Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-01
From The ". y. Tribune.
THE SECRET POLITICAL HISTORY o +
I TIE STATE OF NEW YORK


Among the new publications we find ON
our table this morning is one which we deem
the most remarkable, important, astounding
al amy which has appeared in this century. II
Is molestly entitled THE Lives and Opinions
ot Benz. franklin Butler, u. s. District Al
torney, and Jesse Hoyt. Counsellor at Law.
form My Collector of Customs for the mort of
New York, with Anecdotes or Biographical
Sketches ofStephen Allen, Jacob Barker Will
liam L.. Marcy, Martin Van Buren,, L. +. Pur-
ny, Z. w. Lawrence, Walter Bovine NJ NJ
Noah, ). u. Bennett &c. &c But this is
too modest altogether. The book is really n
lucid and startling exposition OF the enormous
fraud aud viilainy which have for wears save
at intervals, cajoled, duped and misled the
People of New York under the abused name
ot Democracy" with the watchworls of the
Harmony of the Party" Regular nomina-
tons, "usages OF the Party &c &c. The
book before us consists in the man of the pri-
waite correspondence of Martin Van Buren, and
his wire workers with Jesse Hoyt, their crony
and iuglcman in this city, during the quarter
ot century which witnessed the rise and fall
ot the master spirit of this soullcss and profli
gate Junto. The astoundvd reader of this mass
al correspondence is admitted behind the scene
and sees the performers i'm the great political
swind'e dressing Tor their parts, putting on
their masks, furnishing their sham patrioiism
a.
pie. No publication of equal interest to the
People OF our State or OF equal value To lis
future historians has ever till now been given
To the world.
That these letters are genuine and authen
tue no one can doubt who reads them. There
lives no one man with sufficient knayerv i'm
ms heart TO have forged them Their authen
tlci'y Is suincientiy proven 10y each other as
faiey has forever established the authcn ITCHY
AT IhtttpI tn ~
gather irom the opening chapter that they
were lett behind him in the Custom Uo,sc
when Mr.. Hpyt rather hastily vaca ted that g.
biishment; We're claimed and taken nos, ss
sion OF by the Poindextcr Investigating, Com
missloncrs, by them removed to Washington
when II was apprchcndcd that Hoyt wouid re-
plevin them, and have since found their way
mo Tue han Is oi their present editor and pub
fisher by means not fully explained The ed
itor, after referring 10 the seizure and publi,a-
ton OF the Glentworth papers, and the princi
pies on which those acts were justified and
applauded by the men and the cliaues now ex
posed to the gaze OF d betrayed ami insulted
people, says:
The writer while he condemn, their pro- |
csdire, invites them To examine his He in. |
Nadcs no privacy-betrays no conil cnce-l
circula'es no secret rccord-but refers TO parts |
ot correspondence which was, il is prcsu,n
ed, Intentionally placed before him in proof
oil a formidable conspiracy against the libertv
and franchises OF the American people. No /
honest man can or will conceal treason
"ln many Cases, the letters have used are |
gwen IN full. Sometimes extracts are taken. |
IL may be said that the latter are garbied Nv !
objects were To shorten tho work. and io NH |
lisil no private matter, unless it had bearino
on the object before me. Ii any one feel a.
gnevcd, or, II there are those who doubt the
Sehuinen'ss oil any part OF the correspondence |
lie or they will easily find the way To produce |
the originals in court of law. | shall no |
most happy TO aid in such a course whenever
ltDecomes necessary. Some of the documents |
VIII, no doubt, be called for by the Governor |
or Legislature of New York-otIlers m,v fnJ
their way to the IT, s. Senate"
lie might have added that the private lct,er
from Henry Clay TO c. NJ. Clay, known To have
been stolen was published and paradcd last
ia'i ny the Journals oi the party here unmas.
ked, as confidential letter of the WRITER there
oi. in respect TO Mtssrs. Curtis. Wetmore
Ssldcn, and the Colectorship of this CITY. had
long before been; likewise confidcnt;,iIa tt,e
from >. DE Wit Bloodgood, to Illinois i'm e2o
10, and hundreds of others.
Inc Nou'nf b'iore us, extends 10 1872 LARGO
and closely printed pages, and is sonniform7y
nctl, that we hardly know where to con,,anC.
our quotations from it, Perhaps the follow
ing Illustration OF "Old Hmker" Democracy
anu hnu-Monopoly, IN the glorious DAYS of
the Albany Regency supremacy under ,bn
odlely FUND regime, will answer as we'll a.
any thing. In those golden DAYS of Van Ru-
rsn'sn 1t was worth something to be- Dem.
ocrat-tlat Is To say, il paid Did a connt,
become FESTIVE and troublcsome2-a new hanL
was chartered, its stock properly dis,r;bntnJ
or subscribed for, and The distribu,ion bel1 ~
abcyance, and forthwith the wire workers h..
game meek as kittens; and the County rolled
up It's one or TWO thousand majority for Dem
oSrdcy anu Regular Nominations" I'm those
glorious days. when the .'lIncbartrrcd NJ.
scs led by Van Bucn. Howl. Ru,jcr & ~
had Just won Waterloo victory orcr ill.,,
Bank Minions, by making Van Buren, VIC
President and Marcy Governor. - dis,ing,,;.L
cd amt Sieadlast Anti Bank D.unr,,, =, 49,;
Sity wrote aud despatched TO ALBANY th,. foI. |
lowing letter: viz lo'
MR. STEPHEN ALLEN TO Mn. Uoyr
ALDAvY, Nov. %, 1872.
DEAR oIh-Nothlng Is more true than thc
observation made by Mr. Van Buren, If fine
democratic festival; that the Drlnocratic mar
~, III great measure. owe their nrcs,,,, i,.,,J
previous victories to Tommnuy U,W u',,
place oi concentrated opinion and action and
railying point of the democracy of tho ,;,r
or words to that effect. There can no do,bt
Vut That the building of that Hall and IN
lar the preserving ii as a Purity EsiaJijs6meUt
amt rallying place on all occasions e., tLs
E'publDnns OF the city and S,irroundi,,, Comm,
hts' mas Deem one of the means of on, ri
uInpbs " '"i III
was one oil the committee who purchased
he eround--nhdc the contracts for hniiJing /
AM a., raised The money to pay for IT,
lhe OP,TWI0Hs OF that committee ,vor. 80,
d"o"s and responsible, as during the nroorcss
OF the work they were frequently co,nnTiIcJ
10 rdI9e considerable SUNS on the rcsronsibil.
ny OF thfis own oanFs. The whole rs,sblish.
n'mt cose ai0ui 900 all of which s,,,o
was s,ll ~ by individuals Of the uar,y
aItIV Sf9uOO Ga lr"collcct righD and for
mortgage. UNIV
! ne Piriy properly estimated tho b.ucG,
!, h!s t'ceiVgd from The establishment dis