Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-27
LYNCHBURG, JUNE 1888.

The ih No. oflhe Conversations, &c between |
Mr. Randolph and his llish leow-passenger
syhrh we insert this morning, requires no particu-
or notice 1t may crafty TIE curiosity Of rca.
..crs, however to state tina, those Nos suppos-
ed to be written by Mr.. Harvey, a son OF the Amer
lean Consul at Cork.
Another article, relative 10 Mr. Randolph, in
fins MORNINGS paper from the Richmond Enqui-
ill attract the attention of the puhic-both be-
cause i, is not improbaby conjectured to be from
the pen of Bcnjaa,in Uattj"s Leigh, and because
,bs error corrected iii be error is mpoftan, to
the i,me of Mr. Randolph, and to the history of the
Zines in which he figured as conspicaously prom
inent actor.
Some weeks ago, in an article on the subject Of
the constitutionalny Of protecting duties, we Incl
len,,.ly mentioned, what has been long believed to
he the truth, (indccd, what no body doubted, SO far
,s we were apprscd) that MIR. Rsndolphs failure
~ obtain the appointment of Minister TO England
daring the ai,ninis, alton of MIR. Jefferson, was the
cnnse of his abandoning the friends of that admin
is,ra,,on. of which he had been one of the chef
.nillars and attaching himself to the opposition
lt.sry Of that day, by which Mr. Jefferson and his
measures we're so necessarily and so acrlmoniousy
,sssiled That article rePnblished IN The
r,e,ional Iategcncer, in which paper, it seems II
mct tie eye of" l." the correspondent OF the Ken
mond Enquirer-who, decming II caiumny
unon the character Of his deceased friend, very
naturally endeavors, by reference TO facts long
Il a.. 49,. y.
forgotten by the great majority OF those who might
once have been cognizm OF them, ana never
Known to others among whom arc ourselves, to cor
rect it, and tn place the separation of Mr. Randolph
from Mr. Jefferson upon other ana higher GROUNDS.
Having no design, in mentioning the circumstance
falsely 10 impute dishonorabc motives TO Mr. Ran
~Jph, and anxious to do him, rs well as every 9th
cr man, perfect justice, VIZ transfer such parts Of
the communication OF" L. to columns, as are
accessory ~ vindica.e his character from the re-
1roech which We have been nnoccntly nstrumen.
tai in casting upon it, We shall, indeed, have rem
dared un essential service to the reputation OF Mr..
j. if, IN mentioning circumstance connected
with his past history which ninc-tenths Of the
community believed to be true, we shall have en-
abed his friends to counterfeit It's effects, by demon.
stating its incorrcclness The charge has been 80
often repeated, both in conversation and in the pub
lie prints, since cam. TO mature years and It ha.
been permitted 50 long to remain uncontradcteJ
tha, we had doubt of its being true than
we had Of the FAC, that Mr. r. became dissatisfied
and quarclletl with MIR. Jefferson, and afterwards
deserted the party with which he had previously
acted win ; much corda ty and the doctrines and
mcAsa,es of which he had supported wiki SO much
zeal.
W. ccneur with L" IN the hope that, if Mr.
Jefferson has left behind him any certain clue to the
circumstances which led to the alienation betwcea
himself and MIR, Randolph it may he furnished to
the pubic. 1t i'd demanded alike by the truth
OF history, and by considerations connected with
The characters Of both Of those eminent men, who
the one as S!atesnlas, the other as u POlitician
Ii 81 So lsrse space in the annals Of ther coun-
Try AID in ,hc eyes of the worId.-We certainly,
however, DO not agree with Mr.. " L. that there
IS not in Mr.. Jcllclson's confidential ccrrespon-
dcnec the least in,imation' of suspicion tbs,
Mi Randolph was influenced in his political
cou,sc, in lSo6, by personal motives. 1t is
true Mr.. Jefferson does not say that Mr. Ran
,doph WAS a disappointed applicant for office,
but he iatlmtcs that there vas some otAer mott We
40, h's abandonment Of the administration than that
now gwen by L. For example: In letter AZ
dressed by Mr.. Jefferson to Mr.. Duane, dated
WashiI gLea March - lo06, he says -" That
Mr.. K has opcAy attacked the administration is
sufficiently known. We we're act disposed 10 Join
III league with Britain, under any belief that
sac Is lighting for the liberties Of mankind, and to
enter rto war with Spain, AMI consequently
France The House Of Repre- sentaliyes were in
'nc same senlim,nt when they rejected Mr.. RS
resolutions Tor raising body OF regular troops for
The western service. We are for Il peaccabe &c
eohmodaton with all those nations if il can be cf
tcc'cd honorably. TINS, perhaps, is not The oniv
s'oand Of his a!ielation," &c. We are Of course
ii' TO conjecture what those other" grounds of a
Iena'lon'' We're which are thus limited at and, on
'he superstition, that if they had been Of a public
OF political character, they would have been as IN
'eservedly stated as that above quoted, we natural
y inter that they were of private and personal
eha'acter.-Asain. In letter to MIR. Bidwcll,
'''eo Washington, July ), 1906" advcrtng to
'"e w'thlfawal from the administration party Of
'''' Randolph, and the half dozen members whom
nc Carried with him, Mr.. Jefferson says" The in
''''a'"n receive from our quarter agrees with
'""' rom The South-that the late schlsm has made
''' ''e smallest impression on the public and that
''1 "eeae'S are obliged 10 gire 10 IL oer gronndS
iFtn nose lcatch ICE kno,c Ia be The true ones" We
~ nv utu Us lntenl II nss fhnt Mr. IftfcrSnn