Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-31

k.NDALLs LETTERS. La u former pa
per, wo casually adverted 10 series ofle,ters,
Which arc now publishing in the Kentucky Ar
GU, written by Mr.. Amos Kendall, the Editor
Of that paper, and addressed to Mr.. Secretary
Clay. Copies Of these productions. so far as
they have gone, have been furnished us by a
Kentucky Correspondent, and NC have read
them with aticnt .on. and they have afforded
us no small amusement.
The object had in view by Mr. Kendall. is,
to prove, that Mr.. Clay, made secret bar
gain with Mr.. Adams, for the Kentucky votes.
and his personal influence, both Of which, Mr..
Kendall says, were gwen in consideration of
his being appointed to the office Of Secretary
of State. but thus FIR, has produced nothing to
prove tic fact; and his whole TRADE amounts
T. about as much. as tho doefll sing song and
miserable defamation Of John Ii. Eaton, Car
ter Beverly, and the Hero of Hermitage. Mr..
Kendall commences his first letter, with the
following mortfying and shameful confession.
SIa:-WAcn you took frem the Argus the
publication of the Laws Of the United States
and gave it TO the Commentator, / took occa-
sion TO express the qualification felt at that
mark OF your personal dkpleasurc. Although
] had never been your debtor in acts of friend
ship; yo', such had been the relation in which
stood % your family, and such the iindncssI
had received at their hands, that needed this
display Of intolerance and prescription your
| part, to reconcile Inc to the attitude in which
1 was placed, and enat!e me to run the path
Of duty toi:h pe;(eet alaeriiy. Permit me,
therefore again TO thank you for your kind
prescription, which has empowered my heart
to Joiioso the dictates ofmy o,on understand
| ing, without exciting the painful reflection,
that wound bosom which retains the least
friendly feeling towards myself"
Hero we find a man, who talks about cor
ruption. and venality, confessing, that whilst
the patronage of tho Secretary of State was
continued TO him, he refused to speak his SEN
tments; and although he, believed Mr.. Clay.
was corrupt, still as he received a, the hands Of
! tho Department of State, some eighty dollars
! pcr-annum, he. was willing to support him in
his corrupt acts; and that il was not till the
Secretary had taken from him the printing of
the laws, that he dared 10 be ihan, and speak
openly, and without fear, of the acts of cor
rupton. Of which he believed Mr.. Clay to be
guilty. What a wonderful patriot! what
an Independent minded gentleman! If Mr..
Clay had continued to publish the laws, in Mr..
KenJall's Argus, ho would have supported him
| to the end Of his life, no matter however cor
rupt his acts might have been! At any rate f,
| the language Of Kendall admits as much as
this, or we cannot understand plain English.
The letters, taken altogether, very sin
| gular productions, and the reader cannot but
smile, when lie reads the evidence which Ken
| dali offers 10 support his charges against MIR.
Secretary Clay. We quote from his letter the
following, as specimen Of his evidence:
| About the Goth of January 1925, a conf
DENTAL friend and correspondent of yours in
| this place, called on, mo, aud Introducing the
sub ect of the Presidential election, enquired
whoiher would no. prefer MIR. Adams as Pros
ident, with yourself as Secretary Of State. to
| General Jackson as President, with your ey-
| clusion from the cabinet lie told me, that
.afr adams. if elected, would make you Sec
| retdry OF State, and solicited me-, f approved
| Of that arrangement. 10 write to our member
! Of Congress, requesting him to vote for Mr.
Adams expressed my dislike Of Mr.. Adams,
| as well as my preference for GeHoral atkson,
| time, urging upon mo the same views, but with
| the same result. He called a third time, and
told me, hit if General Jackson were elected,
| he would make MIR. Adams Secretary OF STATE,
and urged that Mr. Albums President and Mr..
| Clay Secretary, would be more acceptable 10
Kentucky, than General Jackson President
and Mr.. Adau.s Secretary. though, SO too,
and finally consented to write
The sum total of this evidence, amounts to
this; that confidential friend and corrcspon-
| dent, called upon Mr. Kendall, and told him,
that il Mr.. Adams was elected president, he
would make Mr.. Clay Secretary of State, and
asked him, Kendall to write to the member Of
Congress, representing the district in which he
lived, and request him TO vote for Mr. Adams!
Such is the proof adduced by Amos Kendall.
and upon such evidence, he expects to convict
Mr.. Clay OF political corruption!! lie may
succeed but who believes ho will' These let
tiers, are certainly tho most singular political
productions, that were ever issued from the
press, and cannot fail to hold tho author of
them,up 10 the scorn and derision Of the world.
lie attempts by series Of gasconade, impu-
dence, and unparalleled audacity, to abuse
Mr.. Clay, and has even the icmerlty 10 assert,
tia, he, himself, having formerly advocated
| the interests OF tho Secretary, was mainly in
strumentaI, in bringing the late presidential
! election 10 IFS final issue, but having subse-
! quently ascertained, that a majority of tho
Kentucky prhlic, are cpposcd TO ih- udrninis-