The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-06-29
Facts for the People i'm Broken
Doses. Dose No. 4.
From Mr.. BoND's SPEECH.

IRON hR' DOND 5 SPEECH.
( Among Mr.. kendali's reforms may be
mentioned bis leading agency in the re-
moval Of the public deposltes from the
Bank Of the United States. To effect this,
he carried on a system Of chilling and
cooIng" with the State Banks, and IN the
language Of a certain Senator, (Mr. Ben.
ton,) debauched them" 4" Yes, SIR, de.
bauched is The word" apply It TO the
Government and banks, though the Sena.
tor though, the People had been debauched,
and applied IT to them. For this work OF
debaucb," which proved so serious a
curse 20 the country, this agent was EN-.
p!oyed thirIyt.o days, and was paid for
this service the SUN Of S3l6 IL, being
about ten dollars day Tor a lob which has
occasioned much of the embarrassment
under which the country now abors. He
GO, SlOa day for doing thus injury TO the
PubIlc-a hard working laborer finds ii
difficult To get his dollar day. But still,
Mr. Kendall belongs to the democratic
party" and whilst he received his $40
day for that work, be also received the
1
To be an established usage Of this Admins
irauon. The case OF The Attorney Gen.
eral IS already mentioned. The reports
from the Departments show several other
cases. though viii now only add that Of
he Commissioner OF the Indian affairs,
who vas for while acting Secretary OF
War and during tins period drew the Sala.
RES OF each Office, being al the rate OF 50
900 a year.
But, Mr.. Speaker, 10 man better knows
all the uses OF office than Mr.. hendall.-
! have read a political tract, written,
think, BY Dean Svlli, entitled somew bat
u thus way The convenience OF place
AZ Court, Or SURE niode Of providing gar.
meu,s COR "a whole family" MIR. Kendall
appeers to understand the "modus ope
raRdt' Of this matter. The pfinted lis, ol
clicks 10 has department exhibits hts father
tnlaw aud two nephe~s, with salaries oil
Il 900, 81 200, aud 81 400, and thus We
>er family provision OF nearly $4,000 a
wear, including his own salary. But Mr.
Kendall IS not the oaly officer Who thus
takes care q, bis own household. Ii pro
VISION Of THIS kiad be evidence OF faith, !"
few II them Will be found lnhdes.n The
Presidents son has an Office, which have
already meullonrd, OF 81 500 year. Th
; crelary OF States sun until very lately,
held the place OF District Attorney 10 Ala
bama. 4 near relation BY marriage of The
Secretary ot the Treasury has comfort
abb nnnul's oil 81 400 ~ The Navy Depart
'uent; another hn!ds the appointment al na
val officer In Boston, with salary of IS
600 per year, besides bclng President Of
the Laiaystt Bank OF that CITY and d
third Is the Cashier of the Fraukln Bank
# tha, city, which became special pet
under the pet bank system. These gen
/ llemen would all make excellent sub. rea
surers
/ Mr. Bond SAID, when the proposition for
rCirenchment vas under consideration here
~ ls2S, the friends Of Mr.. Adams, BY way
OF proving tina, be and they desired every
Ius, econsmy and reform, pointed 10 his
Message recommending IT. How were
they answered Why SIR, Mr. Insham,
who soon afterwards was made Secretary
Of the Treasury, said II was indeed true
4 tina, the Message did recommend it, bu, he
\ wanted TO see more practice and less pro
teSsiun IN this matter. There was no spe
Gifted reforms found IN the Message; he
could only 6nd there one of those formal
+ Recommendations, which were as unmcan
ing, he said, as the words "your humble
servant" at the foot OF a letter. John
( Randolph, IN the same debate, used this
language on the subject of retrenchment
I and reform:
/ The President did recommend them
in enc Of those lofty general,ties with which
all sermons, political or religious abound !;
which might be printed IN blank like law
process, aud filled as occasions might re
quIre. But SIR, (said he) ! am for looking
AT the practices aud not the preccp,s OF the
person, political or religious"
Mr.. Bond SAID that this rule OF John
Randolph was perfectly just; II was thus
shown, too, to be avowed by this Admins
tratIon, and he was wiling 10 Judge them
by their own rule, aud thought 10 this they
ought not TO object. He would leave il to
the House aud the People to say whether
the "prac,ices OF this Administration
had ccniormcd 10 their precepts."
Was the recommendation IN General
Jackson's inaugural address, one of those
"loity generaIlties" Just spoken Of, and de
fined by Mr.. Randolph The :" Unit Cab
net" mus, have lost the art OF reading,
otherwise " reform was not quite so "iegl.
biz inscribed" as the General lmaglned.-
rha, patronage of the Federal Government