Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-18

I'D Bachelor They have The same discrimi-
''use touches, fhe same warmth, briiiiancy
and JusiueSs OF colouring for which the author
has been long celebrated aud which cons:itstc
ilie lite aud soul OF this Kind ofwri,in.. That
ne reader may Judge Tor himself we prescott
niih with The following picture of Richard III.
Lee, y. 49,
4" i5u, Richard Henry Lee was the Cicero of
the House. His face Itself. was on the Roman
ni"aSi; his rose Caesarean; the porn aud car
iiiSe 81 his head. leaning personal---very. and
sidcetuuN tOiHdrd--aud the whole contour ne
Die and nne. MIR. Lee was by far tl.,, most o.
ieSaht Srhoiar IN the house. He had studied
me classics IN the true spirit OF criticism
nus Taste had that delicate touch, which seized
win ihtnitIVe certainty, every beauty of an
author, and his genius that native affinity which
combined them witIoRt an effort. Into every
walls or literature and science, he bad carried
TINS inind OF exquisite selection, and brought
II back 10 the business of life, crowned with
every hight OF learning, and decked with every
Wreatn' thdt all the Muses., and all the GrIccS,
could entwine. Nor did those light decorate
ons constitute the whole value OF IT'S freight
lie possessed rich store of historical and
political knowledge, with an activity off bser-
vdtIou, and a certainty of jud .ment, that turn-
ed that knowledge To the very best count
lie was rot lawyer by profession; but lie M
derstood thoroughly the constitution both of
the mother country and of her colonies: and
the elements also, of the civil and municipal
Jaw. Thus, while his eloqueuce was free from
tlose StItt and technical restraints, which the
habits of forensic speaking are so apt TO gene
rate, ne had all the legal learning which is ne
ceSSary TO statesman. He reasoned well
and declaimed freely and splendidly. The
note OF his voice was deeper * more melodious
than that of Mr. Pendleton. II was the canorons
voice of Cicero. He had lost The use of one of
his hands, Nhich he kept constantly covered
with black silk bandage neatly flied TO the
palm OF his hand, brt leaving his thumb free :;
YET, Notwithstanding this disad vantage his YES
tnre was so graceful and so highly flushed
that II was said he had acquired ID bv practising.
Detore mirror. Such was his pTomptitnde.
That he required no preparation for bate He
was ready foraDy subject, as soon as il was a.i-
DouDced; q his speech was so cOpious. so rich.
so meiltiuous, set off with such bew iChiur ca
dence OF voice, and such captivating grace of
action, that, while you listened To him YOU de-
sired TO hear nothing superior, and indeed
thought him perfect. He had quick Sensibi-
llty and fervld imagination, which AIr Pen
dleton wanted Hence his orations were warm.
er and more delightfully."- interesting Vet sill,
to hlm those keys were not consigned, which
couid unlock the sourceseither of the strong or
tcnder passions. His defect was that he was
100 smooth and too sweet. His style bore a
Striking resemblance TO that of Herodotus AS
described by the Roman orator q" he flowed
on, Ike quiet and placid river, without a MP
pie. lie flowed, too, through banks covered
with all the fresh verdure and variegated
bloom of the spring but his course was too
subdued, and too beautifully regular A cata-
ract, like that of Niagara, crowned with over
hanging rocks and mountains, in all the rude
aud awful grandeur of nature, would have
brought him nearer to the standard of Homer
and of Henry" ITO be continued.