Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-10-09
From the Tribune.
The Secret Political History Of the State
Of New York.


iHrRAers rHOS n'Krsnn's L'vrs 'rssr Horr, ,.
| nUTLER, Nc.
! All the betting part Of the Princes correspond
dice is striking confirmation OF the old saw that
AS the old cock crows the young ones learn
We find on page AZ letter from Martin Van Blu
r,n TO Jesse Hoyt, post marked "Albany, Nov g,
ls2s-free, NJ. " Buren," announcing the tr-
unph of Jackson in the State and Nation, his
erection as Governor, &c, and containing this
Characteristic passage:
I'VE shall therefore have votes enough to put
Jacksons election out Of all question, and and
choi is is only Important on the score Of BETS"
Who can now wonder that the sou goes it blind
to the full size Of his pile on 5000 for Marcy"l
And by the way, it is now time that we had
touch of the quality OF "Spoils" himself Here is
letter giving his versisn Of the once famous "Pan-
falcons" patchwork He is running for Governor,
and writes Hoyt thus
lSnator Marcy to Mr. Jesse Hoyt, NeC York.
Private ALBANY, 10th Oct, 1882
Biy dear Sir--Your letter OF Monday evening
received this morning, and with il breeze from
the south, that gives some Of our folks a chill
The opposition pretend to have certain informa-
ton that Ritner is elected.
Though we do not yield TO this belief, still we
are less confident than were yesterday of Wolfe's
election.
As 10 the PanfaloOns affair. perhaps | am not
the person best qualified TO advise.
Though the charge was right in itself, yet it
must be regarded unfortunate ono, because so
easily turned into ridicnle.
] showed your production TO Flagg-he thought
il very WELL but seemed think il was little too
ha hava thatr hufI
hope &c will not de mach mischief
The true explanation is simply this
When Comptroller had always made war on
humping charges, because / was satisfied many
frauds against the State had been perpetrated by
them.
The law provided the payment of the Judges ex-
penses in holding the Special Court 1 kept par
ticular account Of them, which was given TO the
Comptroller.
While on this business some work was done on
Pantsloons for which the Tailor charged Fifty
cents; il was entered on the account, and went
into the Comp,roller's hands without particular
reflection how il would appear in print.
i feared danger for kHese no sin.
cannot adpise hOn IL is best to treat the subject
The article in the argus, headed "A rery grare
affair, is perhaps as full an explanation as the
Transaction admit Of But it will be well to con-
meet it, il much must be said on il, with the great
frauds and peculations of Holly, Van Tuyl, John
" N, Yates-(who believe for love of me writes
many Of the scurrilous articles in our papers) in
appropriating $500 Of Pedlsrs' License, Fees &c.
Now 10 my Var Services, "a more agreeable
subject was out two campagns--in 1912 on the
northern ffonter-belonged 10 the party which
took from the enemy at ST. Regis the FIRST stand of
colors taken in the late war, on land, and the first
prisoners, (about 40 in number.)
These prisoners taken in house built of
onu tuhar l arad he hat
took them--myself broke open the house, entered
it, and took from the hands Of the soldiers their
arms, &c.
care not how much THIS matter is handled,
but rather they would let my pantaioons alone. 1
return your remarks. Yours &c.
f4a W. L. MARCY.
In another letter to the same, written little
lier in panic, he says;
My advice is-dont bet YOUR MONEY, BUT
SPEND 1T, as far as you legally can. to promote
the election. We are determined to deserve sue
cess, and do not despair of getting il.
Yours sincerely, w. l.. MARCY.
], Hoyr. ESQ.
So we might go on, building up these unmasked
pretenders TO Democracy in strings like on
ions, did our columns hold out. but they won't 1t
is all self, pelf, trick, management and swindle,
from one end to the other. Mr. Van Buren, knew
Hoyt well when he appointed him Collector, and
Hoyt knew Van Buren, and his whole cabal.-
There is no mounting, no cant, or very little in
this volume The parties know each other, and
spurn all disguises But we have given enough to
satisfy some readers, while many others viii be sat
isfed with nothing short of the book itself A
long duped but now undeceived people will treas
ure the revelations here made and act upon them.
For the men here placed naked and shivering be-
fore them are not secondary players of the'cut-
throat game-they are the chiefs and champions of
party Democracy-its District Attorneys, Collect
ors, Attorney Generals, Governors and Presidents.
Mr. Jesse Hoyt to mr. Secretary Van Buren, at
Washington.
[Exract New YoRK, April "a, 1929.
My political principles inherited from long
line OF ancestors' (such as they were) MY POI
LITICAL EDUCATION l AM INDEBTED
TO YOU FOR, and the principles imbibed from
birth as we'll as education cannot be eradcated at
this time Of life. ] HAVE NOT MADE POLL
TICS A MATTER OF DOLLARS AND
CENTS, NOR HAVE l ADHERED TO
PARTY WITH THE HOPE OF GAIN, but
have labored in them under your immediate auspi-
ces for ~ years, NTH the leading mOtiUe 10 ssrUe
you, but against the advice of many powerful po-
litical friends.
On page 90 Of the pamphet we find the follow