Alexander, as he stood upon the breached-wall of Tyrus, could have been the Saviour of a People; but, in his descent, he became like Lucifer,--a demon devoted to passion and to crime! Let no voice applaud him after he plunged from that wall,--the bloody stream beneath was the Rubicon of his fame and glory;--he passed it,--it could never be retraced. Oh! let no author,--the instrument of Intellect--betray his high duty and uphold the deeds of Invaders or Conquerors, be they of the ancient or the modern world:--let him stigmatize crime and injustice by their proper names, belong they to Macedonia, or to any other Nation existing in our own times:--ay!-- although the home of our ancestors should be rebuked, for then only will the hearths of their descendants be free from blame, and avoid that desolation, which the contrary course must (the North-Star is not more true) engender for future time and action!--But, if the historic pen in its duty to posterity, must be employed in recording the annals of savage warfare and invasion, let it only _praise_ the true Patriots and Defenders of their Native-land,--be they of remote antiquity in either hemisphere,--or the Israel-warriors of Asiatic mountains, snow-crowned Passes, or of the Vale of Cashmere;--the noble and chivalric spirits of Circassia; the natives of Algeria,--or the impotent People of that land, claiming Confucius for its Philosopher,--where thousands have been slain, and not one record made of the desolated hearts of the Mother, Widow, or the Orphan! Let us teach ourselves the truth,--open our own hearts, and minds to receive the Religious impress of its power,--ingraft it in the growing intellect of our children, that they may, as a necessity, teach it to their descendants,--that _one_ Azelmic, or Montezuma,--Alfred, or William Tell,--are worth the _entire host_ of Alexanders, Cortezes, Danish Conquerors, or tyrannic Gieslers! Our humble, yet fervent description of the Conquest of Tyrus would fail of our hearted intent, if any other sentiment than the above could be derived from it. That terrible event was consummated on the 5th day of Elul--the sixth month of the Hebrews and Phœnicians;--which, by the present computation of time, would place the Destruction of the Tyrian Nation upon the twentieth day of August, 332 years before the Christian Æra. CHAPTER XI. THE UNFOLDING OF THE NEWLY-APPLIED PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH, AND THE PROOFS OF THEIR FULFILMENT. THE END OF CANAAN-TYRUS AS A NATION IN ASIA--CHARACTER AND DEATH OF ALEXANDER--REFLECTIONS UPON CONQUERORS AND PEACEMAKERS.