Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-21
THE VIssGENfAs.
LYNCHBURG. FEB. IL, 1891.
JOHN RANDOLPH.

uolph Is chnadNte Tor Congress-so, Judge
Bouldin may prepare TO follow the example Of
his predecessor, (Mr. Crunp,) and give way
10 the " conqurring hero" OF diplomatic no.
ioriety. There is something degrading in this
thing OF yelling implicit obedience to the
whims # being whose movements, like those
OF the Comet, 10 which he has been sometimes
sptly compared. bid defiance 10 all the rea-
sonable calculations Of his friends as well MS his
foes. Is there indeed. no personal indepen-
dence in the Charlotte District Is almost
every man in il Randulph-ridden DO they
ali stand in dread Of bis anger. that they so
slayishiy submit 10 his cspricious orders, whe-
ther promulgated in person on Iheh court
green, or by iIoGy when he is three thousand
mites distAnt' Truly il would seem So. Yet,
such was nut always the fact. When that stern
Republican. John w. Eppes, lived-a Rapub-
lican indeed aud in truth aud not one OF your
recently manufactured and freshly dyed gen
tfy-we say, when John W. Eppes lived, Mr..
Randolph nnnd an opponent who dreaded him
not but who bearded The lion in his lair, aud
more than once djscon6ued him. That was
N the purer days fthe Republic, when prn-
ciples were consulted, and men were only val.
ued As the organs and defenders ofthose prin-
ciples before he evil day had come, when
the Offices oil The country are held ont as re-
wards for the Infamous prostitution OF opinions
and talents the service Of tho lea Ter of a
',cti9n composed Of all parties. and based on
rant Of priacip te-before men wern dcifed,
and principle, were secuted rs worthless aud
unmean f distinctions. In fine, it wa. VIXEN
Jphn Randolph was regarded in bis Proper
character.-as ho was then. MS he has been ever
since, IN J MS he Is now--as al Orator Of almost
nneqUaIled powers, hat who had perverted
hpm TO the most dsgraccful purpose AS de
lent In all the characteristics oil "a Statesman
us al iml lacabla foe to those who had eros
scd his palb, whether in private or in public
iie--as IA Whimsical aud oppressive Glend,
tho measured the strength Of ones a lachment
~ The extent Of bis sycophancy and the depth
OF MS nbnsemtnt-es a weaIhercoCk, whose
opinions were lhings OF accident, neither based
upon nVesllga ion, nor regulated by Judgment
in Cue, as a MAN whose only recCmmenda.
lien ia private hfa was, that in his hee,llrssne.s
he Was sometimes accidentally generous 10
the deserving, while, as pQl11cian, he had
never proposed = good measure, nor de
f.sted bad one. Such uds John Ran
dolph, in the Prime eihis lite, when Old age
had not increased his Ihy,icaI nGrmites,
and given keener edge to his nntpathies.
Such rs he, in a noe aggravated deg ee, at the
present day sometimes assuming thu stern
pulty oil The Roman CeusoT, aud at Others,
ARMED Nh the " caps and bells" OF folly, e"-
acliug such ladicrous inks us 10 make meH
stare, and wonder that so much wisdom should
toe combGed with so mach wea .ness-such
grandeur Of mlnd ilh such mesnnrSs OF con-
duct--.uch wonderful extent Of knowledge
with such ignorance OF ProprietJ 80 much
ahhgIr,nce # eiror ia others with ,uch numer-
ous 4 oaious offences in himself. May he not
lie STYLED, - Was an intellectual giaat ol
another age, the Creates, meaaest OF man-
KIND p Bun tins compound OF snbhmity aud
lutl.ues,-Jf WIS ION aud fJly--ias cancelled
tie memory ofhis tails ransgressons, with
the multi de, by the commission, in ~ CT
YEARS, Of of noes Of deeper dye. Aud now,
tntu no formerly lifted up rheir voices against
him, sie has most fawnug fauertrs--at"ayo
pitps,ed ,i,her with an apology or defence
Of his oondacr--wheth,r he appear in the 81
uale Chnmh,r rr,l.rg under iTe4re"i o'atlons
II The iroidnate cnp," aud dlislng tenales
ftom tue House by his sulgari'y or 50 depor.
ting hinself III the streets q hIshmo1m aud 81.
Prteis burgh as 10 lenve no doubt Nth tho 81
~ no saw him Of ms complete deiansrmeni.
Daes he II sail others with VndictiVeh'h - and
venom never tqualed, -ioi Who can equal
him when he Won ID rob the living Of their
hon,st famc. or cast unfeelng sarcasms OF
the reI.utatioa Of the dead Il is all IisA =
a,lgraudeur-ihe very inspil alton OF e.ogneace
SAY his apologies. Is he assailed in toro, noi
for imaginary defects oil character, but ioT
ncAi,iye ,ransgressions OF duty lhrse sa"'e
.noloeists " i'll call il unmanly and co"al dly, q
stgnatize his catecbists with the ionlesi eP'-
,he,s They forget that he has put on the at
NOR OF an lshmaellte-that, as ms mana i
against every body, except his sycophao''e al.
mrers. so every body's hand is justly rs'.td
against him. such is the man who, truly boas
ling lha, :" never had any one such co"s'ii"-
o,,s ~ seods across the Atlantic an iniImhti"n
al his iuteption 10 become Candidate ioi 'oh
eress-snd forthwith throws the Whole co
vev INTO fntter like a flock ofparr'dsfs, Tn
fed by the approach OF the sportsman we
ao not Intend to cast any impuiat"n Oh tar
s,m,ess Of Judge Boudin, il he shou'' decline
a contest with Mr. Randolph's proTy-"of opo"
the courage of olher gentlemen whose "a"e'
! II "a ,rohshl, antagonists Of the