The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

AFTER this. will be a guarantee OF neaos, I,
there Is no tyrant. there will be no naed "a
oaths. Our fathers never needed arv ,,I
anybody else seeks To establish TYRANNY II
faith. no oath. will ever bind Roman ,y
the tyrant. This We said before vhrc ,a'
were still in danger; this We will con,iru,
say forever for our country's sake. We nh,
held places Of honor securely AT tho b,,a.
Of Cesar had a higher regard for our cou,,,r
than for our Offices" ~
Appian records that. while Brutus was Small
ing. and after the popular assembly was do
solved, his discourse was approved by all a,
being entirely just. He and his assora,o,
were dInire rs men Of intrepldity ana =.
peculiarly the friends OF the people. IN ~.
following day. however, Cmsar's will N,
produced. and the people ordered il 10 no ,.aa
at once. His gardens were given 10 the peonls,,
q place Of recreation. and 10 every Row,
living In the city seventy-fve Attic drachv,.
'about $40 were beaueathed. The people i.
again stirred u anger when they heard m.
will OF this lover Of his country whom hn,
yesterday Brutus had accused Of ,,rsnn,
When. a little later. Cesnr's body wa bronsb,
into the forum, "A countless multitude ran 10
gether with arms to guard il, and. with AZ
carnations. placed it on the ros,rn. W.ntr,
and lamentation were kept up for a LONG tme
the armed men clashing their shields grad.
ually they began to repent themselves nj III.
amnesty which the Senate had proclaimed An.
tony, seeing how things were going. and hsvir.
been chosen to deliver the funeral GRAFTON. snol.
as follows: 1T is not fitting, citizens. that n.
funeral Grafton Of so great a man should n.
pronounced nv me alone. hut rather hy n,
uhnln s,tpfr The $500 .l..l "
in equal admiration OF his merit. voted 10 hin,
while he was alive, the Senate and the people
acting together. ] will read. so that | NAV OF.
press your sentiments rather than my own.
Then he began 70 read, with n severe and gloomy
countenance. dwelling especially on rhoSs
DEGREES which declared Caesar TO he su,er.
human. sacred and inviolahle. and which named
him the father Of his country. or the henefactor.
or the Chieftain without a peer With each
decree. Antony would turn hs face and hs
hands toward CRsar's corpse. illnstrstns
his discourse by his action. and, al each apral.
lation. he would add some brief remark FUN q,
grief and Indignation. n. for example. wher.
the decree spoke Of Caesar rs the father Of HI.
country. Antony added that this was a test.
monial to his clemency; and. again. where h.
was declared sacred and inviolable. and every.
body else was To he held unframed who should
find refuge with him. Nobody. " said Antony,
who found refuge with him was harmed,
but he whom you declared sacred and ,nvo.
liable was killed. although he did not cxtort
these honors from YOU, as n tyrant. and did not
even ask for them. Most servlle should We IA
II We gave such honOrs u the unworthy who
did not ask for them, But Won, faithful citizens
are now indicating rs from this charge "
~servility by paying such honor as YOU now
pay to the dead
Appian relates that many other things
Antony said in a kind Of divine frenzy. and
then lowered his voice from its high pitch 10
a sorrowful tone. and mourned and wept az
for a friend who had suffered %unjustly. and
prayed that his own life might be given in
exchange for Cgsar'., Carried away by pN-
treme passion, he uncovered the body Of Cs-
sar, lifted his robe on the point of a spear,
and shook it aloft, pierced rs it was with dag
ger thrnsts and red with the Dictator's blood.
Whereupon the people, as n chorus. mourned
with him In the most lugubrious manner. and,
from sorrow became again filled with anger.
After the discourse other lamentations wers
chanted with funeral music. according 10 tho
national custom. by the people in chorus 10
the dead and his deeds and his sad fate wers
again recited. Somewhere from the midst
of these lamentations Caesar himself was sup
posed 10 speak. recounting the benefits Ia
had conferred on his enemies by name, and
speaking Of the murderers themselves. "a.
claiming, as IL were. oh. that ! should hav.
spared these men to slay me- The people
could endure no longer the stress of their emo
tons. II seemed 10 them monstrous that all
the murderers. who, with the single exceI-
ton OF Decimus Brutus, had been made prison.
ers while belonging TO the faction Of Pomrev.
and who, instead OF being punished, had been
advanced by Caesar to the magistrates a.
Rome, and to the command of provinces and
armies. should have conspired against him,
and that Decimrs should have been deemed
by him worthy OF adoption in his will" as an
alternative heir. While the people were IN
this temper and were already near TO VIC
lence. somebody raised above the bier an i'm
age OF Caesar himself made Of wax. The body
itself as it lay ON its back on the couch could
not be seen. The image was turned round and
round by a mechanical device showing tie
twpnty-three wounds In all parts Of the body
and on the face. which presented a shocking
appearance The people could not, bear lie
pit iful sight. They RrOaned. and. girdlug
thcinselv YES, they burned the senate chamber
where Caesar had been slain and ran Ei,hsr
and thither searching for the murderers, who
had fed some time previously, SO mad wee
they with rage and grief that, like wild beasts.
they tore in pieces the Tribune CHINA Oh az
count Of his similarity OF name to the Prptor
CHINA who had made "A speech against Cesar.
not waiting TO hear any expiration. 50 that
no part of their victim was ever found ior
burial. They carried fire to the houses Of ne
othe r murderers. but the domestics fought
them on. and the neighbors besought thrm
"a desist. Merivale. in his History Of he
Romans Cnde the Empire" considers W
no rhetorical fiction, but n fair presentation
of the actual %harangue. both in manner and
substance" Cicero bore TESTIMONY 10 4"
effectiveness of Antony's discourse When -
encomium. that mouruful dlrga
that appeal 10 passion,
v.
We pass to the speech addressed by Cassirs
to his fellow soldiers not long before the battle
Of Philippi. in the course OF which he JUSTIFIED
the act OF the coRspirators. We have space
only for a single paragraph. w raised Cesar
TO his high place, serving him in war in con- gno-
fion with you, and holding commands under
him. We continued his friends so Ions tfft
no one could imagine that we conspired against
on account OF any private grudge. II
in time Of peace that he sinned. not against
Us. his friends for We were honored before
by HIM. but against the laws and against
the order NJ the Commonwealth. There vas
no longer any law supreme. either arlstocrano
Or plebeian. nor any Of the institutions that onr
fathers established when they expelled The Slrgs
and swore never to tolerate royal government
again. We, descendants OF the men who Tvs