The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-03-10

9, p 40S, what he said in .he Senate (1e9e) :
concerning this vsnersted patriot states-
man: "We (said he) altered the constitutions
10 guard against that seoundrei--l will not
read the name Of the man; though he may |
have snned, yet has he also immeasursbly !
suffcred--though not greater hnn him who,
after the sreni formed the union of honest
men ofalt parties" Who, sir, was the man |
said 10 have united the honest men of all
parties? James Monroe. Such eoslit.
ion nigh, be sure Of John Randolph for an
adversary.
Was mr.. Van Buren ignorant Of all
these traits in the character Of this u,an ?
He knew more; he was fully aware that
no person on earth could be more hostile TO
military men, than this same Mr.. John
Randolph. In confirmation Of this, ! will
read on extract from one Of his speeches:
~ own . natural jealousy Of military
men--it grows out Of love of country--it is
strengthened and kept alive by the multi
tude Of examples in history. ancient and
modern. Of the fall of Empires and the rev.
olution Of States: the misery and wretch.
edness brought upon the human race by
the ambition and prido Of military mem"
Vide Speech against Gen. Wilkinson.
~ sm willing to give to every man just
and reasonable reward for his public ser.
vices, both in pay and gratitude; but the
military character is so rarely satisfied
with any thing less than direct worship,
that am Of opinion--T always wns of the
opinion, we could not be too watchful Of
the aspiring ambition Of military com
mander. Same Speech.
No man in the nation was more adverse
to Gen. JscSson's election to the Presiden
cy than mr. Randolph was in 1922. In
that year he said in his letter to the people
of Charlotte--
"rbe election Of Gen. Jackson TO the
Presidency is not TO be dreaded, AS 1T
CAN IN NO EVENT POSSIBLY OC.
CUR: the people Of the United StateS have
not yet become so corrupted o. to choose
a man of military talents TO govern the ma
tional councils, in opposition to the splen.
did talents of mr.. Crawford, 'or indeed of
any other good man in the country. ~, See
letter to tie people Of Charlotte, ,lsS9s
The advancement Of Mr.. Adams to the
last Presidency, awakened all his animosi,y
against. that gentleman and his yenerated
father. He, therefore, attached himself
10 the party Of Gen. Jackson, and especial.
ly TO that gentleman; no, from esteem, re-.
spect, or friendship--no from bis qualities
as man, hero, or statesman but 40 the
only inst, nmenf by which he could exclude
Ms. Adams from . second presidentisl
term.
! "Party, like calamity, brings men into
company with strange bed fellows" Mr..
Randolph soon found himself unpleasantly
lodged; and before the middle of February
1893, he said emphaticolly. "Tdo not attend
The Inauguration; mark that, Sir" He
left the city before that event; but not un q.
I'll, as ru,nor, the untiring herald of distin
gu,shed personsges announced, that he had
delivered his ominous prediction. What
was M "Nsper, sir, ntSer Mru ne Amer; i.
can purple again fall on The shoulders Of a
gentleman"
| do not pretend to saw, that the Secre-
tsry regarded this prediction as literally
excluding him. from the succession; hut
could he quietly manage his "stnte sffsirs"
while such man was at Roanoke, or in
Virginia, or even in the United States 4?
Sooner, sir, would the for creep into the
farm yard in the day time, or curl himself
do,ra TO sleep 10 his lair, while he snufsd
the huntsman or heard the hounds in the
l
I not quiver at the mere name Of this WAR
WICK, this King killer, and King maker;
this John Randolph, who had set up Pres
ldents, ns boys set up nine pins, to knock
them down again? Such man, the SEQ.
retary knew, could not be, for he never
had been quiet under sny administration
lie had not been satisfied with the admin
islration Of Jefferson, of Madison, of Mon.
roe; could he be satisfied with Mis--G God
only knows ichose administration il 10.
Sir, the Secretary has wsylaid, entrapt.
caught, exported, exilcd, snd sent this man
TO PLOUGH THE FOUR ACRES. at
distance cf 1000 miles from his own pairi.
monial fields and trees. The great object
of mr.. Van Buren has been 10 get him out
of his way--to send him abroad. Al a
minister, he knew he could do nothinp-he
expected-he intended he should do moth.
ing--deserve nothins--receiye nothing:
but the ridicule Of all other nations, the
pity of his own; and the contempt OF the
Secretary himself and his pariisans.
This hear,less politician has, to rendcr
this tremendous adversary powerless at
home, lured him from his independen
the boast and glory Of hi. manhood, to an
old ago Of foreign surveillance; TO como
homo soiled and spattered to the sery eyes
in treasury dirt; to shrink into retirement
and insigni6cance; and be like Piso, re-
turned from the inglorious sdministration
Of his Macedonian province. Shall we,
! sir, in aid Of these schemes Of the Secre.
tsry, and to put him in condition Of quiet
mnchination against the laws. the consti.
tuition, and the great interests Of this na.
ZION, appropriate this money, and thereby
legalize and sustain this measure? thrust
in God we shall not. PAY the man, If you
p'ease--for going out, for coming homo
send out ship Of war for him it will add,
perhaps, less than $50. 900 10 the expendi.
ture. Let him have his 5000 outht--thc
President, il has been said, advanced il to
him from bis private purse restore il to
him; do not suffer ourselves to be in debt