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

ways was Of tie opinion. we could not he
loo wateltfnl OF The aspiring ambition Of mn
ffuy commapdfr."
Ia the above extract, we find correct sem
timrnfs. drdnred from the history Of TIN
world. Call Ia miad thr fate of every M
ton, which, blessed with the last spark of
liberty, has witnessed lis extnclion, aud
ask the causr fau viii receive me IN
varying answer. II icrs eriinguishsd bu the
union Of The sleord and he purse. fever
the people of this country should weep a.
YER the ruins of their free Institutions, the
pen of the historian, will say, that they
fell = sacrifice 10 the natural gratitude that
nations as well AZ individuals entertain to-
wards those who have achieved a peril1ns
enterprise IN sumo great emergency of the
State, which bed tn the surrender of pow
er into thpir hands, with the conviction
that II would not be misnsrd but, which,
daily accommodating, impercrptibility ar.
qhired all, and left nothing FOR the peo-
pie but the melancholy pri, iege of Wit
ncssing and mourning the disastrous effects
Of their folly. What has produced such a
change in Mr.. Randolph's sentiments p
Has he discovered, in the person of Gen.
Jackson what he avrrred IN the above ex-
tract from his speech, "nevrr was nor
never will be again, "--another Washing
ton ? One who is soldier in war aud a
statesman 10 peace ? No oan who has any
respect for his judgment, much less Mr..
Randolph, will pretend To say that there
any points uf smliitudp IN their characters.
Although il may be said 81 Jackson aud of
many others as of Washington, that be
was d" the defender of his country" it can
not be said that he was " the foander of
lberty'-lt cannnt he said of him, rs of
Washington, TINT on the pill 'rs of nation
al Independence he erectrda mighty Re
publicp-that he i" surp ssed in the Cab.
net the gores Of the Field" can il be
said If him that his "noblcsi victory was
The conquest Of himssy" Then, we ask,
aglin what has produced this change IL Mr..
Ran lolph's sentnents2 We ask If this ~
an evidence of his conStStency2 Let us
come down To later period of Mr.. Ran
dolph's life, and ascertain what were his
opinions of the sate of that country which
would elevate Gen. Jackson TO the ,Pres-
dency:
Ertract from Mr.. Ranaoiphs address 10 the
Peopic Of Charlotte.
"The election of Gen jackson 10 the Pres.
ldency, is not TO be dreaded, as il can in no
event possibly occur the people of the u.
nlted States have not yet become SO corrup-
ted, as In choose a man of miiitarV talents 10
govern the national councils, in opposition
10 the splendid talents of Mr.. Crawford, ,or
InH 1,Af . l,.r,
try"
In the above extract, Mr.. Randolph de-
prccates Gen Jacksons election as a most
serious evil, but one which it was not ne
cessars to guard against. ~ it could, {" IN
no event, possibly Uccur'--and now, we
hear him declaring his intention of voting
for the General, no matter who may be
hereafter nominated: Hear him, in his
own words;
Extract from Mr.. Randolpbs Speech on the
Judictary BIN, IN 1926.
4" | shall.vote for Audrey Jackson at the
next election, whoever else shall be- noiniua-
ted. He is the man who IS the first miiidry
man in the country, aud the man by whom
the present administration can be put out"
ful THESE TWO last extracts together. anu
what is the conclusion? Is ii not an IN
stance of the most fragrant inconsistency Y,
and in relation, too, to most important
principle, recorded in the annals of the L.
States : Is not Mr.. Randolph Ivy the sin
gle act of giving his suppo to Gen. Jack
500, rffectuaIIy subveriing his own whole
some views, on the suhlectof military supre-
macy What, now, are worth all his 'ho-
miles about the union of the purse and
the sword, the dangers of which he has so
frequently depicted; They ase all mere
leather and prunella'--and, instead of
being hereafter quoted as lessons Of useful
precaution, will be naturally aegard ed as
mere bnsbears to frghten children, siucr
they seemed to have 50 little effect upon
their authors practice.