Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-13
To BE CoITINUEp.1

OUR CHRONICLE OF 1S26;"-A poem
by this title was published a short time sineo.
BY Messrs. Wells and Lilly, Boston. and aI-
though it has not been very generally read, it
Is entitled to the patronage and no,ice of tho
world Whilst locking over its pages, few
days since, We accidentally stumbled upon the
following stanzas, which furnish correct por-
tralturc of John Randolph of Roanoke. No,
body can mistake the design of the author.
There is thin and swarth, Senator
MAD with much learning aud a tongue DER free,
Who, not content 10 live by wit and law,
Dnns the long vacation, goes o sea.
lie is a Kind of literary weasoL
A"d holds the glorious place of Legislative easei.
ale has 'ormed onward now for twenty years;
Flushing and brilliant the meteor sent
Der southern Skies, when all its dexeyte tears
Are falling from the starry iirinamen!
Such is the pathos when he sr the ladies
And summons shapes and sounds alike, fom heaven and hsd
lie is licensed Jester of ihc couri-
petty pyroicchnic poitician-
Moving with all arazor's ro,al port
The bilious general of the opposition
The dull and dubious, ALL declare him crazy;
But then, nseniu., he, perfect Estcbaly,
lie cast ont curse on Panama. Indeed,
lie could not well do better and be civil
For every measure waits from him the need
And honor Of dismissal to the devil.
For so it i, in spite Of waxcn noses
The better Il sncocod., the stronger he opposes.
lie il walking reservoir of gal;
The erancsccnt of all bile
And should he find his spleen !, growing small
Hell daily inle shar-backcd horse mile
To stir his goolly juices to their duty,
o pouring alcohol on government and beauty
lie il the thnnca senator on earth,
And ha. a voice the tldnncs of hi. gender;
But to what thrills liz e!s1uencc gives birih,
Go ask the rived aud galvanized offender!
Sometimes Ear north hi, witlens fancy roams,
In you may get part ulrs f ON Mr.. lltt*ts.
The last stanza refers TO an awkward diff
'ulty ih which Mr.. John Holmes, of Maine,
'ecame involved during the Congressional ses-
ION Of 1926. Mr.. Holmes, for reasons best
nown TO himself, undertook TO defend Mr.
when attacked by a Senator, wIo
lad said, that he, Mr.. Randolph, had intro
uccd certain Resolutions to the Senate, from
ceilings OF hostility towards Mr. Calhoun; and
, the couso Of his remarks went on to say.
hat Mr.. Randolph was friend 10 the Vice
resident. These resolutions went to rescind
ne two rules Of the Senate, which place tho
over of appointing the Committees, and tho
nperyision of the Journal with the presiding
0icer. In reply to Mr.. Holmes, Mr.. Ran
oph, INDUCED in bitter sarcasm - denied bav-
e any particular knowledge Of tho genlcm,n
ON Maine, and said that he did not wish the
entlcman 10 form fritndships for him, and that
c was not a nd 10 Mr.. Holmes, or to
fr. Calhoun and clesod with the following
cry piquant quotation:
"fiicml.hp Ike love, is hut name,
unlcs, q one YOU stint the flame;
Tho child, whom many fathers share
Iia. seldom fch fathers
vi. thus with fiend.hp-.,Sl,o depend
On many, rarely find freudn
About the time this affair transpirod. thcre
ere various rumors as 10 tho probable result
it, sono Of which placed the parties in n
lgcrent attitude. AS tho thing has, how
or, died away, and as Mr. Holmes ha. been
fIcrcd to retro from, public lfo, VIC DO not
cm it proper or oxpedient TO revive either;
ID if we were TO do so, we should not pro-
Ike any good, and probably should ~orud
. sonsiblitios of ono, whose feelings wo
,uld not intentionally violate. Those who
ny feel any curiosity in relation TO tho affair,
c referred 10 the files of the day.