The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-16
Amos Kendall.

1 Amos Kendall must now be nearly one
hundred years old. Don't let any one imagine
that We mean to hint that he is in his second
childhood. But without disrespect or effecta-
ton, we really thought the poor old fellow
was dead quarter of a century ago. We
distinctly remember that when hoy, thirty. or
mayhaps thirty-fvc years back, Kendall and
| Blair the handsome and ho"fst T. P) were
engaged in making mints of money out Of the
Democratic party, and ir persccuting John G.
Calhoun with the bitterest hatred. Calhoun
and his friends, after PERIOD got the better
of this brace Of worthless By way Of showing
his gratitude for past favors, and Of trying the
temper of the people Of Maryland, among
whom he lives while trading OIL treason, Blair
and his hopeful demagogue sons are now bnsily
engaged in aiding and abctting the triumph Of
the Black Republicans.
j Not to he outdone, Kendall makes drcara-
tion for the little Sucker" and appears before
political sleep in the shape ola lomg letter to
Col. Orr, vi South Carolina, heretofore re-
cognizcd as one of the most moderate of all
southern Statesmen. In this epistoiary cffl-
sion the venerable gentleman plays, in his
fashion, the rots of p"triotic conservatism. lie
is so anxious to prove the Constitutional Demo.
cracy in the wrong. that he deems it his first
duty to apologize for Black kcprblicansm.
lie then proceeds to defend sp"aitrr sovereign
ty; to threaten the Southern States with the
Federal power, supported by an army Of two
hundred Thousand Yankee volunteers, and to
denoance Mr. Buchanan, Mr.. Breckenridge, the
Democratic Senate, and The whole Constitu-
tio,,al party, as being no better than set Of
dis,lnion conspirators. The Southern States,
he thinks, have wrongs to- endure, present and
prospective, "hard to be borne" but he is Of
opinion they had better "grin aud bear them"
than to be ravagcd by volunteer Yankee armies.
Besides, he is OF the further opinion that the
Southern States can safely trust themselves to
; the good sense and generosity of the moderate
men in the Middle States, who, after Lincoln's
election, will undoubtedly band together to
check the contemplated rascalities Of the Aboli-
ton Administration.
Now We have not referred to Mr.. kendal's let
ter for the purpose ,f undertaking to criticse it
infinitely or to answer in detail its several spccii
cations. Lifcis too short for such business. But
while We sympathzc with Mr. kendalls Union
sentiment we differ with him as to the best
means Of cnsurng the stability of the Govern
ment. Mr.. Kendall's fortune is principally invcs-
ted, MS We learn, in eiegraphic lines, and he can
hardly claim to be a citizen of any Southern
State. We can, therefore, easily comprehend
how he should prefer the peace of the country
and the enjoyment Of her telcgraphic property,
depending entirely on the public tranquility,
to any consideration for the property rights and
personal security oflhc Southern people. There
is no telling how many thousands of miles Of
telesraphic poles and lines Mr.. Kendall had in
his minds eye,e while composing his philo-
sophical and patriotic letter. These trleornphic
poles and lines Wonhf be. the re'y first things
10 30 down IN utter wtr4 und ruin IN ths erent
Of cirl co,nmo ions Is it unreasonable. then,
to suppose that Mr. Kendas patriotism is in
the par eui"e Of his telegraEs stock, and
Ilzisssee sse inuch interested aaads, nd,
3s
this grave cxigcncy, so heavily affecting Sonth
crn rights!
l'n the contrary, the patriotism Of Firgnian
or Georgian is not so much i'll the ancient
kcda's tcIcgaplc dividends as in the safety
of his negro property, in the political indepcn-
dence of his State. or in the personal security
of himself and his wife aud children. In view
Of these ii.,lisputabc matters Of fact. We pro.
pose to Mr.. Kendall that Instead of try irg to
convince the people Of the Southern States
already suffering gross wrongs, as he admits, to
bear, with unexa,nplcd patience, additional
injuries and accumulated Disgrace to be visited
on them, in the event of Lincolu's election,
that he had better persuade his frlcnd, Judge
Doug gaS, to conscnt to Zach Il fusion OF the con-
scrva.iyc xcutimcn, in tllr Middle States as
will drta; Mr. Linroln's election. This con-
!,n,,:ur ;.a,: i,r cffc 'trd, us We all know, it
onr:- a,..: lis ">trr;@ @ht out" friends will
:,y:... q. j. j. :..,G ianii. Is tot AZ "unce of
:, v..r,.. wr.i!, p",,'ni of ':nrr? Oar aged
iiIr:r prrrrivrs Il Wis., iuaSn here
'ii,cn instead "f abusing tic Constitutional
i:,qlo..a.v and sir. Burllansn, why vii! not
III. Evu,!aii arraign the Alnlitonists. AMI hold
np their riiaio.s designs I" the general pro-
pie? Instead OF roaEsel'ing the South to sub.
nit, knowing that no portion Of the American
pcopl. can be persuaded tr submit to real
tyranny, why should not Mr.. iscdal tell the
Black icpuhlican> to dcsiSt from their uI-
hIuslims ,rrasoy' llstcad giving aid and
r",i,:ar, 10 'lic Squaiter Sovereignty lulnhug,
w., .:::;t,rid rot Mr.. Kendall advise Judge
.,a.,i.: 70 retire from the canvass, in which
the question is not possible orprcballe SUCCESS,
but whether he can Obtain one singc electoral
vote.
Here is the true and only remedy. Let
Douglas Withdraw, and we can elect l'rcck-
inridgc and Lane without the slightest dout't.
PENNSYLVANIA would be certain for thcm, and
the present danger will pass over us as dark
and angry cloud passes from the sun, whose
brightness It has for time obscured. This is
the way, Mr.. Kendall, 10 preserve your teIe-
graphic poles and lines and stock. Depend OF.
It. that when the country shall abandon all
thought of covering the Southern people with
a moral stigma and rohbing them Of their
Territorial rights, and when it shall abandon
the "irreprcssiblc conflict" and settle down,
under the decision of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, on the great principle OF
State equality and sovcreig ignty, the true Dem
ocratic platform, all will hc peace and content,
now and hcnccforth
Ihiiudeiphia Pennsylua"ian.
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