Holly Springs gazette., 1844-04-06
From the New York Enquirer
MALIGNANT HYPOCRITE'


4 MALIGNANT HY YPOCRITE'
We have always believed. and have new
er hesitsted to express our conviction, that
Amos Kendall is the purest incarnation OF
the inscriptions faIsehood, the unpgincP pied
hypocTicv and the brutal ferocity which
make up the character ola demagogue OF the
school Of Marat and Robespierre, which
the loco foco party can exhibit to the coa-
tempt and detestation Of the people OF this
country His whole life, from the day
which witnessed the first base blow which
he struck st his bes, beneiacior-at the man
who saved him from starvation and death,
and pu, 10 his hands all the means Of lnHu
ence he ever possessed, down 10 his present
still more infamous assaults upon the good
name and character Of HENRY CLAY, gives
an uubroien line Of proofs to the truth ot
this representation We have already no.
tcrd a p0iitica! sermon which the base cal
jiti' has written an1 published, and which
the leaders Of the Loco Foco party have
scattered broad casts over the land, address
cd to the religious feelings Of the people or
the Union and intended TO excite the moral
principles Of the country against Henry
Clay, because he once foughta duel with
John Randolph. Those who have read the
letter of Gen Hlmilion, Randoph's second
on that OCCASION, which has just been pub
lshed, need no farther vindication Of Mr..
Claws motives and conduct in that affair
Mr.. Randolph, with n settled and avowed
purpose cf provoking him TO a contest, had
heaYed upon Mr. Clay the foulest and most
outrageous insults which his well stocked
vocabulary could command the most cal
culating and deliberate malignity could not
have chosen from the English language,
words better calculated to arouse every feel
ing of reven - nd euinitv, than those which
Mr.. Randolph, with his peculiar force and
eloquence, hurled a: the head of MIR Clay:
and yet Mr. Randolph, as testified by his
friend Cen Hamilton, was completely dis.
armed by the mingled irmness and senSibil-
ily which be saw IN the whole bearing OF
his opponent upon the ground And yet
Amos KsndiH, with an atfectation ofregard
for religious principles, &c. 50 strained and
overdone as completely TO de.cat It's purpo-
ses. treats this affair as a cold biooded at
tempt at murder. on the part Of Mr.. Clay,
and on the strength OF this seeks 10 array the
moral and religious feelings OF the nation
against him.
Oar sole purpose in referring to this mat
tel al all is TO expose the matchless hypoc-
,isy exhibited in this ferocious crusade a
rainst the personal character ofthe great
American s,atesman. This same KendGH
who here affects the meekness and demure-
ness of perfect saint, one raised far above all
the passions and feelings Of humanity, was
frequently engaged in quarels & fights of the
most disgraceful character. One OF these
contests was a duel with a MIR Dickinson,
which grew out Of dispute al horse race,
on the result of which Gen. Jackson had
bet heavily. Jackson's opponent declined
to enter his house and in the dispute which
ensued Gen Jackson challenged MIR Dick
enson and the meeting is described IN the
following complacent terms. by this man
Kendall, who now expresses such disgust
ngIv hvpocrilical horror at the affair Of
Mr.. Clay the extract may be found on page
I l6 of the third number of his life Of Jack
sou
jackson went upon the ground with a
conviction that his lie was eagerly sought
and The expectation Of losing it. bat with a
determination " hIch such a conviction nat
urallv inspired iu a bosom which never
knew fear. At the word. Dickinson, fired,
and the dust was seen 10 fly from Jackson's
clothes the next tttSLdbi 'GIhSOAA AANu,
Dickinson fell Dickinson was taken
to neighhoring house, where he sHrriced
b,t n fefU hours The firmness OF nerve ex-
hib;ted by General Jackson on this occa-
sion has not ceased 20 be a subject Of admi-
ratioat There are many brave men who
can look danger in the face without the
change ofa muscle bnt few there are who
can hold a steady hand at the instant lead
en- messenger of death is passing through
taeir bodies Not man on the ground,
except General jackson himself, knew that
he was wounded and every muscle was
as quiet and his hand as steady. as IT ne had
not known it himself The stern purpose
,rhicb nai: :ght is part hare aerred ham, aoGs
best described 5y himself achen friend ex-
xressed astonishmenf at has self command:
"SIR." SAID HE, II SHOULD HAVE
KILLED HIM IF HE HAD SHOT
ME- THROUGH THE BRAIN.
And this stern purpose, murderous as
il i. is still subject Of admiration with
The man who denounces Henry Ciay-who