Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-02-25
DOMESTIC NEWS.
JOHN RANDOLPH IN BUCKINGHAM
To THE EDlroRs or rHE VINO.
D.

buckingham, Etb. l2M.
A more minute account Of the proceedings Of
yesterday, than you Will probably receive from the
officers ofthe meeting, will not doubtless prove Ut
interesting
Mr.. RandoIph's being in town, seemed to brighten
every eye, and enlisen every oonnte nance say
every--perhaps wrong some oil the proclamation
men, whose harlty was exchanged for gloom and
despon 1ency, when they understood what his views
were. Public expectation was manifested in a We
ry striking manner, by the large groups which as-
semblcd in the direction of the tavern, whence he
was To approach the Court House. Continued ga
zes were directed in that way, 10 see the man who
has filed the world with his rcnown md who,
wherever he goes, cxcitcs intense and univei-
sal interest, than perhaps any Other man that eva
lived. About one oc'ocl, he appeared supported
Oh either side by Judge Tucker and Mr. Caldwell,
who conducted him into the Court House, and
placed him on the court bench lis appearance al
most def description weak and emscntei, gas
ping for brca,l-hc CEN d as unsubsian,ia as the
aha dow of SHADE, or the ghost ola grey hound
But there still his eagle eye, decp dazzIing and
pervadIng, b.amins with Incompatible splcndoor
and quailiug every eye that met it,
But what spec,ac lie How beautiful How sub
lime with what confidence shoAld il inspire every
patrio, bosom A long tried and faithful public SER
want, after thirty large odd years of service, fee:
bic and exhausted, bending undrl the weigh Of dis
case, deserving the comforts ofhs frcsldc IN the
hour of his counlrys peril to warn his old consiitu
ents o!lle DANCE which threaten them, of the
laid 10 cntrap them Yes, how inspiring, when with
his right hand upon his heart, he told them, stick
to the trnc faith, and you shall Prevail. There
was silence l'ervadIng the assembly, solemn, IN
tense, indescrib, able when with assistance, he rose
To SPEAK. lie spoke in his usual felicitous and pc
cnl'ar style dcscantlng at large, on various topics
He reviewed briefly his political life, and mention
ed many important measures, yet, can / never be-
eve, but that the good which he has rendered neg
mrctg to his country, will more than counterhalance
any GDirmat,re good he rendered, or any other man
ever rendered. aaye Gen. Washington. In this con
siss his chief eXcellcnce-his greatest glory. A
free people, to preserve their freedom, must ever be
upon the a!ert-must be watchful mad vigilant-
they should resist pernaciously the most trivial IN
fraction Of their constitutional rights but we know
this is not the case. The tendency Of the great
bulk of mankind, ls to connive al the uslrpat IONS
ola powerful or popular government, particularly
# those entertainments do not directly affect their in
torests with them the Government best a.lmu'-
istercd, is best" They are much less disposed to
murmur at, resist unconstitutional law, which
is salutary or merely passive, than constitutional
one which is oppressive and destructive, They
mus; be brough TO feel the effects of encroachment
before they can be induced to resist them. They
prefer, you have well expressed II, thc calm of
despotism, 10 the hurricane oflberty' Almost
cry country has furnished some lilustrous lndiyid-
ual eager to contcrec, this prevailing tendency of
mankind-to make the people assert their rights,
before the pinchng hour of oppression comes
Greece furnished her Domosthencs Rome her Bru-
tis, England her Hamp len aud Sydney, and pre-
eminent above them all, America hen Randolph.
lie spoke of II. Clay and D. " ohster, but with
far less bitterness than has been his wont--he sta
ted his policy to be, TO Mediate all parties said
That Mr.. Clay could at this time do his country great
4 elicien, service bdt would he ? He discrimna-
ted between the politician by trade whocould by
no possibility be an honest man, and the Statesman.
They were as far apart the able ard upi9l law
yer, the widow and Orphans friend, and the petit
fogger who moved about, provoking libels, ISLANDERS
and breaches Of the peace thereby to get afce the
one a curse, the other blessing: as different as
the skilful, scientific PHYSICIAN and the quack who
administers jalop and caomel hy the pound aror-
dupoiS; as different as the meek and humble chris
tian and the hypocrltche never yet heard prea-
cher take text from that part of ST. Paul, where
he ,ecommends a livelihood by the sweat of The
brow. lie then denounced the Proclamation in
most emphatic manncr-said he was, on reading |
the Presidents Annual Message, tho happiest man |,
between the Atlantic and the Rocky Mountains
but in seven short days, the fond illusion dis
PEELED We are on tho verge Of civil strfe- Here |
Mr.. K. rose from his seat, much animated, and |
came near falling,--brother' blood is about TO be
shed by brothers hands, and whom are we to blame?
Who is the father of this lamentablc condition Of
things at whose door is this bantiing to be laid
AT Andrew Jackson's He with his accursed
Proclamation, and its accurscd doctrines has done
all this, &c. &c
In committee he proposed to alter the frs, Reso-
luton so as to read :" all the doctrines instead OF
many;" but 1t being suggested that the resolution
IN that shape, would meet with opposition in the
meeting he declined urging j, farther wishing to
obtain unanimity.
In committee, those who heretofore had been re-
garded as the warmcst advocates of the Proclama-
''on' voted tor nearly every Resouton-Mr. r.
saying to one who wished not to vote on one Rcso
lat'on I'm fox chase you can't ride on both sides
saplng wouthout splitting open the horses brains
aha The Fiosrs too The Proclamation men, unless
t ta prlhclpes were changed are in most pitia-
o'e oiiemma they are bound hcnccsor,h and fore.
yer 10 Keep the peace, submit to be branded y,
0~e FotFoons. for das,s,dy and seville acou;.