Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-10
ron THE Enquirer.
MONROE and RANDOLPH

on his last trip TO Europe, the man who
writes thes- hasty Ines WAS the frs. to
warn him of the trap which was spread be-
tore him. He suspected ;,lat as g drown
ing men catch at s,raws," Mr.. J. Randolph
then strugg ing with the stream, world lie
glad II avail himself of the buovancycf Mon
roe's cputation-that he counted upon his
aid,SS would spare no pains or intrigres TO
wean Mr.. Monroe f ON his old friends, and
attach him to his o7vn little party The
day that Col. Monroe entered this City,
the pen, that traces these lines. addressed
him letter, warning him Of the design,
and bcsecching him to beware That let
ter was placed b fore the world.
Every thing that was forcseen, came to
pass. Monroe was brought forward for the
Chair OF the Union AMI from that mo-
ment, Mr.. Randolph ciung 10 him with
desperate resolution. He cried up his can
didate to tie skies--and declied Mr.. Mad
iSon IN every possible shape, and in terms
which man Of decency would be ashamed
to repeat 70 the winds.
Ii is due to NJ. Monroe to saw, that he
never returned these marks of devotion in
the spirit in which they were given that
he never was for a moment under the ban
neri of NJ. Randolph that however civil
he was to him rs man. as politician lac
was distant and disconn cte,l.
MIR. Madison succeeded, & aft er time,
Monroe was placed in the CHAR of Virgi-
MIA by the voice of her Representatives
Mr.. Randolph was hurt-he was wounded
By the distance of Monroe he was not
pleased with his elevation to the Chair,
by the voice of the Republican party and
when Monroe accepted the post of Secre-
tary OF State, from the hands Of MIR. Mad
ison, disappointment and hate usurped the
bosom of Randolph. From that moment,
he became the enemy of the man, who re-
fused to become his ally in the cause
which he had assumed.
shall not trace Col. Monroe through
the translate OF the last five years. No
man has shone fairer, because none has
more truly served the nation. AS Secre-
tary of State, he his copsd with Foster and
defeated him-w:th his pen he has asserted
our rights, and blasted with his arguments
the pretensions of Britain. But when the
blast of war blew loud in our car, and the
events OF two campaigns had driven two
Secretar es from their stations, Monroe was
content To risk every thing for his country,
to ride on the whirlwind and to dare the
storm. He accepted the keys of the War
Office and his triumphs were worthy Of
the motives which actua1ed him. He infu-
sed activity into our operations, breathed a
fresh spirit INTO our minds, and did all that
penetrating genius coald do to shield New
Orleans from the stroke of the enemy.
All these circumstances were but addi
tional stings to the mind of Mr.. Randolph
He is easily soursd-- t is hard to propitiate
him, wherever any one darcs to difi,r With
hIm.-Neither age, nor SERVICES, nor tai
ents, nor the purest integrity, are sufficient
to moderate his anger, or his expressions.
He could not forgive the man who had
loved him less than Jefferson or Madison
the man who was M sons Secretary Of
State who asserted the rights of his coun-
try, who finally risked every thing for her,
and who helped to crown her with greener
iaurels. During the war Mr.. Randolph was
not sparing of his censvres; & when peace
lit upon the destines of his country, it was
still less to be supposed that his resent
ments would be appe sed.
Mr.. Randolph is once T-ore in Congress
through the inactivity Of the Republi-
cans, aud not by the votes of majority of
his District. Every thing was quiet before
he appeared h; from that moment, discord
shook her snakes with Joy. He spoke and
al! bedlam seemed to % be broke loose :"
so wild, so eccentric, so unconnected are
the rawlings OF this infuriated statesman.
Many indeed suppose, that his wits are re-
al y gone, and that he S candidate for his
own str II jacket, & water Cruel. Ii is Ger
tain that no one wao hears him but con-
fesses that his intellect is peroep tably less
vigorous & more deranged than it formerly
was.
From that moment to this, the modern
Don Quixotte has been fitting at every
thing which came before him. He has fam
cied a revenue-bill to be direct attack
upon the liberties aud constitution of his
country. All the world has been going
wrong, while he, the cool, the phlegmatic,
the dlspassionate. and philosophical Ran
dolph. has been the only sage in the nation.
IL is the same wing that he ever was
while, with the exception of his Squire of
North-Carolina, and few such choice
spirits, all the world besides has gone a.
stray No wonder with such diseased j.
imagination, that ne should be attacking all
most every man that comes in his way-or.
that while he is trampling upon tics that
are generally dearest 20 the heart, he
should come forward to vent his spleen up
OH Col. Monroe.
The opportunity is n fine one--as Col
Monroe is one of those who have been ma
ned tor the Presidency, and this is the We
ny crisis ofthe matter.-At Monroe, there
fore, the javelin is hurled--tekun i5ibeHe
Sne icfU.
And what is the charge a-Rumor SAYS,
that he has charged Monroe on the floor OF
the House with abandoning his old friends