Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-01

dry i"ubhe w CoulueE OF - ule. liW-
less whelming phalanx was noe
nan Invention OF Alexander, whose suul
cen achievements were largely dept
OF upon the fact that his roops reprd
in the strongest and most advanced
md tafy power at that time in exc.
isy Judged by the test that we wouldy
Us, 10 Grant, what was Alexis
M worth TO the world? lie establi a
ad valuable library, afterward ID
a through the campaigns OF Cgsara DC
ed incidentally he carried the advancell-
edge OF the Greeks 20 the nations he
ss- conquered. But his whole careas
'st sel1sh and his ends personal. Hello
lis nigh purpose 20 establish better "a.
ry me1ts, nor TO create happier peoples
ry mes dream was conquest for there
~ love OF conquest. Al the age Of is-
he I'VE he was the supreme ruler Of WIN
G. ASIA, and at thirty-three he died a
Il sigh upon his lips that there wao
le otner worlds that he might havn-
d queted.
10 When ROrae was mis- lress Of the II,
It Jul'as Caesar was master of Romde
u was a soldier, u general, statesman
Z orator, an historian, mathematical
g an architect And yet, in all that to
n make up man whose services are hy
OF me commemorGtion of the humare,
what benefits resulted from his succ,
During Cmsar's military life over b.
UUU men fell la his various campls
stripped Of their mere militlrt sy,
, Wnas boon oefell the world as the I'D
OF ms achievements During the 9TH
OF Roman power, 100 00O, 600 peonlere
embraced within its empire. and notss
than bali Of these were held in slay.
men ana women were sold upon met
oiocR IKE cattle, at price as loas
~ per head. The small nGer
lylDg In Italy, styled the ciyls Romss,
alone enjoyed any political lndepend,e,
or mad any share In the governnt
wnlie standing army of $50, 900 solds
was maintained TO keep the provincdn
suoJeCton. In the gladiatorial ring en-
we're inundated for the anus amennf
atistocrStio idlers, and the issue of,e
or death depended from the caprlcds
thumbs OF Roman females.
what glorious work Of regenerabn
luy Withln the grasp OF Cmsar. Dithe
attempt reformS Did he give llbertto
tne slaver Did he stop the sport Hh
human blood? Did he restore the rem
nc That fell with the murder ofbe
Gracchii' He grasped power by orr
rang the laws. He constituted bIm,lf
inpetator in the practical sense pi
emperor, and prepared the way ,rbe
actual empire under Augustus.
a greater man than CAESAR. becase
.uolc 1oulike, has lived in our day, do
ioW Il5s IN state within the sacsd
Walls OF yondcr tomb.
!, ana what OF other military gegusl ?
,he ned Of Marathon was won III
iretk general, who was afterward t,id
y ms countrymen for eapital ofs1e
uu condemned 10 suffer die death penh. |
y fompey the Roman, represents lie |
lISlocracy OF Rome, and fell Ia their H. |
,nse. Haunlbal's brilliant penIDq wls !
wen, not TO the establishment ofa brool !
llnciple important to humanity b,t |
thc maintenance Of the COM |
VIVlal supremacy Of HE country /
'lplo Atricanus, but followed the iegend,I
Rome--Delanda eat Carthapo1 and |
lew no loitler purpose than the destruc, |
IN 81 Il commercial rival, Tbe emnIra
Gn9Hemagne, representing no new
'och ~ history, and no establishment of |
great principle, icll to pieces after his |
ath wellington was rot as great n |
SI.asSapoleoui-Whue Ms own sword |
vereign not often Just and never mag |
la something less than |
larter Of century Napoleon Bonaparte |
me upon the field OF human activity !
D through his dazzling career, and, like |
eagle shoru Of both talOns and pinlons, |
Is cooped up ia a narrow prison walk, |
lere he was destined to terminate his
Us In inglorlous complaint. Daring
ofiel career the European world was
iken 10 It's center, nations were over.
own, dynnstles leVeled with the dust.
" states were brought into being, and
known men We're called TO rule them,
Q lleldS OF Europe became encamp-
nts Of moving armies, and the world
X with the glory of soldier, who was
steriouslg spoken OF as "tho man OF
'tlny. - the termination OF the
iod menti ned this human meteor had
en- and Mashed along the sky, and had
appeared beneath the horizon, leaving
rec line u mark It's brilliant passage,
me substau jlli results have remained
ne French people from the career of Ma.
con, but for the most part his achieve.
nts-were personal In character, and
ir only glory les beneath the earth that
'ers HIS remains lie found France
ding through blood TO reach repubh.
ism, and, through personal ambition
riveted the cASiu Of empire upon IL.
Roman general, Sulla, was one of the
ST brilliant military geniuses of his
100. His career covers an Important
g OF Roman history After hi2 death
Monument was erected TO honor him.
~ which was inscribed an epltlph that
himself had written, as follows AZ
Snlla, the fortunate, who, in the
Ifse OF my life, have surpassed botn
nds and enemies; the former by the
ID and the latter by the eglil. have done
M" 800
len and women Of Americal In our
eration a man has lived great enough
military leader to subdue force of
direction that could have annihilated
army Of the world from the time az
us down TO that OF Napoleon. A man
lived who, weighed with tbe
rmouS results lowiug from his work Z
the ramihcations OF the unknown
lre, was UNNECESSARILY greater than
us, above Alexander, grander Than
sar, supreme over Pompey, Hannibal
Selplo, towering among Charlie !
Sne, the prince of Orange, Frederick
Great, WELLINGTON and Napoleon, and {