The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-28

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them to the voters; and he;1sh Demo.
EtEat by conviction.
MIR. Tiittcn was credited some wears
ago with tho Saying that he thought
/ there would never be a Democratic
victory until there was 4 Democratic
l'party: Well, there Seems at list to bc.
III OHIO at least, q Democratic party.
JEF'FERSON 'UW HENRH.
Whit tho statesmai df tho Kevoiution
Thought of'the Virginia Orator.
We find iii tho Christian 1Yerozd
published somc time in 'tiie Year 1866,
tho following article entitled "AIr.
JcifersoE's Ncconnt ofPatrick Hcnrvn.
Patrick Hcniy was originally bur-
keeper. lie was married very yo,lnr.
and going into some Business, on his
own account, was Il bankrupt before
the year was out. When l was about
inc age OF fifteen, l left The school here
to go to The college at N:illiamsbnrw,
stopped II few days 1T q friends IL
tho county of Louisa. There I first
saw and became acquainted with Pat
rick lic1my. Having spent tho Christ
mus holidays there, proceeded to
Williamsburg. Some question arose
abont my admission, as my nrcpa,n-
tory studies had not been pursued at
nc school connected with that insiilu
ton. This delayed my admission
about tortnightj ut Which time Henry
appeared in williamsburg aud applied
Tor license to practise law. having
commenced the study of il at or subsc
qucntly 10 the time of my meeting him
III Louisa. There were four cxuiniH-
ers, Wythc, Pcunilcton, Pcyton Ran-
uolph and John Randolph. Wythc
ana fendlcton ut once rejected his up-
Jlicution.
Ilfe two Randophs, by his impor!u-
pity, were prevailed upon to sign Il
license: and, having obtained their sir-
natures, he applied again to Prndir-
tom, aud after much rnlrcHty and ,Dnnv
promises OF future st,yuy, Snrcccdcd in
ootalmng his. lie ttlGn turned out for
Il practising lawyer. The first case
which brought him into notice was u
contested ricciiuiE in Which III: ;lp.
t'cnCco as counsel before Il cninni!tttc
OF tic House OF Bur@cSscs. IIis Second
was The Parsons cause, alrcativ known.
lhcSc and similar efforts SOON obtained
for him So much reputation iha, hr WAS
elected member of the LcriSlatIrc.
lie was us well suited to the times rs
any man ever was, and it is not now
easy to saw what we should have done
without Patrick Henry. lie was far
before az III maintaining the spirit of
tic Revolution.
His Influence was most extensive
with tho members from the uppcr
country, and his boldncss and their
votes orcrawcq and controlled the |
more cool OF The more tnnid arist6- |
cratic gentlemen of the lower part ofj
the state. His cloQucncc was peculiar.
n indeed it should be called cloqucncc
FOR 1t was impressive and sublime, be-
yond what can be imiHincd: All dlnh
1t was difficult, when he had spoken. |
to tell what he had said, yet, whilo i
was speaking, it always srcmr,t direct |
~ to the point. WilG, lie Hail spoken
III opposition to my opilillii; it had
produced great effect, and | tnvsc.
when nc ccased-" .hc dtvil has
hc said?' | could never ulsWHr; the in
Gniry. His person was of full sizcs
MS manner and voice free and i;ianiv.
Ills uttcrancc neither very fast iour
very SLOW. Ills speeches generally
snort, from a quarter to half an liuui:, |
Ills pronunciation was vulgar fntl
vicious, but it WAS forgotten While he
was speaking.
1to was man Of very little knowl.
cdgc OF any sort; he read nothing, and
had no books. Returning one Novcm-
Der IRON Albcmarlc court, nc bor-
f"wcu or me Humc's Essays, in two
volumes, saying he should have leisure
III the winter for reading. liz the
spring he returned thcu,, and declared
hc had not been able to 90 further than
twenty or thirty pages in the first vol.
umc. lie wrote almost nothing. he
could not write. The RESOLUTIONS of
l775, which have been ascribcd TO him.
have by many been supposed to have
been written by Mr.. johnson, who
acted as his second on that ccrasion:
Put If they were written BY Henry
himself, they are not such as to prove
any power Of composition. Neither
III pollticS nor in his profession was he
man OF business; he WAS Il man for
debate only. Ills 6iographcr says that
ne rcau tiutafch every year. | doubt
whether he ever read q volume Of il i'm
his NE. Ills temper was excellent,
| ana nc generally Ohscrtrl dccorum i'm
debate. On one ur two occasions |
have seen him angry; and his anger
was terrible; those who Witnessed II
were not uisposcd to rouse il n min.
LII his opinions, he was Welding and
practicable, and n'H disposed to differ
from his friends. In private convcrsa-
hon lie Was igtccaIilr :inu facctious.
and, while in gcntcrl society; ul,pcared
to understand all the dccrncics and
proprletics OF il; but, in his heart, he
preferred low society and Sought it as
often as possible.
-, llo would hunt in the pine woods Of