The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-05
CESAR.
History of a wAHliks Politician who Died
Before Susan y. Anthony was Born.

&bbory OF WARltk0 politician VINO Died
Before Susan d. Anthony was Born.
Caius Julius Cesar was born 100
years before Christ, and was one of the
most remarkable men that ever lived.
He was remarkable as a scholar and
statesman, and also for the odd manner
in which he spelled his name. In SO
B. c., Caesar divorced his then wife, if
you will allow me that expression, on
the ground that she had utterly failed
to support him. Her maiden name was
Cassutia. He then married Cornelia,
the daughter Of CHINA. Sulla, then in
the height of his power commanded
Caesar to divorce Cornelia or be pro-
scrbed. Caesar then told Sull to shoot
his dye stuff. $50 ahead and fly-up-
theories" said Caesar, one day.
Crack your whip. You can prescribe
for me if you want to, but YOU can't
compel me to take your old proscrip-
ton"
Sulla once said to a friend, referring
to Caesar: 'In that young man there
are many Mariuses.' Probably that
was the reason Sulla prescribed for
h m. Whether the Marius was a spe-
cies of microbe or not, do not know.
can not remember so far back.
Soon after this Caesar went to Asia
Minor as a Roman soldier. While on
his way to study oratory with Appolo-
MUS Moio, he was captured by pirates.
He used to threaten, while in captivity,
that when he got his liberty he would
put the pirates to death. The pirates
used to laugh at this good deal, and
regarded Caesar as the rising young
humOrst of Rome; but when the re-
CURED ransom was paid the historian
says Caesar manned several wheat
barges and put for the pirates lair, and
having captured them, he crucified
them all. Caesar made a specially of
crucihed pirates, and for years after
that any one who had pirates that they
wanted crucified would always bring
them to Caesar.
In the year 68 B. c., Caesar was made
quHstor, and in 65 b. G. he was made
@dile, but he had a robust constitution,
and he pulled through all right never
replnlng nor complaining, and steadily
refusing to allow any one to prescribe
for him. He often said that a Roman
prescription filled out by a Roman
druggist was worse than case of MAJ
hgnant Roman bolts
AT the time of the Catiline conspiracy
Caesar was in the Senate. A majority
of the Senate favored putting the con-
spirators to death, but Caesar opposed it
in a speech two hours long in which he
worked in great many Latin quota
tons. He was then accused of COM
plicity with the conspirators by Cato.
In 81 B. c., Caesar, who had barely
escaped the conspiracy trial with his
life, was made prator and the following
year proprietor, but he had been VACCINE
ated and so escaped. In GO b. c., he
formed with Pompey and Crassus the
first triumyirate, a kind of blind pool
for passing any kind of bill they
thought would be good thing.
Caesar then went into the war bust
ness. and it was a cold day when he did
not sound from one to five tocsins, and
with loud whOOp go on the war path.
Every little while he would fire the cul-
verin, and then you would see him roll
up his pantalOOns with great sang froid
and wade in blood, He did not care
whose blood it was, so that is wasn't his
Caesar daughter, Julia, who became
the wife of Pompey by request, after
ward died, and GOODNESS sprang up
between Pompey and his father-in-law,
for Pompey was leader of the aristoc-
racy, while Caesar ate pie with his knife
in order to conciliate the common peo-
Pile.
Caesar soon found himself at the head
of small army and Pompey at the head
of another. He was ordered to disband
his forces, which he agreed to do, pro-
vided that Pomp would do the same,
but the latter refused, and on the banks
of the Rubcon, with 5000 infantry and
800 cavalry, he considered the perilous
situation OF going to war against his
son-in-law. After thinking it over for
a long time he finally exclaimed: The
die is cast" His language was at once
telegraphed to the New York papers
and has been used with more or less
success ever since.
He then crossed the Rubicon and
marched on rapidly to Rome, where he
made it red-hot for Pompey. Pompey
soon took his troops and went over to
Greece, where it was cooler and where
SttSal COultl IlOI lOllOW uIlu NlIuOub
getting his feet wet Soon afterward,
however, the two enemies met on the
plains of Pharsalia. Pomp had $4,000
troops, but Caesar succeeded in putting
the kibosh on Pomp, who went to Egypt,
claiming that he and Caesar never could
get along together, and as Caesar would
not go to Egypt, he would 90 there
himself. Pompey was afterward as
sassinated by parties who are still at
large. 1t is thought that they are con-
cealed somewhere in Canada.
When Caesar had cleaned out large
army, he would make report to the
Senate something like this:
To the President of the Senate:
SIR-Neni, vidi, vici Yours truly.
CAESAR.
He was afterward made imperator or
emperor for life or during good behav-
ior, with a large salary. This Office he
held with marked success until the ides
of March, Al b. c., when he was assass-
ina1ed by committee of influential
citizens, who waited on him for that
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