Randolph of Roanoke - Why the USA Marginalized Him and His Writings

Straight talker, truth talker and follower of men only to a point when their principles gave way and he could no longer follow them (i.e. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and even Jackson disappointed him).

I have said, on a former occasion, and if I were Philip, 1 would employ a man to say it every day, that the people of this country, if ever they lose their liber­ties, will do it by sacrificing some great principle of government to temporary passion. There are certain great principles, which if they be not held inviolate, at all seasons, our liberty is gone. If we give them up, it is perfectly immaterial what is the character of our Sovereign; whether he be King or President, elec­tive or hereditary—it is perfectly immaterial what is his character—we shall be slaves. It is not an elective government which will preserve us.

Slaves we are .. and John Randolph said this in 1813 when he was marginalized for being against that war with England.

Later he would say:

These principles are on record; they are engraved upon it indelibly by the press and will live as long as the art of printing is suffered to exist. It is not for any man at this day to undertake to change them; it is not for any men, who then professed them, by any guise or circumspection, to conceal apostasy from them, for they are there—there in the book…. What are they? Love of peace, hatred of offen­sive war, jealousy of the state governments toward the general government; a dread of standing armies; a loathing of public debt, taxes, and excises; ten­derness for the liberty of the citizen; jealousy, Argus-eyed jealousy, of the patronage of the President.

This high political courage to say these things is missing I tell you among the politicians of today .. and were missing for a vast majority of statemen of the years John was alive.

One more quote .. this one from 1829:

“The country is ruined past redemption,” Randolph wrote to Dr. Brockenbrough in 1829; “it is ruined in the spirit and character of the people.”

Yup, a truth-teller extraordinaire ... a prophet .. that the masses refuse to listen to ... because there is money and power to be made to go the other direction.

See link below for the full article:

Randolph of Roanoke | Abbeville Institute

BTW .. for you snowflakes out there .. try on some of this:

"You will find no instance in history where two distinct races have occupied the soil except in the relation of master and slave." - John Randolph

While Randolph remained dependent on hundreds of slaves to work his tobacco plantation,  he provided for their manumission and resettlement in the free state of Ohio in his will, providing monies for the purchase of land and supplies. They founded Rossville, now part of Piqua, Ohio and Rumley, Ohio.

Truth-teller!