Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-15

I'aHf, W.:O purcIido,u To- IN,
millions Of dollars Of these lands, kuow,,.
them 10 have been iraudulently Obtained.
we were III Georgia the next year, 1876,
when the new Legislature. who had been
eiecicd with a direct view tn this subject,
having assembled AT the seat ofgovernmcnt
anu taking the necessary preliminary steps,
went IN grand procession, with their respec-
tive officers at their head, and burnt, by the
hands OF the common hang-man, the record
OF the infamous proceedings Of their imme-
date predecessors {; and with them. the in
famous grant itself. The Yazoo claim was
by the New England Mississippi Land Com
pany, 10 recover from Congress, the value
Tie lands SO obtained and it was in opposi-
ton TO this application, that MIR. Randolph
lmmortalIZcd himselfin speeches that will
stand "thc test Of time, of scrutiny. and of
TALENT 1t was regularly brought forward
nj every session, and as regularly defeated
by him. The late Gen. Wade Hampton
and O'Bricn Smith, were both elected to
Congress, with q sole view Of carving
through this unrighteous measure and il
was during IFS discussion one day, when
they were IN the house, that Mr.. Randolph
made tho whitening remark, which runo
through the Union at the time. Shaking
his long, lank finger at Mr.. Hampton, he
exclaimed at the top of his voice, "Mr.
Speaker, | hope, sir. TO sec the div, when n
\ azoo claimant and a villain. will be sy-
nonymous terms" On the evening follow
ing, MIR. Hampton bundled up his papers
and waited on Mr.. Randolph, whose first
salutation on the occasion was, .have YOU
come for peace or for war; For peace.
was the reply, or I should not bring these
papers. In an evil hour, Mr.. Randolph
was left out, and before his reelection, the
bill was past, and the robbery cOnsumma-
ted. to the amount of$5, O0O, 600. An event
which could not have taken place whilst he
had a seat in that house.
MIR. Randolph was always eccentric, and
IN the latter part of his life al times, insane.
we witnessed an instance of ii, i'm BALI
more, in tho spring Of 1920, when he rode
in an open chair, with a double barrel gun
beside him. To make n morning call, and
made his faithful Juba take the gun into The
house after him. a few days after, he took
passage on Il steam boat, at Baltimore, for
Norfolk here his insanity Showed itself in
n manner none conld doubt. There was n
French gentleman. passenger on hoard, to
whom he took a. great dislike, and calling
for his gum, he took possession of the cabin
door, and would not allow the passenger,
who was ON deck, to rc-cnter the cabin
His insanity at this time. was known to,
and spoken ofby many. No man ola great
and n sane mind, such rs Mr.. Randolpl's
had been. could. while in a sane state, be
guilty of such conduct, as occasionally
marked his course, during his short embassy
to Russia. =
1t was generally understood, that he was
disappointed many years ago, in not ~receiv-
ing the appointment Of Minister to England
and that from This disappointment, and the
chagrin consequent uponi it, sprung all those
ecccntricities which marked his crra,ic
course in after life. This was his misfor-
'nne, not his fault. lie was a republican in
theory, but an aristocrat in practice, rs his
whole life n%bundatly proved. He possessed
a mind fertilized by every stream orLitera.
lurc. but the use bo mndo of bis acquire