Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-06-06
A SCATlllNG EPISTLE.
Lrs,soros, Ny. April 0, 1887

Lrs,scros, Ny. April o, 1887.
| To me Editor Of The Observer aud Reporter
MY absence from home has prevented from herecfore
S. r on Sa e ~ sees
the call menadc doubt by friends al whom have
long known me. and whose support have had in the pon
cal scenes through which state has passed but which
trust to return to her confess feel some
lue,ance. hut private affairs demand IL Of and feel
any whom the district may select TO redeem and
generate this nation from its present PROSTATE and fallen
condition.
For the last eight years Amos Kendall (wbo before he was
driven from Kentucky by public Indignation had reduced
this state almost to utter has BEEN emphatlca the
where he had both public aad
Tor while had hurried the legislation Of the country in the
downward road to ruin, and where he had misled and
ngton he has for eight through infatuated and
beetle old man. ruled and ruined this naon and such has
the deep which this mnon has take that he
be connued,n the penude Of power by the pre-
sent incumbent Of the Executive Chair One who will draw
1924 THE period when Amos Kendall held the conscience
Of Execuve and the condition Of these United States
he has been the conscience keeper of Presidents
threatens the loss Of public credit and the bankruptcy of
thou sands Of citizens When Amos Kendall became
Governor de facto Of Kentucky public cridt high and
the people were never the bad
tanned her character and faith contracts untanished her
bank "a per was equal 10 gold and silver but this dema
pecuato raised the against the bank Of Ken
lucky its stockhodes-arrayed the money borrowers
and spendhr spectators Of the country against her 'abo,
and finally at the head Of the profgae and
unprncpled rumPhed over public morals the laws and
the constitution.
bank Of Kentucky and grant charters forty odd spur
banks with view TO food the state with paper cuff
Client to NEE; the demands Of himself and parti1ans This
accomplished in two short years. this demagogue and his
partzans reduced the labor and credit Of the state to utter
prostation. The whole departments Of labor visited
by wide spread ruin the banks bankupted and the
Of paying debts destroyed Amos relief for all these mis-
chiefs brought upon tho country. open violation Of
public faith by peal Of the charters all the banks in
AUTHORIZATIONS that had faithfully redeemed their paper
and fulfilled their corporate powers, sharing tho
fate Of those that had both cheated and swnded the
This breach faith and ,fhs constitution the nr. meas
Of relief for tho disease created by Amos and which he
promised to cure found but increase rather than
bate the malady Amos then found out that the faults
10 the courts not in the banks OF the HIS pre-.
scrpton FOR relief against his acts evils brought up
the country, was repevn and property laws and this
falling also he psese the plan foi the explosion Of
metallic currency and the substitution in its place Of paper
through the Commonwealth bank. Ills party, still veto
rous followed this prescription also but disease got
The justice were not as faithful the
consttuon Amos and his and his laws Of
lief were declared to have violated both the constitution Of
Kentucky and that Of the United States This gave Mr.
Kendall and HI. party new theme They inveghed against
TIE Judges aud finally passed law repeating them Of
pledged carry Amos relief laws into execution Here
the people rebuked the mnon his Governor and the whole
parry by repeating their reforming law and restoring the
old court. Tho and dying effort Of Amos Kendall
Kentucky to persuade the people Of the TO
peal their constitution, if they willing to break
The people, however preferred expelng Mr. Kendall and
his creatures from office and he then led his followers
tempt and ignomny lie received with open arms by
Jackson who It seems loved both the traitor and the
All know that Amos and his here were opposed
TO Jackson that both he and they loud for the cleo
ton of Clay But he had his he had lost all that
he has had in the traitor TO his friends nu
sance to his counya pest to society the finger scorn
was upon him from every direction. Jackson
Of this being his condition but that ledge with
hm, was the passport to his hear enough for him
to know that Kendall and subject Of honest
contempt n kentuckytha he had violated confidence
hin nj ,nG nat h..
treated as an Migrate and mscreant the counte
nance Of any honest man. to determine him reward him
he gave him ofcehe gave him money, he gave him his
hdence and finally surrendered to him the Of
his whole executive Poues How Amos succeeded TO the
high estate he has could be told by many Jackson leader
who has snap, the collar and by savIshy
Wears II known these gentlemen that wis
Jacksons FIRST cabinet was formed, Eaton placed IN II
coAfdsnt whom Jackson should confoe his nroeois
crude and absurd as he could only write them and when
submitted to HIM, they were TO be written in English
and the autobiography corrected &c Then Jsckon was 10
copy the project and submit to his cabinet as his own
production thereby keeping the of hs cabinet
no. only OF the total incaPaey Of the high Office he filled
out h0lncapacity to dran 10 Ineligible language any
scheme or subject he might wish TO submit then consd
Grafton. This plan succeeded for a while but when the
honorable men that hed Jackson cabinet found out that
Eaten, not Jackson, the President they eemurred and
this brought the crisis Tor Amos his which he
did we'll as 70 have the whole cabinet dissolved The
honorable men, who filled the cabinet were sub,,,,ued NV
he pairans and he himself succeeded To the bonorabl.
pos. occupied by Mai baton OF being the con6dsn who
should write and spell for Jackson and 10 copy
What he wrote and submit TO his cabinet or the world
has own production.
From that moment to the present, the Executive depau
ment aud the Congress of the u States have exhibited nd
enacted the scene. OF Kentucky from 1917 To 1875 Like
Gov Deshs jackson becomes great constitution tink
-the cons luton all wrong and lie and Amo. oye,eo,
10 congress IN lev years projects of than
had been thought oi by all she world beore This ba, of
borng congress with Amos schemes for
Kept up until became rdcuou. the nation as
had the same course with Gov Desha in Kentucky Con
gre" ana the American people would adop, none of the
an amendments and then, las did Desha jackson
concluded would be broken Hence the y,osi,ons of onT
treaties with the Indians that their possessions might Il
prey TO the spoeuaiors Of bis party.
Ihe 'tHPphg Of the pooi remnant Of the Aborignees Of
America would however have but little good 10
Kendall and company, had the bahk Of the q = continued
he bank VAS solvent II would like the bank OF Ken
tscky lend money Only 10 solvent men The Kitchen
ihet sPeesl-iof' OF Which Ar Kendall va. the centre were
generally nsoi'ent and composed Of as desperate in for
tune th.y were IN character and prime To obvte
THIS neny nothing ess would do than what Kendall did
hshiIeky Which To DESTROY the solvent banks from
shieh sos eat Der alone could borrow and TO
~h insolsent banks from which the ent and The pro.
'sts o. the party could be with the neaa 70
eHgfos the public Lands. Aos PROJECT va. 70 put ts q
sAAt out Of sissnes place the public revenue IN .ueh
s Institutions 80 ~os prostitute themselves 70 sieepss