all conquering Bal
| ylon. and behold Nineveh covered wit
the sands of the desert. Babylon, be
fore whose queenly splendor the nation
of the earth bowed down and worship
ped, ruled with a rod of iron. He
great King Nebuchadnezzar. lifted u
with pride in his boastful spirit, ex
claimed "Behold this great Babylon
which I have built" Mournful words
for as Holy Writ informs US, he wa
punished for his presumptuousness il
making himself God by being hurlet
from his throne, becoming a maniac
and eating grass like beast Of th'
field. Restored at length to his throne
and his reason returned, he was con,
strained to confess. .'There is Coo
who overruleth all things" This grea,
Babylon was weighed in the balance,
and, alas! found wanting. The down.
trodden and oppressed nations were a,
last enabled to say, Babylon the Great
is fallen" for in the ful6llment Of pro-
phecy the splendid and imperial city,
which shown with dazzling brilliancy,
succumbed before Greece, who MAGE
donian phalanxes, led by the great
Alexander, overcame every opposing
obstacle. Nothing could withstand him.
At length, having conquered every
thing that could be conquered, from the
frozen wilds of Scythia (modern Rus
sia) to the torrid plains Of India, it is
related of him that he sat down and
wept because there was no other world
to conquer Alexander having died
in the orgies of midnight
lebauch in his Babylonian palace, his
Empire was subdivided among his Gen.
erals, who held power until the Roman
eagle made its appearance. Rome, des-
;ined mistress of the world, was now
he rising star on the horizon, and in
he fulfillment of prophecy. soon to
'hine with unrivalled splendor in the
zenith. Julius Caesar having crossed
he Rsbicon, the Roman Republic fell,
,ut on its ruins was reared the mag
li6cent fabric Of Caesars. Onward,
ver onwardr became the watchword
lntil the Roman legions, having over
brown the wild and barbarous, but
rave and heroic tribes os Britain, Gaul,
aermany and Spain. and having estab-
ished therein the Roman polity, with
ystem of Proconsuls, Procurators, etc.
hese legions now turned their eyes
Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, |
nd in fact all the countries of the then |
ivilized world. one BY one, fell before
,e conquering banners Of Rome. But,
las in the climax Of her prosperity
nd power, corruption, like canker
orm, was wagning at her very vitals
he story is soon told.
Weak, and efeminate Rome, strug-
led, but struggled in vain, with the
lid tribes Of the North, who poured
own upon her. Huns, Alans, Vandals
i'd Goths, reveled amid the luxuries
the now fallen mistress of the world.
ONE, however, had not ruled in vain.
he left to the world her priceless and
valuable system Of Jurisprudence and
vii government, her arts and elo-
lence. The Roman Empire, like the
recian, became at last divided up in
various Independent powers, Of which
e most influential were Great Britain,
Roman Britania) France, (Roman
aul, and Germany, (Roman Ger
ania.) At times one power would
come ambitious and would conquer
d rule over her neighbors. Charlie
agne in the 10th century, and Charles
in the 10th century, founded great
,pires, but not equal to those already
scribed. In the latter part of the
th century, the bloody fires Of civil
,cord having exhausted themselves,
g mighty upheaval, known in history |,
the French Revolution, took another !,
m. A mania for conquest took pos /,
'sion of the French mind. The armies
France poured forth, and, under the
'dership of that Incompatible warrior
d statesman, Napoleon Bonaparte,
,shed with sledge hammer blows
cry opposing army. Bonaparte's
me became synonymous with victory. : :
ter the great and brilliant victories
Marengo, Wagram, Austerlitz, Jena
4 Eylan, Europe lay PROSTATE at the 9
t of the conqueror. His brothers Q
came Kings and his Marshals Satraps =
once powerful kingdoms but now !.
,vinces Of the great French Empire :, =
t in an untoward moment Bonaparte =
ened to the syren song of that cruel Z
,pter Ambition. He longed for
re thorough conquest Of Russia. He
cred that country in the depths Of O
tier, at the head Of the most magni- o.
mt martial display which was ever "
u. A splendid army Of nearly $780, ft
men, representing the various ma "
rs of Europe, acknowledging the fc
~ of the French Empire. stood at b
beck and nod of the great Emperor. "
rough CORY fields, victory ever fe
wning his pathway, Bonaparte o,
rched onward until be reached the n,
es of Moscow. He entered and found W
vast city empty, swept and garnish- G,
Its vast population had, as with er
consent, abandoned the place. The to
nch thought themselves safe, and "
e resting themselves after their toll W
le march and bloody victories - L,