FOOTNOTES:
[540:A] The following is a list of the council in 1764:—
| The Honorable John Blair, President. | ||
| William Nelson, | Philip Ludwell Lee, | |
| Thomas Nelson, | John Tayloe, | |
| Peter Randolph, | Robert Carter, | |
| Richard Corbin, | Presley Thornton, | |
| William Byrd, | Robert Barwell, Esquires. | |
Of the members of the house at this time may be mentioned the names of Cabell, Cary, Wythe, Pendleton, Harrison, Marshall, Washington, Carter, Robinson, Lee, Bland, Mercer, Page, Braxton, Henry, Nelson, and Randolph.
[541:A] Two other resolutions were offered, but not by Henry, to the effect that the people of Virginia were not under any obligation to obey any laws not enacted by their own assembly, and that any one who should maintain the contrary should be deemed an enemy to the colony. These two did not pass.
[542:A] Paul Carrington, in after years, distinctly remembered seeing Thomas Jefferson among the auditors in this debate.
[543:A] Wirt's Henry, 56-61.
[544:A] Martin's Hist. of N. C., ii. 203, 250.
[545:A] This affair formed the subject of some crude verses, entitled "The Contest." The following is an extract:—
"And Curtius, too, who, from clear Chellowe's height,
Secrets deep lying in the dark recess
Of ——'s clouded brain, can well explore,
Demands my thanks sincere; freed from the froth
Of Metriotes'[545:C] hyperbolic style,
Or wine burgessian, potent to deceive,
And to produce a vote of huge expense.
The tribute due to genius and to sense
Is yours, judicious Burke! without compeer;
The reverend priest the bayic crown presents;
Accept it, then; nor Grymes of mighty bone,
And fist, sledge-hammer like; nor grimful face
Of Ampthill's rustic chief,[545:D] nor the abuse
By him in senatorian consult used,
Eulogies to true merit shall prevent."