Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-24
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE enquirer.
Jain Randophhis Co"ntrys 'ritnsss against Harfison
THcr, Hcbstfr and Clan.

THcr, Hcbsffr and Clan.
Your enthusiastic devotion o the great principles 81
the immortal Jefferson, and your determination rom
qucr die in defence of those principles, cannot fail
to rouse the passive aud placid men of the coun-
try TO themselves for the contest, and to stand By
you amidst NIL the terrors of The approaching storm
rejoice 10 see, that you would rather jan the side ri
the principles of 9S, than he rictorious in fighting
against them. Nail your proud flag tn the mast and
never ''gvc up the glorious old ship. You are bat
Ting for the honor and fame of Nrginn, aud your Ell
fort will be sgnal,zed with glorious triumph.
il has struck my mind with great force, and venture
to affirm that if John Rando phi could have been spared
to his country until this day, the name OF VILLAIN
Henry Harrison would have been mcntlnncd as
candidate for the Presidential chair. AT the first
movement the thrilling tones of the Roanoke orator
would have sounded The alarm and his laundering
peas of satire and raillery would have ung from one
end of the Union to the other Yes, freemen Of FlrgI
MA the same noble and intrepid spirit, who in the
Senate of the IT, S. and in strains of whitening
never before witnessed, held up to public scorn the ia
nous "Puritan and black.leg Administration could
now tnle unfold, whose highest word would harrow up
your substituting wond expose the arrogant pretel-
sinns and miserable claims of the whom he always
regarded as his s'countrys enemies; and they would
"cry out for the rocks and mountains to cover them
He would exclam he did with such tremendous
power, when flashing with a yhp OF scorpions, the
reckless and nsurPng party; nay the very same
individuals Harrison, Clay Webster, &c-"Let these
unhappy persons retire to the obscirit, that becomes
their imbecy, aud BELTS their shame, and they shall
never hear from me the language Of sarcasm and re-
preach. They the enemies OF my country. lfthey
here in the shape of the English, 1t Is my duty 10
kill them; If they come here in worse shape wolves
in sleeps clothing it is my duty and my business to
tear the sheepskns from their backs and, as Wndhan
said to Pitt 'open the bosom and expose beneath the
ruficd shirt, the filthy dowlas. Such was "the Ian.
guage of sarcasm and reproach employed by Randolph
in arraignng at the bar of public opinion, the cery
who heaven and earth to their
object, and to rule with iron sway the desnes Of the
Republic. He would say 10 Daniel Webster what he
once said 10 him while denounclng his odious Federal
doctrines And will not Virginians pause in their fran
tc career, and heed the admonitons OF one who was
empha,ically sentinel the watch tower and who has
often warned them in season OF approaching dangers:
In reply to Webster, memorable occasion inCon.
gress, and when the whole country hung with intense
interest upon every thing that fell from the command
inc orator of Virginia, he said, in tone that never
will he orgotton 81 would put the shirt Of Mes
sus on my back, than sanction these doctrines-doc-
trincs snch as | never heard from my boyhood till
now They go the whole length. 1t they prevail,
there arc Ito "nrcrany Py.enccs-cycry b"i,cara and
barrier othe Constitution broken down. II is become
tabaa cnrtc blanche for every one to scrbbe
it whit he pleascs." And yet, oh! the Notifying,
humiating reflection thus Federalist Of the Boston
stamp over whose personal and political character,
Mr. Clay then lowered with all the tender anxiety of a
parent hen with her chicken, has been invited
with imposing ceremony 10 Virginia, and received with
open arms amid shouts and plauds from those who,
company with Randolph, once rejected with indgna-
ton and utter contempt, his odous aud anRcpublcan
doctrines.
Wings and all Of Randolphs District, ye grey haired
sircs, whose ruddy urchns and climbed upon the
noblest representative constituents ever had greet
him with their eager hands and prattlng Voices
he returned from the of his labors-have you
forgotten the eloquent warnings OF That devoted
public servant who gloried in such constituents; Will
YOU dishonor the district which his genius and elo-
qucnce have covered with niadng laurcls, by huggng
10 YOUR bosoms the rcrg n,cn whose dangerous prn-
cplcs he repudiatcd and condemned: Pause, hesecch
you, before you arnsh the enriable fame Of your be-
reayed district, and Inict deep wound upon his
beloved Virginia In the councils of his country John
Randolph proclaimed 10 the American People that she
differed Fundamentally rand totniiy from Gen. Harrison
that they ncrcr couid agree about about
men Mark that J When Jno. Tyler against
Mr.. Randolph for seat in the Senate of the United
States, Mr. Tyler declared in letter addressed 10
Committee of the Virginia Legislature, that Mr., Ran.
dolphs political creed his ark that alsoD
And how stands the Why that same John
TYLER who was proud TO identity himself as politician
with John Randolph, is closely and fully
identified with William II. HARRISON in political prln-
ciplcs, as the late confessions from his lips will
show Oh consistency Who SHALL from this day
henceforward, envy the celebrity of the Honorable
John Tyler The history Of his country will present
him posterity, Of her pages, the recorded
advocate of the glorious principles which Randolph
cherished and defended and on another less far page
she " i'll hold him up the Jealous supporter Of the
Federal principles which Harrison and Webster MAN.
tanned.
When | saw Mr. Webster al the Capitol the other
day. addrcssinga vast asscmblage Of Virginians could
not help recurring to the emphatic language Of the
same profound and original mind which shed bright;
ustre subject touched "Hypocrsy is the
only sin that walks abroad that cannot be dsccrned
except by the eye Of God aone yet, when you see
man Mhole conduct al variance with his professions
you will not be defective in charity alone, II you do not
come the conclusion that like Manuel Ordonnez, he
is pretty much Of cheat" Freemen of Virginia !
hearken TO the warning voice Of your own intrepid and
us,rious Randolph Let his inspired genius speak to
you from the tomb, as he spake with inimtable
force and beauty and was not "unheeded or dis
regarded by his countrymen. The men whose
des picable and dangerous doctrines he then sue
ccssuy denounced and secuted, the very self
politicians who are now raving and clainorng
through the land for power, plumber and vengeance.
Daniel Webster in Virginia, preaching the principles
of Jefferson and Madison Listen 10 Mr. Randolph:
1--WE are going the road that has ruined nations before
1t must be some special nterposltlon OF Proyi-
dence, though working by secondary causes, that will
snatch this nation from the downh progress it is
making not merely to bankruptcy, but 10 perdition
What is the history Of man, and what is lie The
young lady who thinks highly Of her Philander, her
Werter, her Sylyo, whn will 70 with him 10 certain
point--who will 20 with hun TO the bottom of the
garden and listen to the nightingale and the mocking
bird, and talk sweet sentiment-but if she goes far
that she is ostsc had much better 20 to her grand
mama, and not to Phllander.-So il is with notion
the man who says, this is but trItlca peccadllo.
was absent for few days from The Senate, but none
will think of -e' est ie premier PMS qu coue-the
moment leaves the path If religion vlr-
tue-the moment he takes Paey and the Jesuits
ascertain how far he may 20 the border line of
vlainy without ovcrscppng il, that man, or woman,
is lost. Our situation IS awful beyond conception
and if the people do not step in the proce
dure, | am much mistaken if | take their part
again-and why, sir: do not thing the honor of
daughter TO be preserved at the expense of bars and
bolts-for, where the mind is polluted, what care
who has the worthless possession Of The body He who
goes out amino farandi is thief whether he cxacts "A
purse not. Sn ii is with nation. They who from
indifference, with their eyes open, persist in hug
gng the traitor 10 their BOSOM deserve II be insuted
with different speeches than this; they deserve 10 BIZ
slaves with no other music 10 sooihe them than the
cank of the chains they forging for themselves and
preparing for their offspring.
PHlLO-RANDOLPH.