The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-03
LYNGFIBURG, April 2. isos.

81 ''ts2s't hS, ABhiL =, 1928.
The Pi0k Of Consistency III has been yp,,.
orally supposed, Tor. At least, hoped) that ev
cry man, however vile, has some rfdremirp
TRAIT 80 his character @a eli may save ii from
universal eKrcTation. 1lat, il lie be a bipb-
way iobber, ne has sometimes spnredthe lives
/ OF those whom he has robbed, aud even OMEN.
I'd HE hand OF charity 10 the NEEDY Or, ia
muir Ierer, that he has n some period of his
lie exhibited feelings which Indicated tina,
Nature had not made hun wholly Of yicions
materials. Aud thus. II has been generally
claimed Tor John randolph, of Koanoke, thai,
It he has employed bis gresi talents 10 accom-
plish the most detsslsbie purpOse,--thp rgnie-
ton OF deep and lasting wound. on the feel.
lues, characters and peace Of his kindred,
+ trends and neiEhbors, - well rs of those
whom he houored with his ennitv,--qve say.
ii is claimed tor him by Lis friends, and
| claimed by hunself also, that he Is the VERY
pink Of political Consistency. This hos been
regarded his redeeming virinc. II vas TO he
recorded Il blin, that, commencing J. career
ATTAINING J0cObin, Il Oraughiy 'mhued with the
+ equaliHIng and subverinp sentiments II Re
saintonary France, eua r,adF - embark m
a Wild crusade IN her defence for the honor q
n " lraternaf bug" from thai mighty republic
IN name, he soon lett ihal bauy the uHI1v
which bfouEh, him into Office Hu1 notice -
aud. uniting inm eli To fhr Oppo4ihoa, be.
came An .frfi J0c0hrn i vas ,prther 10 b
recorded u hin, ma, slthpngh ~ acted Witt
tn opposition rtrty u tD.Lle.s during IT,,
administrations OF Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, endrdvnrius. As he is now doing
! and viii alwa} do ifhe live TO the age OF Me
thuyelb, II throw impedimcnts IN the way
ef the actual administrators Of the govern.
ment, yet no sooner had these men retired
where his opposition was as Intellectual ADD
nnhecded as the yelping Of n nose cur than
he pointed 10 their admin traiians rs The
pure DAYS of the Republic ard even veutur
ed TO refer 10 Mr. Jeffersan's measures (whrrh
he 50 strenuously opposed) as the STANDARD
by which all aiter-Presidents should be gaid.
ed II was, too, 10 be recorded OF him tha'
he not only opposed the wdr, which made Us
respected both AT home aud abroad, as y
measure OF abstract utility, but after II wss
declared, sed all the influence NAich his Il
oqneuce and vote IN Congress gave him, 10
bring II 10 a tiseracetul termination, and Vet
he is eulog zed as patriot, and affects 10 he
sensibiy alive 10 every thing which concerns
the interests, rights aud honor Of the comn.
Try! These arr some of his claims TO consis-
tencv. Its claim which we always scout.
ed, az having notthe slightest foundation in
!
Is. that he has uniformly opposed the Bank
Laws the conftructo1 al internal improve
menis, and--eucry administration W. know
that some persons, himself among H. mum
Der, endeavor 20 make il appear, that his ahau-
dnnment Of Mr. Jetrrs II was tot the fleet
OF that caprice and eccenlricity which have
marked his career through life, and which
| have so often induced thr world 10 comrare
his movements to :he erra'ic course OF the CO.
met aud who contend that il was produced
| BY IA solemn conviction that bis priHriEit,
would not permit him AIRY longer 10 adhere
10 Mr.. is policy And vet, this man OF con.
asitnrg breaches long Jerenads on the de
pariure Of the halCyon days Of Mr.. Jefer-
sous administration aud the purity OF those
very principles aud the correctness Of TINT ve-
~ poipcy which hc then condemned A, I'll
events, II is tut poor tribute to Mr.. fer.
son ~ ~ay lhat Mr.. Randolphs abandonment
Of him sas ulrced by Nj is abandonment
| Of principle We know. TOO, TINT there Hre
| some persons who think that Mr. RS oppo-
| 'itiou To the declaration Of war Wss induced
! by his heipf that an honorable adjustment of
oar differences with Great Britain might be
j effected without retort 70 arms but, was
! That honorable adjustment TO be effected, by
voting down supplies OF money and men after
ulr trIs aseiored. and by openly "deprtcn-
! ting The success Of our dr0asP' G. was such
a course eviuciye Of love Of country Or
compatible with The du'y Of good citizen ,
/ Or consistent with the principles with which
! Mr. Randolph set out in life We ieave for
! fhn-e uf his prestrt admirers to answer, who,
! tom l5o6 20 1916, would have comnassrd
| Heaven ard Earth" to effect his run. II ii
he said that MI Randolph did not oppose the
war after II commenced, let them read the
| { flowing:
| John Rand0frh'S Speech on the increase Of the
.irmU, Dee l0H, 1911.
| But grant, for - moment for argument
sake, that in Canada yon 'ouched the sinews
| t her (Greaf Brirain's) strength instead of
RENEWING clog upon her resources--sn in
| cnmhranrP, hut one, which, from a spirit OF
| honor she viii vigorously defend-ln what
| situation would you then place some Of the
! best men of the nation As Chatham and
| Burke. and the whole band Of her Patriots
PRAYED for her defeat in l776, SO must some
Of the trnest friends 10 their country DE
PREC ATE THE SUCCESS or OUR ARMS
against the only power that holds in check
The arch enemy OF mankind
But we have still further evidence of Mr.
! Raudolph's hoasted consistency Not mary
weeks since, in his Speech on the resolutions
OF MIR Chiffon. Mr.. Il. as usual, complained
! of the extravaganza" of government, and a.
mong other officers whose salaries he
thought ought 10 he subjected TO the pruning
| knife, WINS the Attorney General. He
insanced the increase Of his SALARY MS an evi
dence OF the growing corruption of our gov
eminent when, il happened inCklly that MIR
Vance Of Ohio. remem bered, ihs' the sslarv
bad heen increased nj the suggestion of
the Roanoke orotor himself! Admirable con.
si4enry