The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-20

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Such men as Randolph, Bland, pcndleon, wythe, and,
indeed all the older members and members wcghty Unfit
cncc presented united opposition the resolutions as Of
fcred by Mr. Henry and especially TO the fifth resolution
It is said that when the last vote had been taken tic
fifth resolution Mr. Peyton Randolph who that time
Attorney General was heard excam: My Cod would
lave given five hundred guneas for single votc This
vote would have evenly divided the House and with Mr. Rob
irsons vote who in the chair, the last and vital OF
these resolutions would have been defeated.
It in the course,o the speech which Mr. Henry made
Upon these resolutions that he cried out in the frenzy Of his
eoquence, Caesar had his Bruus, Charles the First his Cro
we'll and George the Third Before he could finish the
sentence the Speaker cried out Treason and from every
part of the House the members echoed back "Treason Urea
son Mr. Henry atccd not for instant, but rising toa
loftcr altitude he finished his sentence with splendid empha-
Sis saying may profit by their example; if this be treason
make the Of it"
Mr. Henry, apparently well satisfied with his work and
thinking perhaps that would be better for him to be
moved from the of such intense excitement left the
town that evening. The morning when he quite
we'll out Of the way the leaders OF the House. who had been
unable to stem the tide Of the great orators influence the day
before undertook undo least part Of the work that had
been done before and expunged the fifth and most important
OF the resolutions that the first four resolutions alone
NAMED the journal Of the House the final official utter
But the mischief had been DONE the alarm had been
sounded and the fire kndled.
Mr.. Tyler says coqucnty Of this incident: sMean-
time the wings OF the wind and the eager tongues 81
had been borne past recall far norhWad and far souE
ward the fiery uncastsed words OF nearly the entire SERIES
to- kndle in all the colonies great flame OF daunless pur
pose while Patrick himself perhaps then only half conscious
of the fateu work he had just been doing travelled onward
along the dusty highway at the oest the most popu
lar and the least preentious all Virginia certainly its
greatest orator, possibly its greatest statesman"
For years. from the close of the House Of Burgesses
in 1865 the fall of 1874 Mr. Henry remained in tolerabc
clusion and gave himself earnestly and ndsousy tho
practice of law.
After his from his first session with the House Of
Burgesse he removed his residence to Louisa county and
lived called Roundabout" which he bought from
his father. However in 1863 he returned fssover and
few afterwards bought aplacc called "Scochtown
which continued to be his residence until Governor of tho
State OF Virginia, he made Williamsburg his home.
There to have been during this long period
peca acquisitions made upon Mr. Hnrys oraorcal gifts
He conspicuous factor in the conferences
that held by leading in the colony but there
small division among them touching the essential matters al
stake there little occasion for debate
every session Of the House Of Burgesses dur<
ing this period present almost all local committees and
vcrtions made member of the first Committee Of Corr
respondencc and finally delegate the first Cons
tinental Congress-
On the 24th Of May 1874, the Of the passage Of thu
Boston port bill having the Of the House Of Bur
then in session. the following action was taken setting