Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-12
KtrtntosuD GasDtU,
FRIDAY MORNING. NOV. I2. 1880.
MIR. RANDOLPH

Try WIN a sensation OF the ludlcrouS: aud II has
given occasion to some unjust severity of comnenta
ry, as well as copious displays Of subscrviency fom
certain accommodating gentlemen of the quill, who
as they could never abuse John Randolph enough in
the hour of bis political prostration, stand ready since
bis partial restoration TO public favor to groom him
IN all occasions, and even seem disposed to set up as
= principal merit, the excess TO which they carry
their scrvile adulation. These devoted admirers
determined TO atone for former dctrac,ion by present
sycophaDcy, lay claim to a sort of omnisciencc in
relation 10 all that concerns Sr. Randolph. AT the
distance of st Peiersbutgh they pretend entire COM
potency to decide upon the character of the many
rumors which the conduct Of the extraordinary Am
bassador has put into circulation, and do not hesitate
TO denounce Us false, what Il; is impossible they can
know to be such even if il be, and what is in itself
exceedingly possible and exceedingly in character
with the unique being of whom it is related
Whether 1t be meancst to spit upon the PROSTATE.
or 10 lick the dust from the feet of the powerful, it is
bo0llc to determine
We find in different public Journals the following
remarks and Intelligence:
The u. s. Telegraph says:
We are informed that intelligence has been received at the
Department of State % the arrival of Nj. Randolph at ~. Pc.
NfsoiISn, where he was most cordially received by the Empe.
rar. Itts, however, with deep concern That we state that his
VS. '"''-' NFN''S'"IN ~ idVlO dHu bItat
enins = decline az TO render his immediate removal tn a more
genial climate indispensable to the preservation of his lGe. He
arrived at London on the 18th September, on his way To the
South OF France, wnere ii 8 his intention, with the appreciation
OF The President, to spent. the ensuing winter. and to return to
II FeteTsbursh III the spfing, If the state Of his health will al
init OF it.
This may be considered we presume as an Official
aDnuncialion, intended both 10 excuse Mr Randolph's
sudden abandonment of the cmbassage, & the govern
ment for having appointed him. 1t may well be
doubted, if Mr.. Randolph be really more unwell than
when he left the O. States: ct all events, the infer.
,cnce of his illness from his leaving the Russian Cap
ltai, is 4 ron ~seqpitur, for we affirm that his previous
purpose OF doing so, was nc secret in this city. He
never intended to remain at ST. Petersburgh, and the
government knew he did not intend it.. To take tie
cnolumen', and the domestic, but chiefly the Eng
ASh credit of the emoassage, ia exhibit himself IN The
cbterics Of diplomacy Of London, aud then 10 pass the
winter IN the delicious climate of Mont pelIer and Ma
pies, were all that tie Ambassador proposed to do for
himself or others-The disgracc!Ii part PLAYED by the
Administration in this affair, and by III ynheer, is con-
spicuous aud consistent in all its stages. Wiser than
Mr.. Jefferson, who admitted cir. Randolph to possess
'tolen's of n certain kind but who could not be
cbaxed or bullied into the convict ~ of his dipIoma-
&c abilities, the Administration of Jackson not ONLY
discovered what his sasaci,y could not see, but would
take no refusal of their ~prof"red kindness from the
'A'H' NHS
hands of their eters. There is every reason to be-
llcve from Dir. RanGolph's own account OF the matter.
that the Russian embnssnge was pressed upon him with
afond and per,inacious solicitude which offended even
lis sense Of the dignity which it was incumbent
Upon a great Government to observe. and which left
him no alternatives but acceptance or a breach of DO
Etcness. This correspondence Mr.. K carries in his
pocket, and as appears, is as ready to display III ST.
psfcrshurn IN I'll u.bo ,.orIJ rooJ Al, No. L. 49,
Richmond; and it is meet, that these letters infic-
ting wounds upon the honour and dignity of the
country, should become the instruments of punishinn
their authors. II is in stric, keeping, for an udninis-
TRITON which stopped from the dignity of the AmerI-
can people to beg the acceptance OF their favors from
a naughty individual, and the principal of whom was
Afterwards seen quitting the helm of public affairs to
play tie lackey to his envoy, now entering the public
prints TO apologize fo' his abuse of their confidence.
and even subjcctins themselves to the suspicion OF
not adhering to truth, in order to make that apology
more complete. We are well convinced that Mr..
Rundolph's purpose not to remain at St. Petersburoh !
was not unknown to the Cabinet at Washington. and
tie semi-oficial excuse o~fsickpess to account for his
abandonment Of his post. even fit have any founda-
lion in fact, is n suggestion Of motives which thew
know 70 be false.
Oi The eccentrc behaviour which distinguished his
stoy at St. Petersburgh, We have various accounts in
the northern papers, many ofthem probably eyaooe.
rated, but all Of them bearing marks Of yerisimii.
tude. Those who best know Mr.. Randolph. will he
the first 10 recognize the probability, not n SOW Ger
family. Of the general truth Of these accounts, and tho
parasites who make a wholesale defence of HE co,.
duct, are doomed to stand revealed in Their mcan,ess
70 the eyes Of all who know John Randolph. and orst
ofa all to his most intimate friends. We find omon,
other things, the following:
The Alexandra Gazette s7ys:-
All the reports concerning DIR RS conduct s,c
fnlly confirmed; and however much VIC NAV CoI Ln
inflated Er the degradation put upon the Rcpublrc hv
its Minister. we are bound not to sllut our eyos IN a.,
truth. Tie New York Commercial Advertiser, ne.
sures its readers that the revelations Of Mr.. r. = con.
doct come from various sources--al respectable. md
ell concurring IN the leading facts.
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