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, v ROM THE PORT FOLIO. |
m&M CHARACTERS.
; . ’ (continued)
ronius and Cmffus are not the
monarchy of the bar, They
6 brothers near the throve/
■lMifi&ui ! d ie nugritude,
’of a different (lamp, and j
Bddhare in a reputation and prac- j
l|rg fearcely ids extensive. To |
4&e of the latter ] in ail apply the j
reus Scaurus, an ora
|&j ac-tdirding to Cicero's Bratus. j
inflexible virtue, of ]
public, nrafeuline and logical un- !
A but whole ipeeches, |
ipllfeer mlpifiteu by the penena* !
Ifeivurmth of feeling, nor recom- j
Gife kindled no fympnthv, awak- j
mm **% Sar??® hi gjsir ruoraj ;[
guslitfes t do not pretelid to dif
gtker ary fnniiiaide ; m the intei
ptßaij there exitts a linking affin
| Srarus may be said to have been i
pfirfed in the very lap of Themis,
ftMtt y^ le was made the
fc'uipanl nos his father’s circuits,
pit) a member of tKe bar, and
1
fcTrau nose Jb'u’ii the proceedings
fcth: courts. This early iniiiati
jfe keen led by A cad Gt genius ;
Bminibly‘fitted for his proTlfi-m,
iyjjT'Uacions y<nUfc&
EpfcmrtJtV'tftnfSTunex tinguifh
ardor of application, has con
jfteai to fender him one of
SMI jomiidabte champions that **,
|jpt catered the lids of iorcNfijj
As ‘A mere lawyer, he
|P<fe to Anronius in nothing, but
Bpltiantcan force of argument,
gbclrw’fien fully everted, jiq arri
dude, and no force can
With a dlfcernmer.t no left
the fame dexterity both
E$f Vi og arid (renting ambiguities,
? 5 F°*ofiaioi!y v&vfed .in all the U
*trdogrccs°t Ills art. and Iread-
Stej*JS equal frfmriefs arid more
g"*** u -HI the bye paths., of
filtration, is at the fame
and dole connexion
than Antonins for
offet extremes.
L”* 3 Hated in an
■ :/--a cpiillc of Pii iv, to have ta-
tixaf u ud a cs?*
inKw.'”
dtabit, when employed m
ißPßfeji.:. 4 i t<s r#*mK i/v* frm threat
■ ■ - ■- ■
cauie and tJfcgQ upon tt im-
To adopt this held
Regukis nor any o-j
BfeMßlfete was ever more icio
- 1 Ml bo*.!: refpsets tnan Scatf
ihe e
---;•• intricate the law, his
every rccefa
y cf lightning, ants
. operates like magic in
” all their imDlexures,
. 44’ tiling- ad'fcitid/
if ! stiottmg to every pan. M
A jury tsaft be well
ductines, arid, that
, p^j*|pf ’ y r .xt fli
-jyjy ‘
J /jf>d .* r J\
w*! / S| _ S# 1 ‘ • Csf vV Mfe ,w
X fj| \ Jr j .l - ; .if:
— : ‘ A- aSk:;4 JL “ ttt
“"A “ l ” *"" i “
°n,. '•’ .Astelltnce of
:sfiT : Ks S';;:
‘. I WJr 111,11 with avidity, be-
r auM. -. \g expeft to fee the quest-
Ts. ‘L then, with all
•1 ! \ A* experienced auatc
iin.i, i , •••-c-ftughieuwj by the va
firr aM of his know
-1 ! ed S e > ? 'X • mvolved in no perdex
t * n g, det^ n d embarrafldd by no
%cffions. fpgf
Antonim . vTien corJcious of the
weasels Oi ; v*. ground, betrays
hmueh to r \ •’ observer, bv hia
I gJ5 l,4rjt , and /- - appeals to
j juiE!-. e, by ais c Yip tied delays,
j ins technical JaV and not
j Iddocn by the grve, I^^fe^nde ;:
■^n.:g u . ( v„ ;
| the contrary, m the i
i a‘\\ r 2Y* x • r a ‘
nM ;
embarr?C*d by defeat irritated !
by oppolition, itudies . -",4y uh~.
guile, under which h\h y be
veiled, and employs every rirt c:al
: ciliated to lull vigilante and
aitemioii * he wears the rnM fe
duaive air of candour, to
diLarJ even the lembianci Pchi
chane, to make every all iwiftce
- -••-■- ? ;n p
and to teek the iutirages of. his
by no other a 1 gyee
j than those of common fenlb arid
fun pie equity. ihe
hHgtttit, Wrifyftrrfgti'tyffetTjrf tcnfic;
ft) th ■ f lies, may wdl 7fvp)y to
him the words of Milton, describ
ing the. Belial, i
u All was fade and holi Yho
his tongue dropt manna, a id Would
make the worse appear i better
reasons *
When viewing the ccctfintions
of thcle gentlemen, I l ave often
been led to recollect the An bat of
the Celluß so admirably t
in the filth book of tw} Mitmdy
and to a mute my ijr in
tracing an analogy b* them.
Antonins, the Dares d/Virgil, gi
gantic in his form j horrible in
His afpeci, wieUir - ftte arms of
Hercules, and fbtri. imes laying his
enemy prodfate f J’i&gle blow,
bind depending A ‘-°.k on 5
|ftrength, frepuemly lturried off his;
guard .by rhe impetuotity of
tack, 4 s *and walling half WM vigof *? J
imitkds efforts# r 'MK ‘
and miff
<-oAr, Tt/v W4.b rovr.
circunifpection, takmg nis time,
Choosing hU s > watch:
the cincurrence of
| the’ tbrrcHj -lev
of
| rirflion, bur by the many
f hcchs.
j >y j rrt‘l4l “ ‘
l One oi ttie nivu y * ■ i
I i he \
■j of- Scaurus, is, &’4y & jUifp]
| no.ks.lf %
l ::iS ;r .L Sgei 4- i
cif advanciogm a cohurm> “ f . j
be allowed the expSpw^: < 4 f
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, isos.
pS^g } y^e^^mcip a l and strong
tack, the former are we?V.cnfid and
11** expoled, by enlarging
their front to the utmoft'-peffibie
extent, To prolong their speeches
or uiiplay ingenuiiy, every argu
ment, however weak or futile/ is
dwelt upon With emphasis and pa
dded with eftenmion. The fpea
ksr who pumics this course, not
only iupplies his adversary with the
tnateriak of triumph in *hs detec
tion and expolure of his errors,
but subtracts fvom the natural au.-
dionty of whatever coticlufive nr
| guments he may urge, by render
i , b*?‘.h iii? laufe and judgment
; tufpicious, and putting his audrtorv
_.xhlh
! ihmg fubjeei more Sippro
lugriate than the plan which Ckero
-jt-efpi:fed and explain* with his rifiL
j a! felicity of iiliifiration, by the.
] month < f A inoidus, in the ferond
- book of ihe dialogue de e into re—
His fyllem oi defence was iri the
j higln.it degree artful and judicious:
! —to. divert as much as poilihie tlic
<d judges from the
j realrining of his adversary; to pass
! wer cursorily, or without notice,
objections which he found ak
iogether unfufceptable or extreme
fjTdifßi U 1 r^TP^tuxtrrrr; —nuverTtr
;a|S&andon his entrenchments but at
St moment propitious for attack ;
never to engage too far in a peril
ous defile, and o rethie in martial
array when a poll was discovered
to be no longer tenable
The exterior of Scaurus is far
from prepoHelling, and his voice,
although llrong and articulate, te
diously monotonous. A similar u
nkormtiy pervades his elocution
throughout. Like Folignitus, he
paints but with one colour. .AHis
lauguage flows in an equable, cur
rent, buv nsvst rh'es above the level
of familiar narrative, or the bald
idiom of his profeHlon. No man
will ever afffrt o f him as it was laid
of Marcus Callidii% that the meta
phor is his favorite trope, or his a
daptation of it so happy that cve7
g I’term would appear milpjaced, He
fias more the appearance of a dill
pa Hi on? te witncfs ? giving a clear,
com pad, fereibk and well cligc-lled
•-fdt:siony v --than_ of an advocate,
mmUi
IPayable half yearly.
[Number 2 35.
attraction, while thev
dust nothing from the force of an
argument. I have lievsV known a
man in syeiy refpea better ciih u
lated to plead before the Areopa
gus, where, according to Lucian,
a herolii was stationed by that ve
nerabie tribunal, io impO:'c,Sfil4ijce
on aipeaker attempting to fummcij
the pafftor.s to the atffofreafoafor
rouse them in rebellion against their
judgment.
’ hefe defcfK. for I am bold e.n
ougu to call them deieflf, may fcc
traced to his ediication and h?bi: ; .
Immersed in business at an carly
j a § e sand exclufiveiy devoted ro
[ prcfefiional puffuits, he has been
; cut oft from a participation in those
J jjtudies which toiler and refine the
fgs be..ouknrfLM;;;gi s*-
2!1 s: - -nrt- a^!A
his views, exaf aaimriclt IdsTm,
lupply him
rmt mshirials m n.dorn and iHuft-
S r ate, and enforce, give colouring
y and vigour ro lentimenr, chaflitv
and elegance so cxprTfion. The
fludy of the few, not tempera! by
this correOjve, has h*R! tltco fnlhi
| a nee upon Scaurus which Burke,
in his charYftVr of Crerivlllcv af
tribes Unit in every case, utslefs in
minds 44 very happily born. ,; It
has ct quickened and invigorated”
his uncommon analytical powers,
“ tsaaln; Teri o He*
ulties in nearly the fame proportion.
ed iu a fuuadonf where “1 he flood
gates are opened, and the high-wa
ters let out,” where ch'cane would
afford no loop-hole, or the iih yicid
no president. It is much to be la
mented, that the iyltem of educa
tion and manners prevalent in the
United States, renders these obfir
vat!oils applicable to so many of
his brethren. In England, where
they are in a great degree liable to
the lams reproach, few fiude.us
underfajftr the oi a
cause before the age of twumy.five
and upwards, or enter the “ {h
Ot |!
Lgc ai iev-.?ntesn or eighteen, with
a tincture <A cifiical jearnir.g, aou
I bon “otAhrce or four years, adten- 1
j tures dmipfi oi
| nrotqiEoa. The pressure of bu
j /> ill* flj 3, aitu&dl
fcarcciv--■ a r *e/it t#
•’ .-|f' ’ )*+.. • *•’ ‘ a i
thsu
rtfTAHtfiv Htod fortified a
t noicrnyc* v* aviw*-w t y
T S:I •
nvespiK ‘'*• ‘- s ■
SSlSSSSrJiaifcSfei'T'’ • ‘'#jP ‘ sk*_. .M.
merit anfl o.t leclilig % will* - *
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