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THE NEW YORK LETTERS


manner in which the politics of The locofoco
party are carried on by the leaders, and their
c%orruptness, We give a small batch to-day
and may continue them hereafter. The SEN
sation which The startling exposition has Gre
ated, seems TO be an immense, and the eff
feet must undoubtedly be TO PROSTATE the AL
bany Regency in all lis ramifcations and TO
demolish Locolocoism forever in the Empire
State.
The Locofoco papers of New York city
are enraged at The appearance of these let
tiers and descant f%uriously about the violation
of the sacredness of private correspondence,
but even they cannot conceal their convic-
lion from their readers that the exposition
will fall with a crushing weight upon those
who have hitherto been the leaders of their
party.
The New York Morning News, the leading
Locofoco paper of the city, says:
Altogether, the book is at once one of the
most amusing and disgusting affairs we have
ever known issued from the press of this
country.
The New York Globe, SIamm's paper,
which is of the sublerranean order O fDemoc-
racy, says:
The letters are published TO the world
Some o(them are harmless and innocent and
of no kind of moment. Oilers Tell of poIili-
cal corruption and chicanery, and of a laxity
of morals in men who bear unspotted reputa-
lions in our community, The exposure which
cannot fail 10 be productive of good 10 the
Democratic party, though it shake the posi-
tions of many who now have It's confidence.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, The editor
of which is strong loco, says:
They ought TO be universally read, that
people may know what political patriotism is
made of, how it is got up and sustained, and
for what ends. We are told that an immense
number Of copies were sold yesterday.
The notorious Bennett, of The Herald, whose
letters figure in the publication side by side
with Van Buren's, &C., says:
The letters in this pamphlet display a sci
oftastes and purposes anoIhing but moral or
creditable. The singular mixture of piety
and humbug in Mr.. Buller's-the strange
c~ongiomeration Of profanity and stock job
bing in John Van Buren's, and The peculiar
qualities of Martins himself, will be much
relished by all parties. The only regret we
have is, that we are found in such bad CON-
pany; but that is The last period of our life
| in which yUa will ho Eoond - 1N,r c,oh coi1or
able politicians; we found them out in the
the right time, and will never be caught in
their company again.
The Courier and Enquirer, which strong
ly condemns the publication of the letters,
says:
The consequences of this publication to
the chief correspondence of Mr.. Hoyt, The
influence it is TO exercise upon their charac-
5 Ter, and the unveiliug of antiques of hearts
, thus brought about, cannot be recalled
There are those made manifest in these pa
ges who might gladly invoke the mountains
l TO fall on and cover them.
The N. Y. Commercial, one Of the calm
estand most dispassionate papersin the coun,
S try, say:
b So far as We have read, the book tells aw-
e fully against The friends and p%artisans of Mr.
Van Buren, alone. 1t is a formidable armory
of weapons TO be used in demolishing The
= political aud personal reputation OF that gen
tleman and of all who have moved under biz
Is pulling of wires. Is he still a lion in the
path of Mr.. Polk, or of any other present as
pirants to the future P,idency? We do no
" know that we shall publish any of the letters
1t Is dreadful TO read such wilherIng expo
Ii sures of political p~roffigacy, such shocking
Ie exhibitions Of %Venallty, chicanery, hypocracy
and fraud.
IS The Albany Evening Journal speaks thus
70 They[the l%etters reveal the secret MACH
nations of a band o%rsyslematic traders in pol
Il itics, who. for years, have lived upon iii
o. creduliiy and abused the confidence Of al
honest people.
Now for a few of the letters:
Benjamin to Jesse son the great Sal
es cation"
rs SANDY HILL, March 9th, 1919.
on DEARFRlEND.
no Z = You have really a fine stat
OF political confusion at Albany think tn
of stu alton of the Governor DE Wilt Clinton
o. is daily becoming more desperate.
4 y = y
rs. am more pleased with my duties. The
he require Industry and attention, but they Civ
u, me more leisure than had while in Alban,
,rs and furnish me more easily with sufficient
ID. provide for my household.
he The only difficulty here is the want ofth
stated preachino of The oosnel Had wa