The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-18
LYNCHBURG, FEBRUARY Is, ls2s.

| Mr.. RaHdoipb .-Ne have frequently had
! occasion 10 remark The eccentric conduct of thu,
! gentleman. moi only in his political movements
| hut in his personal connections To-day he
applies the scaipel aud the eansiic with an un.
mel cifu hand 10 the character aud conduct of
an individual, whom tomorrow he will treat
with all imaginable courtesy. and probably
| greet with cordially. At one nomrnt he IS an
! Ishmaelite. shifting all upon whom he can Law
his hand--at ths next, ne is the very pink OF NJ.
/ liability promscunus III his salutatons and cha
| rItabIe even 10 his foes We leave il for visor
| heads than ours TO account for these ~hIms
! and oddities No doubt his unqualified admi-
! fers thiuk thpv are the fruits of brilliant genus
II will he recoIlected that, IN our LAST uaper We
| published an unsparIng phillppic delivered by
! Mr. x in the House ofRepresentaii,es few dav.
before, complaining OF ehe .nanner in which his
speeches had been mdHgi,d," and rendered
" ruigdr" bv the Reporter ior the L. :. Tcle-
graph and charging the Editors of that print
with having misrepr6sented him IN their Edlfori-
al remarks-hy making him say that which he
/ did not say So severe was the dcnunCiaiion
that il drew forth areply from the Editors couch
ed in no very measured language not bold
er indeed, than we have heretofore seen used in
that print against its political opponents bur
! certainly boider than was ever before employed
/ towards one whose association IN the hame polit-
! zeal cause had contributed TO drag II from the
| stews. aud give to IT, IN the eyes of great many
( persons who knew nothing of the toulnrss of its
| origin something like a shadow ofrcspectabllilv
! Who could then, have foreseen, thar Mr. Ran
! dolph would have addressed these same Editors
whom he So contemporary alluded 10 III his re
4 marks a few days afterwards, in terms which
WINGED something like regret for lis previous
course What right had he. as a man of feel
| ing and man of csndor. 10 rise IN his place, in
| the House OF Representatives where his victims
were perfectly detenCcless, and pour upon them
the full bitterness ofhis gall IT, ds the Editors OF
the I telegraph assert, he has since done them
md their Reporter " the Justice 10 say tat he
does not believe the erfor was lnrcnillnal -
/ Little respect as the course pmSucdhy the Edl-
/ tors of that pt int have inspired towards tucm,
We cannot but say that Mr.. Randolph las acted
with regard TO them, in this matter, II then state
ment be correct unustls and cruelty both IN
the character OF his remarks. aud the place &c
lpCted for their delivery. We eau, however INT
admire, that The Telegraph itself should be So
ready TO accept the small meaSuro o. atonement
offered, and to plead for Nj. Randolph almost
with the zeal aud earnestness of an Gdt0CaiP.
that he should be excused, because ofhis erquf-
site senHbiH,y when his literary reputation is at
stake Does no one else, pray, possess this
his exquisite Scnsbity 10 rive him license 10 Ia
ccratp the feelings OF oih,rs Who can bear such
wounds as ilIv as himself We presume, how
ever, that the readiness with rhch the peacc-of
ferng was accepted is only the eilsct of party
organizations II will hardly do tn Commence
quarrring over the spoiIs TIL the title is fought
and the victory Won
But what is the offered atonemeut lis the
following note addressed bv Mr. Randolph to
the Editors Of the felegraph
"Mr RANDOLPH takos leave 'otav 10 the Fditors
Of thc United States Telegraph that IN their paper
eel, ed nv him TIN morning and which hears date " sat
lrday, E.h. nh, 3ls,O tho port of what he said
TUESDAY last II much more accurate than that Of winch
Mr. h. (as he thinhs worry in-tls) complained.
To herin with the FIST r,pot in the Telegraph Of So-
urday last Mr. X. IL repre- 'Hed to have sid hat II
mot tn ocrt0in cardidGfe TJCiudcf tram The
House Hot q coalition tormsd. Now, Mr.. X. sand
s1c thing On the contrary lie Gaze proofs Of tho
ieacc OF the coalition long, very long before that event
lie STATED that the call uatIons of the cs, although
not susceptible of the accuracy of nraoyrc brcsuse
they calculations political probabilities were
nevertheless ia ghly ndicious They ere grounded on
the hfh moral PROBABILITY that Of the partr, Chru
moved candidate for the Presidency would be pre-
seuted To thc choice ote House Of r. II suppose that
this condition made advance the election Of the pre-.
scnt incumbent world I've suppose that Of ms
eme. should combine to dctrat the election of onr ni
on Tho Presidency, aud to destroy 'hr political pros
pce's of the other.
a thu Of their union nothing was less probable
than that Mr. CrawO should until the period OF
rlecuon should arriVr.
" His life was not worth one weeks purchase HIS
death would have ensured the of the coalition
NJ. snryItnrship notn outstanding the ,otr Louisiana
10 say nothing Of New York; wrdd have placed the
Speaor among The competitors before the House Of
representatives. mt Mr.. r. said) that mt until
Mr. Crdntord absolutely r,fuscd 70 dc md certain
candidate f1cludcd from TIE possbiitu of bring cr
ft8 that thr present Incumbent taken INTO the hrm
ION him pis dker union formed winch cn1-
blrd the Triunyirtr to effect his p"f.nu and 10y the
a 9Vp
putfiy. winch Mr.. i had NO doubt would h,s bocn a.
che, cd u tho person Of nuoer, he hId got INTO
The lonss; according 10 The original views Of the two
nfser snrs, from whose intention nothing was farther
a the r r.tanrr1 than the promotion ofhe rival Of "no
uG tho enemy of both. The support Of the present IN
tfHtayut gave the coalition what IA" considered
Brooke and the other obp 10 ife up a-o with
the nlt bct thing within his reach the rrNrtspn ot
vrfi1u. remote contingent remainder atcmpt1uon. 4
would seem, strong enongh for hm Mr. r. than sld,
ihrt vim the nndeniahlo and undcued facts Of The
the long previous understanding hrwccn TIE two great
leaders Of the EuE and West the hostility of both and
n.rerlly Of him who the candi late for the Press
drpev, which was mvrterae and ayurcd, 70 The object
of ttcr ultimate support l'r uniting upon lat very
hated ryal and rncmS, ana the "Vp ntinn o thr mo-
tvcs Of one Of them IN the hitter 10 Nh Bookn, csab-
hshed caiu OF moral idencr IN h. broken Of the
so,nsye and corrupt understanding between all the pr
mes. II furnished not only the moral probability OF III"
fact. but the nearest ma nabC approach 10 moral
Certainty.
NJ. R said he would not be led a.trsv by the pnr-
suit of the olhts and aiidstF of the accr and other
irrglayrut matter. II" would not note their ncon-
sisteHt ,aelIratons various times aud pices wluch
had been amply and repeatedly exposed, but that he
Wo6d take facts admitted all hands, and h. did not
see how s,hc for unprciudicud to shut
his eyes the innrenres " hch he had drawn from
hcm, Who'd rather came out Of Themselves, without
being called FOR.
In this DAYS paner, Mr.. r. is Represented 10 have
soul" bat h. ass,rfed that from ncrnber 1874 he mad
no communication ii "h"r of those high contracting
p,'ir, r,c'pt certain 'ort Of communication with on"
Of hrm. VOW, fins j., &c ns-statemrut WIlch Mr.. IL