The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-12-19


,.,af and statesman. John Randolph OF Roanoke The
~, Of The Rev Mr.. Tusn explains the circumstances
,adsr which Mr Randoph's letter was written
WAsnlseros CRY. D. c., Dee IA, 1852
.. hs Editor If the Ua,on:
mar sls Not satisfied TO par.ake alone of the min
"a smo,sns OF pleasure and sadness which have been
,kened in reading The following letter from the bril-
~ and eccentric orator OF Roanoke, send IL 10 you
alton. that the readers of the Union and the
S"bc generally may share the sorrowia qualification
Tbirh have experienced in It's perusai Il proves be-
d question: that whilst, from disease and other causes
~ Randolph exhibited some occasions ali irascble
.Inssvish disposition. his heart was nevertheless the
'0,oy OF soane Of the finest and nobest feelings OF
sheh our fallen nature is capable, do not accord
INV with all the sentiments he has here expressed, but
!. ,s general tenor and spirit the letter has my mos.
s..,,y APPROPRIATION. II is beautiful specimen OF fra
,ua sym pathy and aft clon expressed IN terms Of ten
.rses. and propriety which have never excslsd
was written TO his bali. brother, the Hon. Henry st
csous Tucker, the &C Sasion oil the demise Of his
ss son. youth of singular promise, possessing large
ina psrsonal and ine llectual attractions OF his
,ompshed father II is proper 70 remark that the letter
ra found among the private papers OF the distinguished
..n,lsman 10 whom il was addressed by his son, John
ss1o,h Tuck r of Virginia. Having been long ASSOC
.asa with the family OF Judge Tucker in terms OF iDii
,a,,s lrepdship have obtained permission from Mr.
p.ysry Tucker oil this city, 10 dispose OF the commun
o, a. nv Judgment and of propriety might die
,.,s therefore send il 10 you for publication, and be-
s0ssk for il especially the attention Of those who in the
,ays If other years, were associated with its distn-
suishsd author in the relations OF personal and political
hieHdship, ,se, 5a stIsts js
vsry respectfully your friend and obedient servant.
SEPTlMUS TUSTIN
The Letter. s.ets usa e s8 s5a.a
Nav He who has the power, and always the WILL
phen earnestly, humby, and deyoedy enlreated, sup
,r and comfort you, my brother shall not point TO
he treasures lha, remain 10 you in your surviving chill
Jsn and their mother, dearer than all OF these put to-
,sher No; / have lelt too deeply how little power
have words that play round the head TO reach the heart
hso j, ia sorsly wounded The common places OF con-
collation. are at the tongues end OF all the self com
uacen and satisfied from The pedanp priest to the washer
woman (They who don't feel can talk.) ablure them
al The father OF Lord Russell, when condoed with
according to form, by the book, replied, 81 would not
1--WE nv dead son for any other mans living. May this
thought come home 10 your BOSOM too but not on the
.ame occasion May the spirit OF God, which is not
The chimera OF heated brsns devise OF artful men
10 Tighten and ra,le the creduous. but is much an
existence that can be felt and understood the whisper
oss Of your own heart the love you bore to him that
vou have lost-nay that Spirit which is the comforter.
shed His influence upon your SOUL and incline your heart
and understanding the only right way, which is that
Of life eternal! Did you ever read Bishop Buffers
Aualogy II not, will send to you. Have you read
THE BOOK Wha, say upon this subject not only be
Geye but know 10 be rue-,ha the Bible, studied with
an humble and contrle heart, yet failed to do It's
work. even with those who from diosyncracy disor-
dered minds have conceived that they cut off from
its promises OF life 70 come
"Axk and We shall receive; seek and We shall
find knock and il shall be opened unto yon''
This was my only support and stay during years OF
misery and darkness; and just as ! had almost be-
gun despair. after than ten years OF penitence
and prayer pleased God to enable the truth
10 which unit! then my eyes had been sealed To this
voucksaiemcat have made the most ungra,eul returns
Butt would give up my slender portion OF the price
paid for our redemption my brother, our redemp
lion-hs ransom OF sinnesof all who do not hug Their
chains and refuse TO come out from the house of bon
dageI say that would not exchange my lille portion
in the Son OF David for the power and glory OF the Par
than or Roman empires described by Milton in The
temptation OF oar Lord and Saviournot for all with
which the enemy tempted the Saviour of man
This is the secret OF the change Of my spirits which all
who know me must have observed within few years
past After years spent humble and conre enrea,y
that the tremendous sacrifice Mount Calvary mig no
have been made in vain for mshe chiefes, of sinners
pleased God TO speak his peace into my heart-,ha
peace OF God which passeh all understanding them III
know not and even 10 them that do And although have
now then, reproach myself with time m spent and
faculties unemployed; although my condition has on
than occasion resembled that OF him who bav-
ing evil spirit cas-, out, taken possession OF By
seven other spiriis more wicked than the first and the
first also; yet trust that they too by the power and
mercy OF God, may be. II they NOT, vanquished
But where am | running too On this subject more
hereafter. Meanwhile. yourself OF what is oil
small value compared with that OF those who piece
Of youself-of the unchanged regard and sympathy oil
your mothers son. All my God remember to have
seen Der die have followed her 10 the grave TO have
wondered that the continued 10 rise and set and the
order Of Nature go Ignorant OF true raligon bu
not yet an atheist, remember with horror my impous
representations with God upon this bereavement" bu
not YET an atheist" The existence OF atheism has been
denied but 1 was an honest one Hume began and
Hobbies finished 1 read Spinoza and all the tribe
Surely fell by no ignoble hand And the very man
t---) who gave me Hnme's Essay upon Human Ma.
lure to read administered Beattie upon Truth az the
an,doteVenice treace against arsenic and the essen
tai oil OF bitter Almonds bread and milk poulce for
the bite OF the cobra capelo.
Had remained a successful political leader | might
never have been Christian But it pleased God that
my pride should be mortified that by death and deser-
hon should lose my friends that except in the vein.
Of maniac. and he, too. possessed "of child by a
deaf and dumb spirit there should not run one drop oil
nay fathefs blood in any living creature besides myself
The death OF Tudor finished my humiliation / had
tined all things but the refuge Christ and TO that with
parental stripes, driven. Often did cry out with
The father OF that wretched boy, Lord believe
help thou mine unbeef " and the gracious mercy OF our
Lord to tins waverns faith staggering under the force OF