New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-22

ana icac GOverpor Van Ness vco cs1 TIED asr % edecs
Mr. Polk. be thrown overheard Without ce-eno-
ny ,od the gentleman uho carried he papers 20
Washington. 20 mention to NJ PoIh where they were
forn and how and requested max there should BE no
eonceel casnt as 70 VIVA, was ccing-aad dc DID So
Mr. EoJt hss lad hosts OF Witnesses before three sac
cessve City Grand Juries ne indcted on account
OF These docunents-ou, II vain We ssAA See Wnens.
7erted tie abuse and sacds!s tbs! haze been 5eapec
upon think not I cid everything fairly and
above board ard sacrificed tie petty Once he'd
WIZ ny income, lime and uesns arc also Borrowed
Eorey har might oe enabled 20 lag useu! truths De-
fore The people previous % the era o: Convencoo
IDe-censry soU sfzaied as was Eorld only have cen
sa1e:ed how uuch money &c could alarm TIE guiy 50
ooc.es in'o paying FOR me destruction OF tue eaenees
Of tne!r aasrne and dishoco! iacs placed Fa.a rs
! control.
On The l., or q Of June received tie following note
from the gen,le-sn whom lad gwen many copie. TO
be shown to the President, I:wss fEsnked :. Conpt.o-
leT's Office. J. w M'Cuoh. and had the Washington
postma.k o: tie 3Ist OF May
Ny Dear si- received yor- explanatory OF the
I-f-re-e- Il one Of " Joea sar-a,.i IT.. 70
DULY APPRECIATED IL THE RIGHT QUARTER
spy OCCASION in which caa .-rve you without
You will drd ready TO render you an7 aid IN
When afterwards saw the writer. ne informed me
that Mr. Polk had perused the letters and been informed
where and in what manner they were found snc
that The effect they produced his mind vas such as 70
induce him 10 depart from bis original purpose As eX
pressed General Dix De said hat ne would not gre
the Office Mr. Coddngton. bu: woalc sppoin. man OF
his have pretty accurate statement OF ms
interview IN the National Intsligencsr written By It's y
correspondent ~ l. Davis who did not get any OF eis
facts FROM Richie did not contradict DAVIS state
u:cu make any remarks upon IL son1eutes th!nS
il By way OF Offset 20 these anti an brren
movements il May and June thai The Cio7 abused me
so ouirageousy my book appeared ast September
Those who remember Tie Unions avowal, on
the appearance Of the Life OF Hoyt and Butler. that
It's Editor had long been aware that such v:ork
was in preparation and OF the channels through
,ohich it tcas TO run cannot doubt that the above is
strictly true. With what face, then, can Mackenzie
be accused OF crime in publishing private letters by
the partisans OF President who eagerly read end
acted upon the contents Of those letters while
still! private and before j; could De certainly known
tina, they would be published at all Enough.
Having begun to copy. there are pages after pages
of the book before US which demand insertion, bat
we cannot make room :or them to-day The aus
ihors exposure OF Regency Banking, whether be.
fore or under the Safety Fund is the most searching
of any that has yet appeared. His exposure OF
Van Burens anti Bank professions in contrast with
his votes Senator tp 3o-35l is most whitening.
For this time, however, we must be content with
the one more extrac, Illustrative OF Regency ideas Of
National Bank, before they found that the Polit
ical power OF their own Safety Fund league Of
Banks could be increased by overthrowing such an
institution.
Ii is well known that in 1924 Mr.. Van Buren, and
his caba did their utmost effect, by fair or
foul, the election Of VIM. H. Crawford to the Pres-
dency. Mr.. Crawford had ever been an open, cam
es, advocate of L. S. Bank, having voted 10 re-
charter the first or Hamiltons U. S. Bank in 1911.
when ii was killed in the Senate by Geo. Clnton's
casting vote and powerfully aided 20 charter the
second Bank. The Albany Argus was then. rs for
some years before and twenty afterward, the imnie
date mouth piece OF Mr.. Van Barren and his coterie
had been conducted by his brother in.law. trans
ferred on that brother in laws death to new man
OF his choice, and fought MS battle against the Peo
pies Electoral Law with great energy and ability
Afterward ii became when he did, supporter of
Jackson whom it had ridiculed as at an immeasura
BILE distance from the Presidency, and stigma,zed as
Federast or the tool of Federalists in 1924. Tie
tile of the Argus for 1924 has for any gears been
7 missing fron, The State Li6rary-how lost or by
whom distracted the public cannot discover. But
Mr.. Mackenzie has discovered elsewhere, that in
Oct. 1924, series of original articles appeared
therein in favor of Crawford for President written
with much care and ability, and emphs,caly COM
mended by the Editor as embodying un6enidb'e
/ and cogent truths calculated TO confirm honest
opinions and remove honest prejudices.' One Of
these articles treats OF the question OF National
Bank. declares that it never was or properly could
be party question; and proceeds:
Many Republicans supported ii because they deemed
such an insrtution essential TO The Interests Of country
aud the Of the Government aud r because
they had doubts ite c0nsii,uOnGli;y The
hlr Crawford OF the number. perhaps the most
prominent of the class. EXPERIENCE HAS PROVED
] THE CORRECTNESS OF THE FIRST POSITION :
| AND THE PEOPLE. through their Representatives
/ HAVE RESPONDED IN FAVOR OF THE OTHER.
III is neA knoon TIA; me experience Of The country Gu
ring The late oh Grea, Britain brought change
The feelings q the nattoa on several important Questions
[ Of public policy. THE EXPEDIENCY OF NATIONAL
/ BANK IS AMONG THE NUMBER and, whatever
opinions may have prevailed in ISL. II will derogste
at this time from The character OF Mr. Crawford as
.tste.nan. have FORES r EN- THE NECESSITY OF
( PRESERVING THAT ORGAN OF TIE GOVERN
/ MENT. AND TO HAVE ANTICIPATED. IN THIS
RESPECT, THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATION"
But we must stop for the present. This book will
be- must be universally read and studied. It will
make our People wiser, less readily duped by sound
ing party names or patriotic professions and moEe
careful TO inquire into The essential character and
drift of party measures Il will cause scales 10 drop
from the eyes of thousands who for years have har
rahed for any thing that cloaked Itself IL the garb
of Democracy Mr.. Mackenzie is himself what Mr.
Van Buren, has risen TO the Presidency by protesting
10 be-a Radical Democrat and essentially Hard
Money man. He is an interchangeable searcher among
old documents and files, from which he extracts
stores OF precious The various letters, mani
iestoes, resolutions &c here collected. which every
politician needs, yet which few can find when they
wan, them. will be worth to thousands many times
the cost of the book. No work before published has
50 thoroughly exposed the hollowness of the p.o!es-
sons and the inquiry OF the practices which have
long been covered and rendered successful by the
mantle OF Democracy. No where, the other hand.
have ruer and better precepts for the guidance of
citizens in their action on public affairs been coec;
ed and presented. Mr.. II. has truly done the State
service which cannot fail TO ensure her better Gov
eminent. aud puzer political morality for many
years 10 come.
Tha XIII