Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-05
3, 1876.
POLITICAL.

MIR. KENDALL.

:" Mr.. Kendall, General
Wni,e voted against this gentleman niinorty and
ae. Ps'y naaehH His for thinking, among
Sees Mr. K la, temporary appointments hor have been
like nes and Irregularities in the mail during
Mr. Kendall has appointed Mc,nnvc in Tennessee the Cd
SON : san ed, conducting his oc%papsr When sS' sane peer
and % b SS sss's So pruo. 70, N. po
osshod Sss" Ss been sseG from old and
'ess party paper, OF limited circulation. w
neral letters from T Tennessee and i. ueisS1o,soo
s eoqsns eGs nigh, the on
ike eosSoo rom n ip.esoosa Alsba received in tho
his b. "h so"'an NS opsSo bstS S"i,
ken Judge White has no suspicion that were bro
the sny o' s sI soI al, who
ha.ps so,ody those letters: belonging
"y The " h EI OF ao,s S,%s tho and be no
conduct Would no, be severely rcbuked
nominee which be assigned abiding to other
eeoe inc public IN such girs PANT them or 10 der
These given Jy nuthority as JUDGE Whites reo.
sons Tor voting against Mr. Kendall. Let us consider
More complaints of failure. and than
o' Ins ,h x I period under Sny Of hi. pIeeocessor
IN point OF fact. Great the complaints have been
ney nave been equalied if not exceeded the two pre-
Bot has not Mr. Kendall done all tb,, nm, ma, :, ~;
situation could do, TO put end TO them, Could he
control The storms of the North make roads instant
Inn ri.
ed into drifts of TO 30 feet deep by driving ,vinds,
Gould he hold up the rains of the South and preyen,
e iuads being encountered by almost impossible mud,
Gould he prevent the freezing or breaking up of The RI
vers, and arrest the floods.
Gould he, indeed prevent the 'ciful misconduct of
ostmaSterS and contractors in ne plectin To the
mails, which there is good 10 suppose many of
them dd, for ne Tery purpose Of uynishing Judee he
nomination 80 - ~ no
As far as the delinquens have been discovered thew
nave been, or wiibe, Pnnished-hc contractors by fines
ahu the postnasters by removal from Office For wfui
delinquency in OBTAINING the mails no mercy s or nnab,
to be shown by the Department, and every man uf Oh
equal IN guilt whatever may be their political faith
But ought not Judge White before he made This ,le
oasis oil so serious matter n against MIR Kendall
20 nave called on The Department for the causes of these
failures aud irregularities, injured what neosn,o
were IN progress TO put end them? Was not this
course due TO truth, Justice and MIR Kendaus Ma
not Judge White have taken it, had his object been rub
or justice Or does he think it right to stignatze men
without informing them of the ground of complaint or
possessing himself of The truth Of the case
= M Kendall has appointed cMinnviIlc in ,
son ,n P So sr az Postmaster while
oiOiei'o" q seisd principle, long saersd ~ " "'
In the hrst place, there is no such "seed principle
iong heIu sacred There were probably dozen editors
holding post offices in the United States. when NJ
Kendall was appointed. Believing, however, that such
lay down as principle TO be heid Sacred LUbinsf moi
aPp1iot an editor Postmaster case Of afc MINI
Se, me papers did not show, was the Postmaster
urhera' apPrsed, mat The gentleman appointed was an
editor vi him or his paper he does not recoec that he
huo ever heard; and the appointment was made upon
most respectable petition of the citizens selno forth his
character and qualifications. After The P9s,mas, ~,
General learnt that he editor he directed l,
~ DS "iitteH MN, OF winch The following copy
Posi- OFFICE DErARrmESr
SIR: authorized by the Posimms,er (,n ,sJ .,
INFORM you, that the fact of your being the Editor of
newspaper, was not known at the Deunr,ment a, ,lo
Tune you received the appointment of Postmaster AT MIC
minVle, tennessee, no mention having been made oc
The subject in your recommendation h il tbcreCra -.
quse that you furnish the Department with sufI;csn,
evidence OF your having renqushed all concern in the
Puolcaton OF newspaper. Should you decline il " IN
become necessary TO make appointment of Post
master. Yours &c ~ - '''
r M Nc MMyILLE, Tennessee"
me postmaster replied, promised to make efforts to
dispose oil ms printing establishment, and inform the
Department Nothing has been heard from him since
and the protractcd ilnesss of the Postmaster General
mas prevented recurrence TO the subject. While MIR
hendal Is not TO he forced to do what he thinks to he
wrong, he will not let any spirit of resistance 10 ,al;
nant attacks, prevent his doing what he believes ~ be-
rgnG ana IN this, Judge White and the country have a
pedge that hs determination in relation the NcMin
VHe case, VIII be executed. And the Judge will doubt
less lind consolation in the assurance that sprncie
ne hInks so Important is ''held sacred in the De-
parment. " VIC N
Now, ought not Judge White 10 have Inquired into
snls case before he assumed as ground for voting
against Mr. Kendall? His inquiries woNld have been
cheeruily answered at the Departlne a. and his obiec
ions on That score core, shown to be groundless-
D. Judge White understands and be lsves the print
ing for The Post Office Department in Tennessee has
been taken from old and establishes paper of xten
se cicuauoh ana gwen TO neto gtOfsHf p0ry p0psr
oil limited Gil cuatiOn." FF''
The Judge has reference the transfer of the prptog
OF the Post Oice at Nashville from "ha RspaSiiean5
| to &" tie Union"
This transfer made by the Postmaster at Nashville
without direction, advice, iRtiIDaton from Mr. Ron
dali The first the latter knew of il was from be letter
OF which the following is copy, viz.
" PosT OFFICE, NAsnvILLK, TENx
,e , $50 "a February lS36 :
of this date. You will [see1 that it is now doing the
printing for this Office Before made the change ca
tlshed myself that the subscripea bsi of the Union in
the ey and eoaHty equal 10 that of the Republican
and know iii increasing rapidly
Respectfully, have the honor 10 be, &c
=, (signed) FIR. ARMSTRONG.
Hon. AMOS KENDALL, Postmaster Gonsnai"
This letter was not answered Col Armstrong stoled
reason for the change which deemed To- be rood
one viz that the subscription list of the Union i'm tbe
CITY and county, equal that Of the Republican,
aud " is increasing rapidly" The adgertiscm en(
OF letters would therefore, be eadin the city and cosn
~, where 'se who receive letters through the Nash.
Vile Office reside extensively ii the columns Of
the Union, than in those Of the Republican,
Here, therefore, the poor Judge again at faa Mr.
Kendall did not make Tie change lor which the Jndge
would punish him; and If he had made it, the chance
itself was right, setting aside all party considerations
Aud all this the Judge might have known if he had
made inquiry Bot without seeking for the truth be
undertakes 10 punish Mr. Kendall upon mere charge
and surmisei! Is this an honest Judge,
4. Judge White has received several letters from
Nashville, &c. "~th the seals broken as we'll as one
FROM 1uscalOos7 and Of his ffauked TO Nash willie
was received there IN the coalition lie dees ma,
pretend TO change Ms. Kendall with lhese acts but he
says OF the offender be he iehOyn no man. he Judge
thinks he Gcd under he beiief Tint such conduct ecod
not be scUereiy ye5Okcd by the head Of The DeDqyfDeuf
tt.lat "A 10 ia. 4.