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He has been detected in bribing one of the judges of the Supreme Court." As an orator, Grymes was among the first of the country. All he wanted, to have been exceedingly eloquent, was earnestness and feeling; of this he was devoid. His manner was always collected and cool; his style chaste and beautiful, with but little ornament; he spoke only from the brain there was nothing from the heart.
And now to prove the fact. In a newspaper of that date appears the following: Hon. A.M. Buchanan, Judge. Sally Miller vs. This cause came on to-day for trial before the court, Roselius and Upton for plaintiff, Canon for defendant, Grymes and Micou for warrantor; when after hearing evidence the same is continued until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Salome's battle had begun.
She was the widow of Governor Claiborne, and a magnificent woman; she was a Spaniard by blood, aristocratic in her feelings, eccentric, and, intellectually, a fit companion for Grymes. She was to Claiborne an admirable wife, but there was little congeniality between her and Grymes.
I was a member, and a Whig, and was delegated to communicate the facts to Grymes. I knew the Senate had been his ambition for years. I knew he felt his powers would give him a position with the greatest of that body, and an immediate national reputation, and had no doubt of his cheerful acquiescence. To my astonishment he assumed a grave and most serious manner.
The virtues and the vices, the loves and the hates of life were strangely blended in the character of John Randolph Grymes; but if we judge from the fact that he had and left many warm and devoted friends, and few enemies, we must suppose the good in his nature greatly preponderated.
When it is called, I will give you the wink, then arrest me." In obedience to directions, the sheriff came, the case was called, and Grymes arrested. Milliadon was in court, his hopes were in Grymes, and when he was informed that Grymes was in custody of the sheriff, he groaned aloud. "Oh! Mr. Grymes, vat am I to do?" "Why, you must employ other counsel," said Grymes.
There was a coach at the gates, and Mr. Grymes, who awhile ago had told him that he had a message to deliver, was at the coach door. Evelyn had her hand upon his arm, and her voice was speaking to him from as far away as across the river. "I am leaving the ball," it said, "and I will take the girl in my coach to the place where she is staying.
"Mon dieu! but I have pay you for attend this case, and I want you. You know about it, and it must be try now." "Yes," continued the imperturbable Grymes, "you have paid me, I know, and I know it would be dangerous to trust it to other counsel, but it is your only hope. I have no money, and here is a ca. sa., and I am on my way to jail." "Oh! mon dieu! mon dieu! vat is de amount of de ca. sa.?"
"Two thousand dollars," said the sheriff. "Two thousand dollars!" repeated Milliadon. "Goodall vs. Milliadon," said the Judge, "Preston, for plaintiff Grymes, for defendant. What do you do with this case, gentlemen?" "We are ready," said Preston. "And you, Mr. Grymes?" asked the court. "Vill you take my check for de ca. sa., Mr. Sheriff?" "Certainly, sir," replied the officer.
At the Bar, he met those eminent jurists, Grymes, Lilly, Brown, and Mazereau, and successfully. This is great praise, for nowhere, in any city or country, were to be found their superiors in talent and legal lore. Livingston never had the full confidence of his party, and perhaps with the exception of General Jackson, that of any individual.
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