Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-18


Ocrat sends us the following:
4 .utarchs Lives OF the Noble
Greeks and Romans is volume but
little read, fear, in patriotic England
nowadays. In view of the fact that
Mr.. Broderick has admitted i'm the
House that the wives and children of
Beers still fighting were Tin the con.
centratlon camps) put on half rations
Ior the purpose OF inducing their rela.
tives to surrender, will you allow me
TO quote celebrated anecdote. told Of
Camillus by Plutarch?
For the benefit OF those Of the
wealthy conservative classes who NAV
peruse your paper | must explain that
/ Camlllus was a famous Roman gene
raj, who in the year 1893. B. c.. was
blocking the Etruscan city of Faleril
In this city the children Of the citizens
OF all classes were educated together in
communal school and the Romans
did not press the siege so closely but
that schoolmaster could still take his
| pupils out daily, as in time of peace.
| beyond the fOrtlfcations to play and
recreate themselves Having certain
intentions he each day led them far.
ther and farther from the city gates.
until he had enticed them within the
Roman lines There he delivered
them up to the besiegers and requested
70 De conducted before the Roman
general. l now proceed to paraphrase
Plutarch, with the aid of Levy:
And when this traitor fellow Of Fa-
lerii came before Camillus he told him
that for love Of Rome he did this, say
Ing, SO, noble general. bid your her
aid 90 and proclaim by sound Of trump
to they of Falerii that their children
shall be given over to torment and cru
cified or sold for slaves; and for love
Of their children the men of Faleru
will compound and yield
Now when Camilus heard this he
became red in the face, and very wroth,
and stamped and he said, looking
around at the valiant Roman gentry
that were captains that stood about
him.
How say you, sirs? OF a surety
war Is war, an evil thing: but among
brave men there is a law i'm war like
a law in peace A noble general must
surely procure victory of his own man
hood and marrow by the Romans arts
and not by practice upon those whom
we spare even in the bloody sack Of
cities. What think you OF this cum
ming fellows crafty counsel? / pray
you, sirs, is it the part of a gentleman
and a soldier?
And all the captains cried out: 1t
is the part Of a thieyish slave and a
mOngrel curt
Then Camillus said Fetch me the
hangman'F and the hangman was fetch
ed. And then Camillus spoke again:
Good master hangman, / prithee prac-
tice something of thy cralt upon this
knavish fellow here. Strip him stark
naked, as If we were a-going to hang
him TO the CrUss, and tie his hands bc
hind him; and fetch forth whips and
scOurges, ana cudgels, an rods. And
the hangman did all as he was COM
manded
"T hen the worthy General gave the
younglings each a cudgel or the like.
and told tnem to HE back. But he
said whip me this knavish schoOlmas-
ter before you, and that, too, very
soundly. And 80 the gods be with
you So they shouted for valiant
Camillus and went their way; and be-
fore they had gotten to the city gates
the SchoOlmaster was exceedingly we'll
cudgelled, until he cried again; for
the young children trOuncel him before
them all the way.
Now, note how this, which Camilus
angrily ordered out Of sheer lusty man
hood and not Of mere cunning policy.
did Rome and all the Roman people
good.
When the knave schoolmaster's foul
trick was bruited I'm the city, they Of
Falerli all broke into a grOan and up
roar; and all the citizens, men and
women, and mothers and fathers, and
husbands and wives, all tumbled the
one over the other In the streets for
grief, the big tears rolling down their
noses, all running to the walls to stare
after their lost yOungliugs. But lo
when they had climbed the rampant,
and looked toward the Roman Lacquer.
they did not spy the hangman very
busy busy setting up crosses and gal
lows, and making ready the tortures,
but their young ones coming back,
trouncing the villain schoolmaster be-
fore them, stark naked all ready for
hanging. So they ran to open the
gate, and the children all came I'm very
merrily, a-shouting: "Camillus! Camil-
lus! the gods bless noble Camillusl'
and so all their parents fell on their
necks for joy.
So they of Faleril were we'll pleased
and called a council and it was conclu-
ded that they should send ambassa.
doris forthwith unto brave Camillus to
put their lives and goods to his mercy
and favor. And Camillus sent their
ambassadors unto Rome, where, au-
dience being given unto them by the |
Senate, they said that because they
saw the nOmans preferred manhood to |
victory, then Il was no shame for them
to become Romans. So the Senate was
well pleased and made much Of them
and despatched letters unto Camillus
giving him commission to do and de- |
termine as he Thought good. SO he
having taken a certain sum of money
from they at Falerii, did furthermore /
make peace and league with them, and |
thereupon returned back again to |
Rome.
81 commend the above anecdOte to |
the attention of the wretcher cur, who /
ever ne may be, responsible for the /
originatiOn Of the policy admitted TO /
by Mr.. BroderiCk. / may conclude by i
quoting a telling verse quoted by Rob /
ert Lowe and which Mr.. William Red
mond made effective use Of in the /
House not long ago.
"To govern man, oh! l.oman, was thy
care,
To crush the mighty and the weak to
spare
While Brltain's sons a cheaper glory |
seek,
To spare the mighty and to crush |
the weak"
A celebrated writer Of vaudeville, /
being oaught I'm a shower. took shelter /