The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-02-22
JOHN RANDOLPH.

2 The VALIDITY Of Randoph's Will has bee
= tired again IN Virginia. The testimony is sal,
% comprehend volume, and to be CONNER,
= biography Of the life Of that eccentric man
= The Petersburg Inteligeneer makes the follow
= ling remark;
those who know only the eccentricitics q
M. X. public Iifr, viii, when they see ibe
tes Imony concen.ing ~ domesfic M Which
/ ih's ir,aI ~ slseseds sagfsys 40 Y
Il S.'"s idcS ~ G. - TSSys III
fsional freaks we're rr,A~s light " ehrn
compared 70 ne eccentric condOCt which a.
simes characterized his private Iifs.
We have been much struck with one fact TIA,
the testimony has tlicited--to wi: Mr.. Ran
dolph's remarkable power over men. Un,il W.
heard this testimony we could not conc i've n
me submission 70 the will of one man having no I
power g coerce the conduct Of his feIL,w men.
winch was manifested towards NJ RandoInh
~ some Of the,mosi respectable men in Virginia.
~ we house OF other people, as well as d bis
own ~ VII was The law which no man per
su'ned 70 violate. His freaks and caprices. no,
less man his reasonable desires, were mos,
punc'naIIy respected, and rudeness and insnl,.
80 ar from alternating his fripnfs, seemed ia have
bound them more closely 10 him.--Mem Enc
british R'pudiatio1 In our sheet Of 10 d,v :
vii % fnuad an article on The Reputation az The
Dayinent o. The interest on the pub ic debt Of "
Treat BRAIN The stock which represents ,ha,
1eo' ofars'an interest 0fibree per cent. Those : :
1no own ne stock y his city when they call
q 'ne'r interest. lind that they no longer re
:eive three PR cent ~ income tax Is f 1t de.
lucted blythe British Government, and the 70.
naIndef only is paid over.
Here j. reputation as positive and rank As
ne worst case anong the nsolvent 8 ales here n
! y repudat'on with new title, insolvency b
'Sgu'sed ~ me shape OF an income tax, but il q
reputation after all Il is refusal 10 Der
nrm The pr mise Of ,he rvernmen,; 4 with. Ia
olding ct part Of what was due according 10
he original engagement. II il prec SEW ss II =
1ayland were 70 say TO her creditors, here il q
ne nall 81 me interest we owe you; the rest We ~
educ and Keep hack as an income tax The Al
irish government has shown MARYLAND and p
'ennsylvania how neatly the thing can be man
"a. Y,u have Oaly 10 call what YOU choOse =
! Withhold an income tax. TheiRev. Sidney
ninth would dubtless have been rer.ectIy
~ I'll "a. the refusal 70 pay the interest Oh his r
ennsylv4nta bonds had been called al income
X. Maryland and Pennsylvania and ali ne
iates winch find Il announcement 10 pay the
hole u the interest On heir debts, have only a
decide what proportion they will pay and
'uhhold me remainder Under the name 81 an
lc0me tax. ~
Bot We who hold that the erg aremen,s Of :,
governments are morally binding. and WIN think ~
AT an act Of repudaiion is not altered ia lie "a
allure ~ calling il 30 income tax, what shall n
y DO with these fai'hless isanders: Shall We Al
AXE war upon hem az cnce. il behalf Of our 81
cured citazcnes remembering how vrhementIy II,
sme u The British journals demanded that the M
0verntntsnt shOu let slips the dogs Of war =,