Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-06-13
W HIG ADVOCATE.
0ANT0N, MISS
nm. BENDALL's ADDRESS TO TuE
people Of The United states.
In lines Of great p0IIIIcaI escil7r


In times Of great political excitement
men expect to hear and SEQ much that 10
false, ridiculoos aud nensonsicol but
they have been horet&bro unaccuslomod
10 anticipate shallow minded fuNian and
barefaced misrepresentation from ono
who but few days since filled a high
Office in this great nation. In other
countries, and in bygonc years, in this,
the holding Of high Office was an eyi.
dence Of dignifed virtue, and even when
the individual was no longer connected
with office, m elevated seIcrespect still
secured him the honor and esteem of his
fellow men because an honor purified
and confirmed by a nations confidence
would not sanction q condescension TO
those labrications and falsehoods which
parties sometimes conceived properly
available IN me accompaniment OF their
desires, But these times and the men
who adorned them, have passed away,
while even their example seems to have
lost its influence, and TO be forgotten in
nation's scramble for Office.
But yesterday, and Amos Kendall was
Post Master General ofthe United States,
and however much we despised the pc.
litcal intrigue and cringing scryihty
which secured to him the office, and
scorned tho base and corrupt parasite
who filled it, yet we were willing to be-
lieye that tho honor of Office had in
some degree elevated his gTov5J}jag "a.
ture, and 're jf21rs of'T-eess-sa.S.S...a..I. BIN
against the uterance Of notorious false.
hood in the face Of day, when the eyes
of the American people were upon him.
But in this We huya hacn mistaken, To
5day finds Amos Kendall tho Elitor Of u
partizOn newspG per ,%-'Fi'' I7s.r gy-~' .-a~..A
merican people to subscribe for It as the
only. rr-~l. s.e,g~sGCurlng .Mr, Van Blren
in power; and, Us il 70 make +a ness
'--.sses9-.saasa black issuing an address to
the people Of the United Safes, Wnfth
for arrogance and faIsity, has no paral
lsl in party Misrepresentation or political
degradation. The very title, from which
we learn the source and aim Of this u
noue combnation-"Mr. Kendall's Ad
dress to the People OF the United States
lin other and moro virtuous times wouIC
have filled every man who loved his coun
try more than party, with asionishmen
and sorrow, nay, wiM loaIiing, at suct
arrogant prostitution. For the base ant
degraded to address an honorable PEG
pie, is an insult; but when done with in
terestcd and impure motives, and tina
address falsehood, il is absolutely IN
tolerable. Now, who was Amos Ken
dali belore he was raised 10 respectable
~ by Gen. Jackson 2 The editor OF
VIGOROUSLY corrupt partizan newspaper
an outcast from society in Kentucky
man who was publicly horse whipPe'
IN the streets Of her Capitol, an indgnI
ty which he never dared resent, 70
which he sought no redress but like
slave, submitted as If it were part
the compensation for which he laborec
This was Amos Kendall, the same Ind
vidual who offered to 20 to Washlngio
city and support the administration
Mr. Adams, if Mr. Clay would secure
him the sum Of fifteen hundred e'''"f
''~''' sss5ss.. laa c gsnsral rowaraln
u azassw laeksea's faithful isf'SS'e'''
Pos, Master General This made o.
as g seems 40 ac;.-- - man bit
gave him On influence snd "a acluain