, 1869-11-23
WASH KaTgN,
Funeral Of Amos Kendall

WASHtH6tHMs
Funeral Of Amos Kendall.
Statement Of Bis Life and Services.
Cemeteries at Washington.
Robeson and Friday" Quarrel
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WASHINGTON, Nov. Il.
Last Sunday was . funeral Sunday, and the !
State rou1pefs had to step fast to paJ Impartial
honors; Tor MI. Ealter had aoarcely been laid |
awkJ in the nne new cemetery Of OAkwood be- |
fore Nj. Kendalls undertaken vas rea1J With q |
Fable vehicle and In both PROFESSIONS the dtgnt-
taries Lad to GO |
Hpi11s TrsE1n
w2F. On the whole, the Berenesr sud couplesaet
sorlc to talk about. He WAS buried Al GieuWotd,
pleasant LITTLE neighbor- foIxa graveyard on the
top o! hill close by the deep tangied wood where
Nt had resided 50 many 5ears, and large per-
ceptaGt Of people foLored him who had Known 1
hln1 n hts best a. an unostentattuas, p4oas, Chris
an Ean Of State. absolutely fond Of joining in the
singing Of nymnf. Of seeing children at Sunday
School, Of hearing church bels, and OF reading
missionary tracts with nll the aytdlty that he had
formerly shown tn political controversy. The sau-
day School children, tie teachers, the preacher,
Acdnumerous grandchildren followed hlm, many Of
them SD. sorpe weeping, and the hetghts Of
honor we're represented By less distressed,
though sedate enough faces So they went d patr
Of ileA out Of town 70 bury the fading likeness Of
one who had been In his tine prodlgtous terror
aud an aversion to bis enemies being Of mystery
snd mastsV To hts party and to bis enplo5eEsa
EoAt ya!usble and peraeyer1na. though unsanguins
c1erk. Temperance and Silence we're the found4.
| tons Of Arnos Kepdal1'd fame. lie kept hts head
clear atd his bely, to use naval term, sin CON-
| mission, thereby. He never talked from snnitJ
| or rasslon, and silent man tn babbng political
| world IL always repository and a1pefsttuou-
When be speaks lafrequently 1t il like cannon
nr1ug f1 the time OF peace People got TO ganR to
him with their own o'erwelghty secrets, As 4 pan
goes ont 10 grave and bus1es soncthug that
! troubles him, and 80 he becomes full OF news yet
,s Eever newss, and t. more dangerous eyer5 day.
| Amos Kendall probably d!ed as full Of unrelated
things as the great book Of Michael Scott buried
/ under Melrose. While the bell was tolltua. a. the
| todJ lay In state IN the church, tho r1cslus4i
stat ding BY H. WAS sitting By ny IRE fesdiug the
| [ohllea1 e4n'ate y. oasAsoa "ou s"u outen .
| sosn.n@traitous' "ae W." y. .A4o"o3
r,1iful and mean did tbey rcad, IN the
| after thought Of these thirty years: intercepted
lrt'ere, Rsrbled and put IN fuse contexta; maltg
nans references 10 Kendst's poverty and SCHOOL,
EasteEshtp IN the family Of a1r Clay; ACCUSATIONS
Ut nefctnafJ anu pfostituted faents, and ooF-
| fofeo pnfeses from 4ls'tg upon tue "1esca WHO
1 IL
| loved 10 ear "'Rnonin'oas bread II was won.
dessui 10 see os these tooks-all iald a~ty IN the
EnrasJ Of Conafesshow. over Andrew 1acksons
shoulder. the great subject OF assault, the Attck.
ing Lsa7es reached 10 pierce hcnta!L In tnelr
| zeal TO make heLda'l Infamous, tne} atnodt
pratEeu J2ckeoo, hls MASTER, anu the r1so1se rep
rcsentatton they drew was Of cold, hca5uess
| sJcoph1pt, dong the nt!cToleut tasrs OF saio
and ignorant old man. whom be meant some day
| to desert as he had Nj. Clay.
No acnot. IN those dAjs. Mr Clay sssentei 10
this method OF Assault; constructed for hl] oFn
so!acc mental c4ncatnre Of Kendall; eNptclsed
him as pushing Yankee, resolved On SUCCESS and
indifferent as me.us bet the Ane Nritess he.
birs, clay, Who committed his books aua campaign
documents nnd conducted hi. newspaper. would
be content With no sGca practical conception.
Clay's enemy was Jackson himself EendAlla
tutttest pssaliants we're the adhereots OF C1sy,
uho cou,u ceace,yc no cnu,ty above Kendall, and
thus it bsppena In all political literature
that there ID sone seEy1ceaale clerk or
aig!ie1 who grows BY much abasc to
be more notorious than his principal
Kendall Vas vigorous, srenchant writer, but he
waited no sno1 on those who ensied him II he
ever felt malignant sentence, dipped In the
POISON OF some OF MS dearest aaec'iops' OF meia'
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