The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-23

tom | hope not, air. Let Judas (Cisy) have his
thirty pieces Of silver, whatever disposition he may
choose 10 make Of them, hores flcr-wheiher they
shall 30 10 buy fottors hsld in which 10 utter this
miserable Constitution Of ours crucihed between two
gentlemen suffering for conscience sake under the bur
den of the two first Offices Of tho Government
forced upon one Of them by the forms of the Const
luton, against its spirit and his own which Is grieyed
that the question cannot be submitted TO the People
or, whether he shall do that justice to himself,
which the hnisher of the law not, yet permitted
TO do for him, il is quite immateral. My resent
ments entirely poltcai-they are for my co,n
irys enemies, not mine. Sir lei these unhappy per-
sons retire TO the obscurty that becomes ther ibe-
cility aud BELTS their shame and they shall never
hear from me the language Of sarcasm or rc-
proach" II that inspired aud intrepid orator. whose
tongue was tipped with celestial fire." could have
been spared to occupy place in the Senate at
this day and crisis, how severely would he ap.
ply the lash Of his keenest satire 10 the
recr,ant Democrats around him. When delivering
his unequalled philippe against Adams and Clay
from which have already quoted, he thus addressed
Colonel Benton :" shall suggest to my good friend
from Missouri whether there is not, in fact Trojan
horse within the wa Is Of the Capitol would sug-
gest TO him whether there is not enemy in the
camp" Will not the bare allusion to these remark
able, if not prophetic words, addressed directly to
that Senator eighteen years ago in the very chamber
where he now sits, strike Ideep into his mind and
" harroS up his soul" But hear the matches Vir-
GINA orator little further, he filings his scorpion
lash upon tie puritan and the blackleg Snow, sir,
do not pretend to be man of more than ordinary
sagaclty. ! never pretended TO be able TO see
further into milestone than other people, and
not so.far those that look through the eye; but
did, Immediately after this transaction write let
ter to friend which letter, with its post mark and
date can now be produced stating that according
my view OF things alliance offensive and defen-
sive, had been got up between old Massachusetts
aud Kentucky-between the frost of January and
young, blythe, buxom and blooming May--the eldest
daughter of Virginia--young kentucky-not so
young, however, as not TO make prudent atch,
and sell her charms for their full value had been
an eye and ear witness Of the billing and cooling be-
tween the old sinner and young saint, and had
doubt that the consummation would, in a. decent
time, be effected. wrote that letter, then, in the
month Of January, 1924 and wanted no ghos, to
nsuishedpub &c characters" Mr.. Randolph then warn
ed the American People "nevcr again to play with
those who sometimes have card too many and
sonnet mes card too few He then concluded his
powerful and maserly speech in the following ear
nest, thrilling, and deeply prophetic strain at must
be some special interposition of Providence though
working by secondary causes, that will snatch this
nation from the downhili progress it is making to
perd,tion We may Aattcr ourselves as long as we
please, and think, and talk and brag, and boast in
4th July orations and others, Of being the most
ghtened People under the We are going the
road that has ruined nations before us. What is the
history Of man, and what is hc' The young lady
who thinks so highly of her Phander, her Werter,
her Sylvio who will g, with him to certain point
who will 20 with him to the bottom Of the gar
den, and listen to the nightingale and the hooking
bird, and talk sweet sentment-bu if she goes far
as that, she is ost-she had much better 60 to her
grandmama and not TO Philander. SO i, is with ma.
ton the man who says this is but trHe--a pccca.
dillo; was absent for few days from the Senate,
but will thnk Of it--ees k premier pas q,.i
the moment man leaves the path Of religion and
yrtue-the moment he takes Paley and the Jesuits
to ascertain how far he may go the border line Of
vlany without overstepplng it, tina, man, or woman
is lost Our situation is awful beyond conception /;
and if the People do not step in to correct the pro-
cedure, and save the Republic, am much mistaken
II ever take their part ogan-and why, sir' do not
think the honor Of daughter is 10 be preserved at
the expense Of bars and bots-for when the mind is
polluted, wha, who has the worthless posses
SION OF the body He who goe, out amino fuandi is
4 I..f hath h.. O. 4. Z.
with a natiUn. They who, from indifference, or with
their eyes open, persist in huggng the traitor to then
bosom, deserve not the privileges Of freem.n they
deserve to be slaves with no other music to sootbe
them than the clank Of the chains they have forged
for themselves and their offspring"
Your friend and servant,