The consuls began to rouse the senate to take action ainst the tribunes, and at the same time the tribunes were gettina up an agitation against the consuls. The consuls de- ‘，_~.~‘，，，.1.尹，，，.，，叹 clared that the revolutionary proceedings oz the tribunes could no longer be tolera more bitter war攀d, matters had come to a crisis, there wasng on at home than abroad. This was not the fault' of the plebs so much as of the senate, nor of the tribunes more than of the consuls. Those things in a State which attain the highest devel opment are those which are encouraged by rewards; it is thus that men become citizens in times of peace, good soldiers in times of war. Rome the greatest rewards are won by seditious ag itations, these have always brought honour to men both indivi dually and in the mass. Those present should reflect upon the greatness and dignity of, the senate as they had received, it from, their fathers and consider what they were going zo nana on to their children in order that they might be able to feel pride in the extension and growth of_ its， influence, as the， plebs felt pride in theirs. `I:here was no renal settlement in sight, nor would mere be as tampering with the auspices, both those of the State and those of种dividuals,“。终at n吵ing would be pure, nothing free from contamination, area in the ettacing oak -all distinctions of rank. no one would know either himself or his kindred. What other result would mixed marriages have except to make unions between patricians and plebeians almost like the promiscuous association of animals?The offspring of such marriages would not know whose blood flowed in his veins, what sacred rites he might perform;half of him patrician, half plebeian, he would not even be in harmony with himself. And as though it were a small matter for all things human and divine to b e thrown into confusion,血e disturbers of the people were now making an onslaught on the consulship At first the question of one consul being elected from the plebs was only mooted in private conversations, now a measure was brought forward giving the people power to elect consuls from either patricians or plebeians as they chose. And there was no shadow of doubt that they would elect all the most dangerous revolutionaries ire the plebs; the。. Canuleii and the Icilii would be consuls·Flight Jupiter uptimus Maximus never allow a」 power truly royal in its. majesty to sink so low ! Iney would rather die a Mousand deaths than suffer such an ignominy to be perpetrated.。 Could their ances-tors have divined that all their concessions only served to make the plebs more exacting, not more friendly, since their first success only emboldened them to make more and more urgent demands, it was quite certain that they would have lengths in resistance sooner than allow these laws to b upon them. Because a concession was once made in the matter of tribunes, had been made again;there was no end to it. Tribunes of the plebs and the senate could not exist in the same State, either that office or this order (i.e. the nobility)must go. Their insolence and recklessness must b e opposed, and better late than never. Were they to be.allowed with}Y Y乒rnpun沙to stir up our neighbours to war toy sowing Tile seeds 01 aiscorca and then prevent the State from, arming in its defence against those whom they had stirred up, and after all but summonifg the enemy not allow armies to be enrolled against the enemy?was Canuleius, forsooth、to have the audacity to give out before the J，.口W senate that unless it was prepared to accept his conditions, like those of a conqueror, he would stop a levy being held?二what else was that but threatening to betray his country and allowing it to be attacked and captured? What courage would his words inspire. not in the Roman plebs but in the volscians and Equi 人产J. and Veientin.es!would they not hope, with Canuleius as their leader, to be able to scale the Cataitol and the Citadel, if the 仃iounes，after strIDDM.a me senate ox its rzgnts ana 11:s autnonw, ，占1‘产 v~r deprived it also of its courage? The consuls were ready to be