Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1890.

telhgencer, exhibits him in colors still more louthsome,
than his East Room Letter, his double mileage, or his
appropriation Of the widows pension which was eli.
trusted to his collections The fawniug parasite 10
those whom from some motive OF other, he wishes to
conc'liate, Is as conspicuous in that display, us the
h~cctoring insolence towards that portion Of the coun-
try, the abuse Of which is a favorite card in the game
OF a certain sett of Politicians. While his whole
spcecl, is an anathema of New England for her inn
agined hostility to the Western Country, he is per-
p tually travelling out Of his path to spcw upon John
Randolph, the recorded foe of that country, fat,ery,
which no man whom nature did not intend for a slave,
can read without inefable disgust. We had heard
that the loves OF those modern Damon and Pythias,
had from some cause. grown cold, and we had fat
tered ourselves with The hope, that the nation would
no more be annoyed with the enactment of love
scene. between then,-scenes, which the characters
OF the two Heroes, render as ridiculous as the cxli-
billions Of Punch aud his wife Joan. So the fact is,
we surmisc. as to Mr.. Randolph Eenton's affections
We conjecture, nrc less whimsical aud capricious.
aud are capable of surviving not only coldncss and
neglect, but contempt itself. Never engaging them
without: a sufficient reason, he never on the other
hand, withdraws them while q hope Of efTectinr his
end, remains
These reflections flow from his SPEECH, and from
Mr.. Randoiph's hostility to the Western Country,
manifested throughout his Congressional life, with
the exception of his support of Gen. jackson, and
his opposition TO the Missouri restrictions, PROMPTED
by other attachments. He voted against q. admis-
sion Of different new States after they had arrived
at constitutional maturity, and the whole spirit of his
politics. betrayed the utmost apprehension and jca-
lousy OF their rising consequence, and thei, inevita-
bic ascendancy ut some future day. These acts of
MIR. Randolph, are recorded in the same volumes
which Mr.. Benton has ransacked for remote and in
consequential evidence of the hostility of New Eng
land To the Western Country. They are plain. pos
hive and unequiyocal, while much of his accusation
against the other, is inapplicablc, and much more,
merely inferentiul. Win Mr.. Benton explain the
reason of this? Will he tell us why he has not only
I rsiven Mr.. Randolph for his enmiry totne West, but
squeezes him to his heart in a well ieigned transport
OF calculating extacy? Will he make known c contra,
why his piacability has never embraced New Enr-
land, and those who from that quarter, had offended
less ~pointedly, and less decisively. Is his object
Nir. Randolph, or Virginia, through Mr.. Randolph.
1917, Mr.. Randolph, some western measure
beng before the House, thus expressed HIMSELF
Mt Randolph said, That Gas an individual he had rather
u,e sse snoaia ~ 11 IT. oe Ian r." acre 6 Of public land sold n thirty years.
sasir Formulation ard wealth All the favor of gentlemen an
I'D n new countries. iu neglect of the od
5s'ates"-As Ioi his constituents, ..they asked Sothiny q If J na
s9setn"lcn,-'hey were in the habit OF living ON their own
public, or the parish" ~"
Ihis Is ono sample of his uniform mode Of think.
ing and speaking towards the West. Tho. Col.
benton should ieel some asperity towards those who
had attempted to thwart the growth and prosperity
Oh the western country, is not unnatural or very i'm.
proper. The world will judge of the sincerity of
this pretension, and of it's freedom from calculatino
ana hsid'ous design, when they find him yindic,ive,v
pursuing the smaller offenders, and caressinp tho
greater. We have spoken Of the fayorite card of n
certain sett of politicians. That is the abuse of New
England, and New England men. Since the pres;-
dency OF John Adams the elder, this is tho infalI;ble
resort whenever it Is desired for some hidden reason.
OF Pohticai effect, to concentrate and embitter south
efn feeling. a remarkable example Of the fact. is
Tic designation osthe Tariff by Southern dcms.
g'gues, high and low, as a JNep England measure.
NE" England is unpopular at the South and West,
ny hehce she is saddled with the paternity Of every
Oa'ous measure. Pennsylvania and New York, the
- parents OF the Tariff and Of atitudinarianism in
nerai' are TOO powerful to be offended, too nccessa.
~ 70 the views Of Southern ambition-and hence
those States are caressed, while New England with
her pure old English blood, and her unobtrusiye. bp,
practical denocracy-mor practical and real. than
Is 10 be found any where beside in this country. or IN
t"is world-i' sugrnatized for their offences. We
are no fankces-we should be proud of the citizen.
snip OF Warren, of Hancock, of the Adsmses. Of
SAineS otis' and to be the descendant Of the Repub.
Jeansof the age Of Charles I. IL we were--we baoe
no prejudice in particular thas We are sensible NJ "a,
or against that part Of the Union moro than anotbe,
but every man of proper feelings, oueh, to be in.
dignant at this sectional persecution, and the cul,va.
ton aud nounshment of Southern prejudice ausins,
oae portion Of our fellow citizens, for purposes of
scscrnIng ambition.
Hon. Mr. Chiffon Of Kentuekg..
The letter OF this gentleman 10 tbc cd;,o,s g a..
tsa', i"'eingcncer' and published in that paper on
"wednesday, will no raad ,,,,,k