Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-06-09
JOHN RANDOLPH.


sent an dtfress oFfhqnss ar9 ahhrobe,i7,
to the President. He vehemen,ly inS,st.
upon excluding from this enquiry ANY thing
which may relate 10 the last atI,inistreti-
on. hut At the same tine takes t,- o..
por'nn'ty of pouring forth his dog .rel IN
vective against tine man wio 50 lately re-
tired from Office, amidst the ferven, &C.
CARNATIONS of his countrvmen. Tae fey
extracts which follow, serve rs a specimen
to shew the briAfaucu OF his rhetoric, ana,
the subGmify of his satire. frhc speech
will be given entire in the Argus as soun az
possible. "I am not willing (says he) to
attach the sound, healthy boiy of the pre-
sent Administrations healthy so far, and I
trust, fortifying itself against contagion, to-
the dead corpse of the last. 1t is an old
adage (he continuesl and very homely one.
perhaps too much so for the delicate ears
of this assembly, that if you put one added
egg into pudding, you may add fresh ones
al irjfnitun, but you can never sweete,i it.
And, Sir, defy the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts with all his POLITICAL cookery,
by pouring out of the jar of our present ST.
tuation, into the old mess, to swceten it
Thus, from the tombs Of the dead, he sud-
denly lights into the kitchen of the living.
and no, very long afterwards, commences
in most singular style, to- dance upon tile
light fantastic toe thro' Go use has own
words) the cot:sion OF non importation, en-
barge, aud non intercourse.
But if we are not mistaken it will require
more steps and capcrs in the political CO.
|tillion, than is vel! suited TO the in6rmity
of Mr.. Randolph, before he can regain the
confidence of th0se, AK uust WHOM ne has
levciied the most nnai,gnant shafts of his
quiver. Il caunot DC forgotten that during
the last Congress he even forced ;.n ncca-
n hlS DIN q
Mr.. Madison, when the committee 10 whom
was referred that p'rt of the Pre,ident's
message, relative to fore gn affairs, brought
in their report. We shall avoid the unoar-
donabie phrase which he used, and as he
is SO .oad of pudding. sc. we shall merely
say, that he insiauated mat MIR. ADDISON
had at ieasf one or tzuo Fingers in the nae.
. This report or hye excited his offence, out
Notwithstanding he then believed that moss
of the ingred euts were furnished by Mr..
Madison, he now comes forwird after the
lapse of little months, to aaii tire dawn
iof his administration with fiattery. Il may
not look like tlattery, in the words of the
resolution, but it is in substance, to all in
tents and purposes
That which NE caH rose,
By any other name zvoutd smell az sweets
And the suspicion of this being the de.
sign of Mr. K. is not without some foundation,
particularly when we examine the efforts he
is making TO draw line of distinction be-.
tween the conduct of the two presidents. IN
bold defiance of the plain language of Mr..
Madison's message, where he in fact OBJ
serves that the same temper and policy h I'D
been pursued by his predecessor.
1t is to be presumed that Mr.. Madison
having always been 10 the cabinet with Mr.
> Ia COfN fhaft no, r,rt,r
ciple of his movements; and Of course this
testimony of Mr.. Madison to refute the as
pensions against Mr.J. must be considered
conclusive and rnanswerable. Mr. K. in
has vindctive defamation against Mr.. j.
seems to discard every thing Ike SPIRIT
OF federation, and because Mr.. Us Course
of measures happened not to hit his fancy,
helayishes every epithet of abuse winch
his inexhaustible fancy can suggest. 1t is
Certainly not defensible to follow bad ex..
ample, bdt upon this occasion, or any other,
MIR. X. can claim very little mercy, if his
opponents should suspect his motives. And
II 1T were admitted for a moment that Mr..
K was right, it would amount to nothing
more, to use a French proyerbj than lie Re-
ndrd freche Gur Pouies But to return 20
the cotillion of non-importation, eiSbargo
and non-intercoursc. We cannot but OBJ
serve that Mr. X. in his arguments pursues
exactly the same Course which has been
marked out by the Federalsts. For the
truth OF this remark let the reader turn
to the speech of Mr.. Bayard during the
last session. The simiitu IL of reasoning
is unavodably striking and the conclusions
are almost exactly the same. Blu we are
far from being so dsingenuous as to be-
heye that his mind was conscious Of moving
N the same path. The most particular fea.
ture OF Mr. RS. speech which strikes
our attention is, that he entirely Confines
himself to the consequences resulting to
ourselves, from our own measures, without
a fosierfo11, tracing the effect to the true
cause; and like most Of his disciples, me-
yer once hints at any other course which
wou'd have been better. IT is the easiest
matter conceivable to delude weak minds
by sympathising with them in the necessi-
ties they have wanted, and the suffering
they have endured, and at the same time
to keep from their view the unavoidable
cause which produced them. This is the
subtle species Of reasoning which has been
used by the minority all along % convince
the peopie of what they actually felt, which
bye the bye Was very easy matte,
whereas to convince them that it was en-.
urely for their future benefit, has perhaps
n