Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-25
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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY %. 1881.

i-4S SPSS|"SS, H.SFlt9o H!dUy ISaEIGSS SpNitt
great knowledge Of character, and mastery Of the
most dreaded apans OF oratory The character
of the Russian minister. is taken of. to the life-thc
ludicrous consequences of his appointment irrossiby
exhibited-above all, the stripes inflicted on the
Grand Vrzier of tho PaIace-the Oliver !e Diablc
OF master ,so possesses Ike ferocity without the
redeenng abilities of Louis the NI--thc castIga-
tinn of this nnion who has dared to introduce into
free Government, ever Characterised by republ-
can biuntness and open dealing, the subtle and
occult craft and the malignant cunning of the Eu-
nuchs of the Lower Enpre-this castigution will
resound through the Nation, to the satisfaction and
delight o? the American People.
Alr Burgess it is pretended has hea ped unqualified
abuse upon Mr. Randolph. 1t is not so. He ridi-
cules indeed, with irresistible force the idea of ex-
pecting diplomatic service from man constituted as
Mr. Randolph--he lashes he deserves, the little
Duchman, whose fncsse removed John Randolph to
the Arctic Circle, not to crafty Virginia. or reward
his political services5u to translate this blazing
to sphere, where, in his abitual and consti-
tuonal propensity to shoot from his orbit he could
not run athwaft OF the said little Dntchman's self
aggiandzing schcmes-but, if MIR Burgess abuses
Randolph at all, he does it with taste and he;ori-
cal beauty, which ought to afford that gentleman
and his friends, the highest qualification. Observe
the following splendid passage.
What could do his country in tie cha ter OF
foreign Minister Just what he has done: which very
much like what each in the nation of all parties who
him, must have expected he would do Genius he certainly
has for he is original and unlike all other you please
hc is eoquen but if that eoquence is, like HIMSELF
DONE could they qualify him for the of great
matte Minister? Do these require sound Judgment Deep
regular thinking;
and above ALL prudence, and viglant
In his thirty years public where
nd Of
of pieces of uniform characters and this Russian
dence will neither give the blush, the palm any
'issl life ''-,'0 . ' ''s~'''' '' throughout p'
could not have contrved this legation, different from all
TIERS with any view 10 the public service This
ssn, ont nor TO benefit the people abroad but 10 relieve the ad
political movements of this lie feared
might again and visit his political hemisphere He had
it blaze in PenheIon,
5yi,h fear of change pePleSng men in pogeIp
another SKYE 1t has been done; and the pay,
for mission ade for the advancement their interests
made TO secure the political power OF the Secretary
Contrast with this, The coarse personality Of little
Caus Cassus Cambreleng-or the common place OF
the other genteman who assumed The task, the
unnecessary task, of defending Mr Randolph, and
Virginia neither of whom stand in the least need OF
defcncc-and let every man OF taste say, if Burgess
attack is not thousand fold more hUnuurabc 20 the
Plenipotentiary, than the defence OF the others
DuJ, UteH hioSI FiEulCIlNeIy dSSd!IeG
by Cambreleng at Washington, and Mr. Van Burens
mouth piece, at Rchmond-and why, gentle readre'
Can it be supposed, that Cambre,cng ia fact cares
straw for John Randolph-or that Richie can now
view with such Jealous Affection the man he abused
fo- fifteen years, and who has over made him, the
butt of his more than mortal powers Of sarcasm?
The idea is farcicalif the truth were known, both
gentlemen, holding the interests of their Secre, airy in
paramount regard, would have not the snalics. OBJ
1ection to hear, that the Church yard Cough" had
length, borne its victim that bourne which he
has been threatening to 60 for SO many years lest
he might suddenly return, and perpex the Ditch-
mans Presidential arrangements. What is it then.
that put little Cambreleng in ncslacy, and threw
Ritchie into spasms? Burges switches their lille
Secretary their dear Van Buren, mos. unmarcrullv
most confoundedly. That is the whole secret Of
their passion. lie proves TO dem that Mr
Randoph's appointment sleight of hand trick
ofthe little Secretary-a killing OF two birds with
one stone-frsi to fateT VirginIasecond, to trans
fer Roanoke, whose constitutional temperament and
ccentho political movements conld not BE- trusted,
to distant theatre, while Martin was silently and
secretly fxing the for tile next Presidential
election This was the grief Of the wound.
We beg leave to make ore more extract from Mr
Burgess:
In answer to ali these anxious foebodngs e are told that
this absence the Minister the Secretary of Legation
very special and satisfactory Of relations The OF
ST. Peersbufgh lf this not too ludcrous, IL be
Csyed mockey Of the 'msrcan people When this
paragraph from under his PEN Mr. Secretary Van Buren,
must he had placed his hand there have felt something
his face different from the eternal smile Who this Secretary
Of legation the Proege Of the Minister John Randolph Clay?
lad Of less certainly than twenyone years old
undsuguhcd by talents, edrcatou employment, without
acquaintance with men, things. business youth 10
whom fame has not have his friends attributed any ;bng
extraordinary either in possession promises and with nothing
but his 5r-an1s To recommend him public would
not cannot speak in dcrogaon Of this YOUTH and all would
say that ne must be utterly unqualified for the public
where ne placed The service requires men, the nation has
able men, ilercu'ean men Why then hazard interests
perhaps our peace by placing the weight Of Empires The
slender shoulders ofboyhood'
Mr Burgess it has been seen, manifested dispose
ton to reply to Cambreleng. and we learn bo is
charged cup II 'ie mUzze." lie will doubtless blow
the gentleman ''sky highland those who wish TO
sec ociousnoss rebuked, and dqcorum outraged will
not care how high he is blown by the Rhode Island
Volcano. Every disiotcrested admirer Of John Ran
doiph feels that he has been infinitely injured