The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

tin the affairs or bis own country "a
tip-top shape. When : ruler or nil
Itary leader goes about thinga In that
manner be viii make guide shown
even if be II finally oysrposere1-
gesogtrls maae certain attractive
promises 10 those who were 10 assist
him in controiiIn' the soldiers durln'
the war. Then he divided Egypt into
tnIrry-aix districts and appointed ,
governor for each district. 80 there
wuz no lack ov home rulers- Final
Iy. he appointed his own brother TO
be regent or deputy king and he wuz
given supreme power. HE next step
yuz 10 At out two war fleets. one for
service on the the Red Sea and the
other for service on the Mediter-
ranean. With the first feet he con-
auered the islands or Cyprus and
several Of the Cyclade Islands. awlso
the whole coast OF Phoenicia: and
with the latter he secured full con-
troll ov the Red Sea. and the neet
later entered the Indian ocean.
These warships were probably not
very effective In war. But they made
an effective appearance and no doubt
the site ov them discouraged the en-
envy. But the army organized by
| Sesostris reflected credit upon his
ability and gave some idea ov the
strength and wealth ov Egypt at that
early date. Hit consisted ov 6O0,o0o
soldiers on foot, $4,000 mounted men
and $1,000 chariots. Awl that prob
ably constituted one ov the greatest
armies ever placed in the field in
real ancient days and Sesostris must
have swelled with pride when he
placed himself at the head ov such
an army. But fellow-citizens, Gen.
r. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson or joe
F.! Wheeler could hev whipped the
whole outfit in twenty minutes with
| 200 North Carolina soldiers armed
with a Calling gun and modern army
rifles. Either ov the officers named
could hev whipped the whole Egyp-
tan army at that period, while they
we're waitin' for their coffee to boil
any mornin' before breakfast.
| But Sesostris made hit hot for the,
| Philippians and other half-breeds in
that locality. Hiz army traversed
| Africa till he reached the shores oy
| the Atlantic ocean. He even pene-
| trated Asia and crossed the Ganges.
Returnin' to Europe, he invaded
! Scythia and Thrace. Some historians
claim that the inhabitants ov the
two comparatively small districts re-
sisted with success, and hit may hev
/ bin true for the army oy Sesostris
must hev bin very much weakened
by deaths, sickness, ETC., by this
time, for hit il we'll known that the
| death rate grows very high in an
army with modern medical and hos
pital treatment. A portion ov this
army settled in Colchis by command
ov Sesostris and many others secured
PERMISSION to Eet'"es from ne.s.Tn7
+ anotre Il ain Great pillars Ire to be
found in various portions ov the
campaign.
Sesostris probably aimed at uni
versal conquest, but failed, az did
JuliusCeasar and Napoleon Bona
parte and lesser lights who hev tried
to play that game. The man who
| conquers the world will hev to git
up very early every mornin' in the
year, an after things git real warm
he may be forced to do without any
sleep at all. Any man who feels
that he can conquer the world had
better begin a course ov physick an
hev some one to place wet cloths on
his head for he IL certainly gittin
in a powerful bad way-and ten
chances to one he will grow worse
rather than better. If you doubt
what I say about hit write to Will
liam ]. Bryan and enclose STAMP
for reply. One we'll known writer
hez said: There is a certain com.
pass beyond which the power oil
, man cannot prevail; and it wuz new.
, er intended by nature that one mar
should lord it over the whole earth
There are limits to the powers on
the mind, and there are boundaries
among the empires and kingdoms OF
the earth, which it is cruel and un.
, just to pass"
} While Sesostris wuz busy whippin
, anvil mankind within hiz reach hi,
Z brother who wuz pretendin' TO rul.
, Egypt wuz gettin' things awl muss
: ed up, and news ov this fact f1nall,
+ reached Sesostris and he hastenet
r home. He overthrow much that hi.
J brother had done and succeeded IL
: getting the country out ov o yer.
t deep hole. To hiz credit hit can b,
said that he did not kill biz brothe
. az some kings would hev done, blu
!, allowed him to slip out ov the coun
: try "unhonored and unsung." Their
liz story to the effect that the rebe
i king escaped to Greece and after
s wards succeeded in gettin' on tn
= throne ov that country under tn
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