ltgn to give the Spaniards a hospitable reception. y }:L. Discussion in the Senate respecting the Allotment of hvinces.-The next question before the senate concerned the ,v.oing of troops and the distribution of the various commands.'b 7，;re was a rumour that Africa was to form a new province .I be allotted to 6CIU1o without havlna recourse to the ballot. oio himself，no longer contented with a moderate share of ’o1:y, was telling people that he had been returned as consul ht simply to carry on the war but to bring it to an end, and e!only way of doing that was for him to take an army over to ou pica.. In the event of the senate's opposition he asserted Itnly that he would carry his proposal by the authority of h}.“ Veople. The project was most distasteful to the leaders of m senate, and as the rest of the senators, afraid of refused to speak out, Q. Fabius Maximus was asked r凡」 This he gave in the following speech: on I am quite aware, senators, that many of you regard the question before us to-day as already decided, and consider tha anv one who discusses the destination of Africa as thouLyh i were still an open question is wasting words. I do not quit understand, however, how Africa can have been definite]; .J恋叹:沙 assigned as the province of our gallant and energetic consiwhen neither the senate nor the people have decided that shall be included amongst the provinces for the year. If it h been so assigned then I think the consul is quite wrong inviting a sham discussion upon a measure that has been deck. upon;he is not only stultifying the senate as a body, but ea‘individual senator who is called upon in turn for his opini;·甲 “In expressing my dissent from those who think that、: ought at once to invade Africa. I am quite conscious that expose myself to ro imputations. For one thing my acti, will be set down to my cautious nature. Young men may〔 it timiditv and indolence if they Dlease. as lonz as we hav，:“‘i cause to regret that though the counsels of others have seei_ 9r.;‘ at first sight more attractive, experience shows that rn are better.1s The other charge against me will be that I a ()actuated by motives of malevolence and envy against the evf、、 strowina alorv of our most gallant consul. If MV Dast life. n character, my aictatorsrap aria rive consuisnips, the glom-‘，尹 have acquired as a citizen and as a soldier, a glory so great as: produce surfeit_ rather than.a desire for more-if thesq do，，‘·( stueld me from this imputation at least let my age tree me fr,‘ f r it. What rivalry can exist between myself and a man whc },Y not even old as my son?When I was Dictator. in the J产 maturity aO my powers and engaged in most important o ations, my authority was by an unheard-of innovation divi with the Master of the Horse. Yet no one ever heard a wo: i protest from me either in the senate or in the Assemblv.‘f .声J when he was pursuing me with abuse. It was through: actions rather than my words that I wished the man w r-i others considered my equal to be compelled to admit hi。‘ feriority to me. And am I, who have received all the hor:一”a that the State can confer, to enter into competition with‘，， who is in the full flower of his youth?And simply that if Afric v is refused to him, it may be granted to me, tired as I am nt only of public business妙t of life itsT呼f?No. I mus气歹ve an’ die with the glory that I have won. I have prevented rianniM.’ from conquering in order that he might be conquered by those of you who are in the full vigour of your powers.