Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-02-23

ask again, where are the monuments
of this mans glory? Has he improved
his native State in the great arts Of civil
life? IL agriculture, his own peculiar vo-
cation; 1t has never been said oihim.-i
Have manufactures been iostercd by his
encouragement; Sir, the very name is
odlous to him. The sheep, the most in
nocent of all animals, and supplying by
its wool the material for perhaps our most
useful manulacturc-the sheep is so hate
ful to him, that, with all the poetry of the
gold In age in his blood, this gentleman
has said "I tcoUld go t,reaty rods om olmy
1ray 10 kick a Sheep" Commerce has
been as little encouraged by him as el-
thcr of her sister arts in our family Ofna-
tional industry. lie is one of a class of
men, now grown quite small in our coun-
try, who dcspsc traffic and traders; and
would have considered Cosmo de Medi-
cis the prnccly merchant and founder of
Florence, as no better than Il tin pcdlar
He is literary, moral, ] trust pious; but
what has he done to advance learning,
,,,orality, or religion? In TINS liouoo,
where he so long had a seat, where are
the fruits of his sage councils; the laws
originated, or sustained by his eloquencc? ?
and which will carry his name to poster
ity as a patriot statesman? When the
gentleman shall point to these monuments
and shew them to belong to MIR. Kan
dolph, he may realize ii fame somewhat
less fugitive and pershablc than mere
words.
The gentleman from Virginia Nlr.
BARBoUR) would carry my opposition TO-
this salary to mere political account; and
says am opposed to it because Mr. Ran
dolph overthrow the fabric otlcderal pow
or. BE it so; let the man ENJOY the en-
tire fame of all the benefit, and all the
mischief he has done. | had no share in
that power which every citizen did not
equally enjoy. 1t gave me no honor, no
emolumcnt. do not believe, and think
thousands who aided in its overthrow, do
not now believe, that any structure, since
that time erected on its ruins, has given
holier sanctuary to the Constitution, or
more secure shelter to the rights and
liberties of the people. If this giant par
tizan did overthrow that fabric, he could
not DUTN UilNtT us iulllS llit Sltdl IIhl'l-
pies of the revolution, "Union and indie
pendence )" the songs Of my cradle, the
political creed Of every hour OF my life :;
and not sooner to be forgotten than the
santed bosom which nourished my inlan-
cy.
What did this man build, what could
he build, in its place? Sir, when day light
L 4 al, III "a, a. ~
John Randol ph sat, in the gIimpscs of
The morning, like the genius Of the earth
quake, amidst the ruins OF some splendid
city, without the power, or the will to
move single stone to rear now cdI-
fee. Nay, sir, when the statesman of
those times, forgetting the storm of party,
set themselves in earnest to rebuilding,
this man Of monuments resisted their Ia
bors. Little does the gentleman know
me, if he believes feel anger at the Ia
bors, or envy at the fame of the man
whom he has culogized. He will be re-
mcmbcred, when much better Nrginians,
and perhaps the gentleman himself, may
be forgotten: but he will be remembered
as the years of mildew and bigH and fam
me are remembered, when those of picn-
ty and prosperity arc forgotten. He may
live in story; but not, like Washington,
"in The hearts ofhis counhnmcn"
| should have said no more Of the Sec
retary of egation, had not the gentleman
Transmitted his confirmation by the Senate
into the Roman ceremonial of bestowing
the Toca Nirillis. This toga, this gown,
was, in the open forum, given annually
by all the Romans to all their bows, who
had, during the year, arrived to the age
of seventeen years. BY this classical
alusion, | presume the gentleman in
tends to assure us that Mr. Randolph 5
Secretary of Legation has fully arrived
at that interesting period of his life. |
had asserted he was twcnty-Onc, but |
willingly admit the gcntlcman's corrcc-
ton.
The other gentleman from Virginia
(Nlr Coke has reinforced his colleague.
win these gentlemen never have done
with misstating me; Have rcproached
Virginia. Never, sir, never. When
speaking of any one other citizens here,
| have spoken Of him as an American
citizen. When speaking Of that State |
have, on this floor, and elsewhere, spo-
ken of her as one which poured her whole
Spartan soul into the Revolution, which
sent to the field of conflict a band Of pa
triot warriors, "who have filed the world
with their and our glory" and which, to
secure the benefits, in addition to the tri-
umphs of victory, rcinqpishcd her terri
torial claims to an empire, prcfcrring to
!Stote sectional interest the more glorious
objects of Union and independence. re-
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