The power of the tribunes and the, liberties of theplebsrvrt , . . } were now0.尹a secure.1 Z，basis. Ine next1 1 1”叩was taken， oyr7 1只e tribunes, who thought the rime had come when they knight safely proceed against individuals. They selected Verginius to take 1603 H order you to be taken to prisonw w .ti +-·”Appius had_ nothing to hope for in the protection of the tribunes or the verdict of the people. IN evertneless he called upon the tribunes, and, when none intera free person to slavery..y + r r - 7，Amidst the. murmurt' Y of the .Assembly the voice of .hpplus himsex was heard imploring “the protection of the Roman people.'’ He began by enumerating the services of his ancestors to the State, both at home and in the field;his own unfortunate devotion to the plebs, which had led him to resign his con in order to enact equal laws for all, giving thereby the greatest offence to the patricians;his laws which were still in force, own ould d ing though their author was being carried to pr默 of a and was feeling against hint as to and svmDathv of his fellownot so apprehensive of the generalabandon all hope in the impartialitycitizens. If he was to be taken toheard, he would once more appeal prison Dexore n.is case was to the tribunes, and warn them 'not to copy the example of those whom they hated. they admitted that they were bound by the same agreement Iftoof abolish the right of appeal which th 即al accused the decemvirs h aving formed, then he would appe to the people and invoke the laws which both consuls and tribunes had enacted that year to protect that right. For if before the case is heard andjudgment given there is no power of appeal, who would appeal?What plebeian, even the humblest, would find protection. in thelaws, if Appius Claudius could not? His case would show whether it was tyranny or. freedom that was conferred by thenew laws, and whether the right of challenge and appeal againstthe injustice of magistrates was only displayed in. empty wordsor was actually granted.