Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-05-22
VANDALIA:
Wednesday, May %, 1888.
ASSAULT ON THE PRESIDENT!

! ASSAULT ON THE PRESIDENTl
"The National Inteligencer of the 9TH inst
received by last nights mail, gives the annexed
account of an ASA 1t on the President of thu
United States, by Mr.. r. b. Randolph, late {
lieutenant in the navy.
alt is with on ordinary feelings of regret ant
modification that we have heard of violen
assau on the person Of the PRESIDENT of thu
United States, yesterday, on the steamboa
while at the wharf at Alexandria. on its way &c
Potomac creek, by Mr.. RANDOLPH, late lieu
tenant in the navy, whose dismission from ser
vice by the president has been made public
We have not heard the circumstances Of the
assault IN such manner as to justify our at
tempting to state them. OF the main fact, there
is no doubt, and the particulars Of it will doubt
less be stated from authentic sources"
Such are the fruits Of the club~law system
Not content with subjecting members of con-
gress to its rule, it aims at higher subjects to
work upon, and is restrained neither by respect
to age or character, OF the dignity of the first
Office of the nation Mr. Randolph, shown to
be deiaulter to the government in large
amount, by regular court of inquiry, is
promptly removed by the presidents and in the
keenness of his disappointment attempts to
wreak his vengeance upon his imagined perse~
cutor, Whether Mr. II. be defaulter or not,
his conduct since the removal shows him un-
worthy the post he held. A man ofso ungoverna-
ble temper, so destitute of seli-control, and Sc
regardless OF his own character and the dignity
of his country's chief magistrate, is unfit for
any public station whatever.
We wait with anxiety for the '.farther parti,
CplarS from authentic sources.'
The Alton Spectator seems greatly disposed
to quarrel with the Wing for the liberty we
have taken with one ofhis communications ;and
beiabors US sorely for the painness of our allu
sion to its supposed author Doubtless we were
mistaken. "a late communication, apparently
from the same source, shows to good degree
vi Certainty tIldl We "eIe, anu VIC are plcdseu
with an opportunity in this matter, to acknowI-
edge our error. Mr.. Breath may be satisfied
with this or not, just as seems to him ''most
meet" either way, it is the same to us. We
shall not stop to handy epithets with the editor
of the Spectator or his correspondents, nor
would we now take the trouble to notice his al
fusion to us,were none but ourselves concerned.
But since the name of another person (Cyrus
Edwards, Esq } with whom we know no reason
why we should not be at peace, is needlessly
introduced into the Spectators TRADE; and
since we are accused of travelling out of our
way TO make disreputable intimations, to the
injury ofthat gentleman, we will state distinct
ly, (and may it quiet the troubled spirit of our
belligerent coemporary,)
First. We had no shadow of design to
say any thing to the injury of Mr.. Edwards
nor can such an inten ton be inferred from our
language, unless it be from the remark that we
bought Mr.. e. on friendly terms, at least, with
the Spectator. This is placing him in rather
low company, its true, and according to the
rule of the we'll known Spanish provegb, the
intimaticn carries with it something like re-
proach. But Ue retract-De retract!
Second; We did not accuse Mr.. Edwards
as we are charged, of "subsidi=ing" the press
for his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mr.. E. has neec
of no such aid. Besides, we would not cast Sc
sore an impulauon on the judgment of any mar
Iof responsibility as to intimate that he would
enlist the labors of the Spectator for such q
purpose.
This ends our controversy with MIR. Breath
MIR. ARCHER.
This gentleman in his recent tour with Maj
Kirby through several of the counties to the
northeast of this, as assistant quartermaster il
paying off the late volunteers, has given hi: