The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-18


4 only way o. accounting for any talents IN hin
ID was BY referring them to his depravitg. mh,cl
! "asever driving nm upon strains OF thought
aud utierance, the iiesi rising 81 which. though
Joyful 10 has bosom, other men would stile
There are among msnkind thnse who, wanting
strength hnd sNiliness to run ahsad Of THEN Eel
, low men ~ the uohe RACE OF achievement and
, distinction, seek noluirty by run my aisfg,
IN slrldrs OF meral aud u,enial ohliqulty To
tins class emphailrail, belonged, II was also de-
clared the individual in question.
His claims 10 all genuine snpeiiuritv had es-
IDENTITY fallen in quick succession 10 The ground.
On the most deliberate estimate which right rea-
san aud G. i,oal Justice could Turn nj his quail.
ties, under stuci bal Tar feyicw Of thrm Nil,
The de eision pnesed against hin ~ gentleman,
scholar, orator. statesman and man OF genius.
It became honeles. ON lhe book Of his lie beng
opened and scanned, 10 deck mn IN tht honos
OF any one of thase characters, my more than
10 nlalIr HIN out an amiable OF good man
Ills tile to each ~as iuslantaneousy overthrow
a. Furious There was no loeal Partially, no
| 'tea Aeeion OF his adventurous fame, none Of the
emffy ekaegetations aud thou.liless praises
| by which u Ind been pulled OUT ibete WAS he
l"senuits OF fancy or force oi logic. could save
han ltlmight be shock to prejudicrs spring
! n'g from such sources as these, and which time
had made almost ,nyeterate, suddenly and To-
tally 10 give him up hut th,ve vas no resisting
the convictions which made IL inevitable. sill
the contest was not over. CanAoui required
the admission, that there was one other chaiac-
ter IN which he had long 1outshed IN his own
! country, aud tlouIished in supremacy TIN
CHARACTER OF A oALuMNIAron. Ibis was the
! exclusive test 10 winch his claims at last came.
| Nothing else was left upon which 10 build the
least hope otfepalalion for his mental faculties
Htgt I.Fa Id su.rt IL.
will bear the bell, shall have the victory now
True, there will he something gnohlc IN i, bni.
! nevertheless, il will be victory There is no.
| thing can match him IN this line, surely John
| Randelph against the world Here will TAX
posi as ON a rock Tom Spring Is not more the
undonhiod chnmT ION OF England, o. Grilnaldi
the hero of paufenime, than our Randolph is
foremost ia cutting and mailing a character to
pieces. He can do II in al aboriginal sjyle with
which YOU IN Europe, tramelled by your for.
| malHies aud your lasiidlpusness are unacquaint.
| ed All reserves he seorns, all eirenmloentions.
-Sehpey 1tnrailfs as he would say. He can
lug tou in and scalp you President aud Seele-
tary. aye all four of the Secretaries in ernup
NO maiter what the debate when your Sholi-
dams, your Canuings, your Brougba would b.
| looking al eachother M mute wonder, never dream
| lng b4 what hocus pocus lac hsd ooutrived II
I Nor IS tie abrupt infep dty Of his onset great
! er ihan the fury with which he can cash aud
! mangle wheI onceAt work How puugcni aud
decorating bis sutire- his invectve how form
dahle how consuming Who is there can
! stand before IL 7 And then thai long finger
! eh, how verse than any dagger when he points
It Ut his foes, aud, raging patriot. nj the foes Of
/ his country. How IL killed beau Dawson, how
/ It frghtens Others ak of the stDpiosi0 ptdis
! # You will it never came up 10 ms indicalls
! dig5b this jayein Of thctore--lor what oihpf
name ran future Long muses aud Quintlaae CIV,
! i-"bieb he darts Out with an ofatorlcal oiltt
so chiyaIro"s aud deadly
! Wbllst was indsIging IN tins vein of aotiri.
pn'ed triumph, the Brlton pun single question.
| he proiessrd himself ignorant of any Rboflgi-
| al style al ordtory, but, SIMPLY asked, whether.
! aitct all, We. ~ our county supposed MI. kau-
doph superior ia the line Of abuse, 10 then
! Cobben ! was wholly unpreparcd Tor tbs
question. II proved overwhelming. | shrunk
! from II without tie power Of ialying. II WIS
plain, on uomeul's reelection. that the resrni.
bance would hold with extraordinary fidelity
up 10 a CERTAIN point. bat tall short afterwards
saw, IA desp3ii, f#dt even ~ Ills line. too.
sas In lp yanqnshed M1ertm menioraia
Alike thay we've II, lheIr appetite OF Islander. u.
UNIVERSAL aud indispensable alike in having
'tch Il d,ralcd a lie 20 the pursuit; alike IN
tntns mutually rla.d UDrf "A all partf,s, al
Hpunaas all men; alike ~ lbeif effort 10 pnf
town every ume, and IN bc,ng a0ie TO set 10.
hiug up, alkr--n vnlgmiy Bat here TIN
resemblance cnded. IN pursuing the subject
| vas constrained u admit that obbrtt bad thu
advantage. He dealt nui blows of masculine
n &C and yigor. reasoning wtlIe he denounced
| ..,ndplgh, uupatent If reason, poured out sheef
venom AM Disgusting ~ bis Impotence, pour
ed IT aut upon lsmaes Is wr As men. Tht on
aid On his -alumny with the downright pm
soas of a mtu. Tie other f#aned on, his with
The raee Of Jezabel. | am boond 10 add TINT
never heard OF Cuhbefts ,lmdrilng womH ii.
i Is understood on the couttety, thai he IS KIND
10 the sex and that the domestic ceilings arc
sound IN hlm.
It IS umr for me- 10 think Of coming 10 a pause
| have mort, much more, 10 sav Of tai, trans
: ceniam nnpOster, Is tnolm1tion may prompt,
ard leisure allow bat not nos o. leisure il
Is proper 70 premise thar there is but liltle me
This my attempt to present the proper analysis
II bis ateIIrcual aud moral enoiinliies to Gie A
meiiean people, would not Sc have been 50
,loog delayed. H. following up my TASK OF por-
traymg rim under all views vii violate no
confidence. Not lha have ever Rad any from
MIN, traitor by instinct TO hts friendships, aud
whose person nod ~ unmixeB adherence, but
that ! will have nothing 90 say oi him in conneA-
ION with private names or private mansions i,
such violations with him, rs he ysI1'es the man.
sons OF The dead | will mack hun, a. raw
been doing IN the clubs coffee houses, and high
WAYS OF England o. elSr~hc al nv pleasure
Let me add, that TO Ussa,l nfters. IN print or o.
tncrWi.e, is no partof my vacation. desire
to seek in different lraiu of pui SUITS my pas
times and my duties Yet, when holding up TO
merted odlum the most malignant Of offenders
and this have aimed AZ by rttecIug his true
mage 10 the nation. shrou not myself in Sc
crecy. From the public, my name will he kept;
not 20 from eofendcr, should he vant ii. II
seems thai his peculiar nervousness CLnnot be
gorged by victims IN the legislative hall alonr
AZ the last session 81 ongress he determined to
enlarge the sphere Of his lmmolatlonS. Prolific
IN the NEE conccis Of Il calunlnlaior,T prolific
N nothing else. he hat upon A. ingenious expert
ment Hetulnrd author. lie subsidized the
pen rs the ally Of his tongue. Nothing too high
~ Tie reach Of his ambition so he determines