The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-17

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sux divided into three sectloss ~
tAree or the chief rebels raaed soaas-
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IaIh- palsea wax On the Assyrssn
fArone for . time. lie Invaded sAe
klngdorn % Israel an carried to
tribes hack with him ~ eapsiv~s- Tnls
King wux succeeded - hIx son SAAi-
nanser. he continued the var start
ed b. bis father. Invaded portion ov
Israel. captured SAmarta an made the
people pay q tribute to hIx treasury
every year. But Hoshea. King OF
Israel. socn grew tired payin' snch
revenue an - last refused. Form
n an agreement With Sacabux who
then ruled Egypt. he finally rot into
var up 10 hin neck. He fought against
biz enemies for three years. but the
King ov Assyria finally won out
Hashea wuz placed In chains an In
prison. But hix fate did not affect
Hezekiah. King OF judah. He re-
fused TO pay tribute. AZ Shaiaman-
ser wuz then engaged in war In an
other direction. Hezekiah wux not
molested. Shaiamanser beseiged Tyre
for FIVE years, an might hev finally
won but hiz death put an end 10 that.
But a son ov Salamanser kept up the
fight and Hezekiah paid for peace
with gold and silver. But the son Of
Shalamanser violated hiz promise af-
ter getting the money. Hezekiah
wuz a good man, however, an i'm
plored the assistance ov the Al
mighty. This was given an hit liz a
historical fact that the Angel of the
Almighty slew $4,000 Assyrian SOL
diers in one night. Shalamanser es-
capped an returned to Assyria. But
by this time he wuZ an object ov uni
yersal hatred. He wuZ slain by two
ov hiz sons a short time later This
had been foretold by one ov the
prophets.
After awl this, Esarhaddon, the
third SON ov Shalamanser, ascended
to the throne. He found the country
weak an the people discouraged.
Hiz policy wuz for peace for some
time. But havin' grown strong, he
annexed Babylon. After this, he
marched against Israel and Syria an
findin' the people too poor TO engage
in war, he took both countries an
added them to Assyria an transplant
ed the remainder ov the people BY
this step he extinguished the names
ov the two countries from among ma
tions.
The next ruler, Saosduchinus, wuz
mild, peaceful fellow. He restored
Mauasseh to hiz job az King ov
Egypt. One object In doin' this wuz
to avoid war, says one ov the writer's
ov history. But that wuZ commend
able. He wuz succeeded by hiz son,
Chyniladou. One ov his first acts
wuz war Media had asserted its in
dependence. All ov the countries
east ov him responded, but those on
the west, includin' Persia, refused to
fight hiz battles. He fought Media
o nthe plains ov Ragan an gained a
victory over that country an return
ed in triumph to Ninevah. Then he
resolved to punish the States in biz
Empire which had refused to take
part in hiZ war. For this purpose he
sent General Holofernes an an army
through Mesopotamia, Cilicia an Sy-
ria an desolated those countries.
ID 1L D.kh 40 ~ o13f f1r
an he invested the city to enforce
obedience. But woman cut of. the
head ov the general with hiz own
sword while he wuz asleep. When
biz army found that the leader wuz
dead they fed in disorder an the
pursuin' natives ov Bethulia killed
many ov them. Sorac then became
ruler ov Assyria, so Sir Isaac Newton
claims. He wuz weak vessel, the
historians claim. an hiz reign wuz
but little short ov a burlesque. He
did but little worthy ov note, an
when hiz enemies attacked the cap
ital city he made but weak resist
ance an finally set fire to hiz palace
an perished in the flames rather
than fight. The Babylonians an
Medes took an destroyed the city,
an the predictions OF the prophet
Isaiah were thus fulfilled.
Az ever,
ZEKE RrT,KTNS.