Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-06-14
A scaTniNc Ep,srLE.
LEXINGTON, (Ky.) April 9, 1887

tri-t i'm Jngscss In lining, as lido, the Gallon
III :, Illdc NJ doubt BY M ffienIs, some Oi whom
have long kuowa Ino, an WINS suP2o:t nave
had i'm the political scenes through which or
!; ate has passed. but which trust arc to return
10 her n, m,se, 1 confess ice! rel Ictlncc.
BIT my private aft .irs dem md it ofme, AMI feel
well assure that 1tiaing that coIld do viii be
left un lone b. any one VIII ,m the district my
select, 10 rcdcom AMI reg ,Derate this nation
from its present PROSTATE AMI fallen condition.
For the last eight years Amos Ken iall (whD,
b.f,r, he was driven from Kentucky by pablo
,ndign,tion hid reduced this State to utter ru-
io,) has been GIN ,hatc llly tho President Of tn,
United States. T.ansi,;e1 from Frankfort,
where he Ind abused both public AMI private IN |
fiicacr, ami f,r awhile h,d hurried the legislation
o. the country IN the downward ro1d To rain, AMI
where he hlI misl II and abused the confidence
OF the EYccutiso OF the State, to WashiDgt III, Inc
has ior eight years, through infIriatcd AM i'm
tecle Old mln, lied AMI ruinel this milton; ani
sch has been the deep root taken, Tint hc is.
1t seems, to be confined in the Pientit.ilc OF
power by the p.escnt incumbent OF the Executive
Chair. One who will draw "a parallel between
the mi sf1rtunes Of Kentucky from 1917 to 1921,
One pc 'iod when Am h,ld the conscicn Of or
IKE ;ut've5,) AMI the condition Of these Uniic1
St1tcs, since he has been the c,nscicncc-kcepSk
o. the Presidents, my re IDLY cunt for the a
Ia mi " prospects which now threaten the loss
of publ, credit and tho bankruptcy Of thousands
OF citiz ms. When Amos Kcnd III became
Governor dc fact) Of Kentucky, public credit was
high, AMI the people were never moro p.Ospcr-
ous; the St,te had sustained her character AMI
Faith in c,nt,acts un.arnishcd; her bank paper
was equal I, gold or silver; but this dem lgoguc
AMI spccu't.or raised tho cry against tho Bank
of Kentucky and its SO ,kh older j--arraycd the
mpncy bD-rowors AMI sp emdtriit spectators Of
the country against he's labor and in1Istry--lnd
fnFlly, at the head Of the Pr,lligate and unprin-
ciPled, triIm,hcd over pibc us, and tho
laws an the constitution.
Tho first act OF MS party was in lSl7-ls, to
destroy The Bank of Kentucky, and to grant cfar-
'ers for forty odd spurious banks, with a view to
Hood the State with paper sufficient to meet the
demands Of himself and parizans. This cconl-
pishc1, in two SHIRT years this dcmlgoguc and
plrtizan reduced the l,bor and credit Of the State
- utter prostrdtiDn.--Thc whole dep lrtments Of
labor were visitei by wide spread ruin; the
b inks bankr'ptcd and the means Of paying debts
destroyed. Am,s's relicl'for all these mschcfs
brought upon ihc Country, was an open violation
o publ faith by repeal Of tho charters of all
the banks in existcncc-thosc that bud faithfully
redeemed their paper AMI ficI their corpo-
rate powers, shlring the common fate of those
ihlt hid both cheated AMI swindIcd the country.
Tins breach Of faith and Of the constitution, the
hF5t measure Of relief for the disease created by
Amos, and which he promised TO cure, was found
but To increase rather than abatc the mafady
Amos then found out TINT tho fault was in the
courts, MT in the banks Of the State. His next
prescription for relief against his own acts G.
Wis brought upon the country, was rcplcyin and
property laws AMI this failing, also, he prcscrib-
Cd the plan for the explosion Of metallic currcn
cy, and the Substitution iii its place, throughout
the CONFERENCE.-The Bunk. His party still VIC
trripus, followed this prescription also, but the
disease got worse. The courts Of Justice were
not rs fliihess to the c'nstit Ition Amos and
hts p1rtiZins; AMI his law of relief were declar-
81 10 have violated boil, the constitution Of Ken
ticky anl that Of the United :Stltcs. This gave
- Mr.. kend,lI AMI his party new theme.
They inv og, 81 against the Judges, and finally
pissed law repeating them out of office AMI
ating court OF appeal, filled with partizans
pledged to carry Amos7s relief laws into exccu-
ton. Here the people rcbukci the minion, his
Governor and the whole party, by rcpc ,ling their
reforming law, AMI restoring the old court. The
next AM the dy ing effort of Amos Kendall in
Kentucky was 10 persuade the pooplc OF tho
St,tc to repeal their constitution, if they were
not willing to brclk it. The people however,
preferred cspcIng NJ. Kenl,ii AMI his crcs-
lures from oii:c, AMI he then led his followers
vcr to General Jackson in MASS, as his last refuge
from scorD, contempt apl ignominy. He was
roceivci with open arms by Jackson, who it seems,
loved both the trait AMI his treason.
All know that AMPS and his creatures here
wcGe opposed to Jackson; TINT both he and they
were loi1 for the election OF Civ. Bat he h III
run his race he had lost all that he ever had in
the stltc,-t traitor To his best ficn1 nuisance
To hts country, n pest TO society; the finger of
scorn upon him from every direction. Jackson
was not unaware OF this being his condition; but
that knowledge with him, was tho passport to his
hcart; it was enough for him to know TINT Ken
dall was an outclst and the suffice of honest
tempt in Kent ,cky-.hat he had violated the
c,nidcncc AMI friendship OF Clay in fine, TINT he
was IN Kentucky treated as migrate and mis-
cfc1nt, unworthy oil the countcnlncc OF any hon
est MN. to determine him TO reward him. lie
gave him office. he gave him money. nc gave him
hrs con'iicncc, and finally surrendered to him the
administration OF the whole executive POWERS
How Amos succeeded to the high estate he has,
could be told by n,rny Jackson leader, who has
sn1Ppci his collar, and by many thn sa-
vishly wears one. II is known to these gentleman
that when jack fist cabinet was f,rmc', El-
ton was placed in it as con:ilint, TO whom Jack
s'n should contilc his prof Gets. crude and absurd
as he could only W rite them; and when submitted
- ham, they wcsc to be written ont in English and
the aith'yfdphy corrected. 81. Then Jackson
was to copy the project, and submit il to his cab