Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-01
THE VHREiNEAN.
,ySCURURG, JULY 1880.


yoLn Raadolph.--The appon,men, of Mr..
, p..aoloh rs Minister 10 Russia was heard OF
al, ,omixed a,,onshinent his aecep.
,.,,e The nIfce was, II possible. sill more
calculated to surprise even his best friends. We
..,,ure to say that there are but te" men who
,,,,sve that he is qualified for that station in
male re,peci la saying SO, we do not mean
>. 4cny 10 Mr.. Randolph the possession of tai.
l.,,. oftbe highest ordes-but they are not of
,6,t character which are requisite in the re.
,,.scpt,tiye ola nation at "A foreign court. His
csnius is purely Of popular cast-suited
oolv 10 the hastings and halls OF legisla-
,,n-where he may freely indulge IN that Bit
,o,ness of sarcasm aud those cutting PERSONAL.
,;es which consIistute the principal charm,
while they ara the disgrace, OF his best efforts.
niyest his speeches of these pecuiiarli'es. aud
80, have oofhins left buta dry aud uninleres-
ting skeleton. Whenever he has attempted
,e,nlsr and connected cham OF arsument-as,
IN me im5 chmcnt of Judge Chase, tor exam
nle-he has fallen below medlpcrity. Let
any man peruse ms speeches on thai trlal-a
trial iostiglted by himself, and in the prosecu-
,ion OF which, therefore, he was stimulated 10
cyertion by every motive winch may be pre-
.uned 10 operate On young, vain, aud amir
,ious man, seeking TO reach the high places of
the nation BY the strength OF his talents, and
therefore, boldly throwing him self into the res
.on,ibs Office Of an accuser-we say, LET any
one peruse his speeches on that deeply inter
exinp occasion, aud then read Hopkinsnn' 5,
or Harpers, OF Marlin's. or even ii some of the
lesser sa tcIites who aided in the prosecution
and how Insignificant and peufile does his ar
rumsm appear Add yet, IL is precisely this
s,scips of talent, which, as well 90 The occasion
10 which va have adverled, as ON every other
which we are aware OF, he has shown himself
10 be wholly dispossessed, that is eSsentid! ia
Minister Plenipoientiary. >Oh This ground,
therefore, his appointment and accep la"ce were
extraordinary.
They are still more so, however. when we
.recollect how uniform aud biting have been
his saeers against all who have dipped their
Aands into the public treasury and toasted on
7he fatness of the land, drawn from the sweat
of,he peoples brow And yet, with these
sneers and sarcasms staring him i'll the face,
tie has not hesifated to put himself in stua-
ion which directs whatever Of truth and
Justice and force they possess, point blank
al himself: Lisien 10 him. in 1923. He says
$50 long as man is man, the victorious de-
fender oths country he will, and ought TO receive
ahat country's suffrage tor all that the forms
Of her government allow her TO give
Sir, what can the country do Tor me : As Tor
mower, what charm can It have for one like
me IL power had been my Ohject, must
have been less sagacions than my worst enc.
mics have represented me 10 he, il ] had not
obtained it. :" " Was II Office ? What, sir
10 drudge in youe laboratories in the depart.
rnents, or be a. The tail your corps diploma
iiqae in Europe ? Eyiled 10 Siberia. Alas
Sir, in my condition cap of cold Weter W0Rld
be more acceptable, WHAT can the country
give me tina, do not possess in the confidence
Of such constituents as no msn ever had be-
iore' can retire to my old pais'm9Diai lfee''
where may see the sun RE ana set IN Heac'.
And shall give up them and this
And for what For The hedrtless dmuSe N ents I
and vapid pleasures and furnished honors OF
This abode OF splendid misery, of shabby spen-
dor for a clerkship in the war office, o.
FOREIGN MISSION, 10 dance Attendance |
ABROAD instead Of a! HOME. -or even for II
department ITSELF Sir, thirty gears make sad
changes in man. fee! Mot IhGHg 10 |
crisieacs BY anngls hair--tha, the sword oi
Damocles is suspended over me
And be is now the very Ming Which. in
1928, he held in such utter scorn he could
not better have drawn his own portrait even
had he then tnoun that in 1890, John Ran
dorh would be dancing attendance abroad,
al hc tau q dUs corps dioiamadqas IN En-.
E0pe :!
Strange, that such man should ever have
been eI,oed for that excellent virtue in po.
iliician- consistency; virtue So entirely in.
compatible with his talents or his temper.
such man as Mr.. Randolph is cannot be con.
sis'eut but by accident, as he has demonstrated
ny the whole history OF his lie. lnconsisten,
nc has been in every thing his opinions,
MS actions, his attachments, and his hatreds-
Yersonaiiog, at different times, all grades Of
character, from the splendid oratot- down TO
ne contemplate budoun--Io-day, the advocate
OIL morals, and tomorrow, outrsgeously VIC
ialng, in his own conduct, his owe precepts-
III snort, he has been every thing by turns, and
nothing long. On one subDec, alone, has he
oeen Uniform in his opinions, and that has been
IN his opposition to the assumptions Of power
oy'he general government, not granted by
Ue constitution, and in his consequent vndica
"on OF the rights OF the States against aggres-
500! But, We can find cause for this np.
p"s"S cons's,enc, of principle, in his uniform
shnI'y TO those who have been at the head OF
'aa'rS' In opposing the gradual encroach-
~sh'S on the rights OF The States, he only graf
hI- II