Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-03-08
Some TsutonIr COnuusrors.

nation glory - ever the record o.
her braycst aud most successful con
querors To them more than to all
her statesmen, her orators and hel
rulers, she owes her position IN ia,
world. The statesmen may frame
laws of justice, the orators may pro.
claim in all the beauty Of rhetorical
mastery their matchlcss beauty aud
glory, the rulers may govern with a
hand that bespeaks love and devotion
70 their country, but they are of less
import than the conqucrors
But 20 with me to the battlefield,
where mighty armies surge back aud
forth IN ceaseless conflict, where the
roar and rumble Of artillery shuts out
all other sounds, and where the smoke
Of battle shuts out the very sun in the
heavens. Point out TO me the great
est leaders on that battlefield and
will show YOU the real protectors of
country's glory. They are the bull
wark Of nations hope, and on their
achievements rests the fate of their
country More powerful than all the
statesmen, orators and kings, it is
they that hold in their hands the
destiny of the world.
Germany has always stood well IN
the front among nations as the pos
r. of mighty conquerors, and to
them she owes her powerful position
in the world of to-day.
The first time that the Teutonic
people took a great part in the his
tory Of the world, was during the de |
cline Of the Roman Empire in the
West The first great leader was
Alaric the Bold the king of the
Visigoths, who vas determined to
lead his nation 10 independent VIC
tory. IN 3g5 he invaded Greece /
aud struck deadly terror into the
whole Of that country Athens Of |
forcd him but httlc resistance and /
was easily conquered, but hc showed /
great humanity toward the conquered I
city, aud spared her arr treasures. A
q result the Athenian city welcomed /
MIN az a couqucror With great dem
ou.tations Of reverence In the /
year 100 be made hi, way into Italy, |
with all his people, aud defeated the
Romans first at Acquileia But 10
tO2 a vast army under Sulicho met
Marie and defeated HIM. aud rccoy.
red many splendid -poil- Of q rcccc.
|Trhcu Alaric with the remain, Of his
4 icicatcd army forced his way through
be Alps. aud made good hi. escape
b., 10 I03 the folly aud PRIDE OF the
H mpcror lIonorius, first, by the mas
rc az the wives aud children Of
Gothic merccnarics, brought Al
rc again to Rome No army bar
Doe path. he led his hosts to the
rl gates Of Rome and laid ,cigc TO
ug Soon the Romans we're
t.u Geo sue for terms of surrender,
Nau, being content to accept a
.ou. soon retired from the city to
amp ,u Etruria
gain IA 40 the Emperor inflicted
r.,u insult upon the Cloths, aud
BOO Marie with his vast army came
E.mp. thus time not content to
P, merely ransom. but dcterm.
q. sack the city And Rome
.ut -a,cd from irrctrlcyablc des
COON t' the respect that the Goth,
,.. Christian churches. for
0.Iu,ror a, we'll n the conquer.
, t.. Christians.
b. ..>t leader SIC need notice D.,
!. u.u- Just at this time A.
. great winter ha, said, ''thc
beyond the Rhine. driven on
- ". SOME unknown cause, poured
40. l'unu- streams from the forests
% a.-...o- of Germany, and burst
q. .Iu.c,, of the Alps, over
b. ... devoted plains of Italy.
t... tribe, were led by the
Oe' 'u.ou- savage Tcuton, Rada-
aaa They swept the smaller
Ii' before them until they came to
,d Doc. whore they were met by an