South Carolina bench and bar . ot do when he was excitedby the conflict of intellectual combat, when all his energies werecalled into play. See him contending with such kindred spiritsas McDuffie and Preston, the Wardlaws and Burt,—all his powersaroused, all his intellectual force aroused,—and then picture theman! His tall, commanding form arising, quivering in everynerve; his flashing eye; his sonorous voice rolling out in tones ofimpassioned eloquence; his grand action free and unrestrained,combined with convincing argument: well might juries, be cap-tured and audiences hang in silent raptur
South Carolina bench and bar . ot do when he was excitedby the conflict of intellectual combat, when all his energies werecalled into play. See him contending with such kindred spiritsas McDuffie and Preston, the Wardlaws and Burt,—all his powersaroused, all his intellectual force aroused,—and then picture theman! His tall, commanding form arising, quivering in everynerve; his flashing eye; his sonorous voice rolling out in tones ofimpassioned eloquence; his grand action free and unrestrained,combined with convincing argument: well might juries, be cap-tured and audiences hang in silent rapture on his commandingdiction and superb oratory! But who can report such a man?Those who heard him cannot tell you what he said, but what theyfelt,—and he is dead. Such is my humble offering to Andrew Pickens Butler. Heleft an only child, Eloise, the honored wife of General JohnsonHagood. To her is this feeble tribute dedicated, affectionatelyand respectfully, by her fathers friend. A. P. Aldrich. The Oaks, 18th May, \,, 1 Cllll;! .11 STICK ONkaijn,.; -- Cliii;! .: Musks No. :? ClIlKI- .IrSTICK JOHN BELTON ONEALL. (From ONealls Bench and Bar.) As a part of the introduction, it may not be amiss that some-thing should be known of the author. He is the son of HughONeall and Anne Kelly, his wife, both of whom were membersof the Society of Friends, on Bush River, Newberry District,South Carolina, and consequently he was, by his birthright, amember. The Society there has for nearly half a century been,from the diminution of its members, incapable of transactingbusiness; and he is, therefore, still one of them, although heknows perfectly well, from his habits, pursuits and mode of life,that he has forfeited his right to be called a Friend; yet heconfesses to a great partiality for Friends, when in deed and intruth they are such. His ancestry on both sides were Irish, his paternal great-grandfather belonging to the ancient house of ONeall of ShanesCastle, An
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