The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-09-29
THE BOOK.L

we commence this morning, giving Jour readers
specimen Of the book recently published by W. L. Mac
kenzie. Tie portion which we give to-day will afford
some light upon the management Of the Van Buren, lead
in New York, in procuring bank charters and dis
ributng the stock amongst Their favorites TO the exc
sion of all who were.opposed to them in politics.
An attempt has been made, in some papers 10 tbro,v
odum any who should copy these letters. or make
any use, whatever of the knowledge of their existence
adverse to the parties which figure in them They do
this on the suppositon that they sureptousIy OBJ
tanned and say that "the receiver is as bad as the bier
To this, we reply, that, Mackenzie declares that they
were honestly obtained, and here evidence to the
contrary But if there were, the above quotation docs
not apply TO any but the one who received them and
published them. When published the contents are
beyond the control of any one and are no longer ndi
vdua property. They historical facts and as sncb
belong to the country and the world We could not
make il otherwise, if we wished The originals if 70
be found, might be reclaimed Taking. then. the con.
part of the history Of the country and ot tho
parties which have divided it, it is our duly if tney will
enlghten the public and promote the cause of truth to
give them the widest possible circulation We wish that
every man in the country could have the book itself
Mackenzie has published letter in the New York
Tribune, in reply 10 sundry articles that have appeared
IN the papers relative TO this publication. He cxoner
ates Van Ness, the late collector from any agency in
the preparation of TO book, knowledge that il was
forthcoming. He also exempts Hoyt whom he only
known by sight and never spoks to
The following passages we extract verbatim -
When MIR Van Ness came into office he was rea,ested
to give me clerkship, and be did was placed IN
the record apartment with olher clerks and NV
chief employment for a time was arrange and sort i'm
official papers OF all kinds and every date winch
in the Swarwout and floy times had been nut in state
of confusion, the like of which never saw in any NH
lie or private eStabl shmen in the civilized world Among
many rich and remarkable private documents | sorted
ont large bundle of secret reports 10 How nv his
worthless iavorcs, pralsng some officers and clerks
dcnouncng others taltless 10 the party UNWILLING 10
pay assessments, Wings, Conservatives not tue TO Van
Buren,, enemies TO Hoyt, &c. and plent, of other espl
onage documents the whole proving thai an od;o,s .
dangerous policy existed whose reports were received
IN secret and no man could meet the baw for he ke,c
not his sheniy
did not copy The whole of the vile record bpt took
specimens and selected the letters Of Mr. Brvan,,s mar,
neI, the brother Of Judge Ulshoefer1 for Modification 81
future time. The original showed to Mr. r Inbn
Everett, then in the Office, and to many other nsrSe
ana enclosed seven OF eight months ago The ASSIST
ant collector Mr. Bogafdus, with letter in which ev
pressed the delestaton which felt at such a ,racce
Mr. Il. up stairs, took bundle of secret notes re-
ports, &c, with him many others, not a whit better
ptIHdpS WoIse dlc III tHe custom house he
reached dare say, when wanted ~
1t is right that should state as am res,v IN do nm
oath, that neither directly nor indirectly nave in apv
way any pecuniary profit advantage by The public.
ton Of this volume My motive for the compilation was
10 aid in arousng feeling that would replace he rotten
parts of our system TO sound timber
The volume extends to 1852 large and closely
printed pages, and is so uniformly rich that we
hardly know where to commence our quotations
from it. Perhaps the following illustration of
"Old bunker" Democracy and .Anti- .Monopolv,
in the glorious days ofAlbany Regency supreme
cy under the Safety Fund regime, will answer as
well as any thing. In those golden days of Van
Burenism, it was worth something to be Dem
ocrat-that is to say, itpGid. Did County be-
come reshf and troublesome IA new Bank was
chartered, its stock properly distributed or sub
scrlbed for and the distribution held in allowance
and forthwith the wire workers became meek as
kittens and the county rolled up its one or two
thousand majority for Democracy and " Regular
nominations" In those glorious days, when the
"unchartered Masses" led by Van Buren,, Hoyt.
Butler Co. had just won Waterloo victory