Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-14
Bennetf-s History Of the E.oSo Fs~c
PARTY.

! Tamnany party has braneae.l CT iatol
so man, heads and tails Il present i =
a perfect political SaturnaiIa with a.
aud the greatest upon earth slnSe th@ "a
turnalia of the Romans AnaRgst Ia
/ Athcnians, the denlocFass- en- hiSiassar
and determined as they were, and for
Gus as was the popul-r clam r, p ver Gil
up half 80 many queer .-sasnss-7 90 u~e
4 cassie word as the democracy Of New
York; ia short, there was nothing
Sd rich in Athens as We have n cur
Charter and county elections, and slse
only tl4ing ia ancient hls'ory thar a, al
resembles our proceedings OF the pres
enI day IS the Situraalla amongst the
Romans. In the days 81 t+e Athen5sn
+ and Roman republics. the elections Ser
their various on -ers were carri=i ou
with considerable degree Of spirit and
some little humor; IN England n 1he
DAYS Of Fox, the elections II We<tm5n-
ster eviBced no small portion OFao5se a1I
humor. and the heauiful Da.chess -
/ Dovenshire going round about tie polls
and kissing the voters, was a new .ea-
tare IN clectioHcering po.tcv: b.lr = wa~
i resolved for Aew ork a. the present
I day. 10 cap the ciimax Of nei--, riat.
/ ing. cheating. living, SWEARING. biss-.i-
shed, biack guardi~n, uRearIhlv Pr c-ss-
1 ions. and extraordinary prOcersiIugS-
The origin OF the present Leo ,oco
party may De traced 70 Tom S.zrlsnr-e.
who. IN the year 1928, was -usaer OF
( the Adams party iB his STATE. IL. how
ever. entertained sumo peculiar no-ja1s-
relative - tn tariff. which he iutre.l7c-
ed al the meetings Of his party. bv which
he gave them grea- deal OF tlosbie-
be was voted down. however. After tb-
election of General Jackson Iu 1929.
SkIdtnnre got up N -etiHE of cBrv-u-
ters aud OihsTs. aHd address II aeuI aal
organized Them as Il nucleus fsr rhe
I working mems party" which he i1r1ei
soon a!fer. All that season D.. hai meet
IngS of The mechanics and vorsinr ma.
he kept calling them together. dru.usnln--
them up and harranguing them. uutil ar
last they numbered 1900 voters ae
then passed the famous unri-bank res.Ig-
tons. (Jhe first which was passed OF th.
kindly talked bout divisions of property
and electioneered strongly IN .h- Sail eE
1929, when they ran one of jaeir msn Tn
on the Assembly Ticket. This Started
their antagonists, and each party tired
TO cOnciIiate them.
The game was carried on throa1h the
summer Of 1880; when the great fights
took place IN Taminlny Hall AMI the
North American Ho'eI- In the Summer
of 1880 Robert Dale Owen and Fanny .
Wright appeared upon ihe political ii-id .
of action and then came another violent F..
split up IA the ranks Of the io-o l1r1s-
Then came the different branches ol
- Fanny Wright men" and -'OEsai-.s.
and .-SkidmOreitc<. AMI --a-rarIal~.
and Jewellers" Before this time the
Tammany men had gl1r.eI ID tac sob
riquets of '-BuckiajIs'' and --}iohlwEs-~
and Ofner Indian names All tle suufl-r
of 1880 hey fought most furiousiv iI
the coal hole OF Iamfnanv Hall and iu
the Pewter Mug At last fhe arrariauS
drove out Saul Alley and he Old raum-t-
nv men into the Pewter Mug. d VS. ia
this summer, too, that the graf d-l-
took place IN the North American EIateI
between the working men and the Fanny
Wright men. This fight lasted three
hours BY the City Hall clock
Thus went on the great game Of i1c1 i
foco politics, till 1881. n the summer off
which Saul Alley and his party got btck
to Tammany Hall. and matters went on
smoothly all that fall election. when L
Moore came into the political arena He
began his canllng and disgusting career
oy hypocrIIlcaiiy protesting . b -he s.
friend OF the journeymen printers. an3 p
Of the whole OF the m-n1b-rs e
u the trades union. whom he b-trlve.i- &.
n the spring of 1882 ne became very 2
rou blesoHe, until ne received an olIz-e .
md was quiet Then came Nina. : am.1. y
Bang. RielI, & co. IN the field hen cam # 81
he new names Of the .-slau-bau-ers.-- p
radicals" ''spitaI fieiders.~ Sc d. 1885 81
he party became dread.uIIv trouble s.
ONE liz 1884 came the famous sD-it OF q
900; and the great scene az Taurnanv 70
l ali where the old buck tails were again 4.
riven ont after short fight. and had the ct
ghts pat Out. Then Of the others wha e
al possession Of the room. each drew "a 60
allow candie oIt of his pocket, and n
1co ioco match, and iil the sans. The@e
aimed them the title Of --loco foro<--- e
Inch they have worn wish various mod +
Ications 10 this DAY, In 1856 cauae rhs 81
Celebrated meeting q the Park. AMI tHe d
our riots and sackin- of ilarg's 1aar 81
ore All through 1886 the rio.ing aad Ga
2htIhg continued. Until the fall oi 1851. eel
he celebrated locoloco 20 scripture s.
leetlng was held III Military Hail a. &c
hich Ming and RielI held for 3. aadi
hich led 70 the great eompromise AMI g
le return Of the Iocofoccs to Tammanv 3
all Then came the split Of the con 81
'rvative party from Tammanv. and the =
lIeii1g Of Ming. RieII, Slamzs. Bsns. e
Co BY custom house pPoinrmenIs-- i=
ms carried the party through 1885; and aF
the spring OF 1889. sprung Up two Ia
wv classic companions Of indomitable -
Offenders These enabled the locol "a
COS 10 gain the charter election: and ID
eir success being 50 great, we have q
IS tall an addition of a dozen new com n.
mes 10 the party. bearing respectively pr
e names Of .bust-enders-'- ..dessracti- -
Is, I" indomiiables, ..damnaoles. : nj
panked enders.- -.satanics.- ..flrc eat Al
$ "roarers-r -roe~ers.- .-heIl f1rers.-
albany Basin raifIers.- -hunkers.-
nunkers-" the devils orenaeiiars oIe