Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-15
AMOS KENDALL.

| Duff Green is skctohing the character of Amos
| Kendail.-They were formerly confederatod togeth
err & we doubt not that the thinner is well qual,h d
| for the task he has undertaken In bis lst No he
sho VS. by Amoss own letters, that Mr.. Clay's sup
port of Mr.. Adams met, mo, with his cordial sup
port, at least with his silent acqnlescence. As
late as the lith Oct 1896 Amos thus wrote 10 Mr.
Clay Whatever course | may feel constrained
TO taxi IN relation to the administration generally,
trust | shall nor be the means or the occasion of
casting any imputaon upon your honor or lntes-
! rty" This TO be sure would have Indicated that
| Amos might oppose the administration, had he not
| IN Jan. 1895 while the Presidential election was
! pending fore the House of Representatives, al
drssed Mr. Clay thus " Do what you think bes'
| he r.us, (of which Amos was then editor wi
not complain because 1t ma. faith 10 bellev tha
yeu will do nothing to compronit the interests OF
the Western country or OF the nation aud again,
on the 20lh Feb of the same year, after the cleo
ton was over, thus +" We have received the news
of the Presidential eection-l creates very little
sensation herein Frankfort probably half, or
nearly So appro the course OF our representation
! Jackson original friends loud IN their com
pants, and several who were for you JOIN them !
hnk IN soIn~ sections Of the conary there vii D.
a considerable str bn If the adm nlslratoe - pr
! dent u @af d.s aWaV. Thefe - much enquiry
! ehethet yoa wi b. If u 81 WI eecep the sar
fatary >h.p u 5tsle a'j macn diversity 81 pPmtot
a 10 VIVA you ought TO 30 IT'S paefed, L = fa=
! to me tna no nan b re can tel Wbai you o9ghi 70
fdo because II is intoss bie 10 kna@ all tHf
circum 4}anees.' fhese extracts sho" q h'a
dali, if nc did not decidedly approve OF Nj Clay
support of Mr.. Adams, yet had no great pre'erenGe
for Gen Jackson and also that he dsballe'ed the
entire story of bargn & corruption" which he al
forwards handled so effectively against Mr. Clay
| l.. 4 / ,lE t,at,r Ham m
mics. And when il IS recoccted that MT
Clay lad previously offered him clerkshr
in the State Department with a salary OF $1,000
per annum which he declined, on the ground
of the inadeouacy of the compensation, and de-
manded 1880 it is not unnatural to suppose
that he Intenied his letter of Oct 1876, as a
sort of ambiguous threat 10 quicken MI Clay
anxiety to neu,rallze his pen by hisher
b,lbc. Particularly is his a natural suppostion,
# il be true as Diff Green pledges himself TO sho
IN his I'd No.. tnat al he very moment thai he
was negotiating with Mr. Clay for saiary oil
1880, IS The price OF his removal to washington,
ne WIS negotiating with M (Gl"en) Tor '''po'a'-
ed sum- which paid him, TO remain IN frafhlo't',o
asssil Mr. Chy."-But Amos mis'o'K VII LAY
character. and msapprehended his motive IN wish
ing 10 transfer him 10 Washington. MI C''y
naturally felt desirous of promoting the interest," OF
nan whom his charity had brought into notice,
and he therefore offered HIM clH'kship at 'sh-
ioglDn-Amos however, thought that It was ih'eh'
ded as bride TO stop his pen, and ne therefore oe
handed higher price, VIII CHI, Mr.. Clay refusing
n yive. he sold himself TO the enemts OF his oche
factor and is now his bitter reyller and hHen
calnn,niator." The English language affords no ep
1.-THE, too harsh for such an migrate AND ina zen
Jackson thinks hun honest, and trusts MN, Is o'
evidence thai his hypocrisy and cunning are equal
to his avaricc and lngra,ltude.
THE GOLD HUMBUG.-The ship 81 An
dew. recently arrived at New York from Liver
pool brought 40 600 sovereigns (gold eo'ns'} 1 me
reason of ths great and increasing expor'a''oh
gold from England to this country al ms '''he' -
said to be- that IN consequence Of The too great re-
duc,ioo Of the value of our Eagles, or. III other
words, The raising the standard value OF goa 100
bioh bv the law the last Congress, the Eng'iS"
CAPITALISTS. ever on the alert for specuaoh' are en-
.bed to buy up their gold coins for the purpose o.
sending them here TO be converted mo American
Eo oles. making sufficlentp,oht t,ereoy 10 cover
the expense and risk of transportation II Soo mas
been rendered thus relatively more valuable tnan
silver will it not, in short time, sxpei si'ver rom
circulation. as itself was formerly expelled ny Sill