The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-24

tion He ID sui sientIy concise; no is ssnten.ious.
without being mesgre or obscure and his power Of
person al and Individual description Is remarkable
There are, indeed, in his style, some rouShnosses
belonging to the Roman tongue at an earlier age;
but they seem to strengthen the structure Of his
sentences, without especially injuring their beauty.
No character drawing can well exceed his delinea-
tien of Cstalile, hs account of Jugurtha, or bis
parallel between CGsar audCato. have thought,
sometimes, that saw resemblances between his
terse and powerful periods, and the remarks and
sayings OF DR.. Johnson, a. they appear, not in h'3
stately performances bat il tho record OF BIZ CON
yersations, by Boswell.
In turning to peruse oncc more the pages OF Sal
luft to refresh myself for the preparations st this
address, was struck by the eonoidence of staas-
action narrated by him, and one which we have
scon very recently IA eur oIn country
Wien Jugurtba bad put TO death Hiempsa', aud
expelled AdheIbal from HE righHul throne. the
latter, who was born in Numidia, and no. 10 Han.
gerry, came TO Rome 10 isyoke, Whist We should call,
the Intervention OF tho Roman people His speech
delivered on that occasion, in tho Senate, as SAL
lust has given it, is ono Of the most touching ever
made by q man in misfortune, and suffering frsm
injury 10 those having the power Of grating relief
redress His euppication 70 the Senate is found.
ed on the broad and general idea, that the Roman
people we're Just .hemSelyea aid, ~ they had tho
power go it was their duty 10 prevent or punish
high handed iDjustic. threatened or Inflicted BY
others.
"sed quorism parum tuta per ipsa proote,, neque
mihi in fut Jpiurtha que foret; "a yos confug
patrts copscrpti, quibus, qu0d isserrinui, cogor
pIius onsri, guam usui CeteIi reyes aut belo
sicti in sn,ictiam vobs receipt, aut In suits dubus
rebus socetutem vestrurn appetiyerunt fama nostrs
cum populo Romans belo Carthsginen amicitism IN
stituit; quo tempore magis fdes ejus guam fortuna
petepda erat Quorum pyogeriem patres couscript
monte patti fru.tra vob's auxlium petere. 81 al
mpetrardum nihii cau'm habsrem, pruer nscrnndsm
fortrnam quod paulo aate geners, fama atque
ccps potsIs, nunc defornatus acunlnis, nopg aenas
opes exrscto; talsn estatis Roman popuii pro
hibere puram neque patti cuJutquam resnum per scolus
crekceie
Guild az ann quo potissmum infelix acceilm? denerIs
prasisia omnia exncta stunt pater nj necese erat,
natuTG c0nccrmt; hatri QUEEN minnie decuit propln-
quus per scelus vitsm erpuit: anes, AMIGOS propsn
ques e.tsres auia ala cades oppres'it capt. alb ia.
EUrtha, psrs in acti pars be tits obect pauoi
qubus reicta ANNA, clauh ia tepebris,
luctu, morte gravcrtm, vitsm eSgunt. Si omua, qum
eut sns sut ex necesaris adverse facta STUNT moo
lums Danerent tamen 81 qud ex improsiso accdisset,
yes ,mplorsrea, patres contcrip, qubus, pro magni
tudine mperii jus ct njurias cmres deceit.
Nunc yero exeul patria domo, SOUS ct ornium hons
ftarum rerum egens. quo accedlm, aut quos anpeem
natioustne an reyes qui omnes isrnio nostr OBJ yes
tram amicitiam intest STUNT guoquam adre licet,
ubi non majorum neorum hostilia monumental plurima
tint su qni'quam Iostr miseefi potest qui auluando
! yobis hortih fuit
At ego inielix in tana nala prmcpi.atus ex pstrio
reno, rerum humanurum spectacular prubeo ncsrtu5
quid egsn Uasne ipjuriss perseluar pse auxi eg-ns
an regnc contuam curs vitn necfque potestas OPT
bus scu perdet utBsIn euCri fortunis meis honesus
tXus esset viyere cout.Uptus yiderer al defcsus
mails ibure eoncesssgeu.: nunc neque vvera libct,
bequc nor ce sire deleoc1e. Patres conscripti, per
yos heros stque }arentes yestroa per mscststem
ropui Romsni, suhyerte g,i'ero mh its obvam inju.
mem isnil C nostIjc tebetcere.'
/ While confess myself not competent to sit in
| judgment On tic great masters OF Roman story,
still, it has always atIuck that, in the style Of
Ivy there VAS so much fulness, so much accumu-
l.tion of stance, occasion Ally tended to
turgidity. speak this, however, With the greatest
degree Of diiidence Liyy seems to me like the
rivers under the influence Of copous spring freshets,
when not only ID the main channel full, but all the
tributary streams arc tendiug to overflow while
Sallust, think, takes care Only that there shall DO
one deep clear strong and rapid current to convey
him and his thoughts 70 their destined end
do rot mean 10 aay That the skilful use OF cir
cumstarce, either in the hand Of y historian or
poet, is rot great power; think it is What wo
call graphic description, ia but the presentation OF
the principal idea, with Discreet accompaniment
Of interesting coucomisants.
The introduction Of single auxiliary thought
or expression sometimes gives lev glow TO the
historical or pcetcal picture Particularly, VOL
set fofth encbains attention. In our language, no
writer has understood this better than Milton.
His poetital images and descriptions sure to
emit nothing which make those images and
those descriptions striking, distinct. aud certain,
while al else is il austrousy repealed.
Witness TIE TALL Of Luoiier:-