Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-12-15
THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA REvI-
VED-Af NEW VERSION OF
"BLOODY RICHARD"


Thespie Temple, has hitherto catered 81
successfully To the dramatic taste of our pee
pie, is soon to favor US, we are informed
with q theatrical representation of KIM
Richard Ill. Few of our readers, we ap
prehend, have not witnessed or perused witt
admiration, this, one of the most popula
tragedies OF the immortal bard. Peerless
bloody, bold, resolute and unsarupulous
Richard was the last of the Plantagehet.
who sat upon The English throne; and having
kratifed his ambition at the sacrifice of hi,
pvoblest peer, its consummstioa was speed
sly followed by the battle of Bosworth Fiels
and the death of the royal yrant.
In the scenic prelude 10 the terrific com
pat, we behold, the "tented field" where
pending the watches OF the night, the riya
princes, (Rithsrd and Richmond1 sleep upon
iheir srms. In this interval of repose they
are respectively visited by the ghosts of the
departed slain, upon whose innocent necks
Richard had climbed into his royal seat
These apparilions seversly glide before the
vision of the usurper, and torture his guilty
spirit with bitter prophecy and accusations
while, to the troubled soul of Richmond,
they impart the happy sugaries of success.
This scene is one Of the most thrilling
and effective that the piece affords, and with
eertain emendstions OF character aud OF
text, we submit the same TO the cOnside-a-
ton of those who are partial to Legitimate
applications.
1t will require no great exercise oil imagi-
nation, ON the part of the reader, tV sussli-
tute Old Buck the First for Richard the
Third, Seward for Richmond, and the con-
temporary actors Of the American drama for
those Of Shskespesre's creation. With
this index to the "argument," the audience
will please ''sit down in 'front.'"
TNs-Eve of second Tuesday in November.
ScEhE-PTssence Chamber at the White
House. Old Buck discovered, surround
ed ,by ofice-kolders end ofice-seekers.
hautboys. short-boys, &c.
Old Buck-Here will lie to-n:ght-but
where Tomorrow We'll, all's one for that!
How stand the adverse parties!
Cass-Their name is legion ,sireI Forney
and Douglas, traitors to your cause, stand
midway tween the hosts; their wavering
bodies US i'll. While willy Seward heads the
Black Repubs. and every instant maltiplies
his arms.
o. B.-Give me q stoup of corn-juice
piping hou For Little Dug and Forney
what care /! The heads of their friends
shall glut my ire. Drans the cup medita-
lively Most do fear Bill Seward; but
how stands New York!
Fernando Wood.-Things bad begun
make strong themselves by i'll. That row
at Syracuse was all among our friends;
eongeuiul spirits wraDgled, and the issue
is unchanged. Purdy has named the per-
jurers, and will ou.-count the registered up-
position, how ever strong their numbers!
o. B.-I am satisfied. Have all my armo
ready, and come again at midnight. Re.
tires 10 his couch.
IThe Ghosts of Kansas Governors rise.
Ghosts.-Let us sit heavy on thy soul To-
morrow. Think how thy bloody predece s.
sor, (whose acts thou didst endorse.) sent
US untimely, 10 that new-discovered country
from whose bourne no Governor relurns.-
We now are ministers Of thy chastis ement.
Therefore, despair and die! ITO Sewsrj ]
Be cheerful, Seward; for the souls Of six
butcheree Governors fight in thy behalf.
The ghost of MsttY Yan4ises.- -Bloo6s anl
guilty, guil.ily awake! Thou who didst stall
me in the field of Baltimore by Fedora
Two-Third Rule, and changed NY Demo
cratic hosts to FEDERAL legions-lhou trai,ol
70 Democracy despair aud die! l'Fo Seward
Quite untroub led soul, awake, awskc-aot
fight and conquer, for Columbs,s sake
70. B. turns uneasiiy on his couch
T he shade OF jefferson appesrs-When
was mortal, nv anoin,ed body by thee wa
punched with federal, deadly holes. Thinl
on the slavery limitations which | establish
ed and v hich YOU o'erihrew and trampled
Therefore, despair and die.
Madison-n my life was blessing, your
is bane; Tor my act expungsd even tn
word slavery from the compact OF the Oh
Thirteen; while yours has spread the curss
Ger all our virgin soil! Oh! in the BATH
think on Madison. and die in terror OF thl
guiitinessI ITO Seward Cheer up III,
: heart, and be thou not discouraged; God
good angels fight on Stewards side!
~ Wsshisgton, and the Signers OF the De
slsrstion.-Let US sit heavy on thy soul to
:, norrow Thou and tiny slanderous coles
gues would make us hypocrites in our i'm
mortal Declare ion. Freedom, for which "
fought and sacrificed, for which we bled an
died Chat Liberty, not Slavery, might pos
sess the worldly is made a circumsiantia
mockery by your acts. Tomorrow, in th'
: battle think on us, and fall thy edgeles
sword! (To Seward, &C., Seward RePub
licans, offspring OF the Fathers-we leav
our wronged names with yor! Pal! dow,
this wicked tyrant, falsely set in Freedom
rrandeet niche. If you do free your chilt
rem from the plague Of bondage, your child
ren's children shall emba In your memories
Then, in the name of equal Human rights
advance your standard, draw your willin
swords, sound drums and trumpets, boldly
cheerfully-'.H'gher Law and Bill Sewart
Frank Blair and Victory!" Ghosts vanish.
o, B. starts out OF his dream. Give m
another HORN! call Scripture Dick an
Ca.s. But, soft! I've got the blues! Wha
do ] feM-nyreli! Buck loves old Buck
: Shadows, tonight have struck more terro
TO nv ,railorous soul, than could the sui
2 stance of ten thousand voters, armed a
with Registers, and led by willy Seward
(Curtain tails.
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