The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-28

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| poused the cause a General Jscsson.
In this letter Of Mr.. Kendall. he aays:
II feel bound hy nv ohligasion 10 ny
/ country. and By die PIECES - oGlsn re-
! pealed By all the principal men Of our
/ party. 10 promote. with ell ny talents
and industry. the reform which The PsO-
pie demand. l viii Prove that our de-
claraiiOns have not been hollow pre-
fences. Besides, I hold The interference
Of federal officers with state politics 90
be improPer in principle"
| For The reform under this last para.
graph. I refer you 10 Mr.. Kendsll's let
ters and toasts sent 10 various political
meetings and dinners throughout the
country. Tor lev years past, on tae eve
Of state elections.
When Mr.. Kendall entered upon the
duties Of his Auditors office, he caused
TO be published IN the United States re-
legraph. the then Official organ. . let
ter, in which he says. "fhe interest Of
the country demands that this Office
shall be filed with msn Of business and
not with babbling politicians" Sir. the
whole letter was the work of . babbling
pOlilieian. expressly designed for roliIi-
cal and dsmagagus ends. which The wri-
ter. inthe same breath, said he had quit
and left for Others. ! will read few
passages from IL. ala five days | have
returned 10 the post office twenty letters
and three pamphlets. enclosed 10 the
Fourth Auditor, and directed 10 other
persons!" How lnng aher this letter
wa. IL befare Mr.. Kendall, for the pur-
p1se Of building mp The Globe newspa-
per. and the fortune Of his friend Fran
cis p. Blair. (ano,her eleventh hour Jack
son man. whom he had brought from his
iOrmer residence al Frankfort, keniucky.)
sent under his frank 10 Kentucky. anu
perhaps elseu here, the prospectus Of this
newspaper!
In that same letter. Mr.. Kendall also
says:
. Upon entering This Office. on Monday
last. one Of the first objects which struck
my eye was pile nf newspapers on my
table. Among them, | counted sixteen
different papers. all 0f which | was told
were subscribed for By the Fourth Audi
tor. and paid for out Of The Treasury"
lie sent them back. as he then stated,
with note to each; Of which The follow
ing is copy:
Treasury Department.
Fourth Auditors Office, March a. 1879
! SIR: Not believing that | am author
ICED to charge the Government, " ilh sub
scrip,ions 10 newspapers and other pub
LEGATIONS. which are not useful IN me in
the discharge Of my official duties; and
not prsceiving that | can derive any as
sisIauce from your journal in settling the
accounts Of the Uniied Slsies Navy, ]
have Ia request that you will discontinue
sending il To This Office, Very respectful
Is. your obedicnt servant.
AMOS KENDALL.
Here, Mr.. Speaker, is a fine display
OF the pride, pnmp, and circumstance"
Of Office, il mt of official insnlence.
But yesterday he was himself the editor
and publisher Of newspaper: he next
appears in his own language. an hum
BILE Auditor" Bat, sir. dies nn! the let
ter just read shnw tia, h. had forgotten
his humility, and become puG, j up with
ofTici Il consequence!
Why did he not simply tell his brother
editors, in brief and respectful language.
q. tina, he had Discontinued Ihe subscription
for their paper!
But further thought is suggested by
this letter vi Mr.. Amos Kendall. aud his
reason for disseminating newspaper sub
scripiions. lie is nov, sir. Postmaster
General. Suppose we Look a, the slate
IN nj Of The contingent expenses of his
office (or the las, year. ID" YOU think
we shall iId any subscriptions for news
papers there paid for OIL, "f The Frea-
/ sury!' I.islcn 10 few items:
suuttic-n Literary Messenger, $40 90
New York Journal nf Commerce, ~ w
+ Alleg1uy Democrat, ~ 81
I PENNSYLVANIA, "
s H. laa Biography. W
5 Metropolitan Magazine, Ol
Three copies ofthe Daily Globe!!! 30 OF
Richm md EnqIirer, OF
: Sundry others which | will not stop Ia
name: the whule number being twenty oI
upwards, and The total Of Subscription