The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23
ANCIENT HISTORY
Some Facts Regarding the
History-Makins Period
When Osymandias Ruled
Ancient Egypt.
SOME REAL SLAVERY


Tie Pftlcd-A Country Which Has
Bee. In Business Thousands Of
Years and Is Still Mere Infant
Moeris Made q Record as Ruler
"A Long Lane Of Ancient kings
sesostris Weighed Matters Care
fufIy-The Wonderful Honor Con-
ferred Upon Moses By the Al
mighty.
BiIkinxviile, N. c., Feb. 90. 1911.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
osymandIas wuz one ov the very
ancient rulers oy Egypt, 30 the histor-
zeal authorities say. But the history
oV f1iz reign IL very much involved
I'm clouds ov doubt. az liz much ov the
real infant history ov some other
old countries. But hit IL claimed
that the iineal descendants ov Osy-
mandias ruled Egypt for eight gen.
erations. That bein' true. there can
hardly be any doubt but that Osy-
mandias wuz one ov the really an
Client kings. But the ancient histo-
rians were slow coaches, If we except
the writer's OF sacred history, and
they might hev fallen down had they
been anything short ov inspired
writer's. Az 1t wuz. osymandias got
very little notis. And IL the eight
lineal descendants ov Osymandias did
anything worthy ov notis they fail
ed to git hit, or the writer's ov that
day had no means ov gettin' their
writin's published. Perhaps they
could not figure out any plan to pre-
serve what they may hev written, at
least not in a form by which they
could get the matter in the hands
ov any considerable number ov read
ers, for the art ov settin' type wuz
not known in. the real old days,
hence from mouth to mouth news,
historical or otherwise, travelled rath-
er slowly, and some ov hit never got
anywhere at awl Then, too, hit
could hardly be depended upon, for
error gets over ground faster than
truth in nearly every case. In an
cient days practically awl who were
not slaves were not politicians and
that tended to keep the truth some
what stunted. In our day slavery
hez been abolished R1t the politi-
+ 4 ; !,
people hev gone into serve the poll
tieians, an many ov the voters air
so blindly partisan az to cause them
to wear the political yoke ov one
party or another, so they air proba-
bly, not over one degree better off
than were the ancient slaves. But
there liz this differences: The ancient
slaves and bondsmen were to be pit
led. while the modern political fool
or slave to partisan prejudice ought
to hev thirty lashes upon hiz bare
back for yieldin' to political preju-
dice an going blindly durin' his nat
ural life, regardless ov results.
Uchorens wuz the last ov the line
ov kings descended from Osyman-
dias; and in hiz day the city ov Mem
phis appears to hev become the sue
sessful rival ov the ancient city ov
Thebes. Indeed hit il claimed that
the abode ov the Egyptian kings wuz
transferred from Thebes to Memphis.
But Moeris, who ruled durin' that Pc
riod, wuZ more fortunate than some
other rulers, for great artificial lake
near Memphis still bears his name an
this IL considered proof that the lake
wuz built in his day and that hit
would hardly hev bin named for any
citizen less prominent than a king
Hit il awlso claimed that Moeris
built or at least adorned the Temple
ov Vulcan at Memphis and that he
wuz a wonderfully Industrious king
in more than one respect. Moeris WI,
the S30th king Egypt had elected, 81
you can readily guess that the coun
try had existed for long time, fol
kings usually held Office durin' theil
natural lives, and $50 generation.
meant that Egypt had been in bust
ness thousands ov years before wha
We term ancient history began.
Eesostris wuz the next in line a.
king. Some claim that he had severa
different names. Hit IL possible tina
he wuz the Sesac who took Jerusa
lem in the day of Rehoboam. Still
others claim that he wuz the Pha
roah who reigned in Egypt and VIII
WE drowned in the Red Sea whel
he pursued the Israelites to brin
them back; but these air not estat
Hshed facts and must be taken wit
a few grains ov allowance. The fs
Their ov Sesostris IL sed to hev dream
ed. at least he made the claim
that he could furnish his son Sesos
iris with certain means and plans q
conquest and power. To aid in hi
scheme he secured the services ov
number oy bright young men VIII
w1r, - honouna o&foahod m The E;,,