Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-01-02
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To IHE EDITORS OF THE Wu,e
Gentlemen: have heard with Great s,,s,e,, 49,
opposition the reelection of Mr. So,., u ,, '"at
TAXED OF III the legislature of Virginia. No man who
opportunities permitted him to take near view of ,ht
PERSONS conduct III the Senate of the United State di,
the last winter, possibly think him fitted for Tho 80,
'ion His coarseness and vulsa rty only efrctun,
drove female modesiy from the Senate Chamber, I,, 49,,
citizen attached 10 the in tu,ions of the country ceu
ea such obscenity uttered before that grave deposo,
'a''""al dignity, without pain and mo,,ifcalion bn,
witnessed the Senate of the United States session. when
you might have heard pin tcp-when il presented the
wing image Ut what the ina copc.ives of the ma
OF oan Senate in the best days of the Republic,
nv" "e rare oil 'arthage and Corinth the subject OF
dcoea'on-when it was distinguished by that high sense
"' "'c"rn' aud of lofty propiety, which the assembled
representation at wentyour sovereign States oueht to
cNhh't. have it the contrast of all tb;s,be
arena OF The coarsest personalities and lie lowe
euarnisinw where ndiscrmna1e atus. wa. ,n;xcd 49,, ;,
"al doooe eniendres, worthy of abantcne orrte,r
and mfs'resses of Charles the II Kigrews Rcc,srs
ana Swynns--and when lcunyer and lime t;or Ia
the District, rcsoTted the galleries of tie Seuac IN
the vasatics aud palpable ausons the mad virpu;,
Senator as they Familiarity called MIR. Randolph Mad br
certainty was--not from any constitutional tendency T.,
ltary-n" from any mental cause-but from hard driuk
The aitenS proof of his restoration to ponlar ,yor in
Virginia gwen in his election the Senate er twenty
years ssrare' proved too much for his pbilosophy-he
surrendered himself his joyan ncrca scd the ne,
sing n by coious libation porter before dinner
ana VINE after. This is the simple explanation of his &C.
centric behaviour in February. March, and Anil -.
became so much excited at last that lie forced to duk
on or sink under tie reaction of snuant Drink n
did and how he let himself down at last from his lov el
vaton without destruction his health have nerrr
heard HIS voyage to England must have been season
oftnrrible suffering ~
The solitary argument have hear urged in favor os
Mr. IianuoIrhs reelec derived from his prese Ia;
o'''enry IL is SO unusual for Virginia make chances
vi p"oi'c men, mat II IS now urged serious argument,
any change whatever But the strong tendency of
ms een3 to grow up into custom, deserves in INV on
ion, the serious consideration of the public Men are
heaa 10 say that on original election they would have
preferred another incumbent, hut thus being i;
fbOYr
nm there This reasoning is false principle and min
r"us to the public wea-t is yielding public d,,y to pr-
vatc feeling. Suppose John Randolph had never bscn
chosen to the Senatewould the Legislature after his rid
ruios conduct of last spring as think Of pac;w
"m mere nov: WITH what piopriety they continue a
maa I'm so responsible Office whom, NOT pretended
they would choose in original elections, Do M, ,Ie
iacts which would render his original election
make his continuance the Office equally inclirhlc9 ~
opinion aud which render obligatory OH the Legislature
10 elect the man who will do the best service, all to give
way 10 The fear of offending John Randolph
BE remembered, that the Senator now to be
to remain in Office for years. Until the 4th March 1879
ne beyond The conrpul Oft Legislature the whole
world. Mr. Randophs friends express same
niue hesitation attrusting in his hands, the destiny Of yr
ginia for so long period.
Even they remember many incidents in his pouica, ,iG
the recollection Of which staItess at confding en-
long lease OF power so important his hands-I1eu
must remember his causeless of Mr. Jefcrsun
ms profuse abuse of Mr.. Madson-hs systematic opno
,'oh 10 'e aamistrat'nns--and when he hung in the
late war dead and unyeldg weight upon the energy nf
the cannot have forgotten these things
Tor many OF them hare viewed him to the CON-,
ry-nenounced him as an a,istocrat-and called tina.
moral treason, which, secretly rcoiced the successes of
the eneny-lt they forced to remember this MARI ~
Mr.. Randnlp's historyif they forced to sec in his
unsnaraed expressions, the strongest admiration of the
Ehs!sn Government, and the wamest deestation of our
own-i they are compelled acknowledge i'm his inces.
SAINT boast of royal descent aud the by which he
noas ms estate lurking propensity astocracy aud
nanny Supefiori'y-wha must that portion of the public
think whose judgments left free to act will, freedom
and iescration? win any say, that john Randophs
political conduct wild, Irregular, and inconsistent as IL
pas ee'' deserves the confidence c Virginia TO such de-
gree, as to Justify placing i'll his hands, for sic gears the
greatest nd most responsible that to cafe
"foSsn,c--here is no man who will lay his hand on his
'eart and say tor if he does the blush Guilt
will mantle in His cheek.
Fredericksburg. BARRE