“Only Practicable Remedy for the Evil”, 1835

In the letter referenced, Postmaster Kendall declared he would not allow the circulation of abolitionist literature, declaring, “We owe an obligation of the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live, and if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them.”
the P. Masters in Louisiana will assuredly not be punished by me for obedience to the laws of their own state which forbids the circulation of seditionary papers
the only practicabel remedy for evil

“Only Practicable Remedy for the Evil” 1835

Postmaster General Amos Kendall relayed to a Louisiana Postmaster that he would not be punished for disobeying federal law and refusing to deliver abolitionist material.