Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-22

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isleps" 'hal ssos~s,' . "skisgs" .der drops'' and
every description Of nectared drink, and ne
yer found 1t necessary or requisite to obtain n
single vote to resort to the vulgar graccs Of the
familiar cup.
Ihave written too much, and more than in |
tended, and must subscribe myself respectfully,
HENRY A. WISE
AMOS KENDALL.
The following letter was transmitted by Amos
Kendall, in reply to an invitation from his col
leagues to dine with them, in Philadelphia, the
4th Of July:
WASHINGTON, JULY l, 1887.
Gentlemen: Ihave received your fattering in
vitation to dinner on the 4th inst with the democ
racy Of the First and Second Congressional Dis
tricts Of Pennsylvania.
Public and private duties unite in forbidding an
acceptance Of your invitation.
1t is q glorious day, but the Joys Of its advent
dashed . little by the relation in which are
now placed by the acts of our own citizens, to
the kingdom from which we were then severed.
A Paltry tax on tea broke the political bond; but
now, every man, woman and child in this vast
Republic is taxed in his lands, his bread, and his
labor, to pay of the debts Of banks, brokers, and
merchants to that proud isle. Our money is re-
duced to rags, every day becoming more worth
less, that few may maintain their credit abroad
by shipping our silver and gold, having forced it
out Of its legitimate use currency, by dePre-
ciating its paper associate from ten to forty per
cent almost at q blow. Who shall calculate the
vast tax thus exacted from our own people, and
where shall they look for deliverance from this
degrading thraldom? ffreemen do not think Of
remedy on the 4th of July, it will never be devil
sed-I shall look with intense interest at the pro-
ceedings ON that day in Philadelphia and else
where, for those bursts of patriotism, those sug-
gestions Of wisdom, and those evidences Of firm
resolve, which will conduct Us to another era Of
Independence, not Of foreign kingdom only, but
Of those PrincPalitics and powers at home, which,
looking with contempt upon the mass ofthe poo
pie, arc ever ready to degrade and oppress their
own country, to preserve their faith in foreign al
liances with similar powers.
In haste, your friend and fellow citizen.
To John Thompson, Esq, and others, Committee.
We place entirely out Of sight the prominent 4
gency which Kendall had m bringing about the
very state Of things concerning which he com
plains in the above letter; we only look at its
base, revolving, and revolutionary object. What
must the people Of England, nay, Of all Europe
think OF the Americans and their Government
when a Cabinet Minister, holding q most import
ant and influential Office, the friend and counsel
lor of the President Of the United States, endeav
ors to stir up the country to wage war with .
power not only in amity with us, not only giving
us constant evidence Of national friendship, but
power against WHICH OOS = SO1toIy CUWPSaAu
; is preferredf What must foreign powers gcner
ally think Of US, when Cabinet Minister in plain
terms advises the people to scisd1e their foreigs
creditors oct Of their jsst AID fair dc~asds?!
: This country never has been SO degraded, ant
the President should be held responsible, both BY
England and the free aud honest portion Of ou
community, for retaining in Office the miscreant
who would involve his country in war without
cause, e. openly sets at defiance every rule Of ma
tional faith, and every principle Of common homes
y-(N. Y. Star.