Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-28
Con. Mccoy announces his intention
from bad health, ID retro from Congress.
To the ERfan of The Globe.

SIR: The 'accidental porusnl of tho Lex.
'nston Uainn Of the 18Th inst. has brough, mo
nc quntnted ewIi ,a-~ciiarae, pLou my vcracity
extracted from thelNcw York American.
The charge grows out Of letter addressed
10y me on the 22ud sf last month, to n "Frieud
To lruth, aud which, at my request. was re-
published i'm tile New York Evening Post. I'ba,
letter was dictated hy me to the haul Of a
friendly ainRnneusis. 1t was written on the
eve of preparation for my departure from this
Ipince (Charloue Court Huuse) TO NV own
home, after long dcten,ion by illness, and
without access 10 my papers and vouchers >
This will appear from my speaking Of "rHE
TARIFF OF 90 "a AND THEIR sUCCEssoRs'-
Not having access To the documents aud INV
memory (Sreatiy impaired by disease) not ser.
wing me To rccoilert how many Tariff laws had
been enacted.--You will do me the Justice TO
observe, that when, i'm the former part OF that lot
ter speak Of forcwarning both him and MIR.
Lowndes that this W as but the commencement of
scheme, which must end in u,er sul,version
OF tho rights of the States generally, and OF
robbery and oppression of the slave holding
portion OF the Un on, which il would be impos-
sibIe for them To submit to-" did refer To the
debate of the Tariff Of 10 then under discus.
sion, which was reported by Mr.. Lowndcs n.
Chairman of The Committee of, Ways aud
h'eans, and strenuousIy defended by him in
that capacity, as n permanent Y.rEM OF PRo-
rEcTivE DuTils: as settling the future poli:.y
Of the Federal Government.
by MIR. Calhoun and MIR. Clay i, was also
stenuousIy and ably 'indicated upon tho came
principles. IL is due to Mr. Clay to state that
when arraigned his IGNORANCE aud incapa,
city, referred To his ignorance of the Science
of Political ECONOMY, and 10 his being render
! cd Incapable. by his prejudices in favor of his
darling AMERICAN system, from percciyioe.
or acknowledging its great fun,ia mental truths.
IL is nevertheless due to myself, and TO truth,
rItf,cn -llri,.s
and Oh whose altar will pcrse,cre to sacri,
Icc, "evcn il il leads TO martyrdon md ruin .
TO ndmit that, in speaking Of sMr. Iowudes
opposition te the Tariff of '2i,' wa, utterly
mistaken; uiisled no doubt, by tho bullucina.
tloG of an imagination become morbid by DO.
Oily aliiictions aud by the powerful remedies 10
which my physician was compelled 10 resort
in order. 10 sustain nature under ,he most ex
Z. circulating tormcnts. But what man having
one spark OF. hbcrality. or the slightest know
| ledge of my character and conduct during the
(amosf) forty years that have been before The
public, could inpute to me ,tfIe settled design
of deliberate fasehood ? falsebood so easily. so
readily detected and exposed. TO candid and
honorable minus, 'of whatsoever party, fear
lessly make this appeal.
Inc brave are always generous. From the
cowardiy assassin, snnring under private
grisis,-from whose dagger the female bosom
yields no protectIon-l look for no quarter, and
ask none.
TO men Of. honor and high minds / fearIessly
submit my Case, and will patiently abide by
their award. But tho degenerate offspring OF
an eminent American statesman, with " HON
II was my pleasure and my pride 10. live in ha
bits ut intimacy and friendship, need not flai,cr
himself that no shall escape me. His spitcful
malIgnIty shall be exposed 1 will trace il 10
its polluted source, and III bold him up Ia the
scorn of every honoiable and high-min,Ied
man. My reSrect for The other surviving rsla-
hvea OF Rufus King. renders this painful and
invidious TASK; but it is indispensable and must
be performed.
JOHN RANDOLPH. of Roanoke.
Charlotte Court House, Dee. 20, 1882.
:" On making the trial, Mr. Randolph was found
too fcoblo to carry this design into execution.