Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-20

In our last paper We copied, from the New York |
| Aaefican, several aeee1aes related Of tue late
| John Randolph Of Roanoke, by an lrish gentleman,
vino was his fellow passenger, and who became
inmate with liia IN u voyage across TIN \ dan
&c. m the year l3,2 These anecdotes We accom-.
nsnied by suel rejection seemedto US 10 be
lst and pfopfr.
The u Y oftha reo,iliseasrss If tie rerrespen.
In. of the Aal ean " III H. louad in our columns
m morning, only ono of whieI. call for particular
,.,oak 1t Is hat wiie1rrprasen's Mr.. Randolph as
,,aenl,a athe repeal Of the cool old English law
If ,ssaisatse--a fer asffeuy in character
,..l.I,a known sent leats an habits Of N.r Ran.
Ion 9ho with NJ Is proiesso IONS of Republican
an, aaI low Of 3as paepie, was as thorough m
-. As.,lssf4t rs eyetlig IN either side Ct thu
,.i4.,lIr-f .ori Wnsa Issa or E1rI Grey MI
..o,.l N,man pacel higher estimate the
..lyan.,i NJ, CIR aumsianee Il bnth than Mr. no
mo. yes regarded hereditary honors, distinctions
...l .g..fh with more Ii soted reverence--no ono
| ibid IN more supreme contempt, treated
With more soperciiou5 haataur those who had
..,....,r ft.ss, accidental claims unon his notice.
4 ,eef mn 3as held by lfn in utter abhorrcnce,
...5...t laleel ms lasefty WIS atenea for by an
,htV +, lfaes his otisl trough an ansullled ped
IRE. 10 Distinguished aneesfsy-or perhaps, I'M
Is. /, vas accom- tned by extraordinary genus,
Or by exiriorlipary se.v,lltv
Mr.. Jellof3oos agency IN procuring the repeal
chic aso5l old English Lax az prmoscn'nre,
regard / hy tfa great democrat as constitute
a., tt,,1a If
lis eoaoaein.a, qnd was eilen r4tsrred 10 by hun
a, on. Of tae most prominent and pralsewodh2
ats II If. distinguished ior great achievements
Is e,asare itoa ae pages of oar statae-boo" gave
a lie lily stab 10 lie damn ton Of few sf.a; iami-
LIS, who until that erod, -ni Tor e" ,'ea.s al
towards, aaurisAed IL Virginia, constitute III
taa oslnr + y ~ t4 II every thu ba. lie
n,ne Its repcal,bv abol sins the o3ious pf.c,.le
al laaan. DIV u,dv.lel estates ieoa tho iail-
er Ia the ,stL'ra son, leaving the younger brothers
aai the sisters II scdla ff themselves as They tet
might, pfnrtice necessary perhnns in Great
! Bat,in, where fcgular succession OF Mobiles con
slitaies one Of h- !" estates of the re,lm both Ms
llah m the social chain nnl constituent pat
/ ~ ,ln governments bat Which IS as llous as it Is
unnecessary in Repabis, in which the propfiety
Of such hereditary distinctions Is no. admitted -
| WIS the m5st eflectud blow ever struck in this
State, after the Revolution, IN the sacred nane of
Liberty and Equality. We mean, by this term
Lot that :" liberty nnd equality dreamed Of by
Ulonlan theorists who Imagine state of hunan
psrfectibility which cxsts where out IN the Wis
ions Of their own dsorlercd brains but that liberty
winch depends ON the complete agency Of all the
pc one IN the cnaction ofls~s, and the uniform op
CITATION oi those laws, and that fqhe'Rg whlrh
drn.. superior privileges . one af'ioi's rif'on.
al creatu.cs ano;her, merely osea.'se he
hapaens % he tic first instead of the after fruits Of
wedlo.k, OF because he = nees 70 he =. = uaan
Il Poe,housps, instead nth ssu. Of ios@ renown-
81 DOS Lat NJ Randolph lamented the change
winch placed steH ard ON a level with the pro-
prictor. anl which, by that inevitable law of
nature that transfers the Iroperly nf the idle aud
ff5nr;de 10 tle pockets of the industrious and fu.
al SON converted the ovorseers into the owners of
the loudly mansions brought to the hammer by tie
dt.soute and lazy habits ofther builders s not as
some oi his friends would now inslnuate at all
improbable. |, cannot he doubted Nothing is
-m1rc eerain, because nothing could be more entire
& " III aeeo,dace with the tenor of Mr. Randolph /,
sentiments md with that still sucr test tic every.
day habits of ls life Were ii proper to 40 81,
VIC could ourselves refer 10 strongly cerroborativc
proof that he DID lament that change in the social
poly OF Virginia, which broke up the oycrgrown
estes Of few lordy propretofs and scattered to
MI no II