Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-04

| "e"."mehl ana Reform, de!irered ~, N
rouse CT Representatives of The Ui,:te.t Syate
on the first Of February, 1925.
-, TO MY CONSTITUENTS.
"tose confidence and love have iinpelied an,
us.tah &c, me under the effort OF making i'll dc
dicate this Speech.
JOHN RANDOLPH, Of Roanoke.
| FEBRUARY 29th, 1923
| SPEECH.
ihe resolution of MIR. Chiffon orKv. 70 ret-epcI
ie expenditures OF the General Cove rLment be-
ing under consideration
MT. Randolph rose and said:
limo. make the promise which the gentleman
"1o "as just taken his seat (Mr. EyeretD male
~ 'iie outset OF his address; but will make pro.
iso % aiHcrent nature, and one which trust
80: !" al pc IN my power to perform-I shall not saw
win more good faith than the gentleman from
massachusetts but more 20 the ietier-ay sir and
i'iore 10 the spirit, too. shall not as the qentln
man sld he would DO, act in mere self-defence.
~, carry the war into Africa. Deiey,.ir est
Co'"n0S0' shall not be content with merely
parying-no, sir-if l can, so helm mo Ca !
WIN thrust also; because my right arm is nerved
oy Inc cause OF the people and of NV country. /
listened TO the gentleman with pleaSure-I mean
uc general course OF his remarks-ygith
| single exception; and TO that part of his
speech listened with the utmost loathinr and
usSuS, Bnt disgust is FOO feeble term. 1
heaTd h, with horrour introduce the case of the
S"oei u rance and IN answer 10 what: To
I i"iu o.i1Ia PIacard--an electioneerng fire.
DrShu' AND IN the presence of whom? OF those
VINO never ought 10 be present in theatre where
men contend lor victory and empire Sir thew
nave no more business there, than thew have in .
lieiu OF battle OF another sort. Women. indeed.
are wanted in the canp; but wo,neo of a 81,
different description. What maiden-nav. ,yba,
maron-could hear the gentleman. Titl,oi,t cov-
erhg hcr lace with her hands, and rushing out q;
'he Houses! But for some OF the remarks Of the
s enuelhi'h from Massachusetts,, in aliusion tn
| newspaper publications, should have begun in
at least as low a key and rs temperate a mood
as ne did. To that key Will now pitch nv VOICE
nave been absent from the House for several
aays. requested my colleague TAIr. Alexanierl
20 state me canse OF that absence, which he did
!, ct even TINS could not be reported correctly As
ms may DC Inc last act of publick duty which
snail be able 10 perform-at least DURING the nre-
sehtsesSIou-and as have given I'D myself a sa-
cilnce to Its performance, Respectfully ash. the
House 10 give their attention TO what have now
wsay; understand that, during my absence, !
nave been replied 10 by various gentlemen. (some
o. whom have not the honour 10 know by ner
SOM on different sides of the House, in manner
"nlch do not doubt was perfectly satisfactory
dt least 70 The speakers themselves / certainly
90 hot wish 10 disturb their self-complacency: de
n'!sAHliS non carat, whether of persons or of
thinss The gentleman from Ohio TMr. Vance
WIN mat blunt piainness and candour which am
told, belong TO him, and WHICH admire in pronor
uon a. they are rare qualities in these tirne-serv-
~
II nope ne VIII take no offence at the term for /
can assure him that none is acknowledgements me
my absence, $50 my friends have informed me
with what believe he would not hesitate 10 i,ooc
charged 10 my face, and to which have no obiec-
lon; but must except TO the authority nm ,vSicl,
ne relied; for protest against any geniIeman,s
producing, as proof OF what have, at any time,
Said, a newspaper, or any thing purporting TO be a
Register oil Debates, unless endorse it, and he
come aIswerabie Tor it, and more especially, re-
ma ia an 81 4
Whlcii' In regard to me, are particularly unlaithf
shall show TO the House, not such matter n the
gentleman from Massachusetts, stirred 20 the Of
tence OF every inoral sense of every moral heiny
90 not pretend TO impose my standard of dehcacy
ana propfiety upon the gentleman, who will no
Gouot measure py his own: de jSRSiibuS non est
di$pufdnduns: and it is not for me to Interfere
with the Sentieman's tastes, whether in Iitera-
lure, morals, or religion. I shall refer 10 a
matter OF recent nUtoriety that will test the
CoiTe'lnesS OF these reports. In the debate on
the motion OF the gentleman from South Cayo-
ma, MI. Hamilton, respecting i picture ,F thc
battle OF New Orleans, did state as distinctly, og
could ariiculate, tina, had seen a monument q.
rccied to the memory of Andre, the British spy.
IN Westminster Abbey; that il ,yas ,nutii,t.d
ne mead OF General Washington, and arm q think
oil Andre, having been broken off the Ceneraj,s
most probably, by some Tory boy from the neigh.
bouring school of Westminster, and thatof Andre
probably, by some Wing boy, in retaliation. The
naiie VI hamiItOn did rot escape my lips
thought, indeed, of Hamilton, but il was a uvino
1amlton--the gentleman from South Carolina
butthen,pafliamentary usage does not permit us 70
speak oil one another by name. Now sir 4 can show
You, OH the same authority which was relied on IN
me gentleman from ObiO-although lactnowledrt
thdi 'he reports oil that paper, far at least as
am concerned, have generally been more accurat,
thls year, than have for a long time known them
TO be beioTe-that ain represented as saving III a
the monuments in Westminster Abbey were mu
uIated IN tue same manner as the toHlJS of Hamil
ton and W Washington had been Tnutilated here Tn,
word t0mo never cscapedmy lips on that occasion
| Ihls would have beena palpable falsehood Wber,
Is the tomb oi Washington? There is no such thin,
IN this country, nor have ever heard tl,at toni
mas been erected to the memory Of Hamilton; bu
suppose that the next thing we shall hear will be
that the Quarterly, some other impartial Re
view, comes out aud observes with a sheer, tina;
| as Roger Sherman said the vote was the monumen,
so gentleman from Virginia had, by speech il
A Congress, built up tomb for Washington
constructive" tomb, that existed no where b,,
IN his eccentric Imagination. Sir, q :. tombs @
Washington and of Hamilton might stand am
7 where IN this country unencOsed--they might i'm
deed be liable 10 injury from the beasts fthe field
or from some invidious foreigner, but the hand o
no american would ever mutila,e them. In tr
course Oh another debate, II secpis that rendered
: to gentleman from N. York, Mr.. SropRs1 ia,
homage which his abilities descrved--6. God forii
That tire time should ever arrive when ] refuse, 4
90 justice TO an adversary-when shall disparaR
any merit because il is found in the person Of al
opponent. When that time shall arrive, may
never receive mercy from that fountain Of
TO which alone we all must look if we hope 70
forgiveness hereafter. 1 said, that | would not
NE him, pronounce q palinoda, neither am
now going 10 pronounce paiinOdia in respect 4
the gentleman from New York. shall not TAX
back one iot Of praise bestowed upon him.
With Whatever views he introduced it., the doc
ifino has always been minc--,he strict srbordina