Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-11
From the L. 5. Telegraph, of April Is.
TO THE READERS OF THE
UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH.
[( oncluded. |


that both Mr.. Blair and Mr.. Kendall
were in favor of the election of Mr.
Adams, upon the condition that Mr.
Clay should be appointed Secretary of
State, and that Mr. Blair took an ac-
tive part to persuade Mr.. White, his
representative in Congress, to vote for
Mr. Adams, ! will proceed to explain
the agency which they have had i'll pro-
ducing that schisn in the republican
party which threatens its overthrow, and
with it withering blight to the fame
and popularity of Gen. Jackson. Mr..
Kendall had long expressed desire to
share the emoluments Of the press" at
Washington, and a correspondence took
place between us OH the subject, about
the close of the Presidential election,
in which | refused to take him as a
partner, but made proposition to en-
ploy him as an associate editor. He
came OH to this city in the winter of
1898 and '29, aud the negotiation was
suspended until the election Of printer of
Congress; in the mean time the pro-
priety of establishing another paper was
agitated, and | was at the time informed
that certain individuals, in their pari,cu-
lar circle, for they dared not then make
such a suggestion to General Jackson,
urged the necessity of appointing Mr..
Kendall fourth auditor, expressly with
the view of availing themselves of his
talents as a writer, when they might find
it expedent to establish another press
Thus premonishcd, and knowing that,
if another press was established, its
principal obj cct would be my destruc-
ton, was careful to give no pretext for
n complaint. | was ardent in support
of the administration, even to my own
personal injury, and omitted no fair OPP
portunity of defending the d'soDccted,
whilst | said but little of MIR. Calhoun or
his friends. My object was to preserve
the union and harmony Of the party, and,
as believed the reelection Of General
Jackson essential, thereto, in all my
conversations and writings, publicly and
privately, advocated it, As TO myself,
impcIlcd by the ardor of my feelings,
had extended the circulation of my pa
per so much that the want of punctuai-
ty on the part Of many of my subscri-
bers had involved me in heavy pecuni-
ary liabilities, to discharge which would
require the patronage that l toresaw
would be Withdrawn, in case Mr.. Van
Buren, should establish IL press devoted
to his personal ambition. 1t was my
interest, and | considered it the interest
Of the country, that no collision should
arise in the party; and, to prevent it, l
was solictous, from the first, that Gen.
Jackson should be reelected. Mr. |
Kendall was placed in a very different
position. Strong objections were made
to his appointment, the ratification Of
which, by the Senate, was, as he well
knew, extremely doubtful, and he ac-
cordingly cast about him for tho means
OF comfort for ga destitute family"
In his letter to me of the 7th of No
vcmber, 1880, he says:
"Had been rejected by the Senate,
should at once have stated n newspaper
in Washington. 1t appeared to be the
readiest way by which | could provide
the means of comfort for destitute fami
ly, Sc"
He qualities this declaration by say
ing,
"This step would have been taken
without any feeling of hostility to you, or
any intention to compete with you for
the printing of Congress. On the con-
trary, it would have been my desire,
and | should have made every proper
effort to continue to you that printing,
and should hare been content uiM such
norton of the PRLNIING for The
PUBLIC OFFICES as the incumbents
might think proper to give me-
al firmly believed that such a paper
here, in FRIENDLY hands, instead of
injunng you, would promote yo"r ultimate
interest"
Now it happens that Judge Overton,
Of Nashville, spent some time in this
city during the first session of the last
Congress, and, on his way from
Wheeling to Louisville, he told DIR.
Hardags Lane, Of St. Louis, that MIR.
Kendall, in case Of his rejection, in
tended to establish n paper in Washing
ton; and, in reply to IA remark OF Dr. /.
Lanes, that in that case the administra-
ton would be ably defended, having
two such editors as Kendall and myself
in its support, Judge Overton said
".N-. Green is too much ditdched 10 M.