The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-03
Harrlsb
Correspondence Of the Herald.]


HARRIsBURaT, Oct 18th, 1913
Political hltrigues in the old Arch- State Debts
Slate Roguery-Muhlenbrg Porter and other
political asses
FRIEND BENEFIT
II being understood distinctly that the Hon. II. A..
Muhlenberg will be candidate for Governor, to
succeed the present Executive and that II is utterly
impossible to successfully resist either his nomina-
uon by The Party" or his election, there is
among that portion of the leaders, who are here
known as 1.-THE Porter clique, great desire to
secure whatever OF spos there is still left, before
the care and keeping of them is entrusted to his
custody Hence, asyou Imay have observed, there
has been got up within the last twelve months, in
the Porter papers, very lively patriotic spirit of no.
nest sympathy and charity of the so.called poor
Domestic Creditors, who have been made Bank
rupts by the sacrifices consequent on the failure of
the State Treasury to pay their claims, DC" Tray.
| Blanche and Sweetheart obbymembers of the third
House, are at work day and night, in all and every
manner of ways, to obtain law for the sale of the
Public Stocks In Banks and other corporations,
with the professed object of providing means to
retrieve the batch of Relief issues which con-
sttutes the currency OF this once great State and to
supply means to pay the domestic credltors-the
law to be so framed that certificates of domestic
claims worth about 80 per cent IN specie, and Re-
lief notes worth 81 per cent in specie, are to be
equally received at par IN payment Tor purchases OF
those stocks.
This PROJECT of law is resisted this ground, that
nasmuch as there has been large amount OF taxes
levied to supply means to meet the State interest on
loans, paid into the treasury-whlle none has been
paid out for such interest; and inasmuch as the Ca
nal commissioners in their report prove that the
receipts from the Canals &c, the past year, consi-
derably exceed the expenditures; and as the Tres-
fulfil the law providing for the burning of $lO0OOO
OF Relief notes monthly, 1t is concluded that the
accounts OF this administrator are kept too bun
gllngly to entrust to them the settlement OF domestic
claims, and that there might be- after the passage OF
the law, "a manufacture of domestic claims large
enough swallow up all the stocks, before the pre-
sent holders of Scrip or Relief notes could be reach
ed to illustrate, this sum, in cpherlng, is given
II A. with Scrip worth 30 per cent. could over bid
B. with Relief notes worth 80 per cen.-full 10 per
cent-how much could G. ID. L. and the rest of the
alphabet overbd A. with their Scrip, manufactured
for the occasoni and costing only the value Of the
money articles will give us solution. | may, here.
after, state of the-acts discovered relative to
the creation of many OF the present domestic claims
which show very plainly how cheap they can be
furnished and the surety that the supply can be in
creased to meet any possible demand
1t understood that the Porter clique are asking
Of Mr.. Muhlenberg's rieRds return to them fol
their cheerful assent to his nomination, this favour
ty he shall avoid identifying himself particularly
| with either Mr.. Van Buren,. Calhoun, Buchanan
Johnson, Cass or Tyler This, they secretly repre-
sent at Washington, is in their opinion the bes
course, at this tlme to serve the powers that be-
there but the fact is, that they have duped Johr
Tyler, and find this course necessary to maintain
their deception.
Mr.. Muhlenbergs friends see very clearly through
it, and know that the Porter clique in heart seek
only to get their arms around his neck to keeI
themselves from falling, and being exposed in al
their nakedness and defsrmity; but they do not see
their way clear just NOW to Identify their favourte
with either of the Presidential candidates. and can
not any other way to enforce on the Porter
clique exposure Of their weakness
Muhlenberg's friends will, however, postpone
slip away-he will have pleasant Office to NEE
host of claims with bankrupt treasury, and ne
available assets but the unpleasant and unpopular
remedy OF taxation.
Shall write you again? PLAIN TRUTH