The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-12-04
Dicaropi)i:ol.



Very little is known of thc most ,Ioorr,t
orator of our Revolutionary history. one v,Eo
derived all his ,owcl from original rcuius
and the study Of Nature and men. and hql no
. acquaintance with hooks. The f,lnwinr
ske ch of his char ctcr and habits iIr. Web.
sler received from Mr. Jefferson and is found
N the recently published volumes of Mr.
",bSters correspondence
Patrick Henry vas originally a bar kcencr
lie was married very Young, and going inro
some business on his own account. was a
bankrupt. before the wear was cGt. When I
was about the age of tif'ctn. | left the school
here TO 90 to college AT Williamsburg. |
stopped few DAYS ut a friends, in the conn
ty Of Louisa. There first SAW and became
acquainted with Patrick Henry. Having
spent the Christmas hoiIdays there. ! ,ro-
ceedcd TO " III amShutg. Some questions
orosc about my admission, rs my PREPARATORY
studies had not been rUr>uod at the school
connected with that institution. This delay
cd my admission about fortnight. at which
time Henry appeared in Williamsburg, aud
applied for license 10 practice law, having
commenced the study Of it at, Or subsequently
to, the time of nltctlng him in Lnnisa.-
There were four cXamilcrs - Wvthc. prndie.
ton. p, ytOn Randolph and john Ranloll,h -
Nyihe and PVnuIctun at once rejected his
imno,tunitv vc,n r,vo;,nd n, "p"s' -, ~. .,'n
r,,,I'. ,i "t"" W H'S'' 'he
IN ",,l;', a;'a "''n,'eI u't'r ''S''a' u'cS'
m,,,i %p,'',u r"'" W 4e'a'e'on' ana a'''r
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c,n,os,,l '''' nav, '''''oe was
rs cnnnsrl hoG,ra 'hn mi''.', ~ "PiI"''''
NJ pnr',,.l, v, t''T 'iouSe
caeo a7rn,I. ,ll 1,~u' M n.y. we ! "'H"!S
lar ,r,r,, so., n,,'a;n H. ',sEo anu sum.
ra,,,.,;,, ,,,', w. ","et 'n' "''' ;" much
~ WAY 'V ~ !" 90 '''o'eu ,"'"'"', VI
,i,N ,;n,7' ''''''o iie was hH we" Su'td 10
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v.;th,n, p',.;nj. " ""s We n"""'n ""He ooi'c
an j., i, ";'' ,i,'' 'is was "'' ''lo'e
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| l s,ota i,1 ''"" VI nv '"e' t'"'' 80
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| spoken in opposite ion to nv option had
produced great effect. and | myspr been
| dI GIFTED and moved l have asked myself
wh,n he ceased, What has he said I"
ron,d never answer the iuuniry. HIS person
was OF full size. and his manner and voice
free and manly his ut(,rauce neither VERY
| last nui very Slow lis speeches acueralIy
| pronunciation was vulgar and vicious, but it
was forgotten while speak my
| lie was man of very iitiic knowlt lgc of
a"y snrt nc i,ud n1.hirg. and had 10 books
Iltlroi0g one November from Alh,rmarlc
Court, he borrowed Of M liumc's E,snys. IN
two volumes say he should have leisure
III the winner for rc,dn@. In the spring he
returned them, and declared he had NOT been
able to 90 further han twenty orthirty pages.
in Tie first volume. He wrote almost n1lh-
ag- he could not write. The resolutions of
10, which have b,cn ascrijed 10 him. have
hy many been supposed to have been written
! by Mr. Johnson who acted as his scco,l On
| that occasion but if lhcv were written Ivy