Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-12

oracle haQ expressly commanded IL.
The Persians are cited as an example
tor our mutation; put how long Is 1t
that the vanquished have given
law to the vlctorY Can we forget
tnat alexander crossed the Hellespont,
not to subject Greece to Asia, but
Asia to Greeee?"
The deep silence which all the COM
pany observed whilst Callisthenes
spoke, was an indication, in some
measure, of their thoughts. The
KING, VINO stood behind the tapestry
ali me time, heard whatever had
passeu. He therefore ordered Cleon
70 be told that, without insisting any
further, he would only require the
Persians to fall PROSTATE, according
to their usual custom; little after
which he came in, pretending that he
had been busted In some affairs Of
importance. Immediately the Persi-
ans fell PROSTATE to adore him. Poly
seperchon, who stood near him, OBJ
served that one Of them bowed so
low that his chin touched the ground,
bid him in a rallying tone Of voice to
strike harder. The king, offended at
this joke, threw Polyseperchon into
prison. AS for Callisthenes, the king
determined to get rid Of him, and
therefore laid to his charge crime
Of which he was in no way guilty.
Accordingly, he was thrown into q
dungeon, loaded with irons, and the
most generous torments were inflicted
on him, in order to extort a confes-
sion of guilt. But he insisted upon
his innocence to the last, and expired
in the midst Of his tortures.
Nothing has reflected greater dis
honor on Alexander's memory than
this unjust and cruel death of Callis-
themes; and by this dreadful ex-
ample he deprived all virtuous men Of
the opportunity Of exhorting him to
those things which were for his true
interest. From that instant no one
spoke with freedom in the council;
even those who had the greatest love
for the public good and a personal af-
fection for Alexander, thought them
selves not obliged to undeceive him.
After this nothing was listened to but
f1attery which gained an ascendency
over that prince as entirely depraved
him, and justly punished him for hav-
ing sacrificed to the wild ambition of
having alteration paid him, the most
virtuous man about his person. "The
murder Of this philosopher" says
Seneca, was crime Of so heinous a
nature as entirely obliterates the glory
of all his other actions"-Senec. Nat.
Quest. lib. vi. C. %. tE9F - ~
Darius having raised q prodigious
army, all richly clothed, himself and
whole court glittering with gold and
precious stones, set out to meet Alex
ander the Great near the city Of Issus.
There was at that time in the army
of Darius one Charidemus, an Ath-
enian, man Of great experience In
war, who personally hated Alexander
for having caused him to be banished
from Athens. Darius, turning to this
Athenian, asked whether he believed
him powerful enough to defeat his
enemy? Charidemus, who had been
brought up in the bosom Of liberty,
and forgetting that he was In a
country Of slavery, where to oppose
the inclination OF prince Is Of the
most dangerous consequence, replied
as follows: Possibly, sir, you may be
displeased with me for telling you the
truth; but in case I do 1t not now, 1t
will be too late hereafter. This
mighty parade Of war, this prodigious
number Of men which has drained all
the east, might indeed be formidable
to your neighbors. Gold and purple
shine in every part Of your army,
which is SO prodigiously splendid that
those who have not seen 1t could
.
cence. But the soldiers who compose
the enemy's army terrible to behold,
and bristling In every part with arms,
do not amuse themselves with such
idle show. Their only care Is to dis
cipline in regular manner their bat
talions and to cover themselves close
with their bucklers and pixies. Their
phalanx is a body Of infantry, which
engages without f1inching, and keeps
so close in their ranks that the SOL
diers and their arms form kind of.
impenetrable work. In a word, every
single man among them, the officers
as well as soldiers, are so well trained
up and so attentive to the command
Of their leaders that at the least sig
nal they make every motion and evo-
luton Of the art of war. But that you
may be persuaded these Macedonians
are NOT invited hither from the hopes
Of gaining gold and silver, know that
this excellent discipline has subsist-
ed hitherto by the sole aid and pre-
ception Of poverty. Are they hungry?
they satisfy their. appetites with any
kind Of food. Are they weary? they
repose themselves on the bare ground
and in the day time are always on
their feet. Do you imagine that the
Thessalian cavalry and that Of Acarn-
ania and Aetolia, who are all armed
cap-a-pee, are to be repulsed by stones
hurled from sings and with sticks
burned at the end? Such troops only
as are like themselves will be able to
check their career; and successors
must be provided from their country
10 oppose their bravery and expert
ence. Send therefore thither all the
useless gold and silver which I see
here and purchase formidable SOL
nri, f,tr 80
mild tractable temper; but good for
tune will corrupt the most happy dis
position. Few monarchs are resolute
and courageous enough to Withstand
their own power, and to esteem a man
who loves them so we'll, as to con-
tradict and displease them, in telling
them the genuine truth. Darius, not
having strength Of mind sufficient for
this, gave orders for dragging to ex-
ecution a man who had fed to him
for protection, was at that time his
guest, and who gave him the best
counsel that could have been propos-
ed to him; however, as this cruel
treatment could not silence Chagide-
mus, he cried aloud with his usual
freedom, My avenger is at hand, the
gave you counsel, and he will punish
you for despising 1t. AS for you, DE-
rius, in whom sovereign power has
wrought so sudden change, you will
teach posterity that when once men
abandon themselves to the delusions
of fortune, she erases from their
minds all the seed Of goodness i'm
planted in them by nature" Darius
soon repented Of having put to death
so valuable a person, and experienced,
but too late, the truth Of all he had
told him.-Q. Curt.-Rollin.
Plato was descended from an anci-
ent and illustrous family, possessed
Of a considerable estate, and uni
versally admired as the profoundest
scholar Of his age; but neither his
birth, fortune, wisdom nor learning,
could protect him from the resent
ment Of Dionysius, king Of Syracuse,
for being too free with him. Diony-
sus, being charmed with the char
acter Of Plato the Divine, for so he
was generally styled, expressed a
great inclination to have some con-