The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-02-15

lave's drefs and difcovered the en(ig,is os royal
ty, he faid, with al :he energy we have head
in the famous exclamation OF Zanga--'' Know,
then, twas l."
-Helr me ,yrant while with voice
More terrible than thunder proclaim
Ira. he who aimed the dagger At thy heart
sSelinn
The difrefs of his mother infliets pang up.
on him beyond the pov er of Barbaro4a. What
he felt, however, in feeling her feleis was light
compared with his agony when to fave hun The
was about TO facrfce herfelf. We do not AZ a.
ny tirre rccolleet to have wtnefied finer burf
of PATTON than when he reproached her for
her weakness, and fwore not to furviye her dill
grace.
-What, doom thyfele
The guilty partner Of murder RS bed,
Whole hands yet reeis with thy poor hufbands
blood
To BE the mother o. dearu9iv- tyrants,
The curfes Of mankind! Ely heaven, f*ear,
The guilty hour that gives thee to the
OF that detected murderer, ihall end
This hated life
Having confirmed her RI roution, and taken a
idft embrace, he walked OF 70 torture and exc
cution with an elevation Of mien, as # the Bit
ternefs of his fate were now over, anG ne defp
fed the impotent maignity oil his deftrover. In
the lait act he was unequal. He tainted Bar.
b4roGa with efficient acu,cnefs of f.rcafsl :;
bu, in the Wifi from HeUe he did no. betray
til II emotion which might have been expected
at the moment of eternal feparation, and when
there was no longer any :eafon why he ihard
fnpprefS or refrain the i,npufes of his heart.
He a-ain broke forth, however, from beneath
this cloud and infhed his courfe with f1len-
dour The Ggnq tina, his friends were aifail
ing the palace fet his foul on fire : hislov of
life returned, his hope of glory was revived,
aud his Thrift for revenge was tenfold inhlmed.
He ftrove to free himfelS from the wheel as if
his ftreueth were ncreaicd with his inclination /;
and on being liberated by his friends, he few
ont brardithing his fword, fcemingly terrified
that the ufurper might fall by another hand.
Throughout he delivered the text with great
preciion, and was not once obliged to the aii;R-
ance of the pronpter. Far from confiderne
that his memory was burthened, he introduced
mott of the lines marked with inverted commas
as ufualIy omitted. He by this means fcveral
times wrought powerfully upon the fympathy
of the audience, and eifentially heightened the
effect of the fcene. Thofe who were prefent
will not foon forget the pa'hos with which he
concluded the admontions he pretended 20 bear
from Seiim to his mo- her, in the words
And then he wert as do.
We need fcarcely now obierve, that Mater
B. received every mark of admiration, and al
mott of idolatry. The mott profound and
death-like flencc prevailed when he was 70
fpeak, and as foon as he had fnihed the honfe
ruhg with fuccef:ive peals of applaufe. Not a
few fhewed their appreciation by the lefs notify,
but more flattrring tribute of tear. At the
conclufion of every act, feveral perfonsuot con-
tented with what could be done with their feet
and hands, mounted the benches, waved their
hats around their heads, and called out bttzaa
as if they had fucceedcd at an election in bring
ing in their favoritc candidate. Thoft who re-
rlaiHed lilent and fnllen, we are perfuaded, mutt
have been either fuch as had no hearts to feel,
or who had taken up an opinion from which
they were refolved not to- recede, or who Were
under the influence of jcaloufy on their own &C
count, or that ofther friends. When the no.
velty has pat!ed away, we make no queition
but this aftonng creature will retain a great
fhare of his popularity. He has real, genuine,
fterling talents. II is fad by his friends that ne
will yet appear to greater advantage, and that
the faults TO be diiccrncd in his performance
ariGe entirely from the monotonous, heavy, de-
clamatory character of 6cbmet.