On Caesar's Burial

In times such as these, fellow Romans, it is important to remember what support of the state really means. A few of you will jump to the conclusion that what occurred most recently in the Senate was cold-blooded murder and will ultimately hasten the downfall of our illustrious city. I will tell you why you would be mistaken.
First, it is true that I was actually related to Julius Caesar, distantly, but he was family nonetheless. Some of my own blood was spilled that day, but it was necessary. The decision to put a stop to his tyranny was made not for political gain but for political stability. Deterioration of this city toward a government, ruled by the mob and championed by a tyrant, was unacceptable, even to someone who served with him in Gaul. Dictators have important roles to fill in times of disorder, but their roles are temporary. Kings suit only the uncultured. Rome is not a city for kings. Have we all forgotten about the Tarquin Kings, who were similarly done away with? Their expulsion has allowed the ascendancy of this very senate, the body which is largely responsible for Rome’s presence in today’s world. What harm came to Rome after the Tarquin Kings were finally expelled? I can think of no negative results unless some among you resent your positions of authority, the ability to collaboratively make laws, and your freedoms as Roman citizens.
Neither I nor my fellow republicans look to death to solve problems of the state. We are not murderers; rather we are statesmen loyal first and foremost to Rome. I support all of those senators who, in accordance with tradition and long-held values, recognized Caesar’s tyranny early enough to prevent Roman affairs from spiraling further out of control. Would that Caesar have listened to out pleas rather than his personal ambitions. Would that Caesar have given us another option! Alas, Caesar chose power and thus chose the same fate of the Tarquin Kings,
This event will long be remembered by the citizens of Rome. But let us not learn the wrong lesson from his death. History has told us, through the Tarquin Kings and these most recent events, that one man is not able to properly lead a city, as a man alone is too susceptible to the temptations of absolute power to be trusted with it for extended periods of time.
There still remains the question of what to do with the miscreant’s body. Despite his best claims, that man did not have the interests of the people in his heart, so the Roman people should not have him in their heart. Let him be remembered privately, by those who were closest to him, as the person whom they knew and loved. Let him be remembered publicly, however, as someone whose personal ambitions interfered with Rome’s perpetual success and corrupted him far beyond the point where he could see the advantages of our long standing republic. For this it would be remiss for the senate to allot government funds toward the celebration of tyrant who sabotaged that very government. A private burial is the only way to sanctify his body without further abusing the government.
A situation has presented itself to us from which we may either step forward into a thriving and peaceful time, or can continue to indulge pipedreams of kings. Tyrants such as Gaius Julius Caesar only bring Rome closer to ruin. Let us demonstrate our belief in the proven methods of government by leaving this his burial to family and friends so that the rest of the Senate may get back to governing the way it must.