Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

thenticated extracts dealing with his
torical examples Of the good and ba(
in human nature, mostly good; but al
furnishing an admirable chart Of con
duct to be emulated or avoided:
PATRIOTISM, OR LOVE OF oUF
| Isl. COUNTRY.
| pep Sentiments.
Love Of our country Is one of the
noblest passions that can warm ant
animate the human breast. It in.
cludes all the limited and particular
affections to our parents, children
friends, neighbors, fellow-citizens, and
countrymen. .s. .&
This love of country does not i'm.
port an attachment to any particular
soil, climate or spot Of earth, where
perhaps we first drew our breath
though those natural ideas are Otter
associated with the moral ones, and
like external signs, or symbols. helI
to ascertain and bind them; but II
imports an affection to that moral
system or community, which is gov
erned by the same laws and magis-
trates, and whose several parts are
variously connected one with the 9TH
er, and all united upon the bottom OF
a common interest.
Wherever this love Of our country
prevails in its genuine vigor and ex-
tent, it swallows up all sordid and sell
fish regards; 1t conquers the love OF
ease. power, pleasure. and wealth;
nay, when the amiable partialities OF
friendship, gratitude, private affection
or regards to family, come In COM
petition with 1t, 1t will teach US to sac
rifice all, in order to maintain the
rights, and promote and defend the
honor and happiness Of our country.
Examples. .se
So deeply was the love Of his coun-
try impressed on the mind Of Alexan-
der, the Roman, that he is said never
to have given any public office out OF
favor or friendship; but to have en-
ployed such only as were both by him
self and the senate judged the best
qualified for the discharge ofthe trust
reposed in them. He preferred one to
the command Of the guards. who had
retired into the country on purpose to
avoid that office. saying, that with the
declining such honorable employ
ments was the best recommendation
of them. He would not suffer any
important employments to be sold,
saying, HE who buys must sell In his
turn; and it would be unjust to punish
one for selling, after he had been suf-
fered to buy" He never pardoned
any crime committed against the pub
lie; but suffered no one to be con-
demned till his case was thoroughly
heard, and his offence evidently prov
ed. He was an irreconcilable enemy
of such as were convicted Of having
plundered the provinces, and oppress-
ed the people committed to their care.
These he never spared, though his
friends, favorites, and kinsmen; but
sentenced them to death, and caused
them to be executed, Notwithstanding
their quality and former services, like
common malefactors. He banished
one of his secretaries for giving his
council in writing false account OF
an affair; and caused the sinews OF
his fingers to be cut, that he might
never write after. One Of his SER
wants, convicted Of receiving a bribe,
he caused to be crucified on the road
which led from the city to the villa
where he frequently resided, that by
the sight Of the body, which was left
on the cross, others might be deferred
from like practices. Eucolpius. the
historian, as quoted by Lampridius,
informs us that he could not even
bear the sight of such public robbers;
insomuch, that one Septimus Aribinus,
who had been tried for that crime, but
acquitted by favor Of Heliogabalus'
coming one day with other senator's to
wait upon the emperor, Alexander, on
seeing him, cried out with the utmost
disdain, 20 we immortal gods! Is Ari-
binus still alive, and a senator! does
he even presume to appear In my pres
ence! surely he takes me to be as
wicked as himself" After this ne
caused 1t to be proclaimed by the pub
lie crier, that II any one guilty Of the
same crime ever presumed to appear
in his presence, he should Immediately
receive his deserved punishment, not
withstanding the pardon granted to
him by his predecessor. He was spar
ing of the public money, though nber-
al of his own. He retrenched all the
pensions which Heliogabalus, his pre-
decessor, had settled on buffoons,
stage-players, charioteers, gladiators'
etc., saying that the emperor was but
the steward Of the people, and there
fore could not, without the utmost in
justice, thus wantonly squander away
their revenues upon persons no ways
useful to them.-Alex. Wit. 119.
Rome, under the consuls Caeso Fa-
bius and T. Virginius, had several wars
to sustain, less dangerous than trou-
blesome, against the Aequi, Voisci,
and Veientes. To put stop to the In
cursions Of the last, it would have
been necessary to have established a
good garrison upon their frontiers to
keep them in awe. But the common
wealth, exhausted Of money, and
menanced by abundance Of other en-
emies, was not in a condition to pro-
vide for so many different cares and
expenses The family Of the Fabii
,, showed a generosity and love Of their
country that has been the admiration
of all ages. They applied to the senate
and by the mouth Of the consul de-
manded, as a favour, that they would
be pleased to transfer the care and
| expenses of the garrison necessary
1 to oppose the enterprises Of the
Veientes to their house, which re-
quired an assiduous rather than a
numerous body, promising to support
with dignity the honour Of the Roman