Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-09-14

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,,s 49,, ys0ssea' ana mo nonee was contested
sa," 81 ~ nv sPpeaieu as counsei before the
eohiu'T &c vi 'ne House OF Burgesses His second
va u0 ,r. sse, s,reaay wei known These and
,h, h. 80 .lsced neu , ior nun 20 ,hucn reputation,
- - II 49, '"en'"ef VI inc Legislature. lie
=, - -, 80. -. ~ VIC ames As any man ever was and
a., P,,;.S Hsns " ~ Nhas we seouid nave done with
,hs sn, Of ,hs Ss lat M, os'9re All IN maintaining
,e,s;rs ni,h The ,nas ms ,unueh'c was most ca
hoide.s MI ,h; eoers from tne upper counties; his
nnrc eool or ,ha - 49, e,eraseu anu controlled the
The lower mart Of the So '''N u, senuehen oil
~ ;nSaS !, o,, e sse pis eioqnence was peculiar
So snJ s,hIna esu.o e,oquenee ior u was impress
,ho,SSi, 49, ,,;a,. J.ohu what can DC imagined Al
T., =, ~ ~ ~une ne was speaking, It seemed direct
NV oninon-had nra, ue naa spoAch IN opposuon TO
self been delighted and mossd r. - a'. ny ny
when he ceased "Wba, has h., Ia" .s,. n.sen,
/ answer the enquiry III - 49, =, .ouiu never
manner and voice e.. IT was y, iun sue, ana ms
neither very slow nor x.rs g., Ia; s L''e'anee was
short-from quarter to half an hour. e'"e'"'s
lie was a man of very Ii,Is Lnou,Iai,,, Of - - -
read nothing. and had no haoLs p .. any sort ne
vember from Albemarlc Conr, h. h, ~ Que no
in two volumes saving he would have lesur. T.
the winter for reading In The sr;n ~ Nisu , 10
and declared that he had no, hn 81 -, neu 'ue'",
than twenty or thirty pages in the first yolums Us
wrote almost nothing-he could not write The rssol,
nohs OF S which have been ascribed to him have nv
many been supposed to have been written h. ~ teh'
son. who acted as his second that occasion I'm, If
they were written by Mr. Henry himself they were not
snch as TO prove any power of composition N;,bar in
SVS'aPuoI sNs 'nat he read Plutarch every year 4
whether ne ever read volume of il in his life
cnn T. excellent aud he generally observed de-
- - ' on ope OF two occasions have
- ~" a"e,'' ana MS anger was terrible; those
" were not disposed TO rouse
all No, ,i,,' opinions ne was Welding, practicable,
-. ~ SPoseu 10 uiner from his friends. In
Iii =; ,, o i ne was agreeable and faeetious, aud
deccnc;.s snJ i! "PPea'ea 10 understand all the
f.rreJ loo, - VI u, ou' IN MS heart he pre-
II 1S anu sought 1t as often - possible
"o"'I u' III .ne pune woods OF tuvanna, with
, Gnr,nich, a. An. h'ing IN camp for
'' ii ~ 'he, snhont change of raiment.
i ' u,eu '>'oni.heI AT MS command of proper
LII - ~ " oN'a'uvu knowledge OF IL never
II = ia.,oi 's IVA" :" n'ue anu conversed little
,oen !. en'
rho ,,,,sr-, =, ,L I' 'a. ~" vas our leader in
-, VI s"e Ie'oiuhon IN Virginia. In that
49, - Wa Sue =" n'h uan TO any other person. Ii
.'.N uAu u'n, we snouli probably have got
pp,,,ai -, 80! w. y! nnoer oi men OF nearly
tA, 'ut' ous ne lett Us lar behind His bographer
- - IL " ~ uIs SorA 10 me rs they were printed
III ' 'u asAeu LOT III! opinion told him il
~ ,iI Ha nerta,,er whether his work should
o ou .ne seeu oil history or paneSyric Il l.
a. - ~ r, ~, pau 'asc, ahd gives 80 imperfect
. 20 VI a''A hehry, that lt seems To show on the
"r''er more 'hah the subject OF the work.
Ter contra. Mr. Hugh Blair Grigsby one of our
best scholars and historians in his able and instructive
oraIoh before the students of William and Mary COLLEGE
on Tue 4' July last presents some opinions quite differ
en' from the foregoing We make the following extract
rom Mr. urigsbys fine Grafton which is published in full
IN the last No. OF the Southern Literary Messenger:
lone instance of the annIic,t;o, ~, ,;,., =,
history of Virginia /, within my own nc;otss ~ 's
may be without interest TO the students ~ W,;u anu
and Mary. From critical examination of the fr,gmen,
of the speeches and WRITINGS of p,;I ~ snsnis
have come down to US and nv careful ~ VIE.
with those of his prominent contemnor,iaS " 'e
yinced that our Patriot Pronbet b, ricn;I We" eou
thorough training in the Latin ,l,ssics IA a., T anu
ceived that training in early M, Tbs w. 80 ~, . .A re-
his style a 'e1riosa felei,a, and ,-,ij;y -, IN
ry and tact which could NOT have 49, r. ~ P
chance or they would have been e,,,y w 'sIu. OF
works OF his rivals: and il was eyida1t s sa,
these characteristics in,erEoven in tb enc-i , .e
his STYLE that he must have studied The ,r.;, ., VI
in early life; as such results rarely an - u'ol'
ously in the productions of those Who become 'ain
with the classics at a more advanced sga Tls - ~
argument of internal evdencc-an argument which Was
satisfactory to me but which ithont an ;si,i mn wa
exposition of details that none bur nbIoIo;, S
comprehend, would not be conclusive % o;bar, ~
would thus be regarded rather ne an o1i,io, ,I ~
monstrarion and 7 me, ,t.--c., t" "a" " ue-