Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-20

hcnGaH had become sourcd with Mr.. Clay, and
mat ne could he induced, by relieving hiu from his
pecunlory Obligations TO Mr.. Clay, To take ground
tor General Jackson. | visited Frankfort: Mr.
nenua.l was sick. | ona If his confidential
trends, who gave it his opinion that if iiandall
could OBTAIN emo thousand dollars, he would come
INTO the support OF Cen Jackson; but that an I'M
dcrstanding with Mr.. Barry and Col johnson WAS
necessary prerequisites then visited Lcxin rtou
''r. Barry seemed opprehenSvc that John Popc
VINO Is rothcr-iu-law of Mr.. Adams, would
support his re-etccton and that, III that event, the
state OF Kentucky would go for Mr.. Adams
Drought about meeting. Il reconciliation, and AN
! understanding between those gentlcmen; and Mr.
barry went with me TO the Blue Springs where |
| authorized Col. johnson to say to Mr.. Kendall
That, If his sense Of pecuniary obligation to Mr.
,iay prevented him from taking grouLd III favor
Oh zen. Jackson, | would guarantee loan Of
Twelve hundred dollars. Mr.. Kendall did take
ground against Mr.. Clay. lie came on to wash
lngton. and made up Cor hin, the sum of three
| thousand dollars, twelve hundred of which adj
Vanecd myself, upon the understanding that he
should repay 1T TO the gcntlcnan from whom Dor
rowed 1T III Nashville.
| let this man, who writes Major Elton's attack
| upon me, and speaking in his name, says:
Upon his application tn me, and stating his ne
ccSsties borrowed for him fourteen hundred dol
| iars' part OF which he repaid in about Efieen
inohthe, and the balance only recently, when he
found the sense of the community shocked by the
oaScncSs of employing the means furnished by my
unreturncd advance to destroy my rcputu,ion.'
! l am at a loss for words to convey, in language
sufficiently respectful, the feelings which such
paragraph, cmanating from Kendall and Eaton is
calculated to inspire. 1t claims that the fourteen
hundred dollars were Nr. Eaton's s.unreturnei ad
VanceS'" Not cent of ii ever his-and if it
haa been, before he took step iii the matter, he
nau special guarantee. 1t is also asserted, that
Tho balance was not paid until the sense Of tho
community was shocked. Look at the facts II
WAS understood that the owner of the money did
not want the principal for several wears when
| vi nIlI
redemption of my pledge, advanced him twelve
hundred dollars. upon his obligation to- pay that
sum upon my note iii Nashville required no
previous guarantee. L become his security. The
creditor i'll Nashville looked TO me- and not TO Mr..
| Kendall, Tor payment Although Mr. Kendall had
agreed to pay the money in Nashville, | was held
! responsible. After tho dissolution Of tho Cabinet:
on the goth of August last, when it suited Major
htton's purpose TO make display of his munii,
cont ii5cralIty, he wrote TO me tkc. the note had
oecn placed Ill his pcESosSion, and that the claim
ant was about 10 draw tor tho proceeds The bal.
ance was paid fcw days thereafter Ghis was the
First application that had been made to me for paw
ihehi; aEd the iict that the advanced to Ken
dali was Rot credited my note proves that the
holder considered his debtor for the whole
Yet Mr. Kendall would now persuade the puLlic.
Iiat am under wciGhty pccau2ry obligations to
haor Eaton, and that his libcrli:v is mnufcenft
Very different were the feelings expressed Inv
'ir. Kendall III the Spring OF l82S, when the pecn
mar distress of another Of Major EltonS political
trends, now cor:bned with him and with Kendall
III the unholy crusade against INV rcputntion indu
Cea liem to appeal TO me for relief Then Mr.
Kendall was fully sensible oftke 'ayj!e oxcr,;nnsn
anu generous saeriEtcs' had made. iio could
speak OF my ''warm heart, and did not hesitate TO
pledge himself that there would be no dit sultv. if
4 could by any means raise the funds. the funds
Herc again supplied through my agency OF this
and otier matters in which the same individuals
bore part, may hereafter speak. But | have no.
Ter made boast of munificcnce or liberality.
4 tI,,1h a.,
contributed, but truth
1t may he proper here to say, that in PURCHASING
tho establishment from Mr. lIcchan | assumed 10
pay ali its debts, but neither of us ever considered
inc one thousand dollars extra, agreed to be paid
oy huJor Eaton and others, Il charge upon II
vi this sum- five hundred dollars only were paid:
ana after my return to Washington, Mr. f.
ofought SUIT for 4 balance remaining duo upon a
settlement which sum L paid. Mr.. Eaton now
says lhat no has note, which was protested and
paid by him, on which he was not an endorser in
h!s possession, the whole or part Of ,rhch still re-
mains unpaid
Mr. Eaton, it is true, did take I'M the last note of
SIX hundred and twenty-five doilars-Jut he did not
10 II run ms olrn tnnds l have a letter written
alter the dissolution OF the cabinet, in which he
says that the sum of Sl75, principal and interest,"
remains due upon it.
1t will be seen that five vnors interest a., f,,o
hundred dollars is $50, making the sum of six
hundred and fifty dollars; if from this 5l75 be de-
Quoted, II viii appear that have paid for the cstab
lshment four hundred and scvcnty-ivc dollars
more Than agreed was bound to pay.
have thus given fair and candid statement Of
the pccuniary transactions which Amos Kendall
ana Mayor Eaton predicate the charge of ingratI-
tude against me. 1t will be seen that Major Eaton
VINO sets up claim to muniticcncc & liberalify was
getting the mere agent of others, and that the
only service which Ina has rendered was the use of
his name for the sums borrowed in Nashville and
Baltimore, for doing which ho had previous in
dcmnity. Such mnnifcencc and liberality is wor-
recorded of Eon