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A State organization followed, and in the election of 1830 the Antimasonic candidate, Francis Granger, was adopted by the National Republicans, and received one hundred and twenty thousand votes, against one hundred and twenty-eight thousand for Mr. Throop. From a State organization the Antimasons became a national party, and in 1832 nominated William Wirt for the presidency.
Piano-strumming begins at six o'clock in the morning; it lasts till breakfast, with but a minute's intermission, when the instrument changes hands, and Miss Emily practises in place of her sister Miss Maria. In fact, the confounded instrument never stops when the young ladies are at their lessons, Miss Wirt hammers away at those stunning variations, and keeps her magnificent finger in exercise.
The oration was delivered by the Hon. William Wirt Henry, of Richmond, Virginia, grandson of Patrick Henry. The addresses which followed were by myself, representing the Senate; Speaker Crisp, representing the House; and Justice Brown, the Supreme Court. I spoke as follows: "This day and this hour mark the close of a century of our national history. No ordinary event has called us together.
Everett also discovered, for his "great expectations" of Percival were not fulfilled. A desponding student of our poetry recently sighs that Percival is a forgotten poet, and then, seizing a promiscuous assortment of names, exclaims that Charles Sprague, William Wirt, Washington Irving, and Jack Downing may be referred to as forgotten authors. But this is the luxury of woe.
His height exceeded six feet; and until recently, whether sitting or standing, he was commonly erect, and always when in full flow. His head and chest were on a large scale, and his vast blue eye, which always seemed to gaze afar, was aptly termed by Wirt an "eye of ocean." In early youth he was uncommonly handsome.
In the Isle of Man a similar kind of phantasm, called "the Mauthe dog," was said to walk Peel Castle; whilst many of the Welsh lanes particularly that leading from Mowsiad to Lisworney Crossways are, according to Wirt Sikes' British Goblins, haunted by the gwyllgi, a big black dog of the most terrifying aspect.
Works of John Adams, ii. 385. Hansard, Parl. Hist. xviii. 155, 156 note, 157. 4 Am. Arch. i. 906, 907, 927. Wirt, 109. Works of John Adams, x. 79; ii. 396, note; Lee's Life of R. H. Lee, i. 116-118, 270-272. Political Writings, ii. 19-29. Thus John Adams, on 11th October, writes: "Spent the evening with Mr. Henry at his lodgings consulting about a petition to the king." Works, ii. 396. 4 Am.
App. pp. xi.-xii.; Randall, Life of Jefferson, i. 348-352. Calendar Va. State Papers, ii. 152. MS. Hist. Va. Jour. Va. House Del. for Nov. 27. Jour. Va. House Del. for Dec. 21. For example, Bland Papers, ii. 51; Rives, Life of Madison, i. 536; ii. 240, note. Jour. Va. House Del. 42. John Tyler, in Wirt, 233, 236. John Tyler, in Wirt, 237-238. Howe, Hist. Coll. Va. 222.
For the performance of the 'Gettin' up Stairs, I have no other name but that it was a STUNNER. First Miss Wirt, with great deliberation, played the original and beautiful melody, cutting it, as it were, out of the instrument, and firing off each note so loud, clear, and sharp, that I am sure Stripes must have heard it in the stable. 'What a finger! says Mrs.
"Who is Blennerhassett?" asked William Wirt, at the trial of Aaron Burr for treason, and many a schoolboy since has echoed the question, as many a schoolboy will hereafter, while impassioned oratory is music to the ear and witchery to the breast. The eloquent lawyer went on to answer himself, and painted in glowing colors a character which history sees in a colder light.
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