The New York herald., 1865-03-15

-. IA two books one containing six chapters, the
Ter lve with fur maps and e1i engraving Of Cesar
would seem the artist doe his best to mako IL re
sembIs that Of Napoleon J.
CRITICISM or THE PARIS PRESS.
II was a saying OF DR. johnson that when man ?,
rank appeared the character Of author he deserved
10 have his meri, handsomely acknowledged II thsDe
true what shah say when the Sovereign Of the great
ment Of the crticf Some Of the government JOURNALISTS
though they have yet seen no more OF tne woiA '
the are sxsns . npuy Of FORM tho nobenes
OF thought the depth OF view, all the pre- emnent
ties of the Emperor as writer as h'oinn an, prneoso
The whole work will respond this magnificent OPEN
ing II 10 . monument OF erudton, built up win iaoo-
search ser truth which the sovereign 70
whom France fifteen years Of 20 much glory ~ad SO
cannot Sa place 4 on an equality with the finest pages
Of our literature In its best days
The Cons suuonne not lsss impressed with the work
grandeur Of Cs the legitimacy Of his acts have at
last found .aer historian. False points or view nave
90 paS, psn viii sye he lie 70 him
self, who called Caesar an usurper, &c.
Those journals accustomed TO lavish ndiscrminat
august bogpher Of julius Cesar deserves 70 be- and
no doubt will be- estimated by those whose Judgment
viii be moro respected BY him. because It Is more indc
M Lsgueronniaro's paper Ia France, informs It's
readers that latitude will be e to the French press or
its criticism.
JULIUS CAESAR AS DESCRIBED BY B0EAPARTE.
The Emperor's description Of Cesar his Is m habits , ana
gifss developed by brilliant education, were Joined
physical advantages His lofty stature and ms nneiy
moulded and welkfroportioned limbs Impaired 70 MS
person grace which distinguished him from all others
His eyes were dark, his glance penetrating, his com.
plexion lorlos and his nose straight and somewhat
thick. His Mcuth small and regular, and the lips
rather full gve TO the lower part OF his face an express
sion Of kndhness while his breadth OF forehead indi
Gated the development of the intellectual faculties His
face was rt At least in his youth bat the busts which
made towards the close OF his life, ms
H are thinner and Srar ns ana vSans
hs gesture noble, and an air * dignity peryaded
bis Whole person His constitution which a. hrst was as
EXPOSING himself to the inclemency Of the seasons Ac
oustomed from his youth to many exercise ne was
aud fatigues Hauafy abstemous, his health was not
weakened by Of labor by excess OF pleasure
at Thapsus he had attack, which was erronco
usly thought 70 be epilepsy He paid particular atent
OUT he brougt forward astlsticaIIy his hair to the
front OF his head and this in his more advanced .e,
served 70 conceal his badness He was r sepTo'ched chez
only ous nager for fear Of deranging his hair
His dress was arranged with exquisite taste.
ornamented with fringes to the hands, and was bound
round the loins by sash loosely knoted-a fashion
which distinguished the elegant and eneminate youth OF
the period But Scylla not deceived by this show OF
frivotity, and he wont TO recommend Heat PepIe
should aavs an T on G young man ra "a ne 0g yS sdia r.
always on his finger, In memory OF his orgin ring
which engraved the figure OF an armed Venus
Tu sum up there found in Cesar, physically ana
morally two natures which rarely combined in the
person. He JOINED aritoraic tdstdiousnes Of per-
of mind the profundy Of thought the love Of luxury
and Of the arts to passion for military life In all us
aance of manner which seduces energy Of charac
ter which commands. Such was Cesar at the age OF
the Romans By
his name, his wit his engaging manners which were 80
pleasing 70 men, and still more So perhaps 70 women
(Liv. H., cap l.
CAESAR As a POLITICAL LEADER-HIS DIFFICULTY
IN FORMING PARTY
periods this ,s y ses'r ssa,e,s aa, dsn ,a
and an unlropn future, bold and GnscrupatW men ara
0tose only who thrust henseves o,rard Others, more
timd and ensaved by prejudces remain In the shade,
and obstacle to the movement by which society Is
borne on TO new ways 1t is always great evil for
men, or good men, Cicero called them, do accept
the modern ideas which by moderatng they might d.
rect Henceproiound divisions On me .ne one nana, as. us
crowd; the other honorable b pdssiue or ntrdcdbs
men .ppose al progress and provoke oy their obstinate
The opposition OF these last mentioned has e double dis
adcancgs # leaving the fed clear 70 this. Uao are less
worthy and OF keeping doubt In the minds OF the float
ing who judge Of parties by the proby OF in
diSduas than BY tho value Of ideas What passed in
those times at Romc is striking example or the fact
Was It not indeed just that people should hesitate TO
prefer the which had at its head illustrious
persons like Hortensius Catuus Marcellns Lucuus and
Cato the party which counted In Its ranks like Gait
MUS Manlus Catilne vatnius and Clodusf What more
legitimate In the eyes Of the descendants Of the ancint
tames than that resistance to all change and the dspo
son 10 cod al reform az utopsdn, and ansoa acrflt-
giousS What more logical than 70 admire tho hr%.
threat of death rather than admit the possibility q
becoming one day the defender Of the cause OF the
And And how should they not enter into tho feed
ings Of Catuus and Hortensius defending with
Testing their fears at tho onward Impulse 70 concentrate
all authority in single PerSnf And yet Me eduse srp-
Else aa has mpieed i. tims In spite Of their virtues,
they only obstacle the more in the regular march
OF civilization because they were deficient in the quality
which Is most essential in times Of revoution-e faculty
Of Mderaanding the requirements Of Ee nsent and n1
pro1tmscfne future Instead Of seeking out what could
be saved from the wreck Of the old ri0ime which
going pieces that most formidable OF rocks-corup
tion OF public morashey refused TO admit that the in
s,tutons which the republic had bcen indebted for It's
greatness would prove the OF It's decline. Terrified
at every Innovation they coniounded in the Same pro-
scrpon the scdon OF few Iribunes and the just de-
inands of tho people. But their influence con-
siderable and te ideas that were haowed by them held
such an empire over their minds, that they would
had no, osar Iy put ing hse at is head, gips i nc
ltre and irreib'e force patty, Ike an army ean~s
Who since tho Of the Graceful had raised the dag Of
reform had suiod IL with blood and degraded with
volt Cesar raised up again and purified H. In ordT
3, cnsue his patty he had IL Is lI sontimss rec,afN
O. agents far IoD nldJtc The tcG architect cssiy
build vph tse materials he has a hand but his constant
BILE He spared no effort TO gain over Pompey,
Crassus, Cicero, servilius, Capo, Fusus Caenus, 4
Sulpcius many others OF the stamp In mo-
OF transition, when tho old system Is IN extremity
and the not yet In place, the greatest difficulty
does consist in overcoming obstacles which op
posed the installation OF government called for by
tho wishes OF the country, but In sodly establishing Ii
In founding y on tho cooperation Of honorable m,n
penetrated with Tho IDEAS and rm in their princi
pies lLiv. H. chap. H.
CAESAR "A MAN OF pEsTrTY'-xIsR spRKsENTA-
TIoss OF HIS MOTIVES REPUrtD.
We have shown Caesar acting only In accordance with
his political convictions whether the ardent promoter
OF all popular measures the avowed partisan OF
Pompey. We have shown him aspiring, through NOBLE
am6on TO power and honors but we know tsat histo-
rans in general suggest ether motives for his conduct
He is represented having since 6s4 all his plans
ranged his snarcs laid, dis instruments ready They
attribute him absolute knowl dge OF tho fLre, the
faculty OF directing aSd things his pleasure and
OF making each unconscious accomplice in his
deep designs All his moved by hidden agency,
which the historians boast Of discovering after all u done
IL Cgsar catch up the standard OF Marus and becomes