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ran determine what rights were en-
5oyed In respect to property or othcr.
wise by those who made up the cities
Of generally with no higher respect or
dignity than the cattle Of the fields or
other forms Of property {
In;Egypt. buried beneath the sands
of the e~ncroachinS desert where she
had swept undisturbed through CEN
turtles almost, as many, in. number as
the years OF our own municipal life.
Memphis. n Of tho old worlds
y few years since. .exhumed among
the wild natives without intelligence
or. civilization sufficient TO appreciate
or even to DO interested to the slight
est degree in the discovery in their
land Of the beautiful buildings, stately
temples, magnificent statues and won
frous revelations of the entombed
mysteries.
Her southern rival Thebcs from
whence came tho sovereigus. of the
eleventh dynasty, in her resurrection
revealed treasures and splendors Sec
ond In no degree to those Of Mem
pills or Of the other rich aud ancient
cities whose beauties have been un-
yelled in recent days.
While there is little upon which to
base. a clear conception Of their status
there can remain little doubt in the
mind but that the Inhabitants of these
rites, save for n comparatively few
VINO constituted the ruling classes, had
few. it any rights. either personal,
civil or political; tho labors and the
wealth which were poured out SO law
ish!N In the creating Of the marvellous
~ beautiful structures preserved to us
through the centuries Of time where
the product of force, aud Of arbitrary
emotions.
They represented nothing to human
progress or betterment: they were
dedicated to the gods Of s%elfishness
ana self indulgence, and their signih.
rance and import were destroyed with
their creators the exquisite shell re-
manned but the spirit had vanished.
1t has been said. even that THE py-
nave forgotten their founders"
In ancient Greece, each city formed
+; an Independent state: they were never
d. united into or under a common coun-
trS; they owned no common allegi-
ance; the citizen of one was a for
'cigner to another and without permis:
sion of the latter could not acquire
property or marry therein; the Gre.
clan heart quickly glowed with love
=. and patriotism for his city, but rarely,
II ever. rendered sacrifice for his coun-
try. -.
There is nothing in the ancient Gre.
clan city which furnishes a prototype
for the modern American municipali.
t. but. on the contrary, it bore a
greater analogy to the modern. Ameri.
can state. for 1t exercised, substa ntially
n same sovereignty and its relations
to the other Grecian cities. were III
many particulars Identical with the
American state in its relations to the
other states making up the union.
1t is only when, in the fullness o1
time. we reach the days of the glorie.
Of Ancient Rome. that we find any
conception OF municipal government
which may he said to bear q. relation
to tho present day American system.
The ancient city of Rome was If
truth the state itself and, as such, cx.
ercised all and yielded none Of the
rights Of sovereignty. yet, in some par
ticulars, it exerted the functions nov
usually performed. Ivy municipalities
but this was rather because 1t was ar
aggregation or community. Of. person.
gathered within a limited territory
thus creating wants and desires UNI
known to a rural people than bccaus.
of the nature of the power exercised.
= ITO Keep subject the territory. ant
tribes conquered by her lcgions. Rom,
established fortified cities. and, i,
some particulars the government o.
thes cities resembled the present mum
.icipality; these communities consisted
Of three classes. i. e.. procedures. mu'
nicjpal towns and colonies.
Tho procedures. and colonies had NJ
right, to local self government; the,
We're operated and. controlled by Off
oials appointed by: Rome.
Trains Were Different. M
Rut the municipal towns were en-,
tircly different; the inhabitants there
Of finally received the full Roman
franchise: the citizens became citizen.
Ut tho Roman nation, possessing thu
rights and subject to the burdens a,
such, hut retaining the administration
Ut law and government in all loca
matters which did not concern the ma,
ton at large. thus corresponding quit.
infinitely to the American municipal,
ty.
Rome conquered cities: Rome con.
strlcted cities; Rome connected citiel
aud Rome, as a nation was a vast col,
lection of cities throughout the civiliz'
ed world; there was no rural popula.
tisn Of account; tho soil was titled
hut tho tillers of. the soil gathered
themselves together into the communf.
tiW just described.
The fall OF the Roman empire. anG
he establishment and growth of the
:fsfdal system, considerably influenced
the condition of the towns and cities.
The great landed proprietors ther
resided upon their estates and the
owns situated thereon were practical.
" their private property; the condi.
,tien reverted to what We generally es.
teeln, that which existed in biblica,
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