Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . o made anhonorable impress upon the age in which they lived, andwho may justly be ranked with the first men of their time,if not, indeed, of any time. Their place in history is wellestablished, especially that of Jefferson and Henry, but itmay be well to make some mention here of the highesteem in which the others were held by Jefferson. We have already shown his high regard for General/ Clark and we now give his tribute to Mason and the first, he said. ki I had many occasional ands
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . o made anhonorable impress upon the age in which they lived, andwho may justly be ranked with the first men of their time,if not, indeed, of any time. Their place in history is wellestablished, especially that of Jefferson and Henry, but itmay be well to make some mention here of the highesteem in which the others were held by Jefferson. We have already shown his high regard for General/ Clark and we now give his tribute to Mason and the first, he said. ki I had many occasional andstrenuous co-adjutors in debate, and one, most steadfast,able and zeaious, who was himself ahost. This was George Mason, a manof the first order of wisdom amongthose who acted on the theater of theRevolution, of expansive mind, pro-found judgment, cogent in argument,learned in the lore of our former con-stitution, and earnest for the republican „„,„„„„ „,*«,! JT GEORGE MASON. change on democratic principles. His elocution was neitherflowing nor smooth; but his language was strong, his. 9° jeffersons opinion of mason and wythe. manner most impressive, and strengthened by a dash ofbiting cynicism, when provocation made it seasonable. *Of Mr. Wythe Mr. Jefferson feelingly and eloquentlysaid: I became acquainted with Mr. Wythe when hewas about thirty-five years of age. He directed my studiesin the law, led me into business, and continued until deathmy most affectionate friend. A close intimacy with him,during that period of forty odd years, the most importantof his life, enables me to state its leading facts, which, be-ing of my own knowledge, I vouch their man ever left behind him a character more veneratedthan George Wythe. His virtue was ofthe purest tint; his integrity his justice exact; of warm patriot-ism, and devoted as he was to liberty,and the natural and equal rights of man,he might truly be called the Cato of hiscountry, without the
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