The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-11
WASHINGTON, June stl

The resignation of the &c heGeen born" has oc-
casioned much speculation, and in some quarters
no little surprise. To the uninitiated it may
well appear mysterious, as with all Forsyth's
contempt for the man, he had never been able to
influence the President, far even as to ex-
clude him from the cabinet proper. When Ken
dalps appointment Postmaster General was
announced in Virginia, it required the efforts of
all the leading men of the party in that State to
prevent an open expression of disgust, and when
! Van Buren, was elected, it was taken for granted
that the cabinet would have been changed. Mr..
Ritche came on here, at the time of the inaugu-
ration, held a conversation with the President,
and informed the party of his State, through the
columns of the Enquirer, that the cabinet would
be good one, and such as the most fastidious
would approve The feeling of dissatisfaction
has been gradually increasing, and it has been
materially heightened by the insolence of Ken
dali to the Senate, his contempt for the court,
and lastly the bare faced effrontry manifested to
the House of Representatives in relation to the
ranking priyilege-added to all which his hau-
teur and injustice to several influential contrac-
tors of Pennsylvania, induced them to declare
that they never would sustain any admins
tration that tolerated such man, and the dis
pleasure became so general that Mr.. Van Burer
could no longer resist it.
In this state of affairs, the President sent FOL
Kendall, informed him how matters stood, and
then made an appeal to him not to ennbarrass his
administration at juncture when many inter
ests were to be conciliated. Although Kendall
was utterly unprepared for any such anunciation,
he Immediately put ON that sardonic grin that
characteristics his physiognomy, and assured the
President that he had no disposition to do so,-
that he would fall back on the Extra Globe, a
paper he had helped to establish, in which he
thought he could be as serviceable to the cause
of democracy, as he could be in his post at the
head of department;-at all events, that he
would do nothing to perplex his administration,
and the very next morning sent in his resignation.
The President was overjoyed, and told Kendall
that if he were reelected, Mr.. K. might depend
on it, that his services should not go unrequited.
This is an honest and fair statement of the
facts OF this case, and Kendall will turn matters
to such account, through the fears of the office
holders, as to leave him little to regret on the
score of pecuniary consideration.
1t behooves the people of this country to look
well to the Vaccinations Of this arch hypocrite,
! and black migrate. He will extort countless
thousands from office holders to uphold his pros
tituted sheet, while his master and co-worker in
infamy, will hold up office as bait to the indus
trious. Thus, between the hopes of being sus-
tanned in Office, and the expectation of attaining
it, they will bring to their aid the corrupt and
| venial of all parties. Well is it for the people
that they have taken the alarm in time to prevent
their liberties from being destroyed.
A friend, who spent an hour with the Presi-
dent, informed me that after talking with him
to the policy he should pursue to defeat the
efforts of ''that old ederalist, Tamadge, in his
native state, recited to him passage from Bull
wcr's play of Richelieu:
-t.frrors to come, my Joseph,
Produce lusty, hungry gratitude,
A ravenous zeal, that of the commonest cur
Would make Cerberus :"
This sentiment has been too long practised on,
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