New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-12
Hiaforx VI. Inrpu6fnce.

The approach OF an Election is ever signslized
by some fresh display of the fervent and exclusive
love cherished by the Tammany wire-worAe" i0'
the dear People. In these intermittent vI'itatons
Of skindeep philanthropy, Truth is dehed and MS
tory insulted. Thus at the City Meeting on Thurs
day evening at Tammany, to ratify the nominations
Of Brownel and Leonard, a young Pap-suokeF'
named Christy who is quartered on the Registers
oaice thus held forth
Democracy acknowledge no disineioN bereen ne
rich and he poor but like the eew Of heaven scaers
is blessings upon all Since the formation OF our Gov.
eminent The ddvocdfe' Of M, reai PTHeP< hsVe ever
been In favor Of Equal righs' &c &c.
From he earliest period OF our counfrys history las
adr0cd,s Of this sre1 principle hare been bdii7S SsaAs
Fedrclism. at present called Whigism On me con
trary our enemies who have changed their name sssn
and again while their principles remained IN isvor o.
permanent Government administered BY the weatny'
the well born the highly educated Is they are -
term themselves the upper classes oil society tnJ az
for Government which will take care OF the rcn and
have the rich 10 take Of the poor Iney once eA
erted themselves 70 the utmost 10 deprive the poor OF
the right OF suffrage they strenuousy advocasd the
property Qualification. According 70 their narrow view"
~ liberty and equality man not worth $3.50 should
not be entitled TO vote Talent and industry met with
no consideration in the council Of this astocranc party
who consider poverty Disgrace labor dshonoraoe and
the efforts Of poor 10 arrive a, eminenee crime
And hsd they succeeded in their base designs thousands
Of thousands Of the working men the very bone and
sSew Of the cOuuuy-those who are the very nrst TO
rally around their countrys hsg and foremost 70 meet
the enemy upon the field Of battle would have been
robbed of the brhnght beqUeahed to us ell by the he
Of TO- but thanks 10 the perseverance, and energy
Of the Democratic party, this foul stigma was not per-
mitted to blot fair fame the people arose IN their
strength, and the A!gerines were routed"
1t seems an incredible thing that man, how
ever insignificant and shameless, should stand up
before thousand people and thus reel OF the most
impudent, atrocious falsehoods whose refutstion
stands broadly out on every page Of the Country's
history. go far is it from truth that the old Federal
party uniformly opposed Equal Suffrage tina. The
very first formal proposition OF Universal Suffrage
was made by ALEXANDER HAMILToS, the very
Ajax Of Federalism, in the Convention which
framed our Federal Constitution. See his Life by
his SON. The States stigmatised as Federal
have almost uniformly been among the most liberal
in Suffrage most earnest and efficient IL providing
for Popular Education. most jealous in providing
for the wants Of the Poor while on the other hand
Virginia, the very nursery Of Democracy, the
homo of Jefferson and Madison, neper did allop
poor men 10 rote through all their long asoeadeney,
and does not nor. No man but andhoder could
vote in Virginia for the thirty years that Thomas
Jefersons lghtest word was law there and
though their Constitution was Somewhat lberalized
a few years since, yet, now as before, rich man
can rote IN as many Counties as he opHs land in
whRe landess poor man is not ailoicei 10 r0te at
all = Yet this same Virginia was the mother Of
party Democracy, and has never failed to vote for
what is called the Democratic candidate for Pres.
ident Compare these facts with the falsehoods Of
the Tammany oficeholder's jOurneynan above
quoted.
OF course, we do not assent TO the Tammany
sumption which identities the present Wing party
with the Federal party of w ashington, Adams and
Hamilton on some questions it concurs with Ham
ilton on others with Jefferson while we trust that
on some questions it is wiser than either. Great
as were Hamilton and Jefferson, the science Of
Popular Government was in its infancy in their
day, and we behave that there are many impor-
tant truths evident at this time which were not
known to the most advanced minds half century
ago.
But why talk OF the errors and differences Of
past generation7 Let the dead bury their dead
Here is the touchstone right before and among our
selves Stand forth. Pharisacal Democracy with
your self r->-i-.-1 lection the poo--t the de-
pressed and the owly, and look in the face your
own conduct right here in New.York, and only six
months ago, when your drilled cohorts were raj.
lied as one to vote down the prayer Of the
humble American citizen, cursed with darker hue
than yourselves, but not therefore necessarily de-
fcient in honesty, intelligence or pstriotsm-at all
events man equally with another and entitled to
the rights Of Manhood. Your whole party, with
here and there silent exception, voted that the
Colored Man if landholder, should enjoy equal
political rights with white men but if he happened
to be guilty Of not owning $3.50 worth of dirt, he
should have no Right Of Suffrage at all Such is the
practice Of that impudent counterfeit Democracy
which seeks to win votes by protesting to scatter
its blessings on Rich and Poor alike" and accuses
its opponents Of opposing the right Of poor men to
vote! Must not even its very ofHce-holders oathe
it,