[1230] Elliott, iii, 150-76.
[1231] Lee, while pretending to praise the militia, really condemned it severely; and cited the militia's panic and flight at Guilford Court-House, which lost the battle to the Americans. "Had the line been supported that day," said he, "Cornwallis, instead of surrendering at Yorktown, would have laid down his arms at Guilford." (Elliott, iii, 178.)
[1232] Randolph's letter explaining why he had refused to sign the Constitution.
[1233] This was the only quarrel of the Convention which threatened serious results. A duel was narrowly averted. Colonel William Cabell, as Henry's friend, called on Randolph that night; but matters were arranged and the tense situation relieved when it was learned, next morning, that no duel would take place. (Grigsby, i, 162-65.)
[1234] Elliott, iii, 187-207.
[1235] Grigsby, i, 167-68.
[1236] Elliott, iii, 207-22.
[1237] "When any other member spoke, the members of the audience would, in half an hour, be going out or moving from their seats." (Winston to Wirt, quoted in Henry, ii, 347.) Henry spoke every day of the twenty-two days' debate, except five; and often spoke several times a day. (Ib., 350.)
[1238] Grigsby, i, 176.
[1239] Marshall's Account Book. The entry is: "[June] 2 Paid for coat for self 1." Two months earlier Marshall paid "for Nankin for breeches for self 1.16." (Ib., April 1, 1788.) Yet about the same time he spent one pound, nine shillings at a "barbecue."