Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1901 — Respectfully Referred. [ARTICLE]

Respectfully Referred.

As the Green Bag has It, Chief Justice Marshall used to narrate with great glee the following correspondence on a point of honor between Gov. Giles, of Virginia, and Patrick Henry: “Sir,” wrote the Uovernpr, “I understand that you have called me a bobtail politician. I wish to know If it be true, and if true, your meaning. "W. R. GILES.” Patrick Henry’s reply came promptly: “Sir, I do not recollect calling you a bobtail politician at any time, but think it probable that I have. I can’t say what I did mean; but if you will tell me what you think it meant., 1 will say whether you are correct or not. Very respectfully, "PATRICK HENRY.’’ This was leaving it to Giles with a vengeance, but as there was no further correspondence, the Governor of Virginia must have read satisfaction somewhere between the lines of Patrick Henry’s brilliantly equivocal reply.