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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
as if it had been recently wrapped in the shroud, the features were fresh and full, the hair long and black —the growth of the grave—every lineament perfect and distinct. The address of Grayson was said to be winning and courteous, his conversation playful, sparkling and profound as the time or topic called for or the mood prompted, but withal there was a dignity about him which the ablest and the bravest men would have been the last to trench upon. He died in 1790 and is buried at Dumfries, Va. So zealous were our ancestors for our liberties and so distrustful of the Federal government that in the ratification of the Constitution Virginia expressly stipulated and asserted that the powers granted should be resumed whensoever the same should be perverted to her injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will. And even under these conditions it was only adopted by a recorded vote of 89 to 79, a majority of ten only in its fav