Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-07-20
SPEECH OF MIR. BOND.
TConcluded.1

Postmaster General. This gentleman, you
know, sir, was an eleventh. hour Jackson
man. He, however, wae among the first
who got office; and Immediately after his
appointment, letter Of his is pub Iished,
in which, after holding himself and few
friends up as having been prosecuted, he
exclaims, what has Heaven done? So
disposed Of events, as to make Barry Post.
master General, and myselfa mere humble
Auditor As to Mr. Barry, no matter,
what events made him Postmaster Gen.
eral, we know that under his manag men,
that department was deranged and render-
ed insolvent
But now Tor this humble Auditor or,
as from his own question, he is sometimes
called, this Heaven born Amos. lfhlstory
does him justice, it will be found that he
desired Office under Mr. Clay, which, it not
being in The power Of the latter to provide,
Mr. Kendall espoused the cause of General
Jackson.
In this letter Of Mr. Kendall, he says:
Il feel bound by my obligation to my
country, and by pledges so often repeated
by all the principal men of our party, to
promote, with all my talents and industry,
the reforms which the people demand.
will prove that our declarations have not
been hollow pretences. Besides, | hold
the Interference of Federal officers with
Statepolitics to b. improper in principle. ,
For the reform under this last paragraph.
refer you to Mr. Kendal's letters and
toas', sent to various political meetings
and dinners throughout the country for a
few years past, on the eve of State cleo.
tons
When Mr. Kendall entered upon the
duties Of his Auditors office, he caused to
be published in the United States Tee-
graph, the then official organ, letter, in
whlci he says, The interest of the coun-
try d'mands that this office shall be filled
withmcn Of business, and not with baJbHng
PotNCinns.' Sir. the whole letter was The
WORT of bab5ting politician, expressly
designated for political and demagogue
ends which the writer, in the same breath.
said lie had quit and left for Others! will
read few passages from it, In five days
j have returned to the post office twenty
letters and three pamphlets, enclosed to
the Fourth Auditor, and directed 10 other
perso's! How long after this letter was
II beo,e Nj Kendall, for the purpose of
building up the Globe newspaper. and the
fortune Of his friend Francis P. Blair,
{anohe1 olovor'h horr jackson mon, whom
he had Wrought from his former residence
at Frankfort. Kentucky,) sent under his
frank to Kentucky, and perhaps elsewhere
the prospectus of this newspaper
in that same letter Mr. Kendall also SAYS.
Upon entering this Office on Monday
last ona of HE first objects which struck
my eye was a pie of newspapers on my
table. Among them, | counted sixteen
different papers all Of which was told
were subscribed for BY the Fourth Auditor,
and paid for out of the Treasury
H. sent them back, as he then stated,
with uple to each; of which the follow.
ing is a copy:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
FourHa .4ulitor's Office, March "a, 1929
EIR: Not believing that am author
'zed to charge the Government with SUBJ
scrIptions TO newspapers and other pubiica |
tons, which are not useful to me in the
discharge of my official duties and no,
pcrceivlng that can derive any assistance
from your Journal in settling The accounts
Of the United States Navy. | have to
request that you will discontinue sending
it to this Office. Very respectfully your
obedent servant, AMOS KENDALL.
Here, Mr. Speaker, is a fine display of the
pride, pomp. and circumstance of office, i'll
not of Official lnsolence. But yesterday he
was himself the editor and publisher of
newspaper-he next appears, in his own
language, an humble Auditors But, sir,
does not the letter just read show that he
had forgotten his humility, and become
pulled up With Official consequence
why did he not simply tell his brother
editors, IN brief and respectful language,
that he had discontinued the subscription
for their PAPER,
But further thought is suggested by
this letter Of Mr. Amos Kendall, and his
reason Tor disseminating newspaper SUBJ
scHp'ions. lie Is now, sir, Postmaster
General. Suppose we look at the state
mtnt OF tho contingent expenses Of his
office for the las, year. Do you think we
shall find any subscriptions for newspapers
there paid for out Of the Treasury? Lis
ten to a few items:
Southern Literary Messenger, SlO 90
New York Journal of Commerce, 10 90
Allegheny Democrat, ID 81
Pennsylvania 800
Indian Biography, 6 0OI
Metropolitan Magazine, 800
! Three copies Of the d. Gobe!!! 80 90
Richmond Enquirer, DOL
Sundry others which | will not stop to
name the whole number being twenty or
upwards, and the io'al subscription within a
small fraction of 5000! He was frightened
at pile of l6 newspapers, but he can now
take 90 at dose! Can 1t be possible that
man, who came into Office declaring, like
1.-The Pharisee OF old. that he was not like
'olher men, and would even 'tithe, mint
and cummln,' begins already to neglect
the, weightler matters of The law?'--
Wat becomes of his inflated promise 'to