The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-06
Pennsylvania Dishonesty and Pennsylvania
ImDudence.

vania TO the Legislature is quite an amusing docu-
ment, developing indeed, as it does the resources
Of the State and explaining the of its delin-
quency in, more ndirs manner than perhaps any
man pretending to any honesty ever did before.
Here is State which boasts of having property
of nearly five hundred millions of dollars and yet
giving for the nonpayment of its debts that
would disgrace the lowest loaer in the city or even
the worst pickpocket in its own pententiary. Ac-
cording to this document of the Governor, Penn
sylvania has immense resources, not only IN coal
mines and property in canals, but II has STOCK Oh
impudsnce as represented by the Governor, winch
is more valuable than all the of its produce put
together This Governor considers very unfashion-
able for any person to say they have not paid their
debts nay, he goes further, for hes believes that
they are calumnlators who taunt Pennsylvania with
not having paid her debts regularly! We suppose,
after this exhibition Of snch large stock Of inn
pudence, unparalleled in the accredited agents of
any State, il is time for Monroe Edwards to come
out Of the State Prison, 60 to Pennsylvania, be-
come a citizen thereof and be Immediately eleva-
ted 10 the post Of Governor, for we are sure the
morality OF Pennsylvania is of similar kind to
that of Colonel Monroe Edwards, who is now in
Sing Sing prison.
II is astonishing TO see any public man
like Governor Porer-and these men claim
ing to be respectable members Of a respectable
legislature, Boosting to the world of their i'm
mense wealth, of their magnificent resources, of
their extraordinary canals of their great mines, of
their rich meadows, of their fertile hill sides, Of
their valuable property-it is astonishing, we say
to see men making boasts of all these advan-
tages and vet coming forward and pretending
that il is calumny to say they have not paid
their debts, whilst in the very document they
admit it, and it is known throughout the
whole civilized world.
II is time for the people of Pennsylvania
and the politicians of Pennsylvania to turn
over new leaf otherwise they will be placed
n the category of their own Eastern Peni-
Tertiary, and the morals of that respectable semi
nary will be considered of higher grade and of a
hoer nature than those that govern their own
legislative body. The new States of the West,
such as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and even Mis-
sissippi, may have excuse in failing to pay i'm
medately the interest OF their debts, or providing
for the future necessities OF their creditors but there
is no excuse nor even the shadow OF an excuse to
be made by Pennsylvania. She is wealthy, indus
trious, densely peopled, has all the elements of a
rich and Aourishing State, and she boasts of her
witha pary, pettfogging, ridiculous, pickpocket
excuse that il is ga calumny" against her charac-
ter to say she does not meet her debts like an
honorable State honorable man This is
organised impudence without like.
The SUB TREAsURY-THE GHOST OF BANouo.-
We perceive, by the movements in the House Of Re-
representatives., that large vote, almost two to one
has been recorded in favor of the rcsusctaton OF the
Sub Treasury, which had been dead and buried
in the great contest of 1910, which consigned Mr.
Van Buren, to the tomb of the Capulets Nothing has
surprised us of late much this rescuscitation
and we cannot conceive how it could have been
revived at this late day after what have in
the financial and commercial world, without some
mysterious and remarkable agency in the ethereal
world. We perceive that Dr. Duncan, the distin-
guished member from Cincinnati, was the mover
Of this question which was sgnally successful !;
and we have doubt DIR. Duncan was mesmersed,
or magnetsed the House of Representatives, and
has brought forward this Ghost of Banquo, this
Witch of Endor, by the same mysterious process
by which that old lady was brought before the
eyes Of Saul, king of Israel. DR.. Duncan comes
from remarkable city in the west-it is called
Cincinnati. 1t is the greatest city for FORK and phi
losophy in this country. They put to death there
generally about thirty or forty thousand innocent
hogs in one 'year; but to counterbalance this ply
steal destruction, they generally generate half a
dozen distinct theories in philosophy, politics or
religion in the same length of time. We believe
neurology, or mesmerlsm, or magnetism, or some
of the other ologes, all originate in Cincinnati or
that neighborhood and we have no doubt that
DR.. Duncan is one of those magical persons who
intend to WELD their whole power over the pre-
sent House of Representatives. In fact, it would
not be surprising to see under this mysterious
gican's power, this same House of Representatives
follow the example of that celebrated man in
Shakspeare-Dogberry-w voted himself down
an ass
REV. DR.. CuNNINGHAM.-This gentleman deli
vered the statements published by us on Wednes-
day, to large and attentive audiences in DR.. Pat
tens church, Spring street, last evening, and in
DR.. Krebs', Rutgers street, on Thursday evening"
The Doctor will not, we think, get much money
A few rich individuals may make munifcent do
nations, but the people" will not be very enthu
sastic in the business of unoosing the strings o.
their purses, however they may give way to theil
sympathetic feelings. The Doctor goes to Phila
delphia next, and thence all over.
SINGULAR DEATH OF DR.. THOMAS PITTS -Thi.
well known physician, formerly of 60 Orchard
street, but more recently of No. Rutgers street
was suddenly deprived of existence last evening in
the following manner He had been on hunting
excursion in New Jersey, and had returned abou
dusk. While passing up Centre street, in his gig
in which was his dog and doube-barreIed gun, as
he was in the act of crossing the bars of the Har
lem railroad one of the barrels of the gun exploded
and the contents entered his right side-the reint
were oosed from his hands-he horse became
restivc-and before the bystanders could discover
the cause of the explosion, the unfortunate sufferer
had breathed his last. His body was Immediately
taken to the City Hospital, where his friends ant
relatives called in great numbers last evening Al
inquest will be held this day. The gun was loaded
with heavy shot, percussion capped, and it is sup
posed that in crossing the railroad track the ham