Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-11
THE yIRGaNIAN.
,vNcuR,JRG, nov. H. 1870

John Randolph, of Roan0Fe'-"s eop' .1'
~ reluctance. few days ago "o"' '"'
~ vorL Journal OF Commerce. +" s"'i'
- 10 be descriptive oil Mr. ran
ao,oh,, reception and co"d"e' o" MS " va,
G, petersburg. We say we e'i''e"
9TH observation-disclosures, no'w''ns'a"'
mas entirely characteristic OF the mb"
"e .1 he.n before so grossly niistepreseh- e
,aa tina, we had some misglv'ngs 'ha' W''' TOO
nm exaggerated and extravaganza caf'ca-
-. II not absolutely the invention. OF some III
,..;d,,, who had probably received an 'nsu''
r., Mr. r, and had resorted to this mode OF
.vsnoing himself. Our doubt was somewhat
.,,.,o,bened by The publication Of letters "f'''e"
-a;.ers of the Concord, in which ship MI
Randolph was conveyed tn Russia represent
.aa b;s conduct during the yoyngeto have oe""
,,a;formly kind and mild, although they descen-
:, 9th rather too UGH of baihos, 10 part'c" q
-, IN spe.king ofhis condescenslon even l" ms
..,vant, Jupa and John, and to ms dog DO. :
w. vere not disposed, -notwi.hstandiag our
..,;,;.aI feelings towards Mr.. Randolph, TO
credit. without farther evidence story wn'c''
~, wore true, must inevitably have had ten
-, n produce, in ST. Petersbnrgh and else
....,,s in Europe, the most unfavorabe opIn-
oe,be American character. BIT subsequent
..,o,,,s from Russia show that there was too
..,..oh foundation for the article TO which we
refer.
~, ,olac,oo of their Ambassadors 10 for
.ro courts. il is generally presumed that oil
rovernmen,s take into consideration the man
-, "a well as the Talents o! their representa-
,;,o FIR the latter can never achleVe any
tbinp beneficial however profound ana or"'
,iont thew NAV be, if the former are OF arepo'
sive and suuercIlious character. MIR. Jchersph
was perfecly aware Of Mr.. kaodo'ph's neon
netency for such an Office. when, during ms
administration. Mr. II. solicited an Embassy 70
Europe. ola more digai6ed and important
character than that which he now Ills. How
much that incompetency has been since agra
waited. b, causes well known to all who are
couyersant with his subsequent history, 1t IS not
neeessary to saw A victim, even then, when
his urosDqcrs were OF the most brillian, charac-
ter, TO misanthropic views OF humaa nature
gloomy and hypochondriacal in his temper
and bitter and relentless in his anlnosllies-
all these feeling operate new with io"rfo'u
force. when age sna other causes. instead OF
teaching him prudence and schar'iy, have but
confirmed the violent prejudices oil his youth
and when prescription gives rerr license TO MS
tongue. II, as is said, MIR. Jtferson replied TO
Mr. Randolph's application, that he certain
" possessed great talents. but. that those tai
cnts we're not of character suitable Tor MIN
i.ter TO a foreign COURT would seem mat
he ought to haya been the very Inst man whom
the second elTerson' should haye solicited, at
this day, t, accept of such an office. Events
have tested the sagacy Of Mr.. Jetierson-and
.how how little claim Gen. Jackson has to
throw that great mans mantle over hi. shonl
ders. Il is the lions hide where the ca'fskIn
should be hung.
II appears that. after aresdenc Of fifteen of
twenty daysi ST. Petersbnrgh, Mr.. Randolph
las suddenly aud abruptly left that court, with
ou, having had time possibly TO enter upon the
DISCUSSION Of the special object of his MISSION
Thus have $4,000 been sqnanderei by the
present economical administration, Tor no earth
iy purpose bu, to punish political opponent
Ito reward political favorlte indeed but
10 get out Of the country man whose element
and alimen, is opposition-aud who, il he had
continued at home, would probably be-
fore now, have tie, loose the dogs of war
upon this. as he has done upon every anect
dent administration. The reason assigned for
his departure from ST. Petersburgh by his
friends is the +" state nj his health. Bur why,
we ask, was valetudinariaD, of whom it has
been truly said tina, his constitution was not
able to endure even white frost" in Char
lotte county, selected TO brave the rigors Of a
Russian winter, under the severity of which The
hardy egions of Napoleon sunk 2 Was It not
kn0rn tina, MIR. Randolph's health, even in hi.
prime, could not have endured that climate
We hope that those prints which were 50 indig-
nant when Mr.. Adams sent Rufus King TO
Urea, Britain, while enfeebsd by age and in-
disposition, though still vigorous and clear in
intellect, will not now remain silent-or at least
that they will not Justify, approve or extenuate
an act a hundred times more Objectionable
simply because il emanated from Gen. Jack sou.
-one of,hs letters from ST. Petersburgh, an
nounelng Mr., Randolph's intended departure.
'en'arks, thousand strange stories are told
Of him."
Inc administration, we perceive, are ex-
"emiy eager to foresal public opinion on this