Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-16
THE VERGlNsAN.
LySCHBURG, DEC. 10, 1880.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Of We lhink We may safely promise that II
ANAL not occupy much more than a uthe OF the
space filled by the Message itself We hope.
too II viii he conceived and dictated in sprii
o truth and caodor, uusloyed by patty or per-
.onal feeling We shall take up the subjects in
the order they staad in the Message.
l.t Foreign Rslations.-The view taken by
the President of our foreign relations is unoh-
iectlonable with two exceptions. firsi-We
do not conceive that the facts Known to the
nuiiic warrant the tone oil EMULATION which he
smolo,s 10 rela ion to the recovery Of the Yves,
India trade, as II 10 aggrandize this admins
! ,,atiop at the expense VI the last. On the con.
,ra,v xe are justified 10 brllevng shat, II, in
order 10 procure this result, no sacrifice has
been ma Ie Of om Interests. yef, that We have
Welded much of tliaI dignity, without the pos
session and careful guardianship Of which ma
,;ons nm no more secure respect than indyld-
uals. And after AL, why such overweenns
eynltation when the ruth il, that all that has
beeu gained by the success of Mr.. McLane IS
no more than vas indignantly rejected by his
nr.dece,.ofs AT the Court Of ST. James! And
besides, il seems to rs that the Piesiden' OF the
United States oige.s the stallion he occupies
when he makes his Annual Communications TO
Congress The medio@ oil chanting his own Gu
logy. II is only his duty, aud IT Is enough Tor
him, to state what he has done. The business
of eulogy should be lell to his friends enough
of whom, pretended or real, may always be
found haunting the pnrlieus ofihe Palace, rem
dy to weave a chaplei for its occupant and 10
sing his praises in exaggerated strains.-And.
secondly, we object TO the landatory style IN
which the President comments upon the talents,
zeal. and good conduct of his Foreign Minis
tiers as being alike unnecessary, unpreceden-
I ed and undgnfed Sdch, indeed, was ct the
design of the trainers OF the Constitution, when
they provided that " he shall from time to time
give to the Congress information Of the state o
the Union, anu recommend 10 their conslderh-
ton such measures as he shall judge exPed-
ent" As, however, he thought proper to in
dnlge in this strain of gnod feeling, he should
no, have drawn upon his fancy for his facts. as
he undoubtedly did when he accounts for the
extraordinary privilege. conferred upon our
Extraordinary Ambassador TO the Court OF Kus-
sin, by alleging thatn was " in consideration
OF the extent TO which his constitution had been
impaired in the public service" If the Pres
dent believed this to be true--as we are bound
To suppose he dd--then We have only 10 say,
he should not have selected as an Ambassador
a man whose health, by whatever means i'm
paired, required this extraordinary Indulgence
and more especial, when the Ambassador,
in violation ofal rule, WAS permitted to select
az his Secretary OF Legation, "A bPardless yOuh
moi oaly without experience, but absolutely
without talent, upon whom the entire duties
ofthe Embassy have necessarily devoIved.
But, every mao knows, or ought TO know, that
# Mr.. Randolph's health has becn " impaired
in the public service" il has not been Impaired
BY the public service. That his excessrs sumo
winters ago, while menber Of the Senate
may have aggravated the " church-yard cough"
with which, for twenty years or more, he has
been affected, and which, If we may believe him,
has more than ouce brought him to the verge
of the tomb 10 matter of common nutoriety
Bnl can conceive of no reason why that
should have entitled him to the special favor of
the President except II be that by bunting in
hun the moral sense, il rendered him more reck-
less of dscenoy aud good order, and melted
him TO conduct OF which sane man would
hluih 10 have been guilty. 1t certainly maize
hun more furious against the administration O.
Mr.. Adams-more bitter in his hostility and
less fastidious AS to his weapons of opposition
And ifhdt is what Gen Jackson calls public
serri,e," it is no doubt rue that Mr. Randolph's
health was impaired by it, and accounts at
once fer the plenary latitude Of discretion al
lowed TO him on his embarkation 10 81. Peters
burg Those who begged him to accept of the
office, with servIle and unbecoming peril
nacity, of course could not refuse him such ex,
ira privileges as he might claim as the condition
Of his acceptance aud we do not know that
we should to- closely scrutinize the alleged
motive Tor the hesowment ofthose indul-en-
e'e', when it has elected sach admirable in
sehu1y in explaining it away The pub.
TIC service indeed Admirable trap, this. 10
catch guls
2nd Internal Improvement The P,e,ids,,
treats this subject AT great Length, in both i,s
oranches--lts erpediency and it, condiiuiion,h-
i2-aod IS much more candid and esp!ici, in
the statement OF his views than he was in M.
hfs' annual communication to Congress or in
his celebrated Veto Message. He is decidedly
opposed to the jurisdiction Of the federal Co.,
eranen' over this subjec, at all-and we hear.
'iy agree with him. Whether the mode whit, |
ne suggests OF rendering j. unnecessary thu,
'oa' jurisdiction should hereafter be sppe aled
TO- by distributing the surnl,,s ro,o