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Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.6
tion Virginia was the first to suggest the Convention of all the Colonies that met in Philadelphia in September, 1774. It was on the 5th of this month that delegates from twelve of the thirteen Colonies assembled, and Peyton Randolph, a Virginian, was called upon to preside over its deliberations. It is not my purpose to recapitulate the stirring events of the period that flashed across the horizon like the shifting scenes in a kaleidoscopeic panorama—the Boston massacre, the battle of Concord, Lexington and other events that resulted in the appointment of Washington to the command of the armies of the embryo republic. On the fourth of July, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. Eight days thereafter the committee appointed for that purpose reported the articles of confederation, under which the war of the Revolution was waged and independence achieved. The war of the Revolution itself is an interesting theme and well worthy of a separate paper at some future d
Isaac Alexander (search for this): chapter 1.6
xpiation blood letting have ever been the precursors of nationality. It is a costly sacrifice, a royal price to pay, because it is life. God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. The wars of His favorite people show this, the expurgation of their sins, their nationalization was in blood letting. It was by the effusion of blood that the King of Macedon confirmed the alliance that bound Thrace, Illyria, Greece, Egypt and Persia to his throne and secured him the title of Alexander the Great —the world conqueror. It was in the shedding of blood that Rome, the greatest nation of ancient times, forged those ties that made her the empress of the world and her legions invincible. It was in a holocaust of blood that the Cross was carried by Spain into the halls of the Montezumas and they christianized and became a part of this ancient people. In English history the Wars of the Roses culminated in the union of the two factions, the blood shed knitting them together in
Davis Jefferson (search for this): chapter 1.6
party, for the control of the State, led by Jefferson, Monroe and Madison, and opposed by Washingtminating in a war with the sister republic. Jefferson and his party were for yielding to the unjusntury on the bench of the Court of Appeals. Jefferson, in his Memoirs, says: Taken all in all, he statesman he is justly entitled to rank with Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison and their compeers. He wver seen on the face of Washington, Madison, Jefferson or Monroe. Madison was credited with possese. He had a great many jokes on his friend, Jefferson, which he told with great glee. He died in ion was always the occasion of grave alarm. Jefferson prophesied that slavery would be the rock upsed in safety. The next trouble, during Mr. Jefferson's term, was a threat by the New England StUniversal suffrage has proven, in spite of Mr. Jefferson, the idol of Democracy, a universal curse.t its own will. By the Democratic party Mr. Jefferson is considered the father of the doctrine o
James Monroe (search for this): chapter 1.6
, Edmund Pendleton, James Madison and John Marshall. The opponents were Patrick Henry, George Mason, William Grayson, James Monroe. These were the principal debaters. For the first week Henry stood pretty much alone in opposition to the solid phalJohn Marshall, he would rather part with the confederation than relinquish the navigation of the Mississippi. He placed Monroe and Madison, who were in Congress when this matter was discussed, in the most embarrassing predicament, which they were cers did a thrifty business. Neither mustache nor whiskers was ever seen on the face of Washington, Madison, Jefferson or Monroe. Madison was credited with possessing the faculty of debate in such a degree that he exhausted every subject he discusse itself Yielding to every puff of appetite That comes from majesty, but with true zeal He faithfully declared all. James Monroe. Attended a country school with John Marshall, with whom he traveled his eventful career, in war and peace, a long
Richard Henry Lee (search for this): chapter 1.6
y won. The Convention was an imposing body. There were giants in those days, physically as well as intellectually. Many of its members were over six feet in height. Virginia was noted for large men—Washington, Randolph, Henry, Pendleton, Richard Henry Lee, Bland and Harrison were six feet, their average being over six feet, and their average weight over two hundred. The longevity of some of the members of this Convention was also remarkable; numbers lived to be over three score and ten, andrta granted by King John at Runnymede. The delegates ip the general convention from Virginia were George Washington, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, John Blair, James Madison, George Mason, George Wythe. Henry declined the appointment and Richard Henry Lee was appointed in his stead, but he also declined, and Dr. James McClurg, who lies buried in St. John's churchyard, was then appointed. This constitution was signed and recommended only by Washington, Blair and Madison, a minority of the de
Jonathan Robins (search for this): chapter 1.6
, the majority of his constituents were opposed to it and he was informed that there would be no opposition if he would vote against its adoption. This he refused to do, and his election was warmly contested. His personal popularity secured his election, and it is generally conceded that but for his efforts and Mr. Madison's that it would unquestionably have been rejected. Judge Story has pronounced his speech in defense of the President for his conduct relative to the extradition of Jonathan Robins one of the most consumate judicial arguments that was ever pronounced in the halls of legislation. It was response sans replique—an answer so irresistible that it admitted of no reply. His Supreme Court decisions are now the law of the land and are monuments of fame and wisdom. His figure was a familiar one on the streets of Richmond, where he resided for many years. It is said he always made his own marketing, and that on one occasion a well dressed young man asked him to carry
Tilden (search for this): chapter 1.6
ning mind and who was distrustful and apprehensive of the future. Grayson declared that under the proposed Constitution he conceived the State governments to be at the mercy of the generality. On another occasion he made this observation, that so extensive was the power of legislation in his estimation that he doubted whether, when it was once given up, anything was retained. He gave a forecast of what might occur when the election of President was close, which was realized in the famous Tilden-Hayes election. The fears of George Mason gave him perception into the future. He pointed out with marked ability imperfections, dangers and defects of the sixth article of the Constitution. He dwelt with force upon the insecurity of our rights and privileges as they depended on a vague, indefinite and ambiguous implication. With an insight into the future he said, speaking of slavery, there is no clause in the Constitution that will prevent the Northern and Eastern States from meddlin
Buckingham (search for this): chapter 1.6
Many of its members were over six feet in height. Virginia was noted for large men—Washington, Randolph, Henry, Pendleton, Richard Henry Lee, Bland and Harrison were six feet, their average being over six feet, and their average weight over two hundred. The longevity of some of the members of this Convention was also remarkable; numbers lived to be over three score and ten, and the following lived to be over four score: William Dark, of Berkeley; Henry Lee, of Bourbon; Edward Winston, of Buckingham; Humphrey Marshall, of Fayette, whilst Paul Carrington, of Charlotte, lived to be ninety-three and James Johnson, of Isle of Wight, survived the adjournment of the Convention fifty-seven years, dying at the ripe old age of ninety-nine. The Convention of 1788 presented as proud a galaxy of genius, worth, patriotism and public spirit as had ever shone in the councils of a single State. Its representatives were chosen from different pursuits in life—the judge, the merchant, the planter, t
Henry Lee (search for this): chapter 1.6
counties, and was represented in the Convention as follows: Bourbon County by Henry Lee and Notlaw Conn; Fayette County by Humphrey Marshall and John Fowler; Jeffersen, and the following lived to be over four score: William Dark, of Berkeley; Henry Lee, of Bourbon; Edward Winston, of Buckingham; Humphrey Marshall, of Fayette, whristics and soul of a confederation, he asserted. His reply to the speech of Henry Lee, of Westmoreland, is said not only to have been his longest, but the most elog with which he spoke and which was communicated to his hearers. His reply to Lee is full of beautiful hyperboles, lofty sentiments, touching appeals, flights of tate, led by Jefferson, Monroe and Madison, and opposed by Washington, Hamilton, Lee and other leaders of the Federal party. It was a battle of the giants. Washingand his party were for yielding to the unjust demands of France; Washington and Lee were for sustaining the rights and dignity of our government, they unfurled thei
Montgomery (search for this): chapter 1.6
We wish to know, who besides him can concentrate the confidence of all America! Grayson was both a soldier and a statesman. His military career began with the dawn of the American Revolution and was chiefly under the eye of Washington himself, for whom he had the most profound respect and admiration. He was a member of Washington's military family. With the affairs at Valley Forge his name is intimately connected. He was at the battle of Long Island, of Brandywine and Germantown and Montgomery, and is said to have commanded a Virginia regiment on that field. In early life he indulged in the popular sport of fox-hunting with Washington over the moors of Westmoreland and whose esteem he enjoyed to the end of his life. Whilst his military career was brilliant it was lost sight of in his civic accomplishments. He was educated at Oxford, was a ripe scholar and particularly well versed in the classics and in history. He was also a student of political economics and applied himsel
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