, 1881-07-24

without utter1ng another word. Cicero was pres-
eur- The feelings With which he watched tha
sceue arc uurecorted~ but t1ay easily lie irnaR-
inet. Waving his dagger dripping With C:lssar's
gratukitstlle him that liberty WIS restored The
Senate rose With shreks urd confusion, and
rushed into the Forum. The crowd outside
caught the words thAr Cssar wus dead and scat
tered til their holsrS-- Antony. guessing that
those who ilad Killed C;s-s:r wnuld nut splrn
himself, hurried OH into concca!ment. The
mursrers bleeding some Of them from wpt,ufis
which they had given ont another III their eager
ness. foltnse'1, crying that tho t:rant WIS dead,
md that Rome wAs free; and the body al 1ha
great C:ca.: was left alone in the house where
Il few weeks before Cicero told him that he VIA
so necessary tn his country that every Senator
would die before harm should reach him,
THE -AcTol:S.
Sixty Senators in all were parties to the ;ro,n.-
diate conspiracy. Of these nine-tcn,h5 wcra
members uf the old faction whom i:f.i.f bati
pnrdoned, and who, Of NIL his acts, resented tnoss
that he had been able to p1rt1nn Them They
were tho men who hail s:ail Mt home liza
t,ccIaa from. the i;v!l- OF Ihspstls and N,,n,I,
as"i n"i pretended penitcncc and s..hnI+sion
that they n,'sht tkc All Caster road to ri,l rhe,u
Selves Of their cacint. Their Elutiyes were tha
ambition TT their order and personal hatred at
cssar; bnt they pcrsnatl':d themselves that they
were animated ~ patriotism. anu rs in tho;r
hnllus The Republic hl'l been moekery of .it}-
crty, 80 they aimed ut restoring it t,y n m,cir
tSsane;:. IhGss oaths and their professions
were n,htsnE IL them. II they were entitled to
klis E:ss*;aE s:it Werc entitled equally to DECISIVE
him Nh stronger evidence. il uir,i,.tj NJ rho "a
MoFl!Satiot' OK ne i1n's'n Senate than the COM
pfettncSS win which they w.re able to ujsv,,i3a
frotu themselves the b.scness of their trrochery
IN: iDt uni they were !.Ic u :ttirxct fntu co.
"perti11n @ .I.1n Sto 81, had : r.raIation for honesty,
cc aninatess l5- 1t d:sinteresic'! purpose.
Narcus l:rtstt's was the sou OF Cufo's sister
Scrvili. tic friri,. and s..ndai su!l the MS
:ress. Ut Caesar. That he was C:esur's SON was
not TOO absurd fer the cres.tsiey 1T Komau
drawlns- rno!"s f'r'tsis himself could not have
1tjrft
he T:sS deeply attached to hts mother. md Hl-
tEn:si' under the influence Of hi, uncle CMto be
h: taken tho S''Il,tcs side in the war, lle had
Acccpttd after"ArI not pardon nniy from Eu.-
s:lr bus favots of 1nany kinds for which he mad
rrotcss:d and probably felt real gr.1ifut.t
He l'a' 's''lrricd Ca:os daughter rorta, and %
Cato death h:tdi published eulo4y upon him.
t~:csar Jeff bin free to think and write what to
pleased He had 1nad,. him portor; ne aul
tnnia. Hruttts was perhaps the only member OF
genuine conii,1cn%ec. % his ] Known e'ii nievr'Ix ra's
und C:rsar's acknowledged regard for him
nfstic his accession TO the conspiracy an
uhject OF particular importance. The name OF
bruttI5 would be Il -tlarantee to the people Of
recIitutle uf intpnttt'n. Hr,1tus. as tho world
went. WIS OF .murc than average honesty. lie
had sworn to he faithful 10 Caesar. rs the rest
hat sw"r11 and III oath with him was not thing
TO be culouonatizcd AWAY, hut he wa5 fauat;cnl
republican. Il nau nf gloomy 'satits, given to
dreams and onens. Aud easily liable to be intlu-
enced by appeals to visionary feelings Cains
work upon hiin Cusstt5, too. was fr7rtnr tint
year, having been also nominated TO Office. py
C:rsnr. lie knew 1srlltus; he knew where and
how to move him. tle reminded him Of the CREST
traditlons OF his name. i Rrut,ls had delivered
komc from the Tarluins The blood Ut Il Brutus
wns consec.atcd to liberty, This. too. WIS
Rrutus. who expelled the Tarluins,
Dill his sons tu death and died chi1dles5. Marc.,s
E}rutuS came of :,Oo1 plcbeian family. with no
s"ries Of abo9t @ !hem n but a
lcrOics which yelled the motives of t:GSQr>&
nurdercrs.
"rIEE LAST OF THE ROMANS
nrltHs once wrought upon became, with Cas:
'iu5. the Most ardent In the cause. which ITS
,tneh the aspect tn him of a s:cret duty. BE-
lind them were the crowd Of Senators OF the
:tffl8liar faction, and others worse 'han they.
,artisAns ri the beaten cause; men VIM had
ought Mt C;s.sars side till the war was over, und
,cstved. like Labienus, that to them C.sar
'wcts his fortunc. and that h. afcne onght mt to
rap tho haTvest- One Of these was Treb0uius.
rho had Hlscouducted himself III Spain, and
"a; s'nartlng under the recollection Of his nwn
aift1res- Trebonjns had long before sounded
snfony on the desirabieness OF removing their
hief. Antony though he remained himself
eL Treboni.s bad been named By Cst:sar for =
uture Consnlship. but distant rewllrd was too
tslc for him Another and = YET eass:r traitor
'us Decisn1s Hrutus, whom Cesar valued and
rlisted beyond all his officers, whom he had
elected as guardian tor Augustus. Rad haa a<.-
iced. as was seen aftes"ard. with special alice
10 the conapr* tors On account OF
heir influence with the army Deetnns {srutus,
kc Lnbienus, had enriched himself in C;rsAr'5
and had anRssed half million
f English money. 1t ,nat- have been cusy to per-
lade hin and Trebunius that grateful Ife-
lbic would consider no recu.npcn5e too large
ncn whs, wuuli sacrifice their commander TO
ler country. 10 C.1sar they could t'e l, snore
lan satellites; the first prizes OF the Empire
onld he offered to the choice of tho sayiors Of
se Constitution.
So composed this memorable band, to
bom was to fall the bad distinction of conn.,
etIE the ruin Ut tile Senatorial rule C;t.@ar
oua have spared something nf it.-enough,
.rhaEs+ to have 1b14,wn mp shotlts again aS soon
he nnd himself PASSED away in the common
urse Of nature Ny- combining in a focus the
ost hateful characteristics Of Inc ur.icr, BY rc-
'itiug the nlUral instincts of mankind py. iu-
altitude and treachtry, they stripped their
llse by their own hands OF the false g.anur
1ich they hoped tn throw over it. The protIi-
ry and Avaricc. tho cynical d3regArt Of ot,!j-
ton. " hch hid Hlnrk ell the Senatts supEeunl-
for Il century, had exhibited abundnn1ly their
titncss for the high functions which h::d de-
ended to the1n, but custom aud NATURAL ten
rness for Il form Of government, the past his
~ ot which hA BEEN So glorious, might nave
nt;nucd still to shield them from the penalties
their inuuitics. The murder Of Cttsar ttiIed
. measure Ut their crimes and gave the last
Il necessary impulse TO the closing uct Of the
rOfutfOn.