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

said, = b easessd he lobby " BY
0sa, l would have gives I've hun.
drsa gsissas for . asgis vote" For
- sA6 would have divided the HOUSE,
tie vess Of The Speaker would have
re3seesd he resolution, Mr.. Heary
Ion tcws that evening, and the next
norsisg bsFbrs tho nsetisg Of the
House l NJ Peter Randolph, thes
Of the Counci!, bat Who had foruer.
y bsea Ckrk to the House, for a.
hosr or twc at the Clerks table
searching the old Journals for pre-.
esdsns vhih be VAS clerk Of . rcso.
lutaos Of The Hosss erased from the
journals BY . subsequent order Of
the House. Whether he found II or
not do not remember but when
the House ~ . netion Vas made
sud carried 70 erase that resolution I;
snd thsrs being u that day but ono
printer asd he sstirsly under the
control Of the Governor, do not
ksow that this resolution ever ap-
pesred IN print. wits this from
memory. but the Impression made on
me At the tine vas such A. to 6x the
facts indslibly ia my mind.
l cane into The Legislature as a
burgess for AlbsrnarIe in the win
ter 1863, on the accession Of La
Botstourt to the govern nent, and
about nine yesrs sftsr Mr.. Henry
had catered on the stsgs Of public
life. The exact conformity Of our
political opinions strengthened our
frisndship, aud, Indeed, the old lead.
srs Of the House being substantially
Arm 10 bad not aflsr this any differ
cncss Of opiaioa in the II. Of b. on
mattss Of principle, though some
times on matters Of form. We we're
dissolved by Id. Botstourt At our
Arst session, but all were reelected.
There being no divisions among us,
occasions became very rare for tho
display Of Mr.. HIS cloquence. In
ordinary business he was . very in
clkcient member. lie could pot
draw = bill on the most simple sub.
ject which would bear legal criticism,
or even the ordinary criticism witch
looks to the correctasss Of style apd
idea for, indeed, thsrs was no No
curacy Of idea in his head. His i'm.
sginstion was copious, political, sub
line, but vague also. He said the
strongest thingu IN The finest Ian.
guags, bat without logic, without ar.
rssgsusnt, dssultorily This appear
I'D eninensly and in a Notifying
degrees in the frat session Of the
First Congress, which met in Sep.
tsmbsr, i774. Mr.. Henry and Rich.
ard Henry I.es took .. onse the lead
in that assembly, aud, BY the high
style Of their sIoqusnce were, in the
6rst days Of the session looked up 70
as priSsi issev y'av~. A petition to
the Kisg, a. address TO The people Of
Great Britain, aud . memorial to the
people Of British America were
agreed TO b. drawn. Lee, Henry,
and Others were appointed for the
Srst, aad Lee, Livingston, and Jay
for tho two lsst. The splcndor Of
their debut occasionsd Mr.. Henry to
be dssignstsd by biz committee "a
draw the petition TO the King, with
which they ~sre charged, and Mr..
Lee was charged with tho address to
the people Of England. The last
wss Ast reported. On reading il
every eosntenancs fell and . dead
silence ensusd for many minutes.
Al lsagsh II wss laid on The table for
psvuaal and consideration ill the
next day, who's FIRST ose psmber and
then another aross, and. paying some
fsiat cor plinssts 70 The competition,
observed that there were still certain
considerations not expressed In il
which should properly and 4 place
in il. At length Mr.. Livingston,
(the Governor Of N. j., 4 member
Of the committee, rose and observed
that frisnd Of bic had been sketch
Ing what he Asd thought might b
proper for s1eh an addrsss, from
which he thought sous paragraphs
night b sdvasssgsoasiy introduced
into the drsught proposed and he
read 40 address which Mr.. Jay had
prepared DE- be~e esse, "a il were.
There was but one ssatimsst Of ad-
niration. The address vas recon-
nittsd for ansndmsnt aud Mr.. jays
drasght reported ssd adopted with
scarce any alteration. These facts
were stated to me BY Mr.. Psndleton
and Col. Harrison, Of our own dele
CATION, Except that Col. Harrison
ascribsd the draugAt to Gov. Liv-
ingstop,) ssd we're Afterwards con
Armsd 70 no BY Gov. Livingston
and will prsssstly nention and
anecdots coa6rmativs Of them, from
Mr.. Jay asd r. II. L., themselves.
Mr.. Hsny's draught Of a petition
to the King wss equally unsucc cas-
fuI asd M rscomul.ssdi for amend
meat. M. john Dickinson was al
ded 10 the committee. and new
draugh, prepared by him was passed,
The occasion Of my lssrsisg from
Mr.. Jay that 10 vas the author Of
the address to the people Of Great
Britain requires explanation by a
statement Of scss preceding circum-
stances. The I'd ssssios Of the lst
Coagrsss net, % thsjs own adjourn
nest, !. Nay, 1775. Psytcn Ran
dolpk vss thsif President. In the
usesuns La. Moths concilistory
prsposieises cans svsr 70 b. laid BY
tho Oovsrsnsst hstoss their lsgisla-
turss. Id. Dusnors accordingly
called that Of Virginia to meet in
Jsas. Thh eheGsd r. Randolph,
q speaker, 70 rs&sss. Oar other
Old nsnbsrs bsisg u Cosgrsss, hs
presssd ~ 10 assW The answer 10 Id.
NostA's proposition. l secordinely
did "a, 80 h passsa viii . little
sellssing Of soss expressions for
whish ~ tina vsss sot yet ripe,
ssA viss dssvisg Sad wsakeaing
othsss 70 satisfy isdividusls. l haa
bsss appsistsd 70 20 oa 70 CosgTsss
II pIsss u Psytos Randolph, asd
prcassasd innsdislsly charged With
issassdag dis sassss u Csasrsss.
A. Il vss ~ 1sse which had bssn
RIvss, ~ ~ sens a II WA strsng.
d. neubess vsss Plsassd with Il,
AsDiae Il would Asss good s2sst
~ ~ sssvsps a ~ sshss Btatss.
A esqota11e which had hssA ~
peisasl n psspass : dsehsstios 70
b psblkAea BY 0sal. waaAiassos
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