The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-16
ANCIENT HISTORY
Alexander the Great Was 0
Man Who Did
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/, INTERESTING COMPARISONS

Egyptians and Roman Formed
what May Have Been the First Al
lance For Offensive and Defensive
Purposes-King Married His Niece
-PhiladeIphus Built Many Cities
Egyptians Gave Valuable Building
Material 20 the World and Started
the Work Known as Irrigation
BIkinsviIie. N. c.. March II. 1911.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Egypt remained subject to Persia
until the time ov Alexander the
Great az before stated. Alexander
wuz somethin' worth while an he
frequently gets some mention In his
tory even at this late date. He wuz
in hiz prime a little more than 300
years r.. c. II he had been equip
ped with modern tOols-guns and
other things, includin' modern war
ships-he mite hev conquered the
world. allowin' that the other couf-
tries were still usin' old-fashioned I'M
elements oV war. But he had to de-
pend only upon hiz wonderful gen.
eralshIp, hiz control ov men. Ma
poleon Bonaparte an George Wash
ington lived at much later period
an were the equals ov Alexander the
Great in any respect an each were
superior in nearly everything, an
their fightin' wuz done on a differ
ent line. An in the case ov Wash
ington the controllin' motives in con-
ductin' war were much higher an
that made a vast difference. The
French people loved an trusted Ma
poleon an hiz recklessness at times
doomed up far above hiz great gen.
Jus. But most ov hiz wars were UNI
just in many respects. Washington
had right on hiz side. He had no de-
sire to cut an slash an STAY thou
sands. Washington had many staunch
friends, men who were ready to face
unknown dangers an hardships in
any emergency for the defense ov
national liberty; an therein lay much
oV hiz great strength az civil an
military leader. But Alexander the
Great an Napoleon depended more
upon power, upon something, close
akin to tyranny, than did Washing
ton. l am aware that this brief an
imperfect comparison ov what may
be termed three ov the greatest, II
not actually the greatest, military
leaders the world hez produced, two
hevin' lived at a different period from
the first, may be slightly out ov place
in an article ov this kind, an I hum
bly, confess that 1 possess no qualifi-
cations az critic ov military men.
But l am pretty sure that not anvil ov
your readers air students ov history,
an those who air somewhat behind
in such matters, az are the readers
ov any kind ov a modern newspaper,
If We except the very few, can afford
to study the personality, the history,
ov such men az Alexander the Great,
Napoleon Bonaparte an George
Washington, an l name Washington
last, not because l regard him az
least, but because I believe that he
wuz greater and better than either
ov the others. Napoleon wuz not a
bad man, he wuz far from it. But
Washington, like Moses, wuz select
ed to lead the people ov hiz country
in that Struggle known az the Rev.
olutionary war, and later, to take
hold ov the reins ov government an
help build the greatest an best re-
public on earth. An he succeeded
in both. The American government
liz far from perfect. But hit liz far
superior to any government on this
earth an may yet reach a stage
many degrees nearer perfection than
hit IL now, provided we quit turnin
political cranks an apply business
to politics instead ov prejudice, az a
large percentage ov our people have
done in the past, an az some still
persist in dom at the behest oy
some so-called political leaders who
are without honest qualities ov lead
ership an who air never SO happy az
when they know they air wrong, an
who would not be IN politics one
week if the voters were az particu.
lar in selectin' candidates for Gov.
ernor, for Congress an other respon
sible Offices az they (the voters) all
in selectin' their seed corn, seed po
ltatoes an breedin' stock.
Durin' the reign ov Ptolemy many
ov the splendid buildins', the remains
ov sine ov which air still visible
were erected. I may mention the
temple of Scraps and the watch-tow
er ov Pharos in Alexandria. The lat
ter wuz said to be erected in the in
terest ov the buZiness men, but his
tory gives no particulars.
Philadelphus, the second son o.
Ptolemy, succeeded him as ruler, tn,
Oldest son bein' considered incap
able OWN to some mental disease
When Philadelphus took hiz seat OF