Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-05-11

ed, or read 10 examine. any one subject
thoroughly whilst he was in Office. No,
sir; | venture to guess that Amos Ken
dall--honest Iago''-whose official
misconduct was most likely to be expos
ed. was the infamous author Of this dar-
ing outrage; he was tool fit TO be It's
author, Of every word and letter and
doctrine Of il; he was the Presidents
thinking machine, and his trritiHg ma
chine-ay, and his lying machine! Sir,
If General jackson had been elected for
the third term, one great good would
have come Of the evil-Amos Kendall
would have been worked to death. Poor
wretch, as he rode his Rosinante down
Pennsylvania avenue, he looked ike
death on the pale horse-he was chIet
oycrsecr, chief reporter. amanuensIs,
scribe, accountant general, man OF all
work-nothing was well done without
the aid OF his diaboIical genius. Since
Jackson's 'retirement," he has assumed
to De obevcd himself, instead Of being a
slave. He has worked hard for his le-
yer Of mischief. God send the country
may not suffer for his pains in obtaining
the supremacy which be now holds.
Sir. | have read to YOU this letter and
my report upon it, TO show the land
marks Of the respective positions assum-
ed by the Executive and the Opposition
in relation to inquiry and investigator
in 1887. You see. sir. that the very first
principles Of our Government were de-
MED by the President. and the very \,
=, c, doctrines OF free government had
70 BE- contended for by the Opposition.
&. 81 ftsf
at. and trampIed upon by the tools and
advocates OF a Iawless power. They
had the impudence to appeal even to the
Constitution itself to shield them. They
raised the very shield of the People
themselves from unreasonable search
warrants and seizures, forsooth, as
safeguard and protection to them, the
public servants, against the Peoples
right of investigation, through their
Representatives, into their conduct
whilst pIundering the pockets Of the
People,
And, sir, not only did the President
thus resist the right and the attempt of
inquiry bv the House of Representatives, /
bur the heads of the Executive Depart /
ments to a man followed his example,
thew all replied to the queries of the
committee in the same tone and temper,
especially the Postmaster General Amos
Kendall.
You remember the name of the cclc-
brated Alfred Hooker, who was so truly
faithful 10 s'tte PGrty7 democracy as to
withhold the votes Of the People III the
election of Moore and Letcher, in Ken
lucky, to give the minority candidate the
return. whose acts have since been made
felony by the laws of that State. To re-
ward him for that democratic party SER
vice, an honest and faithful servant was
removed from n post-OflIce at Stanford,
Kentucky, IN order to make room for
this ex post facto felon. The commit
tee determined to inquire into the case,
and, on Tuesday, january 81, the com
mittee adopted a resolution calling on
the Postmaster General for information
as TO the removal Of the late postmaster
at Stanford, kentucky. The next day
this resolution was communicated to the
Postmaster Gene raj, and on the 4th Of
February the following letter was re-
ceived from him:
1Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT FEB. 3, 1887.
''SIR: have received your note of
the lst instant, enclosing a resolution of
the committee Of which you are chair
man, requesting me to furnish you with |
the following papers, viz.
81. The papers relative TO the reno
val Of the late postmaster at Stanford
Kentucky.
SO The papers and letters recon-
mending the appointment of any person |
or persons other than the individual who
was appointed and who now holds the
office
IS. The papers and recommendations
in favor of the appointment of the pre-
sent postmaster, Alfred Hooker.
"In reply, have the honor TO state
that the power of making appointments
is vested by the Constitution and laws in |
the President, heads Of departments,
and courts of law; checked, ia relation
TO the higher appointments, by the
Senate of the United States.
"No power whatever, in relation to
them, except the power to impeach for
corrupt or illegal appointments, is YES
ted in the house Of Representatives All
though there is nothing in this case (sof
far as am personally concerned) | |
could wish 10 conceal, yet, believing it /
10 be one OF the duties Of my station to
regard the constitutional limitations of
power, and that compliance with the
request of your committee would be n |
precedent tending To subvert them, i |
am compelled most respectfully to de-
cline il.
ain Justice 10 persecuted fellow
citizen, deem it proper 10 add, that Al
fred Rockers private character IS be-
lieved to b without blemSh, and his
qualifications undoubted; and that to
hunt him through life for an error OF
opinion. in a particular case, as TO his
legal power, appears to me as unjust as
il would be inhuman.
every respectfully, your obcdient
servant,
'AMOS KENDALL.
..Hon. HESRY \. WISE Chairman. &C.
Such are specimens Of the conduct Of
the President and his hcads-hydra |
heads they were! Now, sir. propose to
show you that your committee obeyed |
the will of their master. Yes, as YOU
Ill l.r, 3pJ IT,