The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-09

and branches Of his own family. The evidence Of
these Charge Is to be found every where, IN every
u~rrr of the Union and in The calls OF Congress sor
;,o;rv into the causes Of the faurc Of the mails DC
. /, i lime oui 81 mind since We have received an
r..,ern mail says MobiIs paper -" Yesterday, VIC
,seyed rapcrs Of the 18th and batch Of the month
n,sesdine'' "severai mails are due, &C., y the
general cry while the suppression Of public d"cnr
,nents has been charged" and proven, time after
time. ON his partisan Post Masters Altogether the
Post Office has under his guidance been perverted
into vast political machine disgracefuito free peo-
pe.-imposes an onerous tax,-harrasses the commu-
,;tv for whose benefit il was instituted occupies
the courts Of justice with prosecutions Of his crim-
nals--wastes It's resources in miserable ltigations
with contractors and crowds their petitions on the at
tention and time Congress- which branch ofthe Go
ycrnment he has repeatedly dared to insult and, when
doomed apologize he has avaiIed himself Of the ptful
subterfuge 'that il donein hurry ~ He now
obstructinp the mails by thousands Of his begging APP
pea-franked by the Loco Focos Of "the party yet
the ink Is hardly dry on his letter to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives on the abuse Of the frank
ing privege!! BY contemplate subterfuge, he has
ClaIneu ItSth " S"'"5See ''"", "'t>' 1853
dubbed with and worn out the patience Of the own
ers Of the great transportation lines In fact one way
or another he has broken up and Disguised the old,
faithful and efficient contractors, TO quarrel and qub-
Bile with new and ends by sending to Europe, NTH
out authority Of lar, an agent or ambassador whom
the London papers announce, as 'among the persons
presented 10 Queen Victoria al late drairing room
leree"
That Amos knows for what purpose may be sum
Gent import foreign systems Of police, post Offices
post creatures fresh contractors may be conJec-
turcd by the people hest they can--and Congress
foot the bI--or submit to the impertincnce of the
meancst "hireling."
With consummatc hypocrisy and duplicity, he has
paraded his public virtue, and procssed 80 rest his
claims 10 the public confidence his acts'i! while
Specific charges" in Congress all voted down by
che party" to shield him and them thereby avoiding
| Investigations which honorable man would court.
The charge of dupcity and hypocrisy, constantly
and every where made against him. he confirms by
his mcndicant appeal to the party whom he would
gull into filling his Golfers through ptfu cvasons and
hylocritical proesssons, while he insults the common
sense Of the people with reasons-in bad hediniye'
takes to more laborious vocation!.t In rdnf--yei
leaves salary Of 5000 per annum!! Poor !!!-yct
denies not the " farm Of 960 acres, rich improved
land !" that he also large estate with toll
bridge on one Of the principal roads, with one other
fine farm and still other landed property in Sangamo,
the richest county of Illinois that he Is also the pro
preor of farms in the counties of Edgar and Vermil
lion, Illinois, and lands besides in Indiana These
or more may be part parcel of his speculations on
4 4.
General Jacksons credulity, whereby he obtained ms
assent TO the schemes of the Boston Land Company
on the Chickasaw reserve and pockcted, for himself
an equivalent to $4,000 as has been specifically
charged or maybe part of other speculations aided
by similar peculiar " back door influence Yet what
particular portions of his "unproductire" property
there are he has not answered has he told what
is actually his unproductire' property.
He chooses rather to equivocate with such sentences
as" he has no PRODUCTIVE property rhaterer--nont
rhch far from producing an income is not an er-
pense to him",!! Perhaps not Too much the case
with all landed property in these Subtreasury times
Nevertheless he yet hopes make good cash specu-
lation, and to take care of HIMSELF usual, out Of
the gullibilty of I" he party" and the dear people
and therefore, by contract with his friend, 'thc Globe
man." adreriises that subscriptions 10 the Extra
Kendall" noble pair Of brothers, truy!!! The
party" may be their dupcs. The American People
will not be thus insulted or humbugged Patriotism,
political morality, and the principles Of true democracy
must emanate from purer fountain
All that be said, previous to proper invcstga-
ton Of the Post Office Department Of its state Of
prosperity'u is that "he party" have within few
days. voted down resolution offered in Congress to
investigate the condition of its affairs that hther
to- investigation has been avoided while serious and
manifold charges" hung it-that published
charges" Of dishonored drafls--of confusion and
official mystifcation and misrepresentation have been
so frequently made, to render il a matter of sur
PRISE that any man. who had repution to lose would
take care" of the Department niAou prerious pre-
caufionary Inventory For conviction must be enter
taned that "hckory broom" would sweep this
Augean stable" clean In fact il is as selfevident
| as that Sail is salt and sugar is sugar"
FOR THE MADIsoNIAN.
AMOS KENDALL.