Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-12-18
MISS sEnNIA JONES.

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TIL, ,ornu Laredicane takes her benefit this even
;np. During the week she has personated Tue charac
fora If Blanche, Eiinor Mowbray, Parthenia and Ju
let. Every night she more completely fuihls th'
promises Of great histrioDic excellence when shs
gave during her first engagement here last February
The faults of the novice have faded out OF s'ghl; she
now treads the stage, the selfreliant' Inc accom-
plished actress. She has gained power sell eou'
mand, frmness Of conception and Inc aoiNly WHICH
Genius can only learn of Experience, to execute hei
own conceptions. Above all she posses sea that In
describable magnstism which attracts an audience
and keeps it spell.bound under her eDchautment.-
We are particularly struck with the individuality
which she gives to her personations. The blind Eli
nor resembles in nothing the bewitching Parlhenia
the imprisoned Juliet. In the latter role, one of the
most difficult upon the stags-one taxing all the pow
ers ofthe most experienced actress-she has achieved
a signal success. She is the peer OF any juliet no"
On the American boards. And she has the advantage
Of looking Juliet in all her fervent Italian beauty
Her balcony scene is e1quisitely piquant and sirlisf
without a touch of either mawkish sentimentality OF
lilly coquetry by which the character Is generally
married. But her tragic powers do not flash forth II
all their magnitude until the potion scene. It'll the
performance Of this difficult character, full OF varying
emotions, this test character which enables US to pre-
dict with confidence that Mics Jones will win the
highest eminence in Juvenile tragedy. towards ina
pinnacle che is nightly taking rapid stepe.
We look forward with great interest to her "brlde
of Lammermoor'' this evening. In the early scenes
Lucy is a mere walking lsdy-literally gliding before
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without sayisg or doing anything of Importance but
at the close of the second act, and throughout the
third, the situations give ample scope for the display
of fine talents. Mics Jones appears in "kose do MAJ
after the tragedy, and 10 this character her Singing
lends additional attraction. She has had large au'
diences throughout the week and We have no doubt
that the same overlooking house with which she was
nonored on her fret benefit in Richmond will be re-
psated at her second.
We have a word to cay In reference to the STOCK
company. 1t is somewhat the fashion TO abuse all
stock companies, and Richmond has evinced a decl
ded disposition to follow this lead. During the pre-.
sent season, however, the managers are entitled to
much credit and the thanks Of the public. The plays
have been put upon the stage with great care and the
characters have been well sustained. The perform
spces of Mr.. Adams and Dir. Marden, in particular
have been much applauded. The whole company
shows an evident desire to do its best.
MR.. BUCHANAN ON HIS OLD PLATFORM.
In 1886, when applications were made by Arkan'
sss and Michigan for admission into the Union as
States, the objection was made that no enabling acts
Of Congress had been passed prior to these applica'
Mr.. Buchanan was in the Senate, and took a
part in the debates. To show how consist
sntly true to his own record he has been in his late
message on the Kan.as question We quote a passage
from his remarks in 1886, in answer to the objection
that Michigan ought not to be admitted because
Congress had passed no enabling act. He said
.'rbs first objection he should consider was the one
sugpested, rather than insisted on. by the Senator
from Delaware, Mr.. Clayton;l and that was, that no
had been passed by Congress- for the purpose of
the people of Michigan to form a State Con.
s,itu,iou, in obedience TO what had been supposed TO
be the custom in regard to other States that have
been admitted into the Union. Now, was there, he
would ask, any reason for passing such an acti Was
required by principle, or was it required by former
He utterly denied that it was required either
by the one or the other before q new State may be ad-
mltted into the Union; and whether it was given pre-.
viously or subsequently, 10 the application Of q State
for admission into the Union, was OF no earthly impor-
fance. He admitted that the passage ofsuch an act pre-.
viously to the admission of q new State was the best
course to adopt; but if a people had formed a repub
lean Constitution, and If Congress should think that
,hey had assumed proper boundaries, was thcre any
objection to their admission, whether the preliminary
aT had been passed, or otherwisel But, in the his.
,ory OF this government, they had precedents TO
this bill; and that they had one which applied
expressly TO this very case it being utterly impossible
o draw any distinction between the two, unless in
of Michigan. He referred to the case Of the
State of Tennessee, found in the second volume ofthe
of the United States. The preamble was short.
containing but a few lines, and he would read it
This brief preamble was a declaration that, by me
acceptance of the deed Of cession of the Stats OF
Worth %, oiiuu, ConKress wero hound to lay out, into
me or more States, the territory thereby ceded to the
United States. Congress, therefore, upon the presen-
arion of a Constitution by Tennessee, declared that
TO be one Of the United States Of America, on
IN equal footing with the original States, 10 all re.
poets what, by the name and title of the State OF
rsnnessee.'"