The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-20

4 AA@nnets AAf hhnic appearance sMnrA
me. and eaHid easily imagine how. uml
his sres, command II l.ngasge. so sppro
pirate and fuli. 50 brilliant and elsssirsI
Joined 10 The vast Inflammation that HI.
disru.sise oralory enabled him 10 exhibil
IN rs fullest extent. from The storehouse 81
which The vividness Of bis imag inaiion a
always pointing ont happy analogy. 81
bitter sarcasm. lhstslarIled he more from
ihe fsel thar his hearers did not perceive
Il until the look. tore. and finger brought
u down with The spddenness OF lightning,
and with IFS effects, upon The bead Of 81.
adversary: taking al this into considers.
ZION. ] could easily imagine how. when
almasl boy. he won 80 much lame, and
preserved Il 50 long and with 80 vast an
inaaenre. notwithstanding The eecenlrici
" and Inconsistency of his life. public
and private.
Iiy The bye. Tie sudden. unexpected
and aphorisueal way 10 which Randolph
oflen expressed his sentiments. had much
10 do with his oraInrical success. lie
would. like Dean Swift. mske . remark,
seemingly a compliment, and explain il
inta = sarcasm. or he wruld utter an
apparent sarcasm, and turn il inlo com.
plimeni. Many speakers. when they
have said thing. hurry on 10 full ex.
plsnaiinn, fearful that The bearer may mol
understand them; but when Randolph
expressed nne Of these s'ar,llng ,hougiis,
he lefl The nearer for some lime puzzling
IN dpnb' rs 10 what he meant. and. when
IL pleased him, in The coolest manner in
the wo'ld he explained his me mig, not
linle delighted Il he discovered that his
audience were wondering The while upon
whom the blow would descend, or whs,
principle the remark would be brought
tea illustrate. liIlle anscdole, which
heard member pf Congress from Ken.
lucky tell IT him. shows this character
islic. The Congressman. on his FIRST
risil to Washington, The had just been
elected was OF course DESTROYS OF seeing
The lions Randolph, though mol mem.
Der OF either House. wss there. and had
himself daily borne into the Senate or
House by his faithful Joba. TO lis,en ID
the debates. Every body, noted or un.
noted. we're calling on the eccentric
orator, anu the member from Kentucky
determined 10 do likewise. and Crafty
his curinsi:y. A friend. General -.
promi>ed To present him, saying though,
You mustbe prepared Tor an add Iecep
lion. Tor, II Randolph 10 in q bad humor.
he will do and say any thing; IL he is in
good humor. you will see most finished
gentleman" They called. Mr.. Ran.
dolph was stretched out on Q sofa. "Hs
seemed said the member. "a skeleton,
endowed with those flashing eyes which
ghost stories give 10 the re-snimated body
whrn sent upon some earthly mission"
The Congressman was presented hy
his friend. the General. as a Member al
Congress from Kentucky. "ah. from
Kentucky, sir" exclsimed Randolph. in
his sbtilI soice, as he rose 10 receive
him. "from Kentucky. sir; well. sir.
consider your state the Botsny Bay 81
! Virginia" The Kenluckisn thought lhs
the next remark would he a quotation
from Barring,oa's Bo'sny Bay epilogur
apI lied by Randolph 10 the Virginia set
Tiers al Kentucky,
"Truc pairiois we, for be /, understood,
! We iclt our country for our ccunty's good,
hu, Randolph. after q pause. continued
i" DO not make this remark, cir. in ap
plicsiion to The morals or mode Of settle
ment Of Kentwky. No, sir. | mean Il
say that It is my opinion, sir, that tht
time approaches when Botany Bay vii
in oil respects surpass England, and
fear il v i'll soon be so with regard To you
stale and mine
! | cite this liillc anecdo,e. mol for any
peculiar pi,h that is possesses. but in il
lustratIon OF his character, and iu proc
OF the remark above made.
lf Mr.. Randolph had lived an ancient
times, Pluiarch, With all his powers in
tracing the anslogies Of character, would
have looked in vain for his parallel
p, Aud modern biographer, with all an
cient and all modern times before him
will tind the effort lrui,lrss that seeks hi:
fellow. Al first, the reader might think
of Diogenes as furnishing some resem
blance to him. and that all that Ran
do!ph wanted was tub; but no, so i
another Alexander had asked him what h,
would have that imperial power coult
besiow--Ihe answer never would have
been request To stand out Of his sun
light. No. Randolph, if he could have
got no higher emolumsnt and honor
would immediately have requested to b.
sent on lsreigu mission; that over. i
Alexander had nothing more to give. ant
was so situated as not 10 be feared. wit
does Mt believe that the ex InIniste
would turn tail on him!
The fact il. that Randolph was exces
siyeiy Ambitious, a cormorsBt alike 10
praise and plumber; and though his pat
riotism could point on, the disin'eres'e'
course TO others, his love Of money wosl'
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