Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-07-07
Gbe Constitutional seabtg.
SATURDAY MORNING, july 8, 9

SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1880.
GET The Norfolk Beacon of July l., furnishes a
sketch of Mr.. Bandolph's speech at the dinner given
him ON Saturday last, which we ~rcpublish for the sat-
isfaction of the curious.r
Mr.. RANDOLPH rose and made his acknow-
Judgements for the honor which had been done him
He said, that some 8 or 8 years ugo, in a different part
of the world, on an occasion not disslmilar to the
present, he had, on being toasted, expressed his oPn-
ion of the practice of giving toasts and receiving COM
pliments, at public dinners, as being one unusual in
his own country, ana more honored in the breach
than IN the observance, IN as much as 1t furnished too
great encouragement to speak of that vile thing self.
He had said this, by way of apology for the very
awkward figure which he then cut. and which, Mr..
Mayor, said he, ! doubtless do now. Rat that it was
not without it's uses, for it sometimes served to elicit
from wary, shy and skittish politicians, sentiments
which they might otherwise have kept conceoled.-
He said, that no man would believe that this last
consideration could be applicable to him; for that his
principles, thank Cred, had never been hidden. Butthct
on an occasion like the present, when he was about to
leave his native country, perhaps forever, and when an
opportunity was for the first tine offered to him of
publickly explaining his motives, he felt it due to his
Constituents and to himself, to say, that he had served
them more than thirty years, and that supposing
they would never require his services again,
Us the sagacity of no man could have fore
seen the adoption of an amended Constitu-
tion-he had accepted Office, as unexpected as it
was unsolicited under the present ADMINISTRATION.
He had done this land he seized upon this occasion
10 ueCIdE6 lI,l IIOm LhC VIZ IhoI III ~ ooliS ne
would give support to the administration of q man
who had his entire confidence, and in whose honesty,
iptrepidity, and moral courage he had the utmost re-
lance. He would not conceal that there were some
things which he might have wished otherwise, and
where was The administration OF which this might not
be said? But, he asked, were we boarding school
misses, looking up to some beau-ideal Of perfection,
or were we men, regarding things as they are.--No,
be said, we were men, aud he at the head of affairs
Was bat a man and fallible like ourselves; but a man
whose failings lean to virtues side. lie said, more
over there was no alternative between the support of
the present administr alton and the restoration of the
Bourbons and the Stuaits-of the expelled dynasty;
and that it made no difference whether be took a
pound from this scale or added q pound to that.
Charles Fox had truly said that the worst of all pos
sible governments was q Restoration; and he hoped
our future experience might not furnish enother eN-
ample to confirm it. That it was left for us to choose
whom we would serve.-"But" he said, "cheose We
whom We may, I and my house will serve the Lord"
Mr.. r. said, that, believing his Constituents had
no further service for him, he had come forward, at
the call of his country; that he did not 60 abroad to
attend foreign levees, or to make his bows to titled
digntaries; for that never having practised at home,
hewouid be voted into the awkward squad, and sent
hack to drill; that he did not 60 out as resident Min
ister;-he went upon a special mission, and that re-
infscta aut~ facta;-whether his purpose was obtained
or defeated, home he retnrned.-he did not 60 to
pocket the paltry outft-he never had, and never
would consent, to take the peoples money, without
rendering an equivalent for 1t.
Mr.. B.. alluded TO the formation of the Federal
Constitution, and said, that he recollected when I'M
derthe old confederation, embarking from this port,
he had been compelled JED to Rny a duty as an a,,e Go on
~stitutiou of the United States when it anne forth
from it's ~chrysalis state, :'and Sir" said he, emo man
saw-yes one man dId see--two men saw-Patrick
Henry and George MasGn-the secret sting which
furked beneath the gaudy pinions of the Butterfly"
He saw Washington when he landed ut whitehall
He saw a procession of both houses of Congress
drawn up to receive him, at a place now called Cot
fec House slip-He saw him when he delivered his
inaugural. address--he did not hear him, for that was
impossible-he heard and recollected perfectly well
his frs, message to Congress. lie remained in New
York during ali the sessions of Congress--'But' said
he 81 did not 60 to a Levse; and that he never had in his whole
life attended one, either under the administration of George
Madisoa, or James Monroe, or John @ Adams, or Andrew
Jackson; land so help me God" he added, with earnestness, 81
Mr. R alluded to the reign of terror No but we do not
distinctly reeohect the context We have given, OF course hut
an imperfect sketch ofthe outlines of Mr. BIS address, and we
speech may NOT have been preserved: He concluded however,
his feelings hut his interests were concerned.-
prosperity, and success, now and forever, TO the ancient Bo-
Either the Plenipotentiary himself, OF come of his
most intimate friends, swerve from the truth, about
his feelings towards, and s'confidence"-aye, centre
confidence in the Greatest and Best. The truth is,
that from the moment Mr.. r. left Washington before
the adjournment of Congress, to avoid tho spectacle
of the Republican Coronation in March 1929, un-
til he received his appointment, the administration
was ID bad odour with him. Some who saw him in
this interval, will read the declaration of his centre
confidence" with surprise. His embassy is the aka
line which corrected the acid. How capable he is OF
small d~eviations from strict truth, thousands can wit
ness who heard his nttne dinitis IN the Convention
and elsewhere, when he had his Russian Commission
in bis pocket.
Phe Plenipotentiaiy could not leave the Ameri-
can shore, without hurting a last Partlian shot at
The man whom be hates because he has iniured-a
mas as superior to himself in elevation of soul, as he
deems him inferior in birth. The election of Henry
Clay RESTORATION! Were it indeed SO, and the
comparison was a just one, the Plenipotentiary has
forgotten that the rncss Of the Republicans were rea
dy 10 aid in the restoration of Charles II, to remove
the tyrant CROMWELL: as in our day, we shall find ma