Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1888-01-14
BILL NYE ON JULIUS CESAR
Brutus Assassinate5 Caesar for the
Party's Sake.

Julius Caesar was written by Gen
tleman SHAKESPEARE, Bacon and Donelly,
who elaborated together on it. Shake
spere did the lines aud plot, Bacon fur
nished the cipher, and Donelly called
attention to it through the papers
L scene Of Julius Cazar' is laid
in Rome, just before the railroad was
completed to that place. In order to
understand he play itself, we must
glance briefly at the leading characters
which are introduced and upon whom
its success largely depends.
Julius Cefar" first attracted atten-
tion through the Roman papers
by calling the attentio1:of the medical
faculty to the now Justly celebrated
Casarian operation. yakiug advantage
of the 1vertisement thus attained, he
soon rose.to prominence, and fourished
considerably from 100to Al, b. c., when
a committee OF representative citizens
and property owners OF Rome called up
on him, aud, on behalf of the people,
begged leave to assassinate Rim as a
mark OF esteem. He was stabbed
twenty six times between Pompey's
Pillar and eleven 0 clock, many Of which
were mortal. This account Of the
assassination is. taken from local paper.
''Cazar' was the implacabie Toe of the
aristocracy, and refused to wear plug
hat up to the day of his death.
"Cazar' continued to eat pie with a
kni i'e and 10 many other ways to endear
himself to the masses until 68, B. g.,
when he ran for Questor. Afterward
he was Aedile, during the term Of
which office he sought to introduce a
number Of new games and to extend the
limit on some of the older ones.
: Caesar was powerful man with
the people. and while in the Senate
worked hard for his constituents, lille
other Senators were having their pho
tographs taken. He " 3nt into the army
after the war broke out, and after kill
ing great many people against whom
he certainly could have nothing
personally, he returned, headed by the
Roman Silver. .Cornet /: band leading a
procession ovs r two miles in length.
Here @Cassius' and "Brutus" meet
and 'Cassias tries to make mugwump
of Brutus, SO that they can organize a
new movement. | would not like 10
take the character Of "Cassius my
self, even If had run short of charac-
ter and some needed very much indeed,
Mr.. B arrett takes il, and does il first
rate
In asSassinating Caesar" "Brutus"
used to say afterward he did not feel
the slightest personal anlmosity, but did
entirely for the good Of the party. That
is ore thing | like about politics lyon
can cut mans vitals and hang them
on Christmas tree aud drag the fair
name Of his wi le or mother through the
sewers for six weeks before the election,
and, so long as it is done for the good of
the party, it is all right.
So when Brutus" is authorized by
by the caucus to assassinate Caesar" he
feels that like being President of the
United States, it is disagreeable job
bat if The good Of the party seems really
to demand it, though he wishes it dis
tinctly understood that personally he
hasn't got thing against Caesar. he
will nethertheless do it.
In act fourth "Brutus" sits up late
reading story by E. P. Roe, and, JUS
f as he is in the most exciting part of it
. the ghost of the assassinated Caesar ap
' pears, and states that it will meet hin
y wish hard gloves at Phillippi.
At PhiIlippi Brutus' sees there i,
4 no hope of peacebond. and so befor
!. time is called he inserts his sword int
his being and dies
BILL NYE.