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

pabie Of any public diplomatic service. The mind,
Ike the fountain, Is known by its efulsions. Lie, me
read from one OF his speeches on Erecutire Po,rers,
as published by him. (Galcs s. Seaton's Register,
vol. ?. p. $780,
Having thus, sir, disbur,hencd myself or some of
the feelings that have been excited by the gallant and
fearless. bearing of the gentleman from North Caro-
hna' allow me to so on and question some of his po-
sitions.
One of them is the durability of tho Constitution.
With him and with father Paul (of the Constitution
of Venice) l say ''esto perpstuG:' but | do not be.
lieve It will be perpetual. am not speaking TO tho
groundings, to the tyros and junior apprentices; bu,
TO the grey-headed men OF this nation, one of whom,
! bless God for 1t, l see is now stepping forward, as
he stepped forward IN 1899. to save the Republic. !
speak of William b. Giles. ! speak to rrcy-heads:
heads grown grey, not in The receipt of custom" at
the treasury, OF the Peoples money; not To heads
grown grey IN 'niquity and intrigue; not to heads
grown grey III pacing Pennsylvania avenue; not
grown grey IN wearing out thor shoes at lev, cs: not
to heads grown grey Ito use the words of the imnor
tai Miss Edgeworth, the slo.y and the champion of
her lovely sex and wrc;ched>coun,ryy in plouyhing
inc four Acres. Am undeIstoodS-There IS a lit
tie court. sir, of the Castle" Of Dublin called the
-Four Acres; and there, backwards and forwards do
the miserable attendants and satellites of power
walk, each waiting his turn TO receive the light of the
great mans countenance: hoping the sunshine; dread
ins the cloudy brow. Spencer has W II described the
sweets OF this HE, aud technically II is called plough
ing the Four Acres Now, when a certain charac.
ter, in one of her incompatible novels, Sir Uiic-I
'e'~ MS hnh', ~ ut wa u NlCSSCODllnt
counter, placsman, pcnsicncr aud parasite-upbraid.
ed that kind, gnod-hcartcd, wrong headed old man.
King Corny, with hus wrctchcd system OF plouphinr,
the King OF the black Islands ("cvery inch a king")
replied, that there was one system of plouchfnp
worse even than his: and that was ploughinr the
-Four Acres. This was u settler TO the McSycophant."
Was a mind IKE this, .Gtted and prorided, and reg
uiated for the lubors OF tie Statesman and orea, an.
plomatic Minister? SIR, when this gentleman was al
the zenith of his intellect and IN hs most lucid wears,
Mr. Jefferson had adludscd him unqualified for such
services, as this appointment, had Il bc.n made for
public purposes, called OH HIN 10 perform.
Sir, II not for The pubic service, then he mus,
have been appoin' cd 10 preserve the mrchiaufioas of
the Secre airy OF State, and the administration car.
RED on by him under the Presidential name, from the
hostility OF TINS ancient adversary of all former adj
minlsirations. To Ill Istrate, and confirm this i'm nor
tnnt, and deeply interesting fact, permit me to give n
6ri5 sketch ot the political life OF this Singular man.
at the commencement OF WashIngton's admins
tratlon, he was 4 school boy To prove this fact
anu also to lay open the very source and fountain OF
his bitter hostility to the next President, | wi! rrada
part OF one ot ms speeches from Gales & Seaton's
Reg vol. ,. p 500
Now, SET, John Quincy Adams coming into DOW
er under IN sc InauSpicious circumstances. and with
these suspicious allies and connexions, has determIn-
Cd to become the apostle of liberty, Of universal II.
ocrty, "a his father was alb ut the time of the torm,-
ton OF the Cons,itu. ion, known to BE- the apostle of
monarchy. IL Is NO sccrct-l was in New Yo K
when he FIST took his seat aS Vice President. I rccol.
Lection l was a school boy at the time, ATTENDING
S'N 'SbN1 w NliCu i UVDI tO We nPD n
school, remember the manner IN which my bro
Their was spurned by the coachman of the then Vice
resident, TOT comlrg too near the arms blazoncd on
the scutcneon of the Wee Regal Carriage. Pc rh,p,
may have some of thus old luminosity rankliu1 in
my heart, coming from n race who are known never
to f1rsake n friend or forgive n foe
From this, the walcrs of bitterness have flown IN
a stream, 50 abundantly on the second and fth Pre-
sidents eli the United States. To over,Irow rho
first OF these, this man joined himself 10 his great
political rival.
lie gre,0 INTO hostility with Jefferson in i very few
years.-tOr he has ever been a star without beams.
except Of a InaiIgn aud ~blightinr influence. Suffer
me to illustrate this truth by reading from his
speeches: ~
February 2"'h 1906 Mr.. Clarke, of Virginia.
moved To pos pone until The I'd Of March, Mr.. Ian.
do!ph's resolution To amend the Cons, tuition of ,nc
United States, SO that all the United States Judpcs
should be removed by The President on the io,pt
resolution OF both Houses of Congress. In reply to
a remark made by Mr. Cosrad, Sir Randolph sad.
lie, (Mr Confad) belonged TO n class of men which I
highly respect, for the plain reason that I belong Ia
1t myself He says the time is approaching when
every man engaged IN agricultural pursuits, must be
anxious 10 go home; and, therefore, he does not wish
al present TO act on the resolution I have laid IN
your table. True! but when men, be they apricul-
turaI, mechanical, or of any other profession. under
take any business, 1t IS their duty to 20 thr ugh with
1t at every hazard If the situation Of affairs war.
ranted II, ] should be willing to adjourn for two or
three months. But | never can agree to adjourn in
the present pcrilous state of affairs, and leave tbn
e"uu'iy oIIhu anu IOrtunOnS destiny. must
first see something like land, some foot hold. some.
thing IKE certainty, instead of a political chaos
without form or body Before I consent TO ro home
must see something hk" a safe aud honorable ,ss,n
to our dti rcnces with foreign powers; and T mus
see-l hope another thing-somr thing Ike an at
tempt to bring tho Constitution of thIs people b,ck
to the principles on which this administration came
Into power"
On Spanish affairs
April ., 1906 Mir Randolph moved - amend
the secret journal by inserting IN il the MESSAGE Of
the President OF the 9th of December. IN the course
oil his speech he said, 4 found from a conversation
with what has been considered the head of the frs,
Executive department under the Government, that
FTaGce wasIhe great obstacle to the compromise of
spanish diiiercnces; That France would not permit
Spain TO come 10 any accommodation with ne he.
cause France wanted money, and that we must rive
her nIoncy. From the moment I heard that decIo
ration, all the objections I originally had to the pro.
cedurc' were aggravated to the highest possible de-
gree l considered II a base prostration Of the mn.
tlonol character, TO excite ono nation by money 10
bully another nation out Of its property, and from
That moment, and to the last moment Of nv life. nv