Nothing, it is recorded, was ever,}welcomed，bar, the pf中” w ith such delight;they crowded round the Senate-house, grasped the， hands of the senators as they carne out, acknowledged。乡hat专heyi，were，ri妙tly calledT“Fathers," and declared that, after， what, z.1 0 11,臀y哭。clone no one would ever spare his person or .fus Diooa,竺long as any strength remained, for so generous a， country.77。土’hey saw with pleasure_ that their private property at air events would rest undisturbed at such times as thev were impressed and actively eMAloved in the public sei and the tact oar the noon oeinz staontaneousiv onerect, wri anv demand on the part or tnerr tribunes, increased their h; ness anct aratituae immenseiv. "i ne oniv AeoDie who drc share the generar reeling ox Soy and goociwla were the trrz of the plebs, They asserted that the arrangement woud turn out such a pleasant thing for the senate or such a bene the whole community as they supposed. The policy was more attractive at first sight than it would prove in actual practice. From what source, they asked, could the money be raised, except by imposing a tax on the people? They were generous at other people's expense. Besides, those who had served their time would not, even if the rest approved, permit others to serve on more favourable terms than they themselves had done, and after having had to provide for their own expenses, now provide for those of others. These arguments influenced some of the plebeians. At last, after the tax had been imposed, the tribunes actually gave notice that they would protect any one who refused to contribute to the war tax. The senators were determined to uphold a measure so happily inaugurated, they were themselves