The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

He was then as perfectly in possession of
his understanding as / ever saw him or any
other man."
At this time be made no secret OF bis use
of opium. 81 live b. IL; not upon opium"
said ne to a friend He had been driven 10
it as 81 alienation OF q pain to which few
mortals were doomed, and to which may be
traced many of the alterations OF mind and
of conduct so much regretted by his friends.
and which some unkindly and unjustly
called insanity.
mr.. Randolph was present at large meet
ing of the African Institution at London.
Mr.. Wilberforce, after speaking with his
usual ability and eloquence on the appro-
pirate subjects of the occasion, concluded by
pronouncing q warm p6Segyric upon the
example set by the United States OF Amer
lea in making the slave-trade piracy, and
upon Mr.. Randolph's great efforts In pro-
noting that act Mr. Randolph then rcse
to return thanks for the mark OF respect to-
ward the United States OF America. After
q few appropriate remarks. he thanked the
meeting for the grateful sense they had
expressed toward America, and also so
sured them that all that was exalted in sta
} ton, in talent, and in moral character
among his countrymen was, as was also TO
be found In England, firmly united for the
} suppression of this infamous traffic. IL was
delightful for him to know that Virginia,
, the land OF his sires, the land of his nativity
had for half century affixed public brand
and indelible stigma upon this traffic, and
had put in the claim of the wretehed objects
of ii to the common rights and attributes of
humanity. The plsinness OF Mr.. RAN
ldolph's appearance" says a London paper,
his Republican simplicity of manners and
easy and unaffected address attracted much
attention, and he sat down amidst q burst of
Applause"
was at boarding school opposite the
rf-ho in, h.,
delivered his last address TO the people of
that county. DE passed in review all the
old families of Virginia. spoke of their en-
ergy, ssgacity, and efficient usefulness of
character. The old gentry are all gone
nothing bat a desolation and poverty where
the fires of noble and generous hospital
Iity had burned on thousand hearths." He
adorn many pages OF our earnest and bright
est history. Henry Mason. and others not
lone OF whom" he said, have left a son
equal to their father" In short said he:
Look at the Lees, Washingtons Ran
Idolphs. what woful Degeneration
He was then in fast declining health,
and another visit to England was advised
as the only hope of relief He reached
Washington, and dragged his emscisted
body. with difficulty. into the Senate Cham
Der. Sinking with feebleness and the ex-
haustion of the effort, he caught the sound
of Clay's voice. as the latter was addressing
the chair. He asked Ito be held up that he
might listen to that voice again." Clay
turned and saw him. Moved by his haggard
look, with the death warrant In his face. the
magnanimous Kentuckian> approached his
old rival and foe. The interview was touch
ing. All the past was forgotten, and the
greetings of the illustrous commoners were
kind and tender. They parted in peace and
good will, never to meet again upon earth.