New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-18
THE TRIBUNE.
=. Jefferson Dinner and the Mayors
Inc Sueech.

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,,ror MoRRls has recently signed the Total A0-
.;,srce pledge. We should be glad TO learn tha'
ss;s true, but VIC think it must have happcneo'
.,,aIl. since the birthday of Jefferson lot W.
.,,er knew man who drank not at all to MAKE 50
,,o.istical and silly speech as his honor Is u
,,,ted to have uttered at the lanlnaliy piiii'i
that occasion. He began by the 1oAo"ihg
orange declaration - ,;n,,
blong 10 that class who believe t no man ma lsG II
ark be nominated az sE%f seton ntima;r desire to
Il eect he would prove hi7ei .eirea' " al ''
y q III as DEMOCRAT he shcdid sus,ain.
WI Wbv MAJ. may ask a nomination more than
~ the Mayor does not tell us-but proceeds TO
st.ro his delighted hearers, who received this
.,teoent of his principles with tremendous ap-
,i.n,s with perfect catidor and frankness'' that
r did desire third nomination I! Why then is
!. no rccreant to his principles Because ne
- been abused! That certainly is an easy
- n n,jet ones conscience. Any man, on such
n,e. might demand denominations TIL doomS-
and we have little doubt that before The
-, ;s ended Mr.. Morris will profess TO find the
,mo reason for desiring fourth nomination, al
,5o,ph he believes any man who asks 1t more
~, twice. is rccrcant to all his democratic Prin-
.;.los Rut he has been abused, nc says, Tor
,ot admitting the members elect to their seats III
ao Common Council-although he now conl;sscs
,h,t rs n man he always "bclicrcd they ma me
l,rol pzurality Of rotes." This, VIC apprchcnd,
!. The first time his Honor has ever made tins con-
sss;on. He now declares his belief that his own
l,.pds. the Loco.Foco Inspectors OF Election,
,Ended his eyes by making ont false returns and
hat he was bound by that act, although perfectly
.ooscious ali the while that they had affixed their
,,mes to what was utterly false. When he was
Engaged in carrying out his high-handed and IN
;m,;,ous schemes he did it under the plea OF zeal
Or the Pcople-and protested to believe that the
People had elected those whom he sought to scat
mthe Common Council. No,D he coniesses tins
sas all pretencc and boldly declares that as
man he knee the Wings were entitled to their
sats. Honest Westinghouse do not usually
make such rcry candid avowals as this.
The Mayor goes on TO pronounce very lofty
and merted eulorium on the Loco Foco Supreme
Court and the Loco Foco Court of Errors, for their
purity and disintcrestedness in deciding directly
against their party, and against their personal
friend dob Morris although they knew
awhat blow it would be to him. to see officers
whom "as man" he "knew" to have been
elected by the People, seated in their rlghtlul
places, and in the face of all these powerful con-
siderations, deciding in favor of the Wings
Words can scarcely express the astonlshmcnt and
admiration of the Mayor at this act Of the Demo
cratic Courts. He seems never before to have
deemed it possible that Loco Foco should con
ader his oath more binding than his party adhc-
rence-hs fear of purlury more potent than his
fear Of offending a friend. He pronounccs this
act-(one of simple honesty and which astonlshed
no man but the Mayor and his fricnds)-the "high-
est feather in the plume of Democracy" lie de-
clares that it gives evidence, which cannot be I'M
pcachcd, Of the unbending integrity OF the most
intelligent Loco. Focos. This is I'LL well enough
and what is more, it is mainly true. The Courts
did deserve what they received the thanks of the
whole community for their Just and impartial dc
cision. But the Mayor proceeds:
But yon may rely upon it, that tn, result Of the election
ddclendel upon ward, the ballot boxes would have
ea smashed and the wings would have rfumphaHtg ar
esl n. decision Of the Court for the Correction ~ En-
rprs tCheer And seltlemsn ,ha, day should ever
I'VE The Legislature must by act destroy Inc d..tSich
iia Court. tGmat cheers
This is talking backwards with a vengeance
That decision of the immaculate Court, which,
"as a man,' the Mayor always knew TO be cor
'ect and the righteousness Of which he has found
difficult sufficiently to exalt-it now appears,
would, triumphantly, justify a most outrageous
wrcng That is, the decision itself, which but q
moment ago was the highest effort aud evidence
ofLocoSoco purity, has now become the ioulest
mqulty that could be devised. And if ever the
Wings appeal to it, the Loco(oco Legislature
must destroy it! One would think the highest
leather in the Democratic plume meritcd bet
ter fate than this. The Mayor concludes with
THIS magnificent burst-pcrhaps we might more
correctly say, this magnificent dclch:-
"Thh has however been all settled er the present and
ssp'er Than myself does no, breathe II h. dorS-tA
Soad not could see him.cr like the Prophet Of old
q would be rGnidtedhe would b. loo good for Garth =
Laughter and tremendous applause amid which his Honor
issamed his seat."l
We think it was high time for his Honor to
resume his seat" We doubt no; he was sufi-
Gently Happy for all practical purposes-too
happy, decidedly, to keep the floor, though we
doubt ii his danger lay quite in the direction he
seemed TO Indicate: If he had stood TIL doo!ns-
day. and continued to grow, happy, meantime at
his former rate, translation "a, least further than
to an upper chamber would be the last ca
hmty OF which ne would have stood in peril,
HIS Honor the Mayor then retired, and, we
t'ust, signed the temperance pledge; if not, we
hope he will take good care to do it before he asks
Tor a fourth nomination, which will be lew DAYS
before the birthday Of Jefferson shall be cclcbra.
ted again.
Ruf the Mayor's Speech was not ,hc or,,. GOOD