COMMUNICATED.

A FRIEND OF STATE RIGHTS, because A FRIEND 
OF UNION, begs the favor of Mr. Ritchie to correct the
mistake of his neighbor of the "Jeffersonian," on the subject
of that writer's identity, so far as to assure him that Mr.
Randolph is not the writer. Justice to this gentleman requires
this correction, though the error is one which must
speedy correct itself. No man stands less in need of 
self-praise than Mr. Randolph, and none is more incapable 
of resorting to it. To those who know him, this alone
would prove that he could not be the author of an article,
in which a highly complimentary allusion is made to him.

It is said, that Mr. Randolph's health is improving, and
he may soon be in condition to speak for himself. However
the writer's vanity has been flattered by this mistake,
(no matter how small the number who may have fallen 
into it,) he would not willingly abide the rebuke it must
receive, should he keep silence, until an opportunity is
afforded to compare his Penny Whistle with the Trumpet
call that will thrill through every heart. When that
time comdes, "the Shepherd knows not thunder from a 
Tabor," better than every true-hearted Virginian will know
Mr. Randolph's voice from every other man's.

Alas! how small their number. Poor old Virginia!
wronged, insulted, and degraded; shorn of her honors, and 
stript of her sovereignty, none must presume to address
her in their own names, but the spoiled children of her 
misplaced favor, by whom she has been betrayed. The 
neglected son, whose pious care would turn away her
steps from the precipice to which she is blindly rushing,
must speak to her in a feigned voice. But is Mr. 
Randolph the only one to whom she has allotted a step-son's
portion? Is is alone from such that she can expect the 
ardous service which the present crisis demands? When 
Goneril and Regan betray and insult, does she remember
poor Cordelia? Is it only among those who have been true
to her in spite of herself, that she expects to find defenders
in the present crisis? Does her danger remind her of
those she cast away, because they warned her against
the courses which led to danger; and does she think that 
none can be found to brave the insolent pretensions of her
enemies, but those who had already signalized their 
devotion to her, by fearlessly encountering her displeasure
for her sake?

In part, she may be right; but not in every instance.
An honorable exception may be found in Mr. Robertson.
He is sincere. He has always been in earnest, and ready
to put in practice what he maintained in theory. Let us
see, whether at the very head quarters of State Rights
a former favorite of Virginia is to be rejected, because he
is ready to peril every thing in support of the principles
which brought him into favor and to be postponed to one
who declares her sovereignty IDEAL.

A FRIEND OF STATE RIGHTS,	
because A FRIEND OF UNION

It is hoped that the above will be re-published by those editors
who have countenanced the mistake which the writer has corrected.
The same favor is requested of Mr. Pleasant. He will not be offended,
because he is asked to publish from another paper an article 
which might, with equal propriety, have been addressed to himself.