Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-05-20

that devoted spot was sacked by the British army,
and descended to the scurrilous employmsat Of wri-
ting on the " alis Of the Capitol, epigrams and squibs
to delame the moral and political character Of the
Chief Magistrate Of the nation, who at that event
full period was struggling to sustain the Liberties Of
the country, and to bring to an happy issue an I'M
expected end an improbable war. Protesting I'M
bounded patriotism, and the most sincere and do
vout attachment to republican institutions and to
the principles Of Democracy, he has attempted to
introduce discord among the party which first
brought him into notice and in the moment of ad-
ed his support, he was found inconstant and incon-
sistent, and claiming for himself the absolution OF
party and party-spirit, and proclaiming himself the
adherent ofno principles but those of his own.
Mr.. Monroe felt, during his administration, the
full force of Mr.. Randolph's spleen, and it is believ-
ed that he never gave his support to any of the
wise propositions Of that gentleman nor is it re-
membered that he has voted in favor of any bill in
troduced into the Congress, since the year 1906, ex-
cept the one for making an appropriation for Mrs.
~ u"' ~ 'hS hoNuhN iS "ho wv uNttdltb u y
a friendly feeling towards that lady or her gallant
son, but voted in favor of the bill, because Mr.. Clay
had opposed it.
Protesting unboundcd attachment to the cause of
Liberty, he has set himself up as a kind Of a rcpub-
lican Demi-God, but whilst he breaches republic
canism, he p~ractises the jacobinical dogma, of Rob-
bespiere and Tusant at one moment, and propagates
the opinions of the English aristocracy.
He entered life under the most favorable aus
pices, and the first moments Of his political career
were so brilliant, that it was not singular that one Of
the ablest Virginian writers, predicted in q cele-
brated work Of This, that Mr.. RANDOLPH would one
day arrive at the goal OF political distinction and
fame. His popularity, was, however, evenescent,
and faded away with a rapidity not less remarka-
bic than that with which it had gained existence,
and after enjoying the confidence of the republican
party, and after having the honor Of being a leader
among them a few years, he at last found him
self deserted by those who had propped up am
bition's ladder, and the influence which lac once
welded with a ~despotic sway, lost in the oblivion
ofpolitical speculation.
Ills popularity would have been sustained, and it
Is not improbable that he would have been honour
ed with some Of the best gifts in the power of
the people to bestow, had he not attempted TO drive
men, instead of leading them. But having risen too
fast in early life, lie was not able to bear success
and becoming arrogant and overbearing, he under
took to carry his measures by force, and to drive the
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sessions of Congress, he has remained in his seat,
from the opening of the session to the close, without
uttering q word, and at others he has occupied the
floor more than half of the period assigned for the
sittings Of The National Councils. He pursues no
distinct or separate policy, and seems ANXIOUS to DO
nothing but to traduce and Willy the reputation Of
those who come within his reach. Soured, chagrin-
ed and disappointed in his political anticipations, he
hates the world, and in the fullness of misanthropic
bitterness, pours his poison and his wrath upon the
heads of all men who may chance to come within
the pale of hi, observation and at present, is en-
gagged, under the auspices of MIR. Calhoun, in Je-
nouncing the occupants ofthe Senate Chamber, and
in endeavoring to terminate a faction, to oppose the
hcC OpcfutOu VI tUc wheel W SONeVuI1eul.
His hostility to Mr.. CLAY is Of long standing,
and origin ated in envy. After his political failure,
he saw with deep modification and keen regret,
the present Secretary of State rising in the world,
and gaining a pre-eminent standing in the good
opinion of the Republic. He saw too, that gentle.
man gaining what he had lost-he saw a man who
was the author of his own fortanes-whose early
life was a season of distress aud difficulty, by the
mere force of his native energies, gaining a situation
he could not hold, and he determined on his de.truc-
ton. 1t was an enigma which he could not solve,
that a man who boosted of 'no proud %patrimonial
estate" and who inherited from his father nothing
but 'infa acy, indulgence, and ignorance should sue
ceed in acquiring a fame and a reputation, which a
descendent Of the illustrious PocAHoNTAs failed to
secure.
lie beheld the Secretary, marching on to fame,
and vowed vengeance against a man, whose great
est fault was that of gaining honestly, honors and
distinctions which he had vainly sought to obtain
He commenced a systematic attack upon Mr.. Clay,
which he has kept up to this day, and at this mo-
ment, is busily employed in attempting to pull the
Secretary Of State down to his own level.
But it would be an endless task to delineate all
the features composing Mr.. Randolph's character,
and we shall leave him for other subjects, simply
repovL;ro tbat mo > apon1 Tho 6rst To ad,;,o