Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-09-01
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7HURSDA Y, AUGUST 80.

GOVERNOR RhNDOLPH'S LETTER
1t was to harc been expected that this documen,
would not be hailed with much pleasure by the
friends of the Administration. They had so long
holstered up heir sint lag cause with the prop Of
MIR Jcticrson's name end authority, that they
could not bear that the world should tie undcc eli, cd
as to his opinion. 1t j, curious to observe the va
ilohs shl'ts 'e5orted 10 by the coalition presse. to
csade the lore of .his commune alton One grave
~ asserts that Gov. Rand Jpn must be mistaken.
and attempts by ingenious reasoning to prove tha
he is,-anothcr intina,es that there is no mistak
in the matter, but that this letter confirms the
'ious declarations Of Mr. Adams friends. and bv
transp':hions and omissions, proceeds to shes.
that II does so,-wList a third perceiyiuy tina, NJ,
such efforts must 1e unavaiing, impeaches the We
raci and attacks the private character of the VIZ;
ter We Will bestow a b. lief notice upon each OF
these assailants
Can Gov Randolph be mistakcna He does No,
speak doGb,ingly. nc asserts in the most no,i i've
manner that Mr. jefferson did expre,. the o,;,;o,s
which he communicates, and they are OF sueb a
character that II would have been Impossible min
tenional'y to have tibuted them, unless thew hac
oecn aVowed 10 say then that he is mi,;aken
amounts to a denial OF the truth of his sta,emeo,
ou' II IS asked IN what respect had Mr. Adam
pesuh TO develop his alarming doctrines at the
'ime 10 winch Gov Randolph refers Even ADM,
'ha' inc conversation particularly alluded to- occur
iea IN July or August, and the question is easily
answered In his Inaugural address delivered in
march, MIR. had asserted the right of the gener.
government TO engage in the scheme of lnterna.
Improvement, to the most unlimited EXTENT he
mad enumerated among the exptes. purposes for
which the government, was Instituted, the promo
lion OF the general weisare,-h had expressed the
opinion that the VS. OF Congress and the decisions
OF the Federai Judiciary had uniformly been in
conformity with the pro.ions OF the cons.i u.ion.-
(of cousse, the Alien and Seai ion Laws and tn.
decisions by which they were enforc ed were in
GUIDED, )Ss he had very painly intima ed his orin
ION that the beneficial ,enden,y Of power justified
10 exercise That these doctiine Tor the first time
openly arowed from the PiesidentiaJ chair sbould
nave alarmed Mr. can excite surprise with no
one "ho knew aim But if, as we ate in clined to
behese, the conversation took place after Mr. AID
ans hrst Mesa; C, then not even our adge,saries
can doubt, tina with his views of the pow ers and
duiles OF government, MI Jeffe,s must have felt
alarm at The opinions In regard to BOTH expressed
by Nj. A, AMI ther eiore most naturally commupi
Gated MS fears to Gov Randolph Indeed in the
succeeding month, ne addressed letter 20 gentle
man oil Kichmond, publishes in'the Enquirer of the
sentiments corresponding with those now attributed
to "in There Is nothing then in the manner OF
Gov RandoIph's narr ration, and still less in the
cIlnon' themselves which, In the remolest degree,
countenances the assumption that there has been
any mistake or nii'aPprchensi1n the part OF Gov
Randolph.
Does Coz Randolph's letter prove that in Dec
1925, MIR. Jeffe' son friendly to the re election
u He aIr ,;t,;n
10 DC true, contends for any mag so absurd canpo,
be convinced by argument. The assertion of the
proposition, betrays an ignorance and in. ince,i,y
that DEFY alike reiutation and conviction Wc.aalI
therefore only RECT the candid and Impartial To
the letter itself recon mending tie same time to
ihe Editors OF the intelligence who ha We adopted
'his view ofthc subject not, by tho gartl;og Of do
uments, to afford ground for suspicion that thew
want principle as well as consistency. The same
candid gentlemen affect to believe that even II Mr.
Jefferson did prefer Gen. Jackson iu the fall -ol
1925, he changed his opinion Gurins the " last year
ofhis lie" Putting out of the question the inius
lice done to Mr. JefTcfson's memory bv IN, sunoo
siIion that he thus without reason returned in i
months to the support of the man whose p,incip les
he had condemned, and whose re eles ton he had
deprecated in December 1926 We take the liberty 10
say, that no man who knew him, will avow tha. a f.
ter that pei od, he expressed sentiments different
from those imputed to bin by Gov. Rando ph. On
The contrary we believe, that from that time a,
least to that Of bis death, he entertained the same
opinions, with This only difference that he became
more and more decided in them to the last hour o.
his life.
We come now to the only remaining ground upon
which 1t has been sought to evade The effect ofCoy
HandoPh's statement, we mean the impeachment
OF his Seraery II II first necessary that the pubic
should be informed from what quarter this attack
proceeds They can then decide bow much res
Peet 10 due to the character Of the asssilsn apart
from the esicnce by which the charge is supported
The National journal makes this attack That pa
per noto,iousjy the organ and mouth piece ofthe
COMMUNICATION, susto med, II not conducted by tn,
members Of the Cabinet and their dependents, and
ofcoursc entirely subsersicnt to their purposes 10