Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-05-28

Convention instantly sprung upon him the
moment they found him in their power and
pledged TO submit their severest sentence.
The result of the decisions of the Tory
Convention in Baltimore, is one of the
most successful instances of Machiavellan
policy which the records of any party can
show The friends Of Col Johnson were
in clear and decided majority Of the men,
bers of that Convention. and yet the bare
handful of the friends of Col. Polk, nader
the adroit management of Felix Grundy-,
the man who claims the high, aRd certain
~ unexampled. merit Of having been born
a Veteran ''-contlived, not only to defeat
hrs nomination, but to induce that mPJorl-
~ unanimously to Surrender the power
they held in their own hand and to
submit to have their fagorite candidate
laid upon the shelf, uader plea, the folly,
nonsense and hypocrisy of which is all bet
sefeveident, that the good OF the party re-
CURED there should be no nomination.
Was ever there a more miserable delu
sion, one more clumsily got upc
But Col Johson has become aware Of the
trick that has been played upon him by
those interested, to secure his DOWNFALL If
it can be done without ruin TO the party
He consequently, is justly indignant at the
treachery. But his Indignation comes too
late. His enemies haunt in his eyes his
fatal letter, and defy him SO soon to give the
lie TO his promises of acquiescence in the
fiat of his party. This does not prevent
him from complaining of his treatment in
private, nor will it long keep him, have
reason to believe, from public manifesto
lions of his wrath. He has alredy come
to an OPEN BREACH WITH THE President,
whom he has directly charged with under
mining hin, and who in return. compli-
mented the Colonel with being dead
weight to the party. They separated mu-
tually displeased with the result OF the IN
teryiew, and each breathing vengeance
against the in6delfty of the one, and the
instructiveness of the other. So that the
pleasing spectacle is exhibited to the eyes
ofthe faithful. ofthe two highest Execu
tive officers arrayed in undisgused hostili-
ty with one another. "Quem Deus UuA
perdere, &C."
Nor is this all. The rumor to which ]
yesterday referred, THE RESIGNATION OF
AMOS KENDALL, is confirmed in the Off
cial columns of the Globe! So that there
can be no mistake but that Amos Kendall
tho nimitabie, "Heaven-born" Amos, !
has forsaken the sinking ship of State!
True it is, the Globe will tell you, and
Amos himself has told US, in letter an
nouncing his resignation, that he still wor-
ships the setting sun of Martin Van Buren,,
with undying devotion. But the very fact
that he deems it necessary to make that
assurance, is Of itself, O. momentous sig |
nificance. He tells US, in his letter, that
his salary Of $4,000 per annum, as Post
master General, has been insufficient toll
the support of his large family; and yet he
expects to derive support from the receipts
from the publication Of the Extra-Globes.
Disguise it however as he may, the resig-
nation of Amos Kendall can be interpreted
in no other way. than as preparatory |
step to look out for himself prior to the |
final dissolution of the Government which
now fosters him. In short look where they
may, nothing but discord and dissenton
stares them in the face, at home; nothing
but ruin and defeat meets the Admnlstra-
tion from abroad, Il. nj. B.