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who were joined to the league , the object of which was free-will conquest , and who by a common share of the labours and dangers of the war acquired a common right to the lands which were the reward of their campaign . Several troops obeyed the commands of a captain ; several captains a General or Prince , who led the army . Thus there were , possessing
equal liberty , three distinct orders or ranks ; and according to this distinction of rank , probably also according to approved valour , the shares in the captives and territorial allotments were apportioned . Each free man received his share ; the leader of a troop a greater ; the generalissimo the greatest : but these possessions were as free as the persona of the owners , and what was assigned to one was his for ever in complete independence . It wsis the wages of bis labour , and the service
which gave him his right had been performed . The sword must defend what the sword had acquired ; and an individual was as little able to defend his acquisition as individually to have acquired it . The alliance for the war could not be dissolved in time of peace . Captains and Generals remained , and the occasional temporary union of hordes became a settled nation , which again stood prepared for battle when need was , as in the time of Their irruption .
Inseparable from every territorial property was the obligation to do military service ; i . e . to join the general confederacy which protected the whole with a proper equipment and a following" proportioned to the territory possessed—an obligation which was rather ag * reeable and honourable than oppressive , since it accorded with the martial propensities of the nations , and was accompanied by important privileges . Lands and sword free and l considered inseoar i l nsidered
a , a man a ance , were - anu a swora , a ree man ana a ance , were co inseparable things . But the conquered districts were no solitudes when thus seized upon . Fearfully as the sword of these barbarian conquerors , and their predecessors the Vandals and Huns , had raged in , them , yet it had proved impossible for them to extirpate entirely their original inhabitants . Many of these , therefore , were included in the division of the bootv and lands , and
it was their fate to cultivate as bondsmen the fields they had before possessed . The same lot befel the numerous prisoners which the conquering host took in its progress . The whole now consisted of freemen and slaves—of possessors and possessed . This last class had no property , and consequently could defend none ; it carried , therefore , no sword and had no voice in political discussions . The sword gave nobility because it was the badge of freedom and property . The result of the division of the lands was not equal , because lottery apportioned them , and because the officer bore off ft
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# H * A Review of the State of Europe
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1836, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2658/page/12/
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