The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-02
AMOS KENDALL.
CHAPTER l.
TO the Original Jackson Men.

CHAPTER 1.
To the Original Jackson Men.
Tie position which Mr. Kendall occupies, and
the influence which his pen viii have in rallying
a party to support the reelection of Mr. Van Blu
rem, entities the public to know who and what
he is. 1t so happens that there is much ON record
to illustrate his character and in tracing the out
line shall be careful to select such only as has
the sanction of his own pen, or comes to me 9TH
erwise well authenticated.
He tells us that he was born in New England,
of poor but respectable parents, and that through
perseverance and industry, chiefly by his own la
Dor, he obtained collegiate education. In 1914
he migrated to kentucky ''to seek his fortune.
Mr.. CLAY was, then in Europe, and Mr.. Kendall
was employed by Mrs. Clay as private teacher
in her family. He thence went to reside at
Georgetown, and being taken sick was sent for
by Mrs. Clay, taken into Der own house, nursed
with a sisters care and restored tC. health Upon
Mr.. CIay's return, he and his friends took MIR.
Kendall by the hand, gave him countenance and
established him as the editor of leading paper
at the seat of Government.
Even at that early day the public mind was
turned to Mr. Clay as a candidate for the Presi-
dency, and Mr. Kendall was among his most az
dent supporters. With view to advance Mr..
Claws pretensions, he assaulted Mr.. Adams on the
subject of the negotiations at Client, and particu
larly in relation to the fisheries. He bore con-
spicuous part in the old and new court controver-
sy, which originated inwhat was termed the Re
hefques;.on
During the war, migration to the new states
and territories was, in great measure, suspend
ed. The fertile lands of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Missouri, in the north west; and Of Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee in the south west,
were explored By the armies called to the defence
of the frontier, and hence, upon the return o.
peace, the rush to the frontier was so great, anC
the competition for the public lands, stimulated
by redundant paper currency, Qarge sums o
which had been borrowed by the Government and
expended among the people,) was such as TO raise
them, in many cases, to price far beyond then
present value. This threw large sums into the
treasury and created a debt against the Western
Banks, which, under the restrictive measures
adopted by Mr.. Cheyes, when he was called to
the administration of the Bank of the United
States involved the banks in ruin, and placed the
property of the debtor at the mercy of the credi
tor The western states attributed much of thei
embarrassment to the Bank ofthe United States
Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, took Legislative
measures to expel the branches located IN thes
States. The Bank, by the consent Of the Secr'
tary OF the Treasury, relinquished to the locs
banks, the collection Of the Public Revenue, an
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made the instruments of breaking each other dow
and transferring what little of the precious metal
remained, into the Branches of the Bank Of I'll
United States, which, by that means, was en-;
bled to sustain itself under the unwise and ruiz
contraction which followed Mr.. Cheves' il
duction to the Presidency OF that Institution.
In these measures originated the relief question
and Mr. Kendall, then the editor ofthe F'rankfol
Argus, took decided part in favor of the debto
interest. He commended that it was unjust to S
administer the laws, as that, by sudden and III
expected contraction Of the currency, the yalu
ofproperty should be so much deprecated that
the creditor could demand for the debt, twice tn
amount of property. His argument then was
that justice was the purpose of government, am
that laws doubling the value OF the debt, and re
ducing 10 one half of its value, the property, fc
which the debt was contracted, were unjust
have stated Mr.. Kendall's position then, becaus
the relief question Of 1922 is the Bank question
the presentday. The suspension of 1922, was pr
duced by the contraction of the currency, by IL
Bank of the United States, under the administr,
ton of MIR. Cheves, and the present suspension
the result of the combined attack on America
credit by the administration of our own Cover
ment and the Bank of England.
The relief question of 1922, was local. II
Atlantic cities were the credit interest, and the
banks were aided by the entire revenue of tn
United States. The west sunk under the un
quail conflict. England is now the creditor il
terest, and her war upon the credit and resourc
Of this country,is part of her system of fosterir
her East India Trade, at the expense of o
planting interest, prompted by the large mon,
dealers, who, alarmed at the American agency
the Bank of the United States in London. ha
awaited themselves Of the suicidal policy of t
American Government, to PROSTATE mower,
riral and foster new interest in the East
In the sequel, win explain why Mr.. Kend
was on the relief side then, and why he is oppos
% il now. Here is the appropriate place to spe
Of the murder Of Col. Sharpe, and Kendalps
tempt to.znake political capital out Of it; bu
lszve thst fora separate and Independent Oh.
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