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CONVENTION or VIRGINIA

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CONVENTION or VIRGINIA
attended toe debates Of ihis BODY =
fortnight. The Capitol. in which ihs
Convention sat. i 4 6ne building. no.
bly, situated--usofe 80 than any other
] have seen ia this country.
Richmond is a pieturesaue place !;
the James looks beautiful there IN 4
spring moraiRg the rocks, ahd ia!ands,
end foaming rapids. and murmurinR
falls. and hoallng n,ists. All ligbt and
glorious, under q clear blue sky.
The Convention boasied Of several
men Of distinction Madison. Monroe.
Giles Marshall. Randolph, Leigh.
TazeWell. &c.
Mr.. Madison sat on The len Of the
speaker--MF. Monroe on the right.
Me-, MADISON spoke once [nr half
an hour; but although a PIN might
have been heard 70 drop. so low Was
his tone, that iron the CELERY I could
distinguish only one word, and that
was. Constitutions. He stood no, more
than SIX feet from the Speaker. When
he rose, q great part Il the members
iefi their srats. and clustered around
the aged statesman, thick g a swarm
of bees.
MIR. Madison was 4 small man, Of
ample forehead. and some obIiauity OF
vision. II thought the effect probably of
age,) his eyes appearing TO be slightly
siniroVeTled. His dress was plain his
oyercOat faded brown suront.
BIZ. MoNRoE Eas very Wtinkled and
WealheF-beaien-ungFacelul ia aiii-
tude and gesture. and his speeches on.
~ common place.
MIR. GILEs Nore q eruieh-U a. then
Governor Of The State. His slyle Of
delivery was perfectly conversational
mo gesture. no effort; bot in ease,
flueney, and tact, surely he BAD nol
there his equal; bis words were like
honey pouring from an EASTERN rock.
JUDcE MARSHALL. whenever be
spoke, which was seldom, and only for
short time, attracted great attention.
HE appearance was Revolutionary and
! patFiaFehai. Tall. in long SuFtont Of
blue, with fsce Of genius, and en- eve
o. ire his mind possessed lhe rare "a
Guilty Of condensation; he distilled an
! argument down 10 lie essence.
There were two parties in the house;
The western, Or Fadieal-the eastern.
or conservatives. Judge M,Fshalf pgo.
posed something ia the nature Of q
com r0nlise.
JOHN hANDoLpH was remarkably de-
iibeFaie, disiiaet, end emphatic. lie
agiicuiaied eKeeiIenily, and rave the
lhappiesi eject 20 aIl he said. His per-
son was fraii end uncommon--hi faee
ipeie and WiiheFed--but hiS eye radisni
as q diamond. He owed, perhaps.
more to bis manner Than to as matter.
end his mind was rather poetical than
logical. Yet IN bis own peculiar vein.
be wss superior to any q his eolempo-
iFaSiea.
BEsJAI1n wATnra LrIen eat :
eiailnguished fguss IN ihe Convention
e The leader o. the iowiand pagiy. Hf.
diciioR i clear, correct. elegant. snd
might Be safely eommitfed % pfini las.
- spoken. Yet high = be stands. s.
- not perhaps IL mr. : ASA rank 81
lspeakeFs. He never liehtsas. ntss.
Plumbers Be can charm, b. zen COO
vince, bii be can hardly oteFa helm.
/ Aif, IAsKwBLL never saw np bai
puee, fcF nOnipnt. 81 poinl "a os.
lders 9 tel, AHe.laotihg meH.
~. p. nAhhoun presided over Ire
body With great dieDiiy sod sass
% these seven exifaaJdihsry men
I've have since died, 10 w.t.. Monfbe
Giles. Randolph, Monbsll, end Mod.
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