Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-30
MAJ. BARRY AND AMOS KENDALL.

'lonol lneil,scnrer ofthc 2th inst
u - runorcd IN this ciy--and the rrrnor has
reached us through such channel ~ 10 induce W
to attach some credit to il, tina, ar osnas,e,
General Barry is about TO be @nrded for his ser.
wees IN that Department. by being appointed MIN.
is'er Plenipoteniary to tho Court Of Spain aud tha:
Mr.. Amos Kendall is 10 succeed MIR Barry us
Postmaster General
Should such be the fact, il mns, he a source Of
regret TO these gentlemen that the appointments
were not determined on in time to DO submitted to
Tho decision cflhc Senate which has 30 recently ad-
journed."
II these rumors shall be verified, we may well
admire tho bodness Of the President in hez aiding
another experiment on the strength Of his popular
~. IL will, indeed Rand aas ihing, il il can sus
lain these appointments which are equally objec.
tonnble, whether viewed IN reference 10 the men
or to the unconstitutional manner in which they
Will have been smuggcd into their respective np-
pon,mcnts.
In relation 10 Maj Barry we will ask # his pal
pable nal administration of tho Post Office Depart.
ment, universally admitted by friend AMI foo emit.
ties him TO promotion 7 That he should hc removed
from the p. o. Department, the duties of which he
has failed TO perform, either from inc ,pncily 10
master their details, or ffom an unconquernblc IN.
dolenee, which shrinks from the t,sk Of cncoun
should be regarded for sq,nndcrng the resources Of
thn, Department on favorte contractors waaout
requiring equivalent scrvices---for permitting us
affairs in al its branches TO fall into n state Of
shameful arrangement, and inrxttieeblc on'us,on--
FOR concealine, by false statements, in his Annual
Reports, the true condition Of the Department from
Congress for attempting &c remedy the ms
chn e which his mis- encouragement had produced, by
borrowing money on the faith OF the government
N utter viola ion OF the constitution which ho had
sworn 10 suppor-we say, that William +. Barry
instead teing removed from Office. with uu man
fiesta ons Of dIsplcasure for these NAL practices
should he REGARDED with q foreign embassy, is
ell calculated TO excite general burst of ind ana.
ton throughout the country And, but tor the
pcrveting nature ofpsry bigorrv, President who
daed thus to sport with the Offices Of the country
md with the rights Of the people would slnk under
lht Weight of public condemnation which such m
act Of def rnee 10 public opinion should unq eslion
ably provoke.
Bu, whit shall be said of the appoin,ncn nj Of A
mos Kcndall rs the SUCCESSOR of Mai. Barry We
hrrdly dare trust ourselves to speak Of thl7 man 49,
his modern lago in whose composition cunning,
nvarlce and lngraiituJc arc tho chef ingredients
W. Uohestatngly conoede, that, touching ability
comprehend and industry To execute the duties Of
the Office Of Postmaster General there are fc W
who would be superior to Kendall Bui has he day
air, ady arrived, when, in filling the high Offices Of
he country, moral character and personal honesty
are TO be- wholly forgotten Shalt we no longer
enquire " Is he hOacst - the first of tho old Jellr
sontan tests, well as " IA he capable T. Shall
distinction aud honor be hereafter reached through
the crooked paths OF hypocrisy and v'llo'nyl Il
would indeed seem So when such n man NJ Amos
Kendall, whose very name is a standing theme Of
70 all IL m Jlia INN
Cabinet as the head of ole of the most important
departments Of the governmental dcpartmen, in
which there is less Of real responsibility, and IN
which there is amplcr field for pecula,on ani
aud and fewer chances of detection than IN all the
other branches Of the public service combined In
the language of the old poet Gay,
When rogues like these
Z" To honors and prefermcnts rise.
/" | want no favor, nsk no place,
4" For such preferment is disgrace
A word in relation to the creums 'ances undc
which these reported appointments have been made
Why were no, the nominations presented 10 the
Senate, for the constitutional action o. thai bo-
dy Why did the Preslden, wa.t until Congress
adjourned before he sentured to insult the Amen
can community by rewasd,ng" p..n whose past
official conduct has met with universal condcmna
tor & promoting another, who whntcvcv may be his
of moral principle Was no, the delay oceasioned
by full knowledge that the Senate would not COP
firm their nomlnolions 7 And il this he SO, is II
not an erosion, and OF consequence, rioidiion Of
the constitutional provision on the subject OF aP
ponmcn.s1 Has he not by indrccl'on, deprived
tho Senate of their Constitutional negative, AMI
usurped power never intended to be conferred upon
him 1t may be said tina, the nominations Will be
submitted to the merit Scnatebul TINT docs not les
sen the weigh, Of the argument. The constitution
authorizes the President to ell vacancies tina, may
hnppen during the recess of tho Senate but II does
not authorize him 10 create vacancies IN order %
give him the powcro OF filling them. The design
however, OF his conduc, the present occasion ~
too palpable to admit Of but one construction. He
na,ters himself with the hope, that, next winter
Cesar will have scrvile Senate al his heels
ready TO do his bidding on all occasions or, even
should this hope prove illusory, he il well aware
thu, Mai Barry will hnvo pooke,ed, in the shape
OF outfit salary and Unfit. S22, 500 Of the public mo-
ney and as for Amos, he may be provided los, IN
some other lucrative Office, over which the = lac
tious Senate will have no control
How long will tho people shut their eycs to the
evils that surround, and the dangers which threat
en- them 4" Must the earth quake, trfore they
can be aroused from the fatal spell OF Jaeksonism
TT Secretary Woodbury. has declined accepting
the next Vice Prcsdency-n most pra'sewoFfhy w
stance Of cprcssed ambition, since he was so CERTAIN
Of getting il
A gvcat diseopery The Richmond Enquirer
has discovered that James w. Bouldin, Esq I'M
rrprestn,aivc in Congress from the Charlotte dis
uict, is q" able aud eloquent" He has lived II
Charloue, man and boy, some forty Odd years, nr'
we question wheth'r he was ever accused OF snch
thing before.