The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-17

nAvs oeco mistnfoTu on tnAt SUI
jsct' A few days tter, bsisg in
conversation with X. II. Lee in Con
ersss Hall, a little bfoec. the meet
iag Of the House, NJ. Jay observing
'esi, came up, and sstlag h. II. Lee
BY button Of the esnt, aid 10 HIN
pretty stsrnly II euderrtand, sir,
that you informed This gentleman
thAt the addro~. 10 the people Of
Great Britain. presented TO the com
mite by ms, was drawn by Coy, Liv-
insstose." Tho I'D vas the the
csmni,tss having cessisted Of eonly
Leo, Livingston, Who VA hthcrin.
law Of Jay, ssd Jay himself, and
Lees draught having Keen rejected,
and Jays approved = usequivocally,
his suspicions naturally fsll on Lee
as the author Of ,he report, and the
rather, as they daily had much spar
ring in Congress, Lee beirr firm in
the revolutionary measures. and Jay
hanging heavily on their roar |
immediately stopped Mr., Jay. and
assured him that, though l had in
deed been so informed II was not by
Mr.. lee, whom | had never heard
after a word on the subject.
l found Mr., Henry 10 be n silent
aud almost unmcddli1g member Of
Congress, On the original opening
Of that body, while general griey-
snccs were the topic he Was in his
element, and captivatc all by his
bold and splendid sloqusnce. But
~ soon as they came 10 spccifc mat.
tiers, TO sober reasoning and solid
augmentation, he had the good sense
10 perceive that his defamation,
however excellent 10 H. proper place,
had no weight at ali in such an as
scmbly as that Of cool. headed, re'
Aecting, judicious men. lie ceased.
therefore, in a great measure, to
take any part in business. He
seemed, indeed, very tired Of the
place and wonderfully relieved when,
by appointment Of the Virginia Con
veution to be colonel OF their hrst
regiment, he WAS permitted TO leave
Congress abou, the last Of July.
How he acquitted himself of his
military command will be better
known from others. lie was rclicv.
cd from this position again by being
appointed Governor on the first or.
ganisatou Of the government, After
my service as his successor in the
same office, my appointmcnt to Con
gress in 1883, mission to Europe in
81, and appointment in the new
government in 80 kept US so far
apart that | had no further personal
knowledge OF him.
Mr.. Henry began Bis career with
very little property. He acted, As !
have understood, az barkeepcr in the
tavern at Hanover, G. II. for scmc
time. lie married very young, set.
tied, l believe, At place called
Roundabout in Louisa, got credit for
some little store Of merchandise, but
very soon failed. From this he turn
cd his views TO the law, for the acqui
sition or practice Of which, however
be was toe lary. Whenever the
courts we're closed for the winter SEES
sion he would make up party OF
poor hunters Of his ncighborhood,
would 80 Of with them to the piny
woods OF Fluvanna and pass weeks IN
hunting deer, Of which he was pas
.ionately fond, sleeping under tent,
beiors Are, wearing the same shirt
tho whole time, and covering all the
dirt of his dress with hunting shirt
He never undertook to draw plead
ings If he could avoid II, or to man
ago that part Of a cause aud very IN
willingly engaged bu, as an assistant
10 speak in the cause. And the fee
vas an Indispensable preliminary
observing 70 the applicant that he
kept no account, never putting pen
TO paper, which was true. His pow
ers over Jury were so Irresistible
that he received great fees for his ser
vicea. ss3 had the reputation Of being
unsuitable In money AMER about
ten years practice in tho County
Courts be came to the General Court,
where, however, being totally unqual
lied for anything but mere jury
cases, Ia devoted himself to these
and chiefly to the criminal business,
From thsse poor devils il vas always
understood that he squeezed cxorbi.
.ant fees Of ESQ, Goo, and goo,
From this source he made his great
prohts, asd they were said to be great.
His other business, exclusive OF the
criminal, would never, | am sure, pay
the expenses Of his attendance. lie
now purchased from Mr. Lomsx the
yalu BILE estate on tho waters Of
Smiths River, to which he afterwards
removed. The purchase wss on long
credit and anslly paid in deprecated
paper, got worth oak leaves. About
The close Of tho VAT hs engaged in
the Yssoo speculation, and bought
up greet deal Of deprecated paper
Al q and Cd in the pound to pay for
il At The Gloss of the war many Of
~ viahsd to reopen all accounts
~ al ha.} been maid in deprecated
nossy, sad have them settled by tho
scale n dsprscia,ion. Nut on this
h ftewssd most Indignantly, and
knowing The general indisposition Of
tho legislature, il wss considered
hopeless ~ sttsMps II with such an
opponsat 1t their head ~ HAIRY. |
believe be sever Distinguished him
Eli ~ nseA ~ on the similar q'ses
.ios of Hsilieh debit in the case Of
Josss I'D Walker. lie had sxerted
dsgrsp II interest in that case total y
forsiss 70 his character, aad not only
sssnsd bst hsd made himself really,
lnrnsd - he subject. Another Of
the grqal occasions on which he ex-
hibits3 exanpIss Of sloquencs such
% prohabJy bod never bsen exceeded
Va % ~ question Of adopting the
asv Cvastitstion in i7S8 To this
he vs. noss violently opposed, A. Is
we'll knowa and after ito adoption
10 costisusd hostile to il, expressing
more thAn snv other maa IL tho U