The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-24
RICHARD HENRY LEE.

The National Gazette furnishes
the following notice oi The Telegraph
ical Memoir OF Ricu,HD HnNRA
LEE. which his grandson, of The
same ramc. now of Lc, sburg. Nir
gina. has Just given 10 the world
I" This large and valuable contri-
button To American history has af
forded us pleasure like that we
found in Mr.. Qmnc.'S volume. II
has been made, not oniy with fiji !
picty. but love of country with
Judgment and modesty and, We
! thiak. With adequate success for all
his excellent purposes. He has ful-
" established the truth that his H.
mstilous ancestor WIS thorough
man of business rs we'll as a brilliant
orator and principal guide, in the
Revolutionary councils, both of Viz
glnia and the United Colonies. he
has traced the career aud developed
the character Of profound aud ELI
eltnt statesman. and n truly slrtuons
citizen, learned. acute, energetic,
and most patriotic aud eloquent !;
whose cAcrtlons and qualities in
spire strong and salntary admira-
hon, and whose employments. con-
nrXions. and correspondence, inter
Weave his history with that of the
nation during the whole period of
their struggle for freedom and indie
pendence.
NJ Lee has placed in The Memoir
itgtil several important and curious
letters oil his grandfather and other
eminent worthless ; but he has pro-
perry separated as an a, pendix, the
body OF the important and interest
ing documents of various Kinds
which descended to him NJ WITCH he
procured from SURVIVORS, OF thc Re
yolution. The appendix occupies a
share of his first, and the whole OF
his second volume. and embraces
striking and instructive part of the
correspondence Of such pcrsonag"S
Is Washing ton, Lafayette, Arthur
lee. Patrick Henry. Or. Rush, J.
Dickinson, Samuel Adams, Wilkes,
Colonel Barre, &c. This collection
has brought again, and powerfully,
In our minds. The reflection how de
sirable it il that the relatives and
friends of the leading Revolutionary
patriots should preserve and cmbo
dy that portion at least Of their pa
pers. that might serve to enlarge n
rectily the annals of the Republic,
besides gratifying a laadable curios-
ity which, in al likelihood, will be
more common and eager with Amer
leans OF the next and future genera
tons. HAN II is with our coteppo-
rarles
We scarcely need to mention who
and what Richard Henry Lee was III
general; his name il conspicuous
and glorious iprcvcry account Of the
Revolution---it is that OF an indcla- !
tigable, downright. operative" re
bel from the out ; who, twin !
coadjutor of Patrick Henry. sWayed
aud prompted Virginia, with the
deepest sensihllity and the loitiest ell
nquencc who served with the Ut.
most usefulness aud distinction in all
the Rev oInllanary Congresses, who
composed their memorable addresses
to the British government and pco-
pie who mored and unrcmittingIy
sustained the Declaration of Inic-
pendenCe ; who proposed the arti- !
des of confederation Who became
President Of Congress, in 1784 ;
who enjoyed. throughout a period Of
Thirty years, the confidence and ho- .
nors Of lis native state. &c. HIS
descendant does not, perhaps, speak
too strongly, when he observes oil
his Official letters as a member Of the
Committee Of Correspondence for
the Congress of l776, that they con-
t@in more complete account of the
state "t American affairs at that era
than can elsot here be found. We
cannot undertake IL furnish even an
ontline Of his political labor, or to
sketch his talents as a speaker. Of
the latter much is told, though IN
too magnificent IA strain for any mo
deru orator, by Mr.. Wil1, in his
Life Of Patrick Henry. On this head,
his grandson has quoted some obser-
.ations Of DR.. Rush. which involve
an enyiab!e paugyric---"I never
knew 50 great an orator." remarked