Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-09-14
1oHN RANpoLPH on RoANoKE.


The following description of this re.
marksbIe person, we find in the National
lntelligencer:
n His long thin legs, about as thick as
strong walking cane, and OF much such a
shape we're encased in pair oFtigb small
clothes,so tight thht they seemed part and
parcsl,Ofthe limbs Of the wesrer. Hand
some white stockings were fastened WIN
great tidiness al the knees by small golo
buckle, and over them, coming about nall
way up the calf, were pair OF what
believe, are called hose, coarse. and coun'
try knit. He wore shoes. They were
old fashioned, and fastened also with
buckles, huge ones. He Tod like an In
dian, without turning his toes out, but
plankingIthem down straight ahead. 1t
was the fsshiOn in those days to wear
iantailed coat, with small collar, and bnt.
tons far apart behind, and few on the
brsast Mr.. RandoIph's were the reverse
of all this, aud, instead Of his coat being
fan.tailed, il was what, we believe, the
knights of the kneedle call swallow-lail-
ed; the collar was immensely large, the
buttons behind were in kissing proximity
and they sat together as clsoss on the
breast of the garments as the feasters at
acrOvdsd festival. His whist was re.
maskably slender; so slender that, as he
stood with his arms akimbo, he could cas-
lily, as thought, with his long bnny fin
CURES, have spaned it. Around him his
coat, which was very tight, was held to-
gether by one button, and, in consequence
an inch OF more Of tape, to which it was
attached, was perceptble where il was
pulled through the cloth. About his
neck he wore large white craVat, in
which his chin was occasionally buried
as he moved his head in conversational
shirt collar was percepiible; every other
person seemed to pride himself upon the
size Of his, as they were then worn large.
Mr.. Randolph's complexion was precise
ly that Of mummy, withered, saifron,
dry and bloodless; yet you cunld not
have placed a pins point on his face
where you would not have touched a
wrinkle; his lips were thin, compressed
and colorless; the chin, beard'ess as
boys, was broad for the size of his face
whbh Wis small, his nose was straii,witf
nothing remarkable in it, except perhaps
too short. lie wore fur cap, which he
took of, standing few moments uncov
cred. observed that his head was quite
small, Characteristic, which is said Il
have marked many men Of talent, Byror
aud Chief Justice Marshall, for instance
Judge Burnet, of Cincinnati, who has
been alike distinguished at the bar, or
the bench, and in the United States Sen
ate, and who, have heard no less Judge
and possessor Of talent than Mr. Ham
mond, Of the Gazette, say, was tho clear
est and most impressive speaker ho eveT
heard, has also very small head. Mr.
RandOlph's hair was remarkably fne--fne
as an infants, and thin. 1t was very long
and was parted with great care on the
top Of his head, and was tied behind with
bit Of black riband about three inches
from his neck; the whole Of it formed a
queue not thicker than the little finger
Of a delicate girl. His forehead was low
but no bumpolOgy about it; but his eye,
though sunken, was most brilliant and
startling in its glance. 1t was not an oye
Of profound, but impulsive and passion.
ato thought, with an expression, at times
such as physicians describe to bo that OF
insanity, but an insanity which Seemed
10 quicken,not destroy, intellectual acute
ness. never beheld an aye that struck
me more. Il possessed species Of fas-
cinAtion, such as would make YOU wonder
over the character Of Its PosseSsor, with
out finding any clue in your wonderment
TO discover it, except that he was passion
ate and fearless. He lifted his long bo.
ny fingure impressively rs he conversed
and geGticulated with it in peculiar man
ner. His whole appearance struck me,
and could easily imagine how. with his
great command oflanguage, so apPropri.
ate and full, so brilliant and classical,
Joined TO the vast information his discur.
siVe oratOry enabled him to exhibit in iIs
fullest extent, from the sturehouse OF
which the vividness OF bis imsgin alton
was always pointing out happy analogy,
or bitter sarcasm, that startled the more
from the fact that his hearers did not
perceive It until the look, tone and finger
brought il down with the saddeness of
lightning, and with its effects, upon the
head Of his adversary; taking all this Into
consideration, | could easily imagine how,
when almost boy, he won so much fame
and preserved il so long and with so vast
an influence, Notwithstanding the eccen-
tricity and simplicity ofhis life, public and
private.
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"Iremembsr hearing two anecdotes Of
Randolph, which stFikingly, type his
character. One exhibits his cynical ru-
denSsS and disregard for the feelings Of
OthsTs--in fact, wish to wound their
feelings-and the other his wit. do not
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