New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-17

.harc. Of bis cAcrnioYs. with hrici ac'""" W
,beir - .,.o The resolutions market 'T h'S'
onnosition IN ;hc STAMP Ac: ~ 'ir NM'f'''"
c,Ionics Thor massage WAS a w01dc-'ai TRUMP"
for . vo,,o man vino had been III 'h' A-seh"I'
only ten days and Was opposed by al the Ne''r"'
lccisla1ors America and England were az ohc'
filled with his fame. and he was rrcoshizeu VI
both sides of the Atlantic as the man WHO itne
tbe alarm hell TO arouse the continent iho
movers Of oratory displayed IN that great ue"a''
excited the admiration of men hi"'c 'o'uAS az
they were not considered the result oi iaooriou'
training. but as the direct gift OF Heaven. During
the next ten years lie was pracfic'iiS Tue lea"oi
Of the Virginan colonists in the storm ana s'rc'S
period preceding the Revolution lie was one Oh
the most conspicuous figures III Inc 'oh'iheh'a'
Conorcss of IA and returned the next year
70 make the famous speech in the Virginia Con-
yenton in favor Of arming the colony.
The delivery of this SPEECH forms the cen'fai
tonic Of one Of the most interesting chapters OF the
biography. Tho author. not content WIN repro
ducing a text familiar TO all American schooi-
bows for three generations, has collected Il large
body Of "reminiscences and testimony III I'ia'lon
20 il. DR.. Tyler had covered TINS ground WIN
thoroughncss in his recent work, nut addl'iohai
sidclights are thrown upon the manner Of delivery
tered by book-wriicrs, there is cause for graft
tudc that At least one thing cndeared 10 American
youtb passes unchallenged. Three biographies OF
Henry have been printed. and Wirts version OF
lis greatest srecch is still accepted az substan-
TALLY accurate and authentic II declaim'u III
accordance with the cues furnished in this volume
il youlJ bc something very different i'll intona-
ton and action from what is ordinarily heard
act well orator. wien
Inc asked: is life so dear, peace so SWEEP as
to hc purchased at the price oil chains
and slavery he stood in the a''ltude Vi
a condemned galley slave loaded WIN
letters and awaiting his doom. Ills form was
boved his wrists were crossed his manaces were
almost visible rs he stood like an embodiment oi
bclplessness and agony. After a solemn pause, ne
raised his eyes and chained hands toward heaven
and prayed Forbid it, Almighty God" Whep
he turned 10 the timd 10y alist with the words
know rot what course Others may take he was
thc slave again. bending his form
nearer the earth, and after remaining
in Tho postnre of humiliation long enough TO
impress rho imagination Of his audience, hut as Tor
me. give me liberty was Kissed through ms
clcnched teeth. while his body was thrown back
and every muscle and tendon was strained against
the fcttcrs.
The author Of that immortal speech was 'he ohiS
possible candidate for Governor of Virginia aiter
the outbreak Of the Tie biographer furnishes
complete outline OF his four terms rs Governor.
and Of the constitutional controversies which en-
FILTERED the closing years of his life ana estransrd
from him the sympatlles Of many Of his warmcst
admirers Mr. Wirt's book was colored in some
portions 10y prejudice caused by misrepresentation
of his views 10 a Fcderalis- in opposition to JET
fcrson'S ideas and theories OF government The
historic perspective which time has Furnished en-
ablcs the author 10 place the noble phtrio' ana
inspired orator in true relations with men ana
tendcncc. Of ~" creative period OF American
national life. The concluding portions Of the work
contain much new information about the man. and
a lucid exposition Of his political convictions