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Editorial
May 6, 1788
The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
The editorial credits mandatory military training for the prosperity of ancient Greece and Rome, notes feudal Celtic success from freemen's discipline and decline from neglecting arms, and exhorts the modern militia to remain armed. (Elizabeth-Town)
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What is the cause assigned for the prosperity of ancient Greece? To learn his military exercises, was a part of education imposed by the states upon every free citizen.
To what is attributed the unprecedented grandeur of Rome? To the same cause. In Rome the exercises of the Campus Martius answered the same purposes with those of the Gymnasium in Greece; while under the feudal system, every freeman was obliged to attend to his military discipline, victory and glory attended the arms of our Celtic ancestors; but no sooner did the love of arbitrary power in the tyrants of those days, impel them to persuade freemen to neglect the use of arms, and devolve it on mercenary troops, than from glory and conquest, they sunk into inglorious ease, and from dominion and elevation of mind, diminished into slaves, that seemed born for the sole purpose of meanly cringing and bending a dastard body at the nod of their haughty tyrants.
May our glorious Militia ever hold fast their arms!
[Elizabeth-Town.
To what is attributed the unprecedented grandeur of Rome? To the same cause. In Rome the exercises of the Campus Martius answered the same purposes with those of the Gymnasium in Greece; while under the feudal system, every freeman was obliged to attend to his military discipline, victory and glory attended the arms of our Celtic ancestors; but no sooner did the love of arbitrary power in the tyrants of those days, impel them to persuade freemen to neglect the use of arms, and devolve it on mercenary troops, than from glory and conquest, they sunk into inglorious ease, and from dominion and elevation of mind, diminished into slaves, that seemed born for the sole purpose of meanly cringing and bending a dastard body at the nod of their haughty tyrants.
May our glorious Militia ever hold fast their arms!
[Elizabeth-Town.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Military Exercises
Citizen Training
Militia Readiness
Ancient Prosperity
Feudal Decline
What entities or persons were involved?
Ancient Greece
Rome
Celtic Ancestors
Tyrants
Militia
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Importance Of Citizen Military Training For National Prosperity And Freedom
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Maintaining Militia Readiness
Key Figures
Ancient Greece
Rome
Celtic Ancestors
Tyrants
Militia
Key Arguments
Prosperity Of Ancient Greece Due To Mandatory Military Exercises As Part Of Education For Free Citizens
Unprecedented Grandeur Of Rome Attributed To Military Exercises In The Campus Martius
Under Feudal System, Celtic Freemen's Military Discipline Led To Victory And Glory
Tyrants' Persuasion To Neglect Arms And Use Mercenaries Caused Decline Into Inglorious Ease And Slavery
Urges Modern Militia To Hold Fast Their Arms