Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-21

"it HoIflnS IN JI.nryS appearance
To give the distinguished examiners
confidence, for he j. described ~
hciaE careless IN hrcss and uncouth
IN manner. although Of uufailing
plcasantn"ss. QUO % tho Rnudolphs.
i is related. :hou TOOK him aside
nd Administered 4 'est case. expect
INK oasily - 20, the better Of the
applicant. iiu: the result was Just
the opposite.
lie had been proc,!cnE ,hr,e
years when the parsons cause
witch $. VIII not 20 lntc. Vas
tried. but never before had mad. a
speech. AZ first Ii" was falter!ug, q
lifelong characteristics. and the
courtroom began - smile and nudge
its nc!ghbor. hue soon the smiles
gave place 10 wonder and the victor
OF the day was carried from the
place on the shoulders Of ahrliring
friends and fellow-ui,izens. i was
IN 1864 that Henry vent again 10
williamsburg. where before he had
been 90 pooriy welcomed. The Leg!s-
laturc WAS occupied with The Little
rage Daudridisc case. which was set
Tor -" days following the arrival
On ho:acbacE ~ Tho lawyer from
Hanover. and members or the House.
according u W!rs, hat observed an
il-drcssed young man saUuterinr IN
the lobby and moving awEwarIly
about wiki y "ountcnancc or abstrac-
;!on :t'id total uaconc.rn ~ to what
MAS passing around ilim" II Is de-
c.area that -. members. not recall
ing his connection with the par
sons. treated him with neglect and
rndencss. which ceased. however. az
ter hearing the torrent OF c!oq,iencc
which poured forth against tho de-
dcndant. Thus once more The un-
Ea!niy lawyer scored ana showed his
niness for the bar-a fitness de-
pendent largely on the Inherent
goodness OF the man who hated
wronsdoing and al injustice.
Most Gloriou- Achievement.
Many other ,rinmras followed in
quici. succession. and then came the
period of the Virginia resolutions
that marvellous prelude 10 the Ecvo-
luton. Patrick Henry. ual!he other
tninc Mt men, made 10 careful inem-
oranda scr pcstcri;y. wr!tia. his let
t"rs At a Cash md iSariably trust
lns them 10 luck. Iii. single cXcep-
ton relates 10 the Resolutions against
tile STAMP Act. and the account he
gives Of his. trcInc ndous part con
corning them is rendered Wit, So
much soicmnl;y and impresslyencss
as to indicate ;hat. in The final sur-
vcy OF his career. he regarded ii as
the most important OF all his under
taiings. The resolutions, says the
historian Tyler, came just when. tho
country was ready for them and
Virginia gave impetus to all the
other colonies, until IN aged lawyer
and pa;rio; in Boston. lying on his
deathbed, exclaimed in admiration
FOR the sons OF the Old Dominion:
They are men; they are noble
spirits"
As time Went on Henry nrospercd
for although, he. had lived with
father shelton, in:iicting on that
ionE-suffcrins gentleman an ever-in-
creasing tribe OF youngster, almost
hlling. perhaps. the inn at Hanover,
after returning from hts first term
at the House OF Burgesses, in which
he represented Louisa, he moved.
with his family. 10 that county. In
l'Cs no returned to Hanover and
supposedly to the inn, and thrcA
years later bought place in the
county called Scotch Town. where
the ilenrys lived until after the
declaration OF independence. Then.
being Governor OF Virginia, the great
patriot and statesman moved to VIII
iiamsburG and assumed the state to
which the residents OF that forna!
little town were accustomed TO not.
In royal governora--cur,cd wig.
scarlet cloak. smallciothcs and an
imposing coach and four! rnev
must have made him terribly un-
comfortable.
Not al Gravity.
We 9tc accustomed To regarding
the good men ana learned who at
tended the First Continental Con
gross as being solemn to the point
of saintliness and as far above tho
ordinary friendly intercourse of kim
dred spirits as are angels above NOR
tails. But glance at the records
shows that the members OF that Con-
sress in Philadelphia had a pretty
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