The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-12-05
Among the Ruins Of Carthage.

Among the Ruins Of Carthage.
center, where they were hemmed in
and slain like wild beasts. Exploring
parties, probably assisted by trained
hounds, ranged the woods and rocks
for days, collecting heads as vouchers
of their success, till the most diligent
search would not reveal a trace of
a hostile survivor, and the district
could be reported fit for the introduce
ton of new colonists. The capture of
@ walled city was so often followed
by general massacre that the be-
Sieged underwent unspeakable tolls in
the attempt to tunnel their way out
of the eath-trap. The offense of OBJ
stinate resistance was visited even on
Infants. and the law givers of the an
Gent Hebrews not only approved of
such tactics, but on several occasions
severely reprimanded the leaders of
their armies for having erred on the
side Of mercy. "Now go and smite
Amalek," says Samuel in his parting
instructions to the commander of the
expedition q. Samuel, XIV. 3, land
utterly destroy all that they have,
and spare them not, but STAY borl
man and woman, infant and sucking,
OK, sheep, camel and ass" Saul cap
lures the king of the doomed tribe,
and for not Staying him on the spot
is threatened with the loss of his own
kingdom.
The Persians attempted twice to ex-
tirpate the Inhabitants of Greece and
owed their failure chiefly to the made
quacy Of their naval force, blt sue
ceeded in annihilating the. natives of
Cappedocia and settling the land with
rustics Of their own. They also de-
populated several islands of the East
ern Mediterranean. besides deporting
some mutinous tribes en- masse, and
their example was followed by their
Macedonian conquerors, and afterward
by the land-devouring Romans, who
proved themselves masters in the art
of removing obnoxious races by open
force or ceaseless, tribulaticns. They
killed out in succession the Etruscans,
the Volcians and the Celtic tribes Of
Northern Italy, and harassed the
Semites of Northern Africa, till they
disappeared from a territory as large
as all Latin Europe. For nearly two
centuries their armies were mainly
employed in anti-Semite operations;
the suppression Of Carthage and. her
northern colonies The three 'Punic
d
cost of blood and treasure, but their
purpose was finally accomplished and
a nation more powerful than Greece,
Macedonia and Persia taken together,
vanished forever from it's former
haunts.
The same country least Of Algeria)
witnessed the extinction of another
mighty race. There was a time when
0f no
land Ventured to measure swords with
the Vandals. They ravaged Gaul. con
quered Spain (where the modified
name Of Vandalusia still com1nemor-
ates their sojourm and in 429 crossed
the Straits of Gibraltar and helped
themselves to the best remnants Of
Roman Africa. The Roman emperor
attempted to check the progress of the
invaders, but with unexpected results;
the barbarians crossed back into
Europe, ravaged Western Italy and
captured Rome itself For fourteen
days they plundered the city as it had
never been plundered before, and then
returned to their North African head
quarters, where there was good deal
of game in those days, and for couple
of generations divided their. time be-
tween hunting expeditions to the Atlas
highlands and raids upon the stock
farms Of the pastoral Moors They
also tried their hands at piracy, and
might rule their robber roosts to this
day if they had not got shipWrecked
in a religious controversy They were
Arians-U nitarians as we would say
nowadays and the Catholic proclivi-
ties of one Of their kings led to civil
wkr, which gave their enemies a
> 'h'' = e for a fatal casting vote. The