The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-07-01
ELOQUENGE AND HUM0UR OF
PATRICK HENRY.
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Hook was SCntrhmsn, man al
wealth. and suspected II being nnlTiendly I
10 the American cause. During The ds
irssses OF The American arm y, consequent
on lie JOINT Insasinn nf CurRwalis and
Phillips in 1881, Mr.. Yensble. an army +
had taken Iw0 OF llonk's
steers for The use Of lie irunIs. Tie act /
had no, been sm:ctly legal; and. IN ihe,s
tablishmen, of peace, Hook. IN The advice !.
ef Mr.. Cow an. gentleman nl same dis
iiuctinn in the law, thought proper To
bring an action If uessaass sgarust Mr.
Vensble. in The district court Of New I.on-
don. Mr.. Henry appeared Tor tie dsien-
dant. and is said to have deporiea himself
in lhls cause 10 lie infinite enjoy menl II
his hearers, the unfortunate llouk always
excepted hfler Mr.. Henry become an
mated in the cause. says correspondent,
lie appeared n have complete control over
lie passinns Of his audience: 81 one time
liz exclled their inllgna,ioa against Hook:
Vengeance was visible in every caunie-
finance; again, when lie ehnse % relax. and
rid,cule him. The whole audience was III =
roar Of laughter. lie painted lie distress
e. OF lie American army. exposed, a.
most naked. 10 The rigors oil a winttr's
sky, AMI marking the frozen ground over
/ which they lrod With the blood 81 their
unshnd fret. Where was The man, lie
said, who had an American heart in his
bosom, who would not have thrown Open
his fields, his barns, his cellars, the doors
Of his house, tue portals Of his breast, 10
have received with open arms the 'neanest
snliter 10 lhalliule band of famished ps,rI
ots! Whera is the man! There he stands
bot whether the heart Of an American
beats in his bosom. you. gentlemen. are
10 Judge. lie then carried Tie jury by the
powers of his imagination To tile pl'IHs
around York, the surrender Of which had
followed shortly after the act complained
Of: he depicted The Surrender IN tie most
glowing aud noble colours Of his clio
aurnce--ihe audience saw before their
ewes the humiliation aud detection al the
BRUSH as they marched cut other trench
| es--they saw The triumph which lighted
! up every pa,rio, face. aud heard the shouts
r ofsic,ory, aud The cry Of Washington aud
: liberty as il fuGg and echoed through
! tue American ranks, and was reveibera'ed
. from the hills aud shores ot the neighbnr
! Ing river" but. hark! hat notes ui DIS
cord are these, which disturb the general
liny, and silence the reclamation OF victory!
they are the notes of John Hook, h"arse-
, ly baaling through tie American camp,
r BEEF! beef! beef"
The whole audience were convulsed: a
particular incident will give better ldes
/ Of the effect than any general description.
/ The clerk Of the court, unable 10 com
, IN and himself, and unwilling to commit
, any breach OF decerun in his place. rush
? led out If the court house. and threw hun
Isell on the grass, in the most vi'ilent pa
e 'ruxism Of laughter. where he was roll
ling, when Hook, with very different ieel'
e Iings. came out for relief into the yard al
= sd. Jenny Strptoc," said he 10 tiit
e clerk. what the devil alls We, mons
e Mr.. Steptoe was only able 10 say that II,
could not help il. "Never mind We,
/. said Hook" wait I'LL Billy gets up, he'l
y show him the la'r' Mr.. Cowan. how
Y ever. was 50 completely overwhelmed b.
the torrent which bore upon his client
- that when he rose 10 reply To Mr.. Henry
! lie was scarcely able to make an in.ellig'
u ble aud audible remark. The cause wa
decided BY acclamation. The jury ra.il
Is ed Iot forms sake, and Instantly re,urI
Z ed with terdic, for the defendant. NJ
r. did the cficctof Mr.. IIenry's speech sto
ir here. The people were 50 highly e.
.. cited by The tory audacily Of such sui
ID that Hook began to hear around him CT
a more terrible than that Of beef; il was III
ID cry Of Tar and feathers; from the applic'
I'd lion OF which. Il is SAID, that nothing SAL
S cd him but precipi'a,e f,gh, and III
i, speed u bis horse.