The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-06


Crawford Kendall continued to be the Jealous
partisan Of MIR. Clay; advised him to vote for
Mr.. Adams or not, as he pleased, and after the
election Of Mr.. Adams, offered to come on to
Washington, and defend Mr.. Clay from the
ISLANDERS" TO use bis own words, that were
published against him, if Mr.. Clay would give
him office worth fifteen hundred dollars per
annum Mr.. Clay refused to pay him the stipu.
lated price, and Kendall turned his poisonous
fangs on the bencfactor who had warmed him in
to life, and became States evidence 70 convict
Mr.. Clay Of the charge against which he had
volunteered to defend him Blair came in at
the eleventh hour, under a contract that he
should have the printing patronage Of the go
vernment.-Gow where are you, and where are
these men? You have all the kicks, and they
! have all the coppcrs.-Your labor is reduced
forty per cent. in its value, and they boast that
they have reduced the value Of nou, one half {!
How is il with their salaries? Kendall who en-
treated Mr.. Clay for fifteen hundred dollars per
annuIn, receives his sir thousand, III hard dollars,
and his pickings and speculations to boot. Blair
makes his thousands, without moving his finger,
/
rison, and those who have refused to surrender
their judgments and their principles.
And these are the men who, by virtue of their
position in the country, denounce such of the
original jackson disapprove of the mea-
sures which have brought the country into its
present unexampled condition, and call on you
to follow them in their dc nunciations.
| What l would cntreat of you to do is, calrlly
to go over the whole ground with me, and let
US reason together on these things. How does
it happen that the men who were opposed TO us
in 1S2A--who then reviled and ridiculcd General
Jackson, even more than they now ridcule Gene
raj Harrison, got possession OF his ear, and have,
through the potent influence of his name, risen
into power, whilst his strorg st and steInest
friends are driven from him. and denounced
as if they We're enemies to their countrywide in
to any OF the States, and look out for the origi-
nal jackson men, and you will find that many
of those who raised the standard, and bore the
heat and burden of the day, are now prescribed
and prosecuted whilst mongrel mixture of mo-
ney-loving Office holders are the chosen leaders
of the party.
How is this? why is it so? Men may change
but principles will not. When we rallied
az INST Mr.. Adams, the strongest argument
urged against him. was, that he abused tie patron
age of the government to re-clect himself. Who
does not recollect Col Johnson's celebrated decla-
ration, that he would oppose the reelection Of
Mr. Adams, though che Were as pure as the
angels in Heavenm The people were then
aroused to vidicate the purity Of the electiva
franchise. Your purpose was to assert the pow
er Of the people to elect their own Chief Magis-
rate, and you rallied against Mr.. Adams be-
cause you resolved to demonstrate that the voice
Of the people was more potent than the patron
age of the government. Your desire was to
prove that your votes could not be purchased
with your own money. That the virtue OF the
people was stro, g.r thon the love OF money
You triumphed. The election of Gen. jackson
was a triumph of the elective franchise. You
gained the battle but you have lost the fruits Of
victory. Gen. jackson used the power which
you had defeated, not only to re-eect himself but
to appoint his successor. He brought the whole
force of the Federal patronage to bear ON the
elections, and by exerting his own personal po-
pularity, in aid Of the power and influence CT the
government, he elected Mr.. Fan Buren,. These
things are true and no man can gainsay thcm.--
Your confidence has been abused, and you have
been inhamed by artful appeals to your pas
sions and prejudices. You have been taught to
believe that in following the will Of your party
leaders, you were asserting and maintaining
your principles. I would ask you if you do moi
see that by supporting Mr.. Van Buren's rc-elec-
ton, you are violating your principles? Who
believes that Mr.. Van Buren, is the free unbiased
choice of the people? What will the world be-
f lievc if Mr. Van Buren, is reelected, What will
YOU believer II he is able now, by the force OF
the federal patronage to re-elect HIMSELF is there
not an end to the freedom of elections2 VIII il
not prove that the love of office and filthy lucre
is stronger than the love of country
But why do reason thus' Come one, come ali
and swell the rolling tide of public opinion. Lee
the next election be triumph of the popular
voice, speaking in voice of thunder to all whc
are now in authority and to all who are to come
after them; proclaimirg that the people are SOW
ereign; and they have resolved to assert thei
power. Let the original Jackson men rejoice
; hat our candidate is patriot in whom there is
no guile. One who has no selfish ends to crafty
One who comes into power with no griefs t
avengs and no debts to pay. One who will bring
JOY and peace, and plenty to suffering country
\ and who have no terrors, but for those who hav'
Y covered the land with sadness and affection.
Another consideration Our candidate wa
nominated in the spirit of patriotism. He wa
r chosen as the rallying point of every friend O
liberty. In selecting him, there was su1en
der OF personal preferences. A great many c
c 4hc INhia nariy Hxere the zealons friends Of