Patrick Henry

Whcn ratnck Ilenry, who gave ihe impulse to the ball of the Americnn rcvolution, ntroduced his celèhrated resolntion on tlis statnp net into the House of BurgeBscs of Virginia, (May, J7G5) h(t exclnimert, whendescanting on the tyrnnny of the obnoxious act, "Cffisnr had his Brutus, Charle8the lst his Cromwell, and Goorge tho 3d " "Treason," cried the speaker. "treason, treason," eehoed frotn every part ol the House. It was oneof those tryingnioments whicn aro decisive of real chnracter. Henry faultcred not foran instant, but rising in a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eyo flashing with fire, continued, "ma profil 'hy Ütrir txamjih, If hisbe treason, make the most oí it.'