Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-18


of a more discerning and profound
policy, foresaw, that by giving into the
punishment of the guilty. eternal seeds
Of discord and enmity would remain,
to weaken the republic by domestic
divisions, when 1t was necessary to
unite against the common enemy, and
also occasion the loss to the state OF
a great number Of citizens, who might
render it important services from the
view of making amends for past be-
ihavior.
| Leonidas. the Lacedemonian. having
with three hundred men only, disputed
the pass of Thermopylae, against the
whole army Of Xerxes, and being KILL
| ed In that engagement, Xerxes, by the
advice Of Mardonius, one Of his gener-
ais, caused his dead body to be hung
upon a gallows, making thereby the
intended dishonor Of his enemy his
own immortal shame. But some time
after, Xerxes being defeated, and Mar
donius slain. one of the principal clt,
/ zens Of Aegina came and addressed
himself to Pausanias, desiring him to
avenge the indignity that fMardonius
and Xerxes had shown to Leonidas, by
treating Mardonius's body after the
same manner AS a farther motive
for doing so, he added, that by thus
satisfying the names Of those who were
killed at Thermopylae he would be
sure to immortaliZe his own name
throughout all Greece, and make his
memory precious to the latest posteri-
ty. Garry thy base counsels else.
| where" replied Pausanias; thou must
have very wrong notion Of true glory
to imagine, that the way for me to
ACQUIRE It Is to resemble the barba-
rians. If the esteem Of the people OF
Ageina Is not to be purchased but Dy
such a proceeding I shall be content
with preserving that Of the Lacedemo-
mans only; amongst whom the base
and ungenerous pleasure Of revenge Is
| never put in competition with that OF
showing sclemency and moderation TO
their enemies. especially after their
death. AS for the souls Of my depart
ed countrynen, they are sufficiently
avenged by the death Of the many
thousand Persians slain upon the spot
| in the last engagement. ."-Herod. lib.
tx. C. ~, 49, "a GO s.E1 F5efl
Deucetius, according to Diodorus.
was chief over the people who were
properly called Sicilian", Having unit
ed them all into one body. he became
very powerful, and formed several
great enterprises. y...s
It was he who built the city Of Pal
icia, near the temple Of the gods, call
| ed Palici. This city was famous on
account Of the wonders which are re-
lated Of 1t; and still more for, the sa-
cred nature Of the oaths which were
there taken, the violation whereof was
said to be always followed by sud
den and exemplary punishment. This
was a secure asylum for all persons
who were oppressed by superior pow
er; and especially for slaves who were
unjustly abused or cruelty treated oy
| their masters. They continued In SAFE
ty in this temple, till certain arbtters
and mediators had made their peace;
and there was not a single instance OF
masters having forfeited the prom
lise he had made to pardon his slaves.
This Deucetius, after having peen
successful on q great many occasions,
and gained several victories, particu-
larly over the Syracusians, saw his
fortune change on q sudden by the loss
of a battle, when he was abandoned
| by the greatest part Of his forces. In
the CONSERVATION and dependency In
to which so general and sudden de-
sertion threw him, he formed such
resolution as despair could only sug-
gest. He withdrew in the night to
Syracuse, advanced as far as the great
square in the city, and there ialnng
PROSTATE at the alter, he abandoned
| his life and dominions to the mercy of
| the Syracusians; that ts, to his pro.
fessed enemies. The singularfty OF
| this spectacle drew great numbers OF
| people to 1t. The magistrates immedi-
ately convened the people, and debat-
ed on the affair. They first heard the
orators whose business was generally
to address the people by their speecn-
es; and these animated them prodigi-
ously against Deucetius, as pubic
enemy, whom Providence seemed to
| throw in their way, to revenge and
| punish, by his death, all the injuries
he had done the republic. A speech In
| this style struck all the virtuous part
Of the assembly with horror. The most
ancient and the wisest Of the senators
represented. ."That they were not to
consider what punishment Deucetius
| deserved; but how 1t behooved the
| Syracusians to behave on that occa-
sion; that they ought not to look upon
him any longer as an enemy, but as
suppliant, a character by which his
person became sacred and invfolaple.
There was q goddess (Nemesis) who
/ took vengeance Of crimes, especially
of cruelty and impiety; and who,
i doubtless, would not suffer that to go
unpublished; that besides the baseness
and inhumanity there is in insulting
| the unfortunate, and in crushing those
who are already under ones foot, 1t
was worthier the grandeur and the
i goodness natural to the Syracusians,
to exert their clemency even to those
who least deserved It."
/ All the people came into this opin-
ion, and with one consent spared Deu-
i cetius's life. He was ordered to re-
side in Corinth; and the Syracusians
engaged to furnish Deucetius with all
/ things necessary for his subsistlng
i honorably there. What reader, who
/ compares these two different opinions,
/ does not perceive which Of them was
i the noblest and most generous!-
Diod. p. 81, TO-. ...
/ The Athenians having made war
upon the Syracusians, the army OF the
/ former, under the command or Nlclas
/ and Demosthenes, was totally defeat-
i ed; and the generals obliged to sur
render at discretion. The victors, nay
| ing entered their capital in triumph,
/ the next day a council was held to de-
] liberate what was to be done with the
prisoners. Diocles, one Of the leaders
i of the greatest authority among the
people, proposed, that all the Atheni-
ans who were born Of free parents,
i and all such Sicilians as had Joined
i with them, should be imprisoned, and
be maintained on bread and water
/ only; that the slaves OF all the Att1cs
should be publicly sold; and that the
two Athenian generals should be first
scourged with rods. and then put to
death. This last article exceedingly
disgusted all wise and compassionate
i Syracusians. Hermocrates, who was
very famous for his probity and JUS
tice, attempted to make some remon-
strances to the people, but they would
not hear him; and the shouts which
i echoed from all sides prevented him
from continuing his speech. At this
instant, an ancient man, (Nicolaus,)
venerable for his great age and grav-
ity, who in this war had lost two sons.
the only heirs to his name and estate.
made his servants carry him to the tri-
bunal for harangues, and the instant
he appeared, a profound silence was
made.
"You here behold" says he, IAN un-
fortunate father, who has felt more
than any other Syracusian the fatal
Il n ~ l.. y 0ft txIrn