“I shall subsequently show not only the expediency but eVen the necessity .of呼，policy which my吧eagues have.. .-1 . , . adopted of refusing to witnaraw the army from v en until their object was effected. For the present I prefer to speak of the actual conditions under which it is serving, and if X were speaking not before you only but in the camp as well, I think that what I say would appear just and fair an the judgment of the soldiers themselves._Even if no arguments presented_ themselves to my mind, I should find those of my opponents quite suthcient for my purpose. They were saying lately that pay ought not to be given to the soldiers because it never had been乡Wren. Howw专hen， can t7 11 .整ey now profess indignation at thoseY /r . Y 'f 7吻，have. 7 gamed aaaitlonai aenerits aeing required to undergo aaaitional. . . _% 1'T` Y '1 r 'Y 7 1 - . `1.A exertion in proportion r 1V ownere ao we find labour without its reward, nor, as a rule. reward withou七some expenditure of rJ电 lab our., Toil and pleasure, utterly dissimilar by nature, have been brought by nature into a kind of partnership with each other: Formerly, the soldier felt it a娜evance that he gave his services to the State at his own cost, he had the satisfaction, however, of cultivating his land.r。for a part of the year, and ac明inn琴the m兮ans of supporting himself and his family wnezner ne were at nonce or on service. Now he has the pleasure of knowing that the State is a source of income to him, and he is glad to receive， his pay. Let him， therefore take it patientlyAI . ' 0 '"..' r 1 . It ' ' znaz he is a little longer absent from. his home and his property, on which no heavy expense now falls., If the State were to call him to an exact reckoning, would it not be justified in saying, 11 E馨ar ought not to have been undertaken, or it oughtto be conducted as befits the dignity of Rome and brought to aclose as soon as possible. It will certainly be brought to a closeif we press on the siege, but not if we retire before we have fulfilled our hopes by the capture of v eii. Why, good heavens!if there were no other reason, the very discredit of the thingought to inspire us with perseverance. A city was once besiegedby the whole of Greece for ten years, for the sake of one woman,and at what a distance from home, how many lands and seas laybetween! Are we growing tired of keeping up a siege for oneyear, not twenty miles off, almost within sight of the City? Isuppose you think the reason for the war is a trivial one, andwe do not feel enough just resentment to urge us to persevere.Seven times have they recommenced war against us; they have never loyally kept to the terms of peace; they have ravaged our fields a thousand times;they forced the Fidenates to revolt; they: slew the colonists whom we settled there; theyinstigated the impious murder of our ambassadors in violationof the law of nations; they wanted to raise the whole of Etruria against us, and they are trying to do so to-day; when we sent ambassadors to demand satisfaction they very nearly outraged them.