Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-08-31
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Harrisburg, Aug. 8, 1872.
To the Editor Of The Press:

SIR Inc perSlStenCy with which you
reiterate certain charges affecting my in
tegrity in the management Of the State
Treasury induces me to think that you
credit your own allegations, and to appre-
hend that you may induce Il portion of the
public to believe that these charges are
founded on fact, to the manifest injury of
the public credit.
The charges repeatedly made in your
editorial columns and through your cores
pondents are in substance as follows
First That there is a large amount of
worthless notes and checks in the vaults of
the Treasury-so large that, in the lam
guage of tie Of an editorial in The Press of
the ID inst, IF the Treasury were to be
transferred to-day into honest hands, it
would be impossible for the Ring, even
with all their wealth and resources, to
make good all the worthless paper now in
the vaults.'
Second. That the securities in the sink
! ing fund are used for tic purpose of specu-
| latiOn.
Third. That the money Of the State is
| used by Simon Cameron and his son j. ID.
| Cameron for their own private purposes,
or deposited in banks under their control
where it eau be made available for their
use, ana that their names appear on the
|
! tul performance of my trust.
To all of these charges | wish to enter
an emphatic denial, aud my object in adj
dressing you this note is to invite you and
any competent and respectable bankers or
business men you may select to make an
examination Of the condition of the Trea-
sury.
To your first specific charge I answer,
that it is not true that there is any worth
less paper in the vaults ofthe Treasury.
TO your second charge, that of spccula-
ting in the securities belonging to the sink
ing fund.- / answer, that the securities were
given by the purchasers Of the public
works that they are now and always
have been in the vaults of the Treasury
that they are not of negotiable character
and could not be hypothecated for one dol
lar. even had | been disposed TO conver
~ 40 t"t 1niiu vuiu ge--lnau InG Camcrons
are using the public money Immediately OF
through their banks, and that they are or
my bond-l answer that neither General
Cameron nor his son have at any time dur.
ing my administration borrowed a single
dollar OF the Ssate money, nor have they
IN any instance attempted to control its
disposition; and the only bauk having q
deposit OF the public money in which they
are stockholders is the First National
Bank of Harrisburg. The amount on de-
post in this bank is comparatively small
and less than it was under some Of my pre-.
decessors. Neither Gen. Cameron nor his
son are now or ever have been upon the
bond given by me to the State, which fact
you can easily verify by application at the
State department, where my bond is on
file.
By an act passed in 1871 am required
to make monthly reports to the Auditor
General, under oath, showing the several
banks and bankers with which the public
moneys are deposited aud the amount
with each. These reports are open for
your Inspection, together with the reports
of the banks, in yerihcation of my state.
ment.
Now, sir, have entered a specific de-
nal Of your allegations affecting my integ,
rity and the public credit.
The vaults of the Treasury are open to
your inspection, and invite you to make
good your charges.
Respectfully yours,
Il. w. MACKEY.