Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-04
FOR THU ENrUIRER.
THE ELECTION OF SEN A1'OR

erection Oh senator OF the Onifed States mas pro
duced during the present session Of the General
Assembly. The times squay. The friends
OF the Administration strongly opposed to Mr.
Handolph's reelection: And his friends are Just
as anxious tor his success. The ministerial party at
Washington have been moving IN this business. =
Two OF the Secretaries understood TO have been
writing letters TO the City of Richmond about il;
and, II is TO be presumed, in style very ia
vofable to his preiensioDs: And, on the other
hand, his friends in Congress have expressed the
soicitude which they entertained, 10 him
turned to the Senate. A the signs of the times
exhibited at Richmond have been most anxiously
watched abroad. The public prints throa ghout the
country have harped upon every circumstance,
which was supposed to bear upon the .leciion.-
Even the rejection of MIR. Wilson'S resolution
has been eagerly seized upon by distant politicians
as indication of the faIe IF Mr.. Randolph him
self
The means. to which some Of his advefsaries
have resorted to get up opposition 10 him, are
said TO have been extraordinary as their Zeal has
been animated. Their personal application 10 the
Governor does not surprise me. They could moi
have selected candidate, whose name is more
popular, or whose principles acceptable
the Legislature of Virginia. But MIR. Tyler
knows VIVA, Is due to himself, well TO his
country. He is unwilling TO we.ken the party, 10
whose principles he is attached by any Appearance
OF divisions and lend his sanction to aay measure
which is got up by gentlemen of different persua-
sion. lie is understood TO have declined in the
mos. explicit but respectful terms, the proposition
which has been made to him. But il is matter of
SURPRISE that any should be made 10 start
candidate by subscriptions ii j. sti more surprising
that Judge Barbour should be the candidate selected
because he has recently pledged himself to his
friends, In his district, to them if elected
in The other House of Congress. ] will not permi,
myself 10 doubt the answer which he has made, or
will make. to This sin oar aDllIratipn He
too well what is due to his district TO desert
1t. He knows well what is due to his
political principles, yield 10 the opportunities of
gentlemen, who are much opposed 10 his opin
ions, as they are TO those of Mr.. Randolph. He
will never suffer himself to be taken away from
his own political and personal friends, and 10 be
used against them, by other gentlemen, who,
however much they respect his character, are d.
rectly opposed 10 him in politics.
What then excites this profound interest; and
this extraordinary opposition! The answer is 10
be found in the name of John Randolph. 1t is hi-
fearless intrepidity in dragging public abuses to
light; his determined opposition to the Admins
tration; his avowed preference OF Gen. Jackson
the only man fitted to drive them from power;
the peculiar powers Of eloquence which he uields
liz the combat; these some of the crcums: ances
which have raised up the opposition. The friends
of Mr. Adams and of Mr.. Clay are 10 a IN an unit
ed against him. Reject MIR. Randolph, AMI the
cry will immediately go forth through the Union,
that Virginia is abandoning her hghlened views
OF The Constitution; that the Administration il
gaining ground among US; that all opposition ia
the reelection OF MIR. Adams is unavailing; and ia
truth, never would more joyous triumph be won
by the ministerial party at Washington than by
the immola ion OF his distinguished Senator,
Ii is said, that If MIR. Randolph be re elecled ),
ii will prove the caprciousness of public senti-
ment. He has been guilty, lii is urged,) of nu-
nj h.s,
| the Non Intercourse System, and TO The War
Shsl the People cherish statesman, whom
they once condemned? But these questions come
a day TOO late. They ought to have been addressed
to the Legislature who elected him. II then
deemed him capable Of =" doing the tate some
| SERVICE" at the moment when lie was elected, it
remain for his opponents to show wherein he
| times have become better, or in What lie has de
serted the principles of Virginia Let this credit
be gwen him in the midst OF all his alterations; that
he has ever been true 10 the principles OF he Federal
Constitution. lie belonged 10 the Virginia School
| OF Politics, when he first went into ublic life; he
has supported her constitutional doctrines through
out his life he il true them at the present mo-
ment. His consistency these great questions
would stone for many errors, and enie him TO
the confidence Of Virginia in this moment of
,ribulaiion and peril.
/ hold, il Mr.. Randolph was ever capabIe of
serving his country that this is the accep ed time
His powers peculiarly adapted to the task which
he is TO encounter. lie will be called upon to
defend The constitution, when it is most violently
sssalled; to wi;her up by his fearless eloquence
the men who abuse the public condolences; and 10
drag maversalion to the light of day. lin per
forming these Offices, Mr.. Randolph should be
called upon TO display patience, which some ho-
norable men suppose u stranger to bm--they
should recolect, that the events of the last win
ter will read him an instructive lesson; tina. the
present opposition to his reelection Will not be
entirely useless as warning; and that if he finds
no check in the admonitions of his friends, he
power Of the legislature does not expire with his
re election. They yet keep a check rein over all
their proud public servants; and vote Of csnsure
may arrest them in their career, or drive them from
Office.
That Mr.. Randolph toiH be re elected, | do moi
entertain moments doubt
yIRGINIUs.
Thou tJpoee frs. the beam from ,ine csvn eve; aud
then thou shalt see CLEARLY the mote Loir thy
brothers eye"-St Mntthelo.
To the Editors Of the Enquirer.
GENTLEMEN
have read he communication in your paper,
signed Wesmorelsnd;" aud must confess, that
! feel at some loss, how to reply TO writer, OF
such suseriy Of manner and rigidity OF DISPOSE.
ton. Had Westmoresnd'' undertaken to an
swer the plain and frank inquiries Of " Fideliiy,'
II Is possible, that some political good might hay
sprung from his communication. lie would, al
least, have escaped the odium, he has 80 mp,u-
IDENTIFY hesped upon himself, by wantohly tanning
the sleeping embers Of private misfortune and do
nestle calamity. Envy, malice and vifuperalion
however, seem to he predominant passions; and II
is to BE hoped, they have been INDUCED 10 his
hean's content. II we submit; &c the opinion en-