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Ur DM-&'**.! Volume V.] y,V. - ‘■ t’ ‘ s , 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* - * W •’ “ * - f ” t .'■ .V.