The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-16

.tEIa WIN @IlTIAN.
LYNcHBURG. OCTOBER 10, 18gc.


NJ. Randolph's political sins are brought
IN The public notice, tn counteract some
what the effect of his denunciations orthe
Individuals whom the people of these Uni
ted States have solemnly pronounced IN
be worthy Of their confidence, il is urged
that If he has been waywdrd aud eccentric
In his career, he has At least hrpn CONSIST
eni--his friends Those who have recently
become so, we nneAn,) forgetting, that they
are thus furnishing us with an argument a.
gainst themselves. Ii Mr.. Randolph has
been hr is now an advocate
of the same principles and Of the same
policy which he has ever maintained, why
were they once found in the ranks of his
inveterate enemies: By what magic is
II that they, who were once so hostile to
him, now find themselves embodied in the
firm phalanx of his admirers !? They con-
tend that they have not changcd-Mr.
Randolph AYERS that he has not--and vet,
they and Mr. Randolph were formerly
hostile and are now friendly--and all, too,
for principle. THE fact is, they would
have continued hostile, if the interests of
a faction had not happened to coincide
with the antpathies of Mr.. Randolph.
Convenience, therefore, suggested an ALI
ance, TO fleet what is desired no less by
the ambition of one than the hate of the o.
Their party to this o8euSiue and defensive
compact. But, Mr.. Randolph has not
been consisteut---he has changed his opin-
ions and that, too, IN less than five short
years. He has changed his opinions, and
this change affects principles as well as
men. Nor is the change 10 which we now
specially aIude, the FIRST that has subject
ed his motives to suspicion and himself To
reprosch. He was suddenly found in ar
ray against the administration of Mr.. JEFF
fers0n, which I've was elected to support.
Has THIS consistency? Or, was Mr. JET.
ferson himself inconsistent? Had he de-
Waited from that line of policy which, at
the period of his first Inauguration, was
euloglzpd in such lofty strains, and by 10
one more than Mr.. Randolph, if the re-
cords of the times are true No. II was
Mr.. Randolph who changed. He proved
then, as in another case, that his .fj1eHd-
ships are as inconstani as the winds, TN
less they be kept alive by the most AFRO
CANT and superciIlous superiority on Que
part aud the most unconditional serylIlt.
on the other.
When the republican party brought for
ward Mr.. Madison, as the successor OF
Mr.. Jefferson, it was resolved by the par
ty 10 opposition to endeavor 10 procur,
his defeat and for this purpose Mr.. Mon
roe was selected. This gentleman was
the fayorite of Mr.. Randolph, who was
an ha Il IA
principles of Messrs. Jefferson and Madl.
sou, in Virginia. But, we confess TINS was
not singular, unless it should seem strange
that Mr.. Rundolph's friendship for Mr..
Monroe, should have lasted a period of
some years. On the impeachment of
Judge Chase, Mr.. Randolph thus spoke of
NJ. Mnnroe. :" Let the exalted stations
" he has more than flled-the high public
=" trusts on which he has seemed rather to
"contei honor than receive this mistaken
" consistency in the worst of tlmrs--the dis
" may ADD confusion of his enemies, whose
" vain asprrsions have passed him as the
1" idle wind--let the confidence of uni
ted nation speak his enloginm." And
who has since dealt out asperslons" IL
gainst the venerable VI pnroe With a more
liberal hand than this same Mr.. Randolph?
Who has since endeal orrd to render the
" eulngiums" of 4" united nation worth
less, more than Mr. Randolph Yet, Mr..
K tndolph has been consistent! His friends,
both I'D ADD new both they Who reaily
esteem him, and they WHO dshl honIed
accents from bitter hearts. say that he has
been consistent, aud " they are all honora-
bic men ~
Bot, let us refer to those opinions of
Mr.. Randoiph The practical influence of
which may yet be felt. Our preceding
rrna,k, were designed rather rs ilIustra
lions Of what follows, than as arguments
to prove that Nj. Randolph's claim to po-
IticNi iailexibiIlty is hollow and unsound.
AID hire, 1t may BIZ remarked, as Il sub
ecl which " dough Jdced' politicians ought
n, and no doubt do, most profoundly re-
srct, that the records of their opinions are
81 open 10 reference, and may be 50 rea-
Oily brought forward To evidence their
nanderings. Were it not for this fact,
many an Inconsistency of life might be
buried with the occasion which produced
1t, and the trumpet-tougned voice Of pub
lie displeasure might never be raised To
censure them. II is well known that Mr..
Randolph either entertaips or affects n
holy horror of standing armies. with all
their ''Pridr, pomp ADD circumstances" 1t
WAS therefore with great surprise that we
saw, in his speech on the Judiciary Bill,
last winter, an unqualified expression Of
his defamation To support a mere militia
ry man for the office of President of the
United States. But tins surprise, great
as It was, has been considerably enhanced
by perusa of his address to the people
of Charlotte, written so late as 1872, when
Gen. Ja kson's claims and qualifications
for the Office were undergoing AN invesi-
cation. We will first quote from Mr.. Ran
dolph's Speech against General Nilkin-
son, to show his opinion OF military men ::
Extract from Mr.. Randolpfs Speech. deferred
IN the House Of Representatives efthe Uni
tel States, against GEN, UIkinSou.
- own natural jealousy of military
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