Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-16

speeches on tins occasion, 60 shew not only his hos
UNITY, but also To illustrate the contempt which he has
ever feu Tor military men and measures:
NO sooner was the report LAID on the table. than
'ae vulturcs were HbckIng round theig prey, tho car
case OF a grrat military northumberland of faint
cd reputation, OF broken fortune tf they ever had
any, sud OF battered constitutions, choice spirits"
tlcG OF the dull pursuits of civil hfe, were seeking
after agencies and commissions; willing to dose III
gross stupidity over the public fire: to light the pub
lic candle at both ends. Honorable men undoubted-
~ there were, ready To serve their country, but what
man of spirl, or self respect. would acccp, n commits
sion IN The present army?'
Sir let ME no. be misunderstood. | am stating
historic TACT; MIR. Randolph's hostility to the hen
administration; not my own opinion of that war. or Of
ms opposition u II. Had | been here at tina, time. |
might have joined IN that opposition; for the Rrpr,
scntatives from Rhode Island both opposed these
rrsoiutions; nor do rccollcct thai TIA" people of that
State ever censurcd them for that Opposition. We
might 60 through the whole congressional record
and we should fluid Mr.. Randolph, at all subsequent
times equally hostile to the administration of MIR.
Madison.
When MIR. Monroe came into the PRESIDENCY, Mr..
Randolph was his advocate and supporter. In the
last year ClG2i-5l OF his administration, he had
changed fronts. For at that time il WAS ON, of his
common sayings, ".Nr. Monroe came int, p1rey by
unirersdt consent; and he rouM 90 out nth ,,wGi
nndn'mu5." | will read from Gales and Scaton's
krgister, vol. ., p. io5, what he said in the Senate
l62G) concerning this We Grated patriot statesman;
We (Said he altered the Consultation to gua,d against
tint sco"ndreI--l will not read the name of the man:
though he may have sinned, Yet has he also immeas.
urably suhered-hhough not greater ttu him uho.
G'ter The erent, formed The union Of honest men of
all parties" Who, sir, was the man SAID 10 have
united the honest mon of oil parties? James Mon
roe. Such a Coalition night be sure of John Ran
dolph for an adversary.
Was Mr.. Van Buren, ignorant ur AL th,so ,r,;,s IN
the character OF this man. He knew them well -
Tie knew more; he " IS lilly aware Cha; no pcrson ON
ea''h could be moro hostile to military men, than this
same Nr' Jshn Randolph, In confirmation oil this,
! VIII read an extract from one OF hIs speeches:
Noman in tn" nation was more adverse to Gen
Jacison's election TO the Presidency than Mr.. Ran
do!ph was IN 1922. In that year, he sad in his letter
I" the people OF Charlotte-'The election of Cen.
Jackson To the Presidency is not 10 be dreaded, AS
IT CAN IN No EVENT POSSIBLY OCCUR.
the people OF the United States have not We, become
20 corrupted Us to choose a man ufmiIii1ry talents TO
govern the national councils, IN opposition to the splen
did talents OF MIR Crawford, or indeed of any other
good man IN the cOuntry.'-Sce letters 10 he people
an Ctariore, 1922.
81 own n natural jealousy of military men-,t
grows out flove OF country-if is STRENGTHENED and
Kept alive by the multitude Of examples N history,
ancient and modern, of the fall of Empires and the
revolution of States; the misery and wretchcdness
brought upon the human race by the ambition and
priue oi military m%i.' Vide speech against Gen.
Wilkinson.
Il am wiling 20 give TO every man a lust and
reasonable reward for his public services, both in paw
and gratitude; but the military character il so rare
- hN'S'i WI hhS Ih4IH ICSS tnlN UrCr' WDygnIy.
that l am of opln'ou-i always was Of the oain-
lon, we could not be too watchful of the aspiri1c
ambition q a military commander. Speech.
The advancement of Mr. Adams to the last Presi-
dency, awakened all his animosIty against that zen.
tlcman and his veneratcd father H.. therefore Mt
tached himself TO the party of General Jackson; and
especially to that gentleman; not from esteem. -
sPect' or frlcndship-not from hs qualities IA a man.
a nero, or a statesman; but as the onIy instrument by
which he could exclude Mr. Adams from a second
presidential term.
Parry, like Calamity, brings men into company
win strange bed-iellows " Mr. Randolph soon found
himself unp!casantly lodged; and before The middle
OF February, 1929, he saIa crnphatlcully, II do no,
attend The inauguration: mark that, Sir!' He left the
city before that event: but not until, as rumor, the
untiring herald Of distinguished personarcs. Ian
nousced that he had delivered his om;nous predic-
ton. What was 1t? ".Nsrcr, SIR, ncver rriN The
genHeman."
DO no, pretend to say. that tie Secretary rc-,fl,d TN. orc
diction as literally excluding MN from the suggestions; bu, could
he quietly manage his estate affairs" while such a ma. ,
at Koanoake, or III Virginia, or even tn the United Sra,r2 Soon
er, sir, would tho for crop into the fl,m vnra in ,bs J,, 80.
or cur! himsty dorm 20 sleep III his lair, while he sauGyi ,hs
hunisnia1, or heard the hounds IN the soub ,r,t b,eetS "a 10
morning Did he not quver a, the mere zane Of thu, VAR
WICK. this King killer, aud King maker; this John Randolph.
who had set up Presidents as boys Sc, IN nine INNS IN knaarI
Them down again. Such a man, the Sccre,ary knew. could moi
Dc' Tor ne never had been quiet under any administration He
hah not been satisfied with the administration Of JeGerson oT
Madison, Of Monroe; could ne he ,ahsfed with IDS God ONLY
knows UhOSe administTati on il is.
SIR, the Secretary has waylsid, entapped, Caught, exported.
exiled, aud sent this man 70 PLOUGH THE FGUR aEPES'
AN'lA ~ M
at a distance of 1000 miles from his own pa,inonial fields
and trees. The great object Of Mr. Van Buren, has been To GET
on, ei ma way-'o send him abroad. ASS minister. he
kne" ne cnuld do nothmg-he expecicd-he intended
ne should do nothing deserve nnihing-recoIve uounns:
b"t the rdicuIe OF all other nations, the pity of his own: AMI
the contempt Of the Secretary himself and his parisans
ms heaThcss polHIcaiu, has, TO render this ,rc,icrdous
adversary pOweTlc's at homr, luTed him Gnm his lndepcu
dence, the boast and glory OF his manhood, To an old age of for
eiSn surveillance, To come home so,ed and spattered TO the very
eyes IN treasury dih; TO shrink into retirement ndinsirnifraurs
and be like Piso, returned from the ngloripus aInini,tra,ion Of
ms Macedonian province Shall we, sir, IN aid Of these
tcne,nes oil ms Secretary, and 10 put him in a condition Of
qu'et nnachinauon against the laws, the constitution, and the
prett tefe' oi ths nation, appropriate this money, and there.
oy esaITe aud sustain, this measure trust in God we shall
not ray tho man, # Won pleisc-mr gong out. for crm,no
nome-send out a ship Of war Tor hm. It will ada. perNsus
man SjO'OOO to the expenditure Let him have his 50 600
outht-ihe President, It has been said, advanced II to him from
MS private puT,e-TesioTc II TO hun; DO not suffer ourselves Ia
be IA debt 20 tue Chief Magistrate Of tive Nation II ts, all n
bnnhie, a mere child's whistle, and the people will. and ,rnsI
pay dearly Tor This toy Of their SeGciary-but let Us be rd Of
~ aud OF tins state Mission Of It's memory; If possible of
MS deep aud r%nortiying disgrace.
~ TINS course be TAKEN, our relations with Russia NAV be r..
deemed, restored, and placed upon a safe and honorable foo,
ing " No one else viii do II, will move To 20 into Commit.
The OF the whole on the State Of the Union, for the sole purpose
oi moving an appropriation Of $4,000 for an outfit. and 1000
Tor ? hTst years salary, 10 enable the PRESIDENT 10 send out