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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS-TUI, GUARDIANS OF OUR I.IDERTY.
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Vol. XXI.
THlJIimiY, 71AY 20, IH4I.'
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J ):IX BlNUOLPlI. or ROANOKE.
(4 tur pit, lie aUur ofChaioa B4.
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Great wH ! nuJae art nearly a'lieJ.
I reweuiber "nt years since to b
J-dm Rudolph in Half nore.' I bid
bvqqeiiilf red snd hearj descriptions of
lo-a. snd one day, a I n ttnding in
Mrtf. Baltim-we ttreet, I remaikcd
111. thii ewiqie lonk'ni being harrying
waidt with a quirk irapatiml tiep,
nIra'Ijr much aon) ed by a rroil of
Kt h were f Hawing clotc at Lit
lecl. n-t i l'c obstre perout mirth Uh
hich they would hat f.-Il iwed a erizy
r a drunken Din, nr an organ grimier
a I hi oky. Iit in the Silent rurtous
vomicr wih whieh tfeey u!J have
hantrj a Chioete bedecked in full e.i
tame. 1 in-ttntlr knew the inditiduil in
be Randolph, from ilit description. I
therefore advanced to aids him, that 1
might make a full observation of hi per.
am without aiolatiiif, the rules of courtesy
i tpinc w f ze at him. Ac he sp-irmht-d,
he occasionally lurmd laan!s
the boy with an angtjr glance, but with
ut ) ing any thing, and tltrn hurried nn
a if ht ou'itnp them, hut it woullnotdo.
They f-illiwed thw b hin J the frtr.
eirh one tibring hint ao int'itt'r that
he aiil noilrinf to hie campanion. Jut
before I ibet hiio be Mp'Mtl a Mi. C ,
a ct!iier nf one of the buk aaid to be
ai mIJ a fiih aa John himeelf. I l.iiiered
in a tre elss bjr, and, annitieed, re
mtrkeJ the 'noke nrat-e far a runaidrr
Me time, and reHy he wa the airsngest
I H.kinf biin I ever behtd.
Ill Img legi, about at thick at a
eironj walking one, and of eueh thape,
wete enrted in a air of tight email
rl.ilie. ta tijl.t that they teemed part
ml parcel of the limha of tle nearer.
Uaniltmne wlii'e t irking were fatieurd
ni li great tidineet at the kneeibe a tma!
g'dd bui'k'e, and oer lliem, eoming about
hill my tip the etf, cre a pair nf whi.
I heliete, are called hoe, roarte and
rrtuairy kni. He wore timet. They
were !J-fahiooed, and fastened alto
with bucklei hup one t. lie trod like
n Indian, iriiliout turning hit tnci out,
but planking them down ttraight ahead.
It wat the fohiun in thoee !) to wear
a lantailed mat, wiih a email C'!!ar,,and
lu.tnnt far tpart behind, and few on the
treut. 'Mr. UndIphe were the reteri
f alt thi, and, intte.d of hit eol being
fn oilrd, it wat what, we beliere. the
kuigliit of the needle call twallowuiled;
ilit Collar wat immentelv large, the
lutiont wtrt.in ki'iing prosimxy, and
they Mt together at elote on the breatrf
he girmenta the leadera at a crnwdtd
luUlie feetival. Hi waitt waa remarkably
lender; to tlender thai, at he Mood hit
rrtit akimbo, he rou!d eatily, it' I
thought, with hit l mg bony finger t haie
pauned it. Around hin hit enat, which
nat very tight, wat held together by one
tuiton, and, in consequence, an inch r
more of tape, to which it wat attarhed,
wat perceptible where it wa pulled
through t!ie rln.h. About hit neck he
tire a large white cravat, in which hit
rlun wit urcaeionally buried he rooted
li head in eonveriiion; no thirl collar
wt re'cepuM-; eery other perton
ecmrd to pride himetll wpon the tize of
hit, at ilire were then wore large, Mr.
H inilili't fonipleltim wat precisely
ili.mf a nni in my. witheied. tfl'ron, ilry
ami blnmllett: you could not have ( liced
a pin' point on hit face where ymi
I ni't hae touched a wrinkle. Ilia
were thin, enmpretfcd. and coloilea;
he chin, heanlha at a boy 'a, wat broad
for the rzenf hit fare, which wattmall,
hit note wat straight, with nothing re
mark able in it, except perhaps it wa too
lirt. lie wore a fur cap, whieh he
tMik o(T. itinilmg a few nimuentt on
envcrnl. I observul tht hit head wat
quite mall, rharaccri'iic which it eaid
t fia e inirked many men ol ldiii,
Jiyron and Chief Justice Marshall, for
ntanre. Ju'je Burnet, of Cincinnati,
who ht been alike ilietinguithed at the
ar. mi the bench, tnd in the United
.-Sttie Sena'e. and whom I have heard
m i-s a judge and potettor of talent
(than Mr. Ilainm-md, of the Czeitf, tay
wat the clcarctt and mott impreetite
pi akerhe erer heard, hat also a very
emll head. Mi. Kandidph'e hair was
rnnarkahly fine fine a an infant, and
4hni. i wnt vary long, and wat patted
with great Cjre on hf top of hit hrad.
ml waa lied behind with a bit of Hick
nhind b ut three mchet from kit neck;
the hole of it furued a queue not thicker
t'nn the little finger of a delu;te girl.
Ilitlnrehead wat low. with noburapholo
ny abnut :; but hie ee, though tunken.
n moot brilliant and tlartling in ita
Kiwi. It wat not to rye of profound,
hut of inpulnite and pisionate tiimighi.
'h an ixpremion at timet turh aa
phyniciant detcrihe to be that of inaniiy,
hut art insanity which teemed to quicken,
nt iltr.,T, iulfllf efual , eutcme. 1
,!er beheld at eye that ttrwefc- rne more.
! piteaed a epiciet of fasrnaiinn, each
wtiiihl mike yon wonder oer the
hararji r of tit poaeir, Mruhout finding
clue in ymix wondernfjut to dicoet
. .. ec.pt t'nt he wm piiate, wty
ward, ted frarlei. He lifted hi long
bony finger iajpreatively ae he coaeerted,
attj getirulied with it ia a peculiar
manner. Ilia whole appearance etrurk
ate, and 1 ciulJ eaily imagine how. nb
hie great command of Nnguage, to tppro
priaie and full, aa brilliant and eliel,
joined to the fart infoimatios that hit
Uitcu'tit e oratory enabled him to eshibit
in its fullrtt eiient. from the ton home of
which the midneti of hit imagination wat
ajwtyt poiating out a happy analogr, or
bit'er tarraam. tht ttarlled lie moirfrom
the fact that hit hearer t did net perceive
it until the look, tone, and finger brought
it down wiih th teddrnnet t f lgh'n:og.
and wiih ita eflertt, opon the head olhi
adversary; takine a 1 thit into contidera
lion. I rotihj eily imagine how, when
alaiott a boy, he won to much lame, and
precred it to long and with to at an
inSeence. notwitheianding the eecentrici
iy and ii.e.-nUieuetr of hit I f e. nuhlie
and private. , 4
iJy the hye, the sudden, unexpected
and aphnrittical way ia whitli Randolph
often riprrteed hit teotimentt, had mueb
to do wiih bis oratorical, toccett. lie
would, like Dean Swift, make a remark,
teettjingty a compliment, and explain it
int- a tarciam, or he wru'd tt'ter an
apparent earcttm, aid turn it into a com
plimrnt. Many epeakera, when they
have taid a thing, hurry on to a full ex
planation, fearful ttut the hearer may not
underttand them; but when Randidph
expreted one ol ihete ranting ihoughtt,
he left ihe hearer for annte time pozz'ieg
in uoudi at to wait tie meant, and. when
it pleated him, in the roJett romner in
the wo;.l he explained hit ine-n ng, noi
s little delighted if he !iroered that hit
audience were wondering the whiU upon
whom the blow would drteend, or whit
principle lh remark woi.l l be brought
to il'umate. liitte anecdote,- whieii I
heard a member of ('orgrrtt from Ken
tucky tell of him. thowt thit character
itiie. The Corgrettnun, on hit Crt
vitit to Wathinjion, (lie had jutt been
elected.) wat of courts Weairout of teeing
the liont Randidph, thnuh not a mem
ber of tidier lioae, wtt there, and hd
himteir daily borne inm the Senate nr
lloute by hit faithful Jubt, to litten to
the drbaiet. Iery body, noted or un
noted, were falling on the ecrcowe
orator, and the m either fiom Km.utky
determined 4o do hkewite, iml gratify
hjteuriti:y. A friend, General,
prooied to pretent him, ttying though,
You mutt be prepared for an odd recep
lion, lor, if Rundtdph it in a bd humor,
he will da and ear anv thine: if he ia in
! a good humor, yon will ree a mol fiuiahed
'genileman." They called. Mr. Ran.
' tlulph wat t trrlrhed out on a tofa. He
teemed, taid the member. " a skeleton.
endowed with thoie (lathing ejet which
gtiott atoriet gite to the reinimtted body
when tent upon tome earthly minion.
The Congrett man wat prevented hv
hit friend, the Generid. at a Member of
t.ngrcsi from Kentucky. " Ah. fnm
that hit countrymen believed htm. Hie after the amendment had been offered, and
mitaioa to !'utia broke the charm thbt drawing hit w tick from bi f b, eakrd tl e
the prevtihng opinion of hit ditterett'! UaaorablelVter wluto'rlofk it wat. He
edneta rait about him, and hit influence J told him. 1 Sir, replied the orator,
in hit attivetUte wat falling fatt beneath J you ran mend my watrb. but not my
the sppoiittmrnt and outfit tnd talary that J movant. Yea uudtrt'and tictict, air, but
had disenchanted it when he died; and ! sot tartie!"
sow eld Virginia will forget and forgive j That. no, waa a fine retort, hen, af
thete iuenniteneiet of one of her grr alert: ter ht had been tpetking, eeerl mem-
toot, to do reference to bit memnrv.
Rtndolph'a republicanitts wat i-ever
heariMi; he wtt at fcean an trit.erat. lie
tltould hate been bora in England, a nol le
there he thuuld have rrmed the en
eroarbmeni of ail below him upon hit ow n
bert re in tuccetion and attacked him
Sr." ttid be. I am in the condition ol
old Lear .
The Little aid all.
Tiae, Blanch Saettbeart,
beethey bark at ua "
prerogaiieet.tta'ion, dignity, and qnalitys All aeeoontt ajree In praieinf the era
and lie would bare done hia bett io hate trieI powert of Randolph. Ilia man-
Kentucky, t;r," rxelaimed Randolph, in! nere and ilinregard fur the feeling of u the fa
hit thrill toiee, at he rote to tereiae! ia fact a wialiio wound their feelinr
thim, "from Kenlurky, eir; well, tir, I and the other hi wit. I do not totch
urougMthe prerogatieet, tta;ion. dignt- oer wat general v tlow tnd'impreieire,
y. na qiiamy oi au aooc mm a lit- ns voice tqueaking, but deer ai d ha
tie below hit leeel, or at leatt upon ' tinrt, and. at far aa it could be heard,
an eqn.lny wih hit. Kandnlph would, what be ttid wat clearly understood,
have lifted Wilkee up to be a thorn in the Hie getinre wit chit fly wiih hit long tke
tide of a king whom he did not like, and leton like finger. The imprettirenett with
to overthrow hit rr.ir.Uirr; had he been whieh heated it ha been remarked by
hime!f a nriuittrr, hia loyalty would H ho have httrd him. When he wat
then .ae protiourced Wilket an un- "eareattic, aoidta thouand it would tar,
piiocipled demagogue. Wilkee, we eironger than language, to the individual
know, when he gt office, taid he eoulJ whom he meant Thoti art the Oian.
prove to hit mjeety that he himtclf had In hit ehoire of language he w aery
never been a Wilketiie. Randolph waa fotidiou. making amciimet a eontider
inTeneely telfih. and hit early tucceae able paue to telect a word. Hit read
at a politician arfd orator impreed him ing wat extentive, and in every depart
with ao exaggerated opinion of hit own ' merit of knowledge romance, talet. po
imporlance. al an age when turb opiniont emt. pi it, vnytget, travel, bittory, bio
ar eaily made and not eatily eradicated, "graphy.'philotophv all arretted bit at
la the cte of Randolph, thit overween- tenti.m. and ea-h had detained hirn long
ine telfettiroaiion frew wiontironi. enuthlo render him familiar wi.h the bei
Un man me, John.' and the bitfmit 'work of ihe kind. Hit mind wat oats
or liulei.et ol oihera terieet were va-; rally erratic, and hit demhory raiding,
uru an.1 (rut ma.cu jui in proportion a a as lit never devotril l.imteir to a proref
they elevated or depretted the interettt aion. tnd dipped a little into tll.increa
tnd peraonal dignity of the orator ofRoan- d hit natural and mental waywardneat.
oke. And ofien when bit interettt had . He teldom reasoned, and when hedid.it
nothing to do with, the question present-1 wtt aa effort that wat painful, and which
ed to him, hie caprice would tway Ims rott him more trouble than it wat worth,
judgment, for hit personal retentmenta ' He aaid himself, in one of hit apeerhet
led him far tway from etery ronich-ra in the Senate of the Uoited Ftatee.
lion tave that of how he toul l beat ; that he had a defect, whether rfeduea
wound bit adterttry. jtion or nature waa immaterial, perhapt
Hit blow wanted neiiher tigor nor ; proceeding from both a refeei which had
venom; hie wetpona were poisoned with 1 dualled him, from hit first entrance into
tucb consummate akill, and he to well public life to the pretent hour, from
anew mo auiDerat.ie paint oi every ctia
ricter, that often when the wound by an
observer .who knew nothing of hit op
poneni, wit deemed slight, it wtt rink
lmg in the heart. Randolph wat well
acquainted wiih the pi irate history of the
eminent men of hit time, the peceadil
lie a, fraiitiet, indicreione, wtinesset,
vani iet, and vicee ol them til. -lie uted
hi tiHixue at t jockey would hit whip;
he hit the tore place tdl the blood came,
and there wat no crack or flourish, or
noise, or Mut'er in doing it It wat
with i celerity and dexterity which thow
rd the practised hind, and ilt unexpect
cdiic'i at well at in teeriiy,nfieDdumb
founded the ticum eo completely, tint he
had not one word to tay, but writhed in
tilenre. - . .f. "5-
I remember hearing two inerdottt of
Randolph, whieh ttrikingly type lncha-
ractcr. Due exuibita In cyuil rtile
eontider your ttate the Dottny Ilay r.f for their arcuracy, but I gie ihrnt at I
I trgmia. I he heumckian thought that
ihe nrit remark would te a quotation
(torn I5arrinifto:' Ro'tny Ilay epilogue,
(apilied hy Randolph to the -Virginia tet
j tlera f Kentucky,
i True paliinl we, fur be it undrrstofd,
j w a It ft our cuuhIm fur our country' f oJ,"
but Randolph, after a pause, continued:
j 1 do not make this remark, tir, in ap
he frequently heard them, aa perhapt
hat the retdrr.
Once when Randolph wit in the env
oi 11, he waa in the daily habit of
frequenting the book-store nf one of the
largest booktetlera in the place. He
made tome purchatd from him, and wat
very curious in looking over hit book.
1 iic. In the coutse of Raudolnh't vitiit.
plication to the moral or mode of settle he became very familiar with Mr.
inent of Kentucky. No, sir. I mean to the bookseller, tnd they held lung chat
'tay that it i my opinion, air, that the; together; ihe orator of Roanoke allowing
j lime approachet when Hot my Hay will; off with gieat courtcay. Mr. - . waa
Jin all reepecta turpatt England, and I; quite a pompout man, and rather vain of
' fear it w ill toon be to with regard to your j hit aequaintat.ee with the liom who used
' ata'e and mint." tottopinhiathop. Subsequently, being
f I cite this little nnccdote, not for Any in Washington w ith a friend, he ctpied
peculiar pith th.t it possctset, but in il Randolph advancing towarda him, and
i lu-trat.on of hit chaiactor, tnd in proof told hia friend he would introduce him to
! nf lli A V m . tr !ea- Jk m -lw ! flA etaiil rttin tlio frsnsv.l li aj a a
we uiv ivuiii'w taMiF titiiae aa jt v ei a tat mum iiih Hivili't I'uwctrif
If Air. Randolph hid lived in tncienl knowing the wiywardnet of Randolph,
timer, Plutarch, with all his now ere in declined. 'Well, said Mr. .
1 tracing the analogic of character, would . ! am torry you will not be introduced
.hive looked in vain for hit parallel. J I'll go up and cive him a ihakr by the
! And a niodrrn biographer, with all nJ hand it any rule." Up he walked, with
!rrnt and all modern timet befote him,' ouiairetched hand, to salute the cynic.
will Duo the enort iruitlra that seek ins , I he Arittocritic Kepuoiican, (tjy the
fellow. At first, the reader might think
iof Diogenet at funithing tome resent
!ll.n Ia I. tin ..iwt 1l llial Tn-
dolph wanted was a tub; 'but not to if
another Alexander had asked him w hat he
would have
bestow -ihe
bye, how often your thorough-going Re
publican it a ftill-blooiicd Aristocrat in
hit private relatione) immediately threw
hia handi behind him, at if he could not
'dull hit palm" in that way. and gazed
that imperial power could' searrhingly into the face of the astonished
answer never would have bookseller. Oh, oh!" aaid he, it i( re-
been a rrquett to aland out of hi tun-' collecting himself, "you are Mr. U ,
light. No. Randolph, if he could have! from Baltimore!" Yet. tir," wat the
got no higher emolument md honor,! reply. A bookseller 1" Yes, tir."
would immediately have requeated to be again. " Ah! 1 bought tome book from
sent on a foreign' mission; that over, iff you!" Yet, tir. you did." Did I
Alexander had nothing more to give, and forget to pay you for them?" No. tir,
wat o situated at not to be feired, who you did not." (Jood morning, tir,'
iloee n t believe thit the ex winiiter said the orator, lifting hi can with of.
would turn tail on him?
The fact ie. lint Randolph wat exret
tively , ambitious, a cormorant alike for
praise and plunder; and though hi pat
riotiom could point out the disinterested
ourc to other, hit love ol money would
not let him keep the track himself ai
least in his latter year, when Mammon,
the oi l mnn't (tod, beset him. and he
Mime I an idolatnr t that for which he
Md so oltett exprced hit dctetiation
ended mgnity. and passing on. 1 hit
anecdote does not show cither Randolph's
goodliest of head or heart, but il ihows
hit character.
The other anecdote it as follows: The
Honorable Poier , who wat a watch
maker, and who had represented IJ
county for many yeara in Coiigres, once
made a motion to amend a revolution of
fered by Mr. Randolph on the snbjerl of
military rlaim. Mr. Randolph rote up
making what is called a rtgvlnr tpcecJl.
The defect wat tloubileii both Irom ed
ucstion and nature; education nvghi have
ia tome measure, corrected the tenden
cies of bis nature, bnt ihere wat perhapt
an idiiirneraiy in the constitution of the
man which compelled him to be mete
tie and erratic in mind, at well attemper.
He ttid that ridicule was the keener
weapon in the pailameotory armory,"
and ha learned all the tricks of fence with
it. and never played with (oil. He teems
lo have had more admiration for Iheoratory
tf Chatham than that of any other indivi
dual.il we may judge from the manner in
which that great man it mentioned in hit
ipeechei. They were certainly unlike
ic chiraeter, very unlike. Chatham hav
ing hid bad health, and it being well
kmwnthtthe went ! Parliament and
rnide.hu btt efforts when almctt tink
ing frun i kne'. Randolph might have
fell that, aa he had done the same thing,
their characters wereatsimilaled. Chat
ham m aeized with a laiuting fit when
making hit last speech, snd died a short
tune ifterwardt. And probably it ia not
idle tprcuUiion to tay that Randolph,
with a inoibid or peihapt an insane ad
minlioa of his chtraeier, wished losink
at Chatham t'id, in the legislative hill,
tnd be borne thence to die.
However, there wat enough in the ear
racier ol Chatham to win ihe admiration
of any one who loved eloquence, with
out seeking in idventiliout r ircum-tancet
a motive for hit admiration; and Ran
dolph appreciated luch talent at hit too
highly not to have admired them under
all circumstances; but hit r vermes wat
doubtlest increated from the resemblance
which he taw in their bodily eouditiont,
and which, be wit very willing to be
lieve, extended to their mind. Chatham
was bold, vehement, retittleM. not often
witty, but eminently tuccettful when he
attempted it; invective wat hit forte. In
tome of theta point, Randoph resembled
him; but then Chatham' eloquence wat
but a meant lo gain hit ends; hit
judgment wav intuitive, hia iigacity un
rivalled: he bore down all opposition by
hit fearlett energiet, and Me compelled
hit enemies to admit that he wa a pub
lic benefactor in the very breath in which
they expressed their personal unlike,
Chatham kept hi cuds steadily in view,
and never wavered in hit e'ortj to gain
thorn. Not ao Randolph. He remindt
tit of the urchin in the " Lay of the List
Minstrel," whoal wayt used hit fairy giftt
with a spirit of deviltry, lo provoke, to
annoy, and to injure, no matter whom he
wounded, or when or where. Randolph
did nut want personal dignity, but he
wanted the dignity which arises from coo
sislent conduct, a want which no brillian
cy nf talent can supply. On the contia
ry, the splendor of high talenta bulatrve
to make inch inconitency ihe more ap
parent. He wa an intellectual meteor,
whose courte no one could predict; but,
be it where it might, all were certain that
it would blaze, and wither, and destroy.
At a etatetoan, it it believed that he
never originated a ainelt measure, though
hit influence often destroyed lha mea
sures rf oilier. Some one observe " iltit
the hmd which it not able t build alio
vet may destroy a palace, and he seem
ed lo have had a good dtal f the av&bi
t to of bits who filed ihe Kphetis dome.
Asa scholar, he lfi oolhieg behind lin
though hit wi wa tii'iou. and LU ac
quirementa profound. He teemt emt lo
have written a Common communication
far a newspaper, without great labor and
faitidioflt correctioo. ' hte been ir
formed by a competitor who net a part
of hie epeei h n retrenchment, which
be drdieaud to hit owit itueate, that bit
emendations were eadleta. 1 hive a part
of ihe MS. of thit tpeecb before me; it it
written with a trembling hind, but with
great attention to punctuation, and with a
drlieat stroke of the pen. It wis at in
orator he shone t and as an -oiai t tit
power of chaining the attention of his au
dience hat been, reihapt, never tnrpat.
ed. Ia an isserubly w here Demottheaet,
Cicero, Chatham, Miribeiu, or Henry
spoke, Randolph's eloquence would have
been listened to wilt profound Interest.
and In opposition would bays been fVtr
ed. At ait orator he fell hit power he
knew that in eloquerc he wielded a mi
t;c wind, end he wit n it only fearles of
opposition, but he couru-d it; for w ho of
wit cantemponrtet.liaa cqnalled him ia
the power of carrying on successfully lie
partisan warfare of desultory debate the
cut and thrui the steady aim! w m eonhl
wield like him the tomahawk, and who
of them poiteed hia dex'eiity in ec-lp
ing a foe? Hit irophiee tre nomberlit.
and he wore'them wi.h the pride of hit
progenitor, for there wit truly a good
deal of Indian b'ood in hie vein. It it
taid ilul Randoph firtl tignalized himself
by making a ttump speech in Virginu in
opposition to I'tlrick Henri ; seirctly any
one knew him when he roae to reply lo
Ilenrr, and to strong wat Henry s con
sir in.n of hit powert, tint he spoke of
them in the highetl terms, and propheti
ed hit fu ure eminence. Randolph gU
rioutly said of Henry ihtt he wat
Slukspeire tnd Uirrick cowbiaed.
Randolph's character and conduct for.
rible impren upon us the .power of ehr
quince in a republic. $ IIow many twiai,
nd turn, and tergiversation, and obli
qtiilire were there in hit eoursc; yet hew
much influence he potsetted, particuUr
ly in Virginia! How much he wat fear
ed, courted, a Inured, thunned, hated, and
II beeiute he wielded the .weapon thai
rulet the fiere democrat) I How
winy men. far hia aupenort ia practical
naefulneit. lived unhonored and without
influence, and died untang, brcisse they
had not eloquence! Eloquence it superior
lo all other gifts, even to the u.zzlmg fat
riaalions ol the warrior; lor it rules alike
in war and peice, and wint all by iu
tntll. RandoLih waa the very pcrtoni
fication f inconsistency. Heboid him
tUkinc of the 'tnlendid misery" of office
holders. 'What did he wint with oCacel
A cup of cold witer was better in hit
Conditiot.; the l word ol D.mnclei wit
suspended over him by a tingU hair,'
4'C. Acwhen lo! he goct to the frigid
not tl. for what! For health! No. for
an outfit and ealary! and died clnidlei,
worth, it ia taid, nearly a million!
Randolph! oratory remind u forcibly
of Don Juan; and if Byron hail wri'ten
nothing hut Don Juan. Randolph might
have been ca'led the Byron of orator.
He had all the wit, eccentricity, malice
and flighttnesi nf that woik its touches
thit link the hem, and taieam that
scorn, the next moment, the teat that had
lined.
In a dying ttate, Randiliih went to
Washington during the list session of
Congre, an J. although not a tnembi r.
he had hi nself home daily to the hall ol
legislation to.wiuv s the debate. He
returned home to hi constituent, and
wis elected to Congreit, ind ttarted on a
lour lo Europe, if possible to' regain hit
health; he laid "it was the last thruw of
the die." ' V
lie expired in Philadelphia, where he
first appeared in the council of the na
lion, in the sixty-first year of hit age,
leaving a reputation behind him for rlat
tie wit indiplendVl eloquence which few
of hit oontenipoririet may hope to equal;
and a charicttr which hi biographer may
deem himself fortunate if he ran explain it
to have been compatible with either ihe du
tie of soci .l life, the tacrednett nf friend
ship, or the requirement! of patrotism, un
less he offer at an apology partial derange
inmt. In the letter in which the de
cease 1 acknowledged that he had made
a mitiaiemenl with regard to thecrarac
ler of Mr. Lowndet on the tariff, he as
signed, as a reason for the error, the dis
ordered state of hit mind, arising from
the exciting medicine which he waa com
pelled to take t sustain li!.
1 have, perhapt, expressed myself
harshly inconsistent with thatchauiable
feeling which- all ahould possett who are
treading upon ashes under which iho
fire it not yet extinguished. " If to to ex
press our conscientious opiniont it tome
times to do wrong,
" Why draw hit fraiitiet from their dread a
, bode."
Fur who cm tell, in the rime alliance
between reaion and madnett, which were
ao strongly mixed up in hit character, how
much hit action and words partook of
the one or the oilier! .Where they a! tern a
ted, or -where one predominated, or where
the
eass
they aingW U e r influence, eot in
en.Vraee of love, bat i ! lor
lerv. 4.L! b w ttucU U wf t V
git J wi.h tm 'eia4sWrf .
wtnder ng. snd Ml li st they t'tMM
rortr. snd ytt strsfgled in Tata. Hi
tpirit. Me the grrmeye oi n r u
yhavaknowwtbatnoucs sn "--
beset ii. and fell lint M wtl roatrn-
teg with disease and the film -of comiaf
death, yet l.jcd at last to beam foi'h w
ititrightneit. ' "
Tat day dit gt t, thoo'b stornie keep nut
lkBH. ... - 5 I
Aai Iks lb leirt witl break, end tkntj
:.,iewa. . -til
And sv i U with' the wind, snd Raw
d.dph's -bruketaty lir-4 on! sill Ue rea
thfdows of the oigbl of death gmheteU
over hits and five bias o the dark we
jood, 1 ' ' ; "
. fratt the Lnuiville Adverlieer. ' 5
ttATKS.OF. INTEREST. ; '.
The follow mg are the met i.f ii.terel
10 lh Stitet tnd Terriiorici oftht Uiiion
logethrr with the punishment of uuiy.
11 it a valuable tu cuien',' and ihould te
piecred. ' I l
Maine. 6 per cent forf.it i f the dil
or claim'. ' .v ' -V'.
New Hampsliire, 6pr cert' forfeit jiff,
three time the amount unlawfully t-jtc?.,
Vermont, 0 pcf cent tecotery in ao
linn with ciftt. '
Missaehusetit, G per cent forfeit rf ;
il.ree fold the usury. V
Rhode Ilandr 0 per cent forfeit of,
the money and interest ou the Abu
Connecticut, C per cert Carleit of the
whole tJeSt. "
New York, 6 per rent foifrit of the"
whole debt. " ,.
New Jersev, 6 per cent forfeit.of the
whole debt, , . ' , '
I'ennsyltsnia, 6 per cent forfeit 'of,
ihe whole debt.
Delaware, 0 per cent forfeit of. the
whole debt . " '
Men land, (I per eent on tobacco eon-;
tracts 8 per emt Usurious contract void. !
Virginia, 6 per cent fiwfeit double ihe
sury taken. ; ' " "4 ' v- r'
North Carolina, 6 per cent, Contractt '
for usury void forfeit double the usury.
South Carolina. 0 per rent. Forfeit k
of interest and premium taken, with cost '
to debtor. ' ' " ' ; ; ' c
Georgia, 8 per cent forfeit of ilijreoj
timet the usury, and eoolraei void.' ' ' ' "l
Alabama, 8 per cent tor ftit of interest
nd utury. '' V V, 1 ;
'Mississippi, 8 percent by contract an
high si lU uiurr reeoverible in icUo'n pf '
debt. ' - v :; ; i'
Irouitiant, 5 per cent bank interett '
6 conventional is liigtTu 10 beyond :
coiitriet, void. ,
Trnnettee, 0 per eent usurious eon-''
trsets void."' f -
Kennicky, 6 per cent utury miy be
recoveietl, with col.
Ohio, 0 per cent otoriout contriett
void.
Indiana, 0 per cent-!-on written agreo '
ment miygo ae high at 10 penalty 'of
umry, a fine of douH the excem. - jr.
Illinoia, G per cent three fold the .
amount of the whole intetesu , ' tj-
Missouri, 8 per cent by tgiccmeutaa
high as 10 beyond, forfeit of ihe whole. 4
interett due, snd of the usury liken., -
Michigan, 7 per cent forfait of the
usury liken ind one fuurih the debt, ,
Arkanaa. 6 per cent by agreement,
tny rate not higher than 10. Arm-tint of
utury recoverable, but contract void. . . ..
Florida, 8 per cent forfeit of. microti ;
and vxresi in care ol uury. .
Wisconsin, ? per cent by.tgreement
not over 12 forleit treble the execs.
On debts ind judgments in favor of the
United State, interval it computed at
tx per rent per year. t r ,
Vnblatstd TtttimonuTh follow
ing tribute to the late President's Inaugu
ral it form a London paper, and may be
coutidcred at speaking the voice of those
who cm judge impartaii judgment.
"The Inaugural Address of Gen. Her'
risen, on the occision of hit induction in
to the Pretidency of the United States,
wit delivered at Wastngton, on the 4th
intf. We hive given tint document else
where, at some length. In character is
perfectly pacific, while it is noble and
dignified, arid affords lingular snd strik
ing eontrtst to the unmeaning 'Speech
which tsdvliveted in the House ol Peers
on the occasion ol anew Sovereign com
ing to the throne. The At!dwt carries
its own comment, require! no observa
tion! from us; but we recommend to our
readers an attentive perusal ol it, feeling
assured that more than ordinary graiifi
cation will result. Though Geo'. Har
rison has beea returned by the Whigs in
opposition to the Democratic party, his
principles Ire more democratic than thme
of the opponent let up agaimt him.".5
Prentice hits hie neighbor 'of the Ad
vertiser, in the word following:' 1 - ,f,
"In our illusion io Ihe fact that the ji
nior editor of the Advertiser is now art
unnaturalized foreigner, we have meant
no unkindueta toward! that gentleman.
The junior is no more to blame for having
been born aa Irishman, than thoeniorts
iiuj bating been born a iicke , 1 -. a