, 1879-06-14

no General was ever moro loved ty, or. Ind
greater power nFer, TIE army which sffven .r m
der lif'1 l!c Trough. lie insnr2rnt Tenth i.c-
Tug, eis!' war began md I,ahicnus left hin. he
told all his officers win had served under POM
per that they wcro free to follow II thcy Wished.
Not anos!ler man forsnnk him.
suetonius sasn t!ant hc was rapnc'ona. TINT hn
nlundctcu tribes in Span who were allies VI
BONE. that l.e nItlaged shrinrs a:r' temples IN
laul, nste destroyed cities merely for spoil. lie
adds 4 story whivl, cicrro "oul.i not l,ave left
Unfold nnh nncommcutcA OF, II he Ind been IL,
fortunate ~ to hear u Il: thai CrsaF. "lr9
out Ut tic Capltoi nMt repaet4a II with Edcd
bsast 4 similar story Is toll of tltc Cld and
ho ignorant of an att which; 4 dong AZ ntt WIS
done ut11cr his own crcsl When pFsrtor. C@sar
brought back moncs from spa!n to the 1sca*-
urr; 1.,t he wa. ,rrcr chasEel Mt the tint. With
war pal1 lis own expeuses; but what ten1n1cs
wero there In Hnul whIr, wcrc worth snu'lsng}
Qt tenlplrs hs was sutieet'. scruo,1'ontsy caro-
1n ~ Vary haa ;,,,,ds taken Eola from ,ane the
rcpi.ce,l i. Mes9iia. sc,ute hai tlfcat-
ened 10 btunlvs the Truaplc Ut DInsa 1t Enac.
SITS; Crsar protected i. In siaul the Drutts
were bis hest trienas therefore he certainly had
not outraged religion there; alnl tho quiet Of
tho proyiHcu during the civfl WAT Is
SUFFICIENT ANSWER
The 0ans paid The expenses IT their conquests
In tho prisoners tnken fiji battlt. who were sold
to the slave-1nercaants: au! thsa Is she real blot
on Cesar's career. hut the hot was not persotI-
AllT up0si CpARrt but ,tsst'n !,e ago IN which he
lived: Tie great Pampanlue Attcus himself vas
adcalor IN human chattc1H. That trsDncrs Of Wnr
should 30 sold as slavth Was the law Of the time,
accepted alkc br yictors aud yun9ufshcd;
and the crowds pf freedmen who assisted ut Gu.
sar's funeral proved t1lat hr was not regarded a.
the enemy Of thcso un'ortunates, but Rs thetr
special friund.
lils lcn!cncy to the Pompcian factto1, ,,as nj.
ready been spoken Of sufficiently, Il mar llavo
been polite, but It arosu aado from thu dIsposl-
ton Of the nan. Cruelty originates In fear, AMI
Cfrsar wns too indifferent 10 dcath ia fear any,
tt,ng. so far as Ills public action was concerned,
he betrayed nj passion saya hatred Ut injustice;
aud he moved through ',fo calm und Irresistible,
like d fOfcs Of nature.
Cicero has said of C,r.ar's oratory TINT he
surpassed those who had practiced no other art.
more dellcatcly nil! Gracelully emphatic. Most
Of Rfs writings are lost; but there remain sew
en- hooks Of commentaries oil tho Enrs it Gattl
tthc eighth wan added By another hanti), nnd
ayvount Of It's causes ana history. OF ll,eac it
was TINT Cicero eaid. In MI admirable image,
tint fools might think to Improve on them, but
that no rise nan would try II; they werr 'nutlE
bare Of ornament, The dress OF style Ills
pcnscd With, like au undraped human
figure perfect In ali Its !ines rs Nature
made 1t. In Ills composition, as in lis
ac1aons' teosas
Is ENTIRELY SIMPLE.
He ludulgcs In no images, no 1aborel descrip.
ttous 10 conventional reflections, His art is
rncor srinus a. tfr hrtnn, nv nl,v.rs IL 'rho
actual fact Of things stuttls out az 1t really ts,
not as mechanically photographed, but intcr-
preted BY ,he camest Intelligence, nnd d.
ssSf F aatve r M s'n hs 9seaee Me @
nj tho history Of the war, tn 0an'. Nothing ia
writtcn down which could be dispensed With;
nothing important ts left untDd; while the Incl
dents themselves are ST. OF BY delicate and
story Is rendered attractive BY compliment.
avy anecdotes 0f persons; while details Of tho
character and customs Of an unknown aiul r..
n,arkable people sluw tie attention Which Ceaar
WAS aswnys ut leisure to bestow on anything
| which was worthy oi tntercat, cren when he ,TAs
| surrounded With l1nEcr AMI difficulty. Thu
| bucks on the ctyii war nayo slle same simplicity
alad clearness, but ycin runs through tiltrn Of
stronE II subdued eno1loI. They contain the
history 81 great revolution. rclntcd by the
principal actor IL 1t; but no strort can be raced
to set hts own side Ia A. favorable light, Or to
ahuss or depFeclate hs adyorsaries. The coarse
| invccttycs which Cicero poured 50 freely
| upon those who differed from nlrn are
| co,lspicuouslY anscnt. Caesar does not
| cxlilt oTer Ills trlumpEs or parade
| lhe honesty of his motives. Tic facts arc LETT
| endurance Ut bis own troops arc not related
| With mure feeling than The contrast between
| the cuni'deut hopes Of tie patrlcian ieadrrs
nt Fhursata aud the luxury Of tsttr .eano,
| With the overwhelming dtsnsier which fell upon
! them. About himsclt ind Ills own exploits
thczo Is
NOT ONE WORD
ol acs1-con1plaechcF or se'!.au1atfatton. IN h!s
writings; US III LIN !liE, SsEsas Is always the
sane,-u1fcct, strai1htsofWaed, uGmoved
| save " occas1oIaI scnae1ness, oescri6'
lnE "ith unconscious sltnpl1rity now tic
work winch NAG nteh forced upon
MN was accothptisnea. Ha wrote VITA ex-
tretle fAFnait7 III Inc lhterFals % olhee !aoort
yes there ls not word misplaced, rot a slEn Of
l!asie anyWllefc, sase t'at lte conclusion OF INC
Ga'I!c Wnt "as !els 10 ot sunplled ny HcaRct
Hand. lAe "CoHlhentas;es' Us an h'et6flcnl
narrative, arc ~ iar superior TO my Other Latin
composition oi tEe kanu as tle persoh OF CnsaT
himself sta'as out among TIC rest o1 Ms con-
teniporarles.
lila other comnositors have pcrtshcd. In con.
sequence, perhaps, of tue !iulorglyins rcpuoIlc-
az scntlnent which revived Among men ot letters
alter the 1eutll q Augustus, Which rose to
hlEht 10 The - Pharsalia" Of Lncan, aud which
lcayes 30 visible narkin te writings uf Iacttus
anu suetonlus. There WAS DOOR, "!]1 Analo-