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IX. James Willis12, still at school (1906).
John Augustine Willis12, son of Nathaniel Hite Willis; mining engineer. Married Graee Tappan Smith, granddaughter of Mr. William B. Edwards, of Coalburgh, W. Va. Issue :
I. Jane Charlotte Willis.
Elizabeth Edwards, granddaughter of Carver Willis and Frances Madison Hite, b. December 20, 1802. Married Archibald Brown, of King William Co., Va. Issue :
I. Carver Brown.
II. John Newton Brown.
III. Ella Brown.
IV. Thomas Hite Brown.
V. Beale Brown.
Carver Brown married Miss Sallie Skinner, of Maryland, resided in Canton, Mississippi. He had quite a large family, but I have no data regarding them.
Jolin Newton Brown died of typhoid fever early in the Civil War.
Ella Brown (Willis) married George Hite Flagg, son of John R. Flagg, of Jefferson Co., W. Va. Issue:
I. Osear Flagg. Married and lives in Buffalo, Wyoming.
II. John Ranson Flagg. Married Carrie Bryce, of Charlotte, North Carolina. They reside in New York City. Issue :
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I. Ethel Flagg.
II. Bryee Flagg.
III. Julia Flagg.
Thomas Hite Brown married Annie Coleman, of King and Queen Co., Va. He lived many years at North Point, King William Co., Va .; then removed to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Issue :
I. Son Willis. Married, and with his family reside at Pine Bluff.
Beale Brown married Miss Semple, of King William Co., Va. They reside in Greenville, South Greenville Co., South Carolina. Issue : Four daughters.
Fanny Beale Willis, daughter of Carver Willis and Franees Madison, née Hite, was b. June 16, 1800; d. April 20, 1829. Married William Ballard Willis, son of Richard Willis, of the eighth generation, and his second wife, Mrs. Gray, née Craighill, b. February 22, 1806; d. May 1st, 1893. They were married April 1st, 1828, and went to Tennessee, intending to make a permanent home there, but in a few years they returned to Jefferson Co., W. Va., and purchased a place on the Shenandoah River, which they ealled "Millville." Later they built a home near Charles Town and named it "Loeust Grove." In 1852, Mr. Willis moved to Howard Co., Md. Here he bought a large farm near Sykesville and ealled it "The Refuge." Three times his house was totally destroyed by fire, twiee at "Millville," onee at "Loeust Grove."
Mr. William B. Willis was a warm southerner, but disapproved of seeession. He hoped for a gradual abolition of slavery, and would not at first take an active part against the union. At the opening of the Civil War, his two sons, Carver and Beale, at onee enlisted in the C. S. Army, and very soon after his two younger boys were drafted in the Northern Army. This determined him not to let them go; if they were compelled to fight it must be on the southern side. Disguising himself by shaving off his long white beard, he, with his sons and thirty other young men (many of whom never returned), made their way from Howard County Md., into Confederate lines. Mr. Willis soon found the move- ments of his party were watehed, so building a large fire on their camping ground he and all his party got away under the eover of night, swam the Potomae River, met a Federal lieutenant, took
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him prisoner, and entered Confederate lines in safety. Bcale and Albert werc prisoners at Fort McHenry, Baltimore; Frank was imprisoned at the Old Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. After his sons went south, the Federals kept Mr. Willis and his family under constant surveillance, and he could only visit his family after dark.
William Ballard Willis and Fanny Beale Willis are both buried in the Springfield cemetery, near Sykesville, Carroll Co., Md. They had seven children, two died in infancy, the other five were :
I. Carver Willis. Married Ella Guilbert and had two living children :
1. Rev. Kirby Smith Willis, of Allenwood, Pa .; is married and has two children.
2. Percy Willis, living in Texas ; is married and has one child.
II. William Beale Willis, of Texas. Married Mary Monroe Manning. Issue six children :
1. Manning Willis.
2. Frank Willis, lives in Washington, D. C .; is married and has one child.
3. Bessie Willis.
4. Eva Willis.
5. Fanny Beale Willis.
6. Louisa Willis.
III. Albert Willis, did active service in the Confederate cavalry and died from the effects of exposure.
IV. Francis Willis, died Feb. 1863, of typhoid fever, con- tracted while imprisoned in the "Old Arsenal," at Harper's Ferry. He was paroled, but died in less than a week after he reached home.
V. Fanny Madison Willis, only daughter of William Ballard Willis and Fanny Bcale Willis. Married William H. Stevenson, of Gettysburg, Pa.
William H. Stevenson's emigrant ancestor, Joseph Stevenson, was one of a large number of Scotch Presbyterians, who early in the eighteenth century went first to the north of Ireland, and then came to America to escape the ritualistic services which King James II sought to fasten on their form of worship. They settled in Cumberland Valley, Pa., and dotted the country with Presby- terian churches. Wherever a suitable eminence, with a spring con-
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venient, offered an eligible location, they built a church. Hence from Harrisburg westward stand to-day : Silver Spring, Big Spring, Middle Spring, Rocky Spring, and Falling Spring churches, with other monuments, proofs of the sturdy stuff of which these men who built them were made.
William H. Stevenson's mother was Mary Russell, of Gettys- burg, and her mother was Mary McPherson, daughter of Col. William McPherson, brother of Col. John McPherson, of Frederick, Md. These were all conspicuous in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Stevenson was born in Gettysburg, graduated at seventeen, in Pennsylvania College, then studied law, and practiced for a few years in his native town. Then his physician advised a change of climate, so he gave up the law, and moved to Baltimore, and engaged in mercantile business. William H. Stevenson married Fanny Madison Willis. They have three most accomplished daughters: Mary Eleanor Stevenson, Anna Berkeley Stevenson, and Fanny Beale Stevenson. The last mentioned is well known as one of the cleverest musicians in Baltimore. She was one of the five ladies who founded the "Virgil Clavier Piano School" of Baltimore.
Mildred Carver Willis was b. May 28, 1810; d. 1882, daughter of Carver Willis and Francis Madison, née Hite. Married Thomas Timberlake, of Jefferson Co., W. Va., son of Mr. Harfield and Mrs. Mary Griggs Timberlake, of Shenstone, Jefferson Co., W. Va. Issue :
I. Henry Timberlake.
II. Eleanor Anne Timberlake, d. young.
III. Fanny Madison Timberlake, d. young.
IV. Benjamin Timberlake. Married, first, lived in Waco, Texas. He was Mayor of Sutton; d. in Waco, leaving his wife and four daughters.
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Henry Timberlake, son of Mildred Carver Willis and Thomas Timberlake, married Margaret -, of Indiana, and lived at "Medley Springs," Jefferson Co., W. Va .; d. there, leaving a widow and three children :
T. Nellie Timberlake.
II. Hamilton Greenwood Timberlake.
III. Thomas M. Timberlake.
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After Mr. IIenry Timberlake's death his family removed to Port Ryan, Ill. When Hamilton Greenwood was six years old he was a boy of fine promise, in both mind and character, and attained a noble manhood; and while Professor of Botany and member of the Faculty of Madison University, Wisconsin, and having an interesting career in view, his life was suddenly eut short by some heart trouble on June 30, 1903, after a marriage of two weeks with Miss Violet Slack of Madison, Wisconsin.
Another record says :
Mrs. Mildred Carver Willis Timberlake married, seeond, Dr. William Waters, of Frederick, Md., who died suddenly a few years later. After she bceame a widow she decided to live with her son in Texas. En route she died in Missouri, and was buried therc.
Eleanor Ann Madison Willis d. at "Medley Springs," Septem- ber 5, 1830.
The following are the daughters of Thomas Hite Willis-son of Carver Willis-and Elizabeth Ryland, his wife :
Martha Eleanor Willis.
Fanny Elizabeth Willis.
Catherine Peachy Willis.
Roberta Ryland Willis.
Ann Madison Willis.
Josephine Willis, d. in her eiglith year.
Emma Edwards.
Martha Eleanor Willis married Thomas Griggs Lackland, son of Mr. Samuel Watkins Laekland, of Springland, Jefferson Co., W. Va., August 26, 1851. Their home was "Riverside" on Shen- andoah River, and they resided there until his death, Deeember 23, 1874. His wife d. in Charles Town, November 21, 1878. Issue :
I. Charlotte Elizabeth Lackland.
II. Fanny Lackland.
III. Samuel Watkins Lackland.
IV. Eleanor Madison Laekland.
V. Thomas Willis Lackland.
VI. Annie Jaquelin Lackland.
Fanny Willis married (June 14, 1876) Lawrence Washing- ton, son of Col. John Augustine Washington, of Waveland, Fau- quier Co., Va. They resided some ycars at "Waveland" and are now (1906) residents of Alexandria, Va. Issue :
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I. John Augustine Washington. Married G. Altizer, of West Virginia. They reside at Logan.
II. Lawrence Washington, Jr.
III. Pattie Willis Washington.
IV. Anne Madison Washington.
V. Louise Fontaine Washington.
VI. Richard Blackburn Washington.
VII. Willis Lackland Washington.
VIII. Fanny Jaquelin Washington.
IX. Wilson Selden Washington.
X. Preston Chew Washington.
XI. Julian Howard Washington.
XII. Francis Ryland Washington.
Samuel Watkins Lackland, son of Martha Eleanor Willis and S. W. Lackland, when cighteen years old, with a friend, went to California in 1875, and engaged in land surveying. Married (March 22, 1880) Kate Dawson and resided in Redlands until 1882, returning in January that year, with his wife and infant daughter, to Charles Town, W. Va. He continued his work in Oregon, making occasional visits to his wife and three children. His wife and children reside in Washington, D. C. Issue :
I. Roberta Willis Lackland.
II. Francis Lackland.
III. Thomas Griggs Lackland.
Eleanor Madison Lackland married Frank Coulter Braxton, son of Dr. William and Mrs. Virginia Braxton, of Hanover Co., Va. Married November 22, 1888. Issue:
I. Virginia Braxton.
II. Pattie Willis Braxton.
III. William Braxton, deceased.
IV. Eleanor Madison Braxton.
V. Elizabeth Harrison Braxton, deceased.
VI. Annic Jaquelin Braxton. They reside in Knoxville, Tenn.
Thomas Willis Lackland, graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, civil engineer, went to Oregon in 1886, and was practicing his profession successfully, but we have no recent data regarding him. When last heard from he was in California.
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Nannie Jaquelin Laekland, a graduate of the Maryland Uni- versity Hospital, Baltimore, is superintendent of St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, N. C.
Franees Elizabeth Willis, unmarried, resides in Charles Town, W. Va.
Catherine Peachy Willis married John Thomas Shanks, son of Col. Graee Shanks, of Fineastle, Botetourt Co., Va., and nephew of Dr. Lewis Shanks, of Memphis, Tenn. They were married at "Roek Hall," the home of the bride's father, May 27, 1857. She died September 5, 1862. Memphis, Tenn. Issue :
I. Thomas Moneure Shanks, d. in his eighteenth year.
II. David Willis Shanks. Married (Sept. 29, 1898) Alma Harrison of San Antonio, Texas. Issue :
I. Alma Willis Shanks.
III. Fanny Ellen Shanks, resides with her father and half sister in Memphis, Tenn.
Roberta Ryland Willis, unmarried, lives (1906) in Charles Town, W. Va.
The next daughter of Thomas Hite Willis and Elizabeth Willis was Anne Madison, married R. J. Ambler. (Issue Volume I, Chapters VI and VIII.)
The youngest daughter of Thomas Hite Willis, Emma Edwards Willis, married (November 14, 1878) Bushrod C. Washington, of Charles Town, W. Va. Issue :
I. Nathaniel Willis Washington, a young attorney, Charles Town, W. Va.
II. James Cunningham Washington, in St. Louis, Mo.
III. Peachy Ryland Washington.
Thomas Willis' (Franeis8, John7), son of Franeis Willis and Elizabeth Edwards Willis, his wife; b. 1781, Jefferson Co., W. Va. Married (1812) Elizabeth Worsham; d. 1816, Washington, Ga. Issue :
I. Mary Willis10, b. 1813. Married Mark A. Lane. Issue : I. Thomas Lane11, b. 1829; d. unmarried. Mrs. Lane d. 1830.
II. Dr. Franeis Thomas Willis1º, b. 1816, Washington, Ga .; d. Jan. 15, 1898, at his home, 211 E. Franklin . St., Richmond, Va., leaving an estate valued at $500,000, most of which was bequeathed to his grandson, Edward
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Jones Willis. Dr. Willis studied medieine in Phila- delphia. Married (1837) Elizabeth Butler, b. 1819; d. 1888; moved to Augusta in 1843, and thence to Savannah in 1819. Sinee 1867 Dr. Willis10 has lived in Richmond, where he was greatly beloved. Issue :
I. Mary Willis11, b. 1838; d. 1883.
II. Edward Willis11.
III. Francis Willis11, b. 1842; d. 1870.
IV. Thomas Willis11, b. 1844; d. 1845.
XI. Mary Willis11 (Franeis10, Thomas?, Franeis8, John7), daughter of Dr. Francis Thomas Willis10 and Elizabeth Butler, his wife, b. 1838; d. 1883. Married (1864) J. Pembroke Jones, a lieutenant in the Confederate Navy, commanding successively the armed tug "Resolute" and the iron-elad "Raleigh." She was a friend of Gen'l Robert E. Lee, and their aequaintanee was as follows :
In the early part of the war Gen'l Lee, being in Savannah, Georgia, called at the house of Dr. Francis T. Willis, to see some ladies there visiting the house. He was ushered by the servant into the parlor, where Mary Willis was seated at the piano.
She started to leave the room, but he asked her to stay and talk to him. After some other remarks he asked how the ladies liked the officers of Gen'l Lee's staff.
"Quite well," she said, "but they like Gen'l Lee better."
The General at onee arose and stepping back, made her a profound bow.
Surprised, she exclaimed, "Oh! you are Gen'l Lee, are you not?" The conversation continued until the visitors appeared. Mary Willis and J. Pembroke Jones had issue :
I. Edward Jones12, b. 1866, whose name was changed by Albemarle County Court to Edward Jones Willis. Hc was an exeellent mechanical engineer in Richmond, Va.
II. Emily Pembroke Jones12, b. 1867, near Newark, Dela- ware, where her mother was spending several months ; d. 1883.
III. Francis Willis Jones12, b. 1869; d. 1870.
XI. Edward Willis11 (Francis1º, Thomasº, Francis8, John7), second child of Dr. Franeis T. Willis and Elizabeth Butler, his wife, b. 1840, was educated at the United States Military Academy
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at West Point. He entered the Confederate Army and became colonel of the Twelfth Georgia Regiment, which fought through the war in the Army of Northern Virginia. He distinguished himself as an officer, was highly esteemed by General Robert E. Lee, and on May 20, 1863, was recommended by him to President Davis for promotion to the office of brigadier-general; he was killed near Bethesda while in command of Dole's Brigade. Col. Edward Willis was killed May 31, 1864, aged 23 years. (War of Rebellion, Official Records, Series, Vol. XXXVI, p. 389; also Vol. XXV, p. 810.)
The following information was seeured from the Baltimore Sun, Virginia Heraldry, September 23, 1906:
I have read with pleasure your articles on the Willis family in your Sunday editions of the 2nd and 9th of this month. My mother was a Miss Willis and I naturally take some interest in the family. I would like to extend one branch of the family down to date, and also try to get some information through your valuable columns.
My mother descended from John Willis and Mildred Smith Willis, whose issue, as stated in your edition of the 9th instant, was:
I. John Willis.
II. Augustine Willis.
III. Franeis Willis.
IV. Richard Willis (should be Rich) .
V. Lewis Willis.
VI. Sarah Willis.
VII. Elizabeth Willis.
I have in my possession a letter written by William B. Willis, and also one written in 1829 by Dr. William W. Willis to his wife, both of whoni were my great-grandparents. From these letters and from the information I ean gather, I take our line to be as follows, taking in view the fact that my great-grandfather and great-grandmother were first cousins :
Lewis Willis3 had :
I. Dr. William W. Willis, died about 1830.
II. Mildred Willis.
III. Ann Willis.
IV. Adeline Willis.
Dr. William W. Willis married (about 1829) his first eonsin, Naney B. Willis. Their only son
I. Rich Augustus Willis, b. Columbia Co., Tenn., 1830; d. 1884.
Rich Willist, brother of Lewis Willis", and called Richard in your article, had, as stated thercin by Mrs. Grey, his second wife:
I. Ann Willis (this is no doubt Naney B. Willis, my great-grand- mother) .
II. Eliza Willis.
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III. Rich Willis.
IV. Smith Willis.
V. William Ballard Willis.
William Ballard Willis moved to Baltimore and was the guardian of my grandfather, Rich Augustus Willis. I have a letter from him written to one of my aunts giving the names of his children. In 1850 Rich A. Willis married Virginia Martin Drewry, of the old Drewry family of Virginia, and born in King William County, Va., 1828 (1828) ; d. 1890. They had issue ten children, four of whom died in infancy, the remaining six living to maturity, as follows:
I. William Martin Willis, of Chesterfield Co., b. 1851. Married (1877) Nannie Townes, of Petersburg. Had issue:
I. Marie Louise Willis, b. 1878. Married (1901) Anderson Wade Douthat, of Danville. Issue :
I. Nannie Willis Douthat, b. 1903.
II. Anderson Wade Douthat, b. 1904.
(See Douthat Family, Part I, Volume I.)
I. Virginia Drewry Willis, b. 1884.
II. Augustus Drewry Willis, b. 1853. .
III. Lewis Willis, of Tennessee, b. 1857. Married (1891) Nina Griffin, of North Carolina. Issue:
I. Evelyn Willis, b. 1892.
II. Francis Rich Willis.
III. Charles Griffin Willis.
IV. William Moore Willis.
IV. Evelyn Byrd Willis, b. 1855; d. 1892. Married (1877) David L. Pulliam, of Manchester, Va. Issue:
I. Willis Clopton Pulliam, b. January 14, 1878. Married (Nov. 20, 1906) Edith Hyde, native of Cheshire, England.
V. Rich Augustus Willis, b. 1858, of Tennessee; single.
VI. Virginia Clay Willis, b. 1860; d. 1895. Married (1895) David Watson Morris, of Richmond, Va. No issue.
Manchester, Va.
DESCENDANT.
PULLIAM AND HYDE.
(Special dispatch to The Baltimore Sun.)
RICHMOND, VA., Nov. 20, 1906 .- Meade Memorial Church, Manchester, was the scene of a pretty marriage this evening at 8 o'clock, when Miss Edith Hyde, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hyde, of Forest Hall, became the bride of Mr. Willis Clopton Pulliam, with Rev. Benjamin Denis officiating. Mrs. J. Clifton Robertson and Mrs. Walter R. Myers, sisters of the bride, were matrons of honor. Misses Helen Robertson and Rebekah Watson were the bridesmaids. The maid of honor was Miss Minnie Weisiger. The best man was Mr. Samuel D. Moore.
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CHAPTER X
THE NICHOLAS FAMILY.
Dicholas.
NICHOLAS COAT-OF-ARMS.
Nicholas (London, and Ashton-Keynes and Ryndway, Co. Witts.) Az. a chev. engraved between three owls. Crest-on a chapeau az. (another gu.) turned up erm. an owl, with wings expanded ar.
FIRST GENERATION.
There appears on the vestry list, of Williamsburg Church, Bruton Parish, the two names of George Nicholas1 and his son
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Robert Carter Nicholas2. The former came to this country as a physician, doubtless duly qualified. He married the widow of Mr. Burwell,* of Gloucester, a descendant of the Carters.
Robert Carter Nicholas was distinguished at the Bar in Williams- burg, in the House of Burgesses, in the Council, as Treasurer of the State, and as a patriot in the Revolutionary War. But he had a higher praise than all these offices could give him; for he was a sincere Christian, and a zealous defender of the Church of his fathers, when he believed her rights were assailed. Mr. Hugh Blair Grigsby, in his eloquent description of the Burgesses of 1776, thus describes him :
He loved, indeed, a particular form of religion, but he loved more dearly religion itself. In peace or war, at the fireside, or on the floor of the House of Burgesses, a strong sense of moral responsibility was seen through all his actions. If a resolution appointing a day of fasting and prayer, or acknowledging the providence of God in crowning our arms with victory, though drawn by worldly men and worldly views, was to be, it was from his hands that it was to be presented to the House, and from his lips came the persuasive words which fell not in vain on the coldest ears. Indeed, such was the impression which his sincere piety-embellishing as it did the sterling virtues of his character-made upon his own generation, that its influence was felt upon that which succeeded it; and when his youngest son, near a quarter of a century after his death, became a candidate for the office of Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a political opponent, who knew neither father nor son, gave him his support, declaring that no son of the old Treasurer could be unfaithful to his country. Nor was his picty less conspicuous in a private sphere. Visiting, on one occasion, Lord Botetourt, with whom he lived in the strictest friend- ship, he observed to that nobleman, "My lord, I think you will be very unwilling to die!" And when asked what gave rise to that remark :
"NOTE .- Nathaniel Burwell married Elizabeth Carter, eldest daughter of Robert Carter (King Carter), and this lady, after the death of Major Burwell, married Dr. George Nicholas. She was the mother of Lewis Burwell. He was Burgess from Gloucester County, 1736; later he became member of the Council, and as President of that body succeeded Thomas Lee in the administration of affairs in Virginia. During the time that Lewis Burwell presided at the head of the government, Hening, in his "Statutes at Large," records no meeting of the General Assembly, though he mentions patents as having been signed by Burwell when President of the Council. Major Burwell married (in October, 1736) Mary Willis, daughter of Col. Francis and Ann Willis. Major Lewis Burwell was relieved from his post as chief executive of Virginia by the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie November 20, 1751. Dicd 1752.
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"Because," said he, "you are so social in your nature, and so much loved, and have so many good things around you, that you must be loath to leave them." His lordship made no reply; but a short time after, being on his death-bed, he sent in haste for Colonel Nicholas, who lived near the palace, and who instantly repaired thither to receive the last sighs of his dying friend. On entering his chamber, he asked his commands. "Nothing," replied his lordship, "but to let you see that I resign these good things, of which you formerly spoke, with as much composure as I enjoyed them." After which he grasped his hand with warmth, and instantly expired.
Colonel Nieholas died at his seat in Hanover, leaving five sons :
I. George Nieholas, who moved to Kentucky.
II. Lewis Nieholas, who lived in Albemarle.
III. John Nicholas, who moved to New York.
IV. Wilson Cary Nieholas, was a member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and Governor of Virginia.
V. Philip Norborne Nicholas, ealled after Norborne, Lord Botetourt, his father's friend, who, besides other offices, held that of Judge of the General Court.
One of the daughters of Colonel Nicholas married Mr. Edmund Randolph (Randolph family). Another married Mr. John H. Norton, of Winehester. She was the mother of the Rev. Mr. Norton, a venerable minister of the Episcopal Church, of New York, who has two sons in our ministry, one in Virginia, the other in Kentucky.
The children of R. C. Nicholas were blessed with a mother who was equally worthy. Let the following letter to her son, Wilson Cary Nicholas, on his entering publie life, bear witness :
WILLIAMSBURG, 1784.
DEAR WILSON :- I congratulate you on the honour your country has donc you in choosing you their representative with so large a vote. I hope you are come into the Assembly without those trammels which some people submit to wear for a seat in the House-I mean, unbound by promises, to perform this or that job which the many-headed monster may think proper to ehalk out for you; especially that you have not engaged to lend a last hand to pulling down the Church, which, by some impertinent questions in the last paper, I suspect will be attempted. Never, my dear Wilson, let me hear that by that saerilegious act you have furnished yourself with materials to erect a scaffold by which you may climb to the summit of popularity; rather remain in the lowest obseurity: though, I think. from long observation. I ean venture to assert that the man of integrity, who
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observes one equal tenor in his conduct-who deviates neither to the one side or the other from the proper line-has more of the confidence of the people than the very compliant time-server, who is the slave of the people. I flatter myself, too, you will act on a more liberal plan, than some members have done in matters in which the honour and interest of this state are concerned; that you will not, to save a few pence to your constituents, discourage the progress of arts and sciences, nor pay with so scanty a hand persons who are eminent in either. This parsimonious plan, of late adopted, will throw us behind the other States in all valuable improvements, and chill, like a frost, the spring of learning and spirit of enterprise. I have insensibly extended what I had to say beyond my first design, but will not quit the subject without giving you a hint, from a very good friend of yours, that your weight in the House will be much greater, if you not take up the attention of the Assembly on trifling matters, nor too often demand a hearing. To this I must add a hint of my own, that temper and decorum is of infinite advantage to a public speaker, and a modest diffidence to a young man just entering the stage of life. The neglect of the former throws him off his guard, breaks his chain of reasoning, and has often produced in England duels that have terminated fatally.
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