New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-30
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A. A,hs,, wss the mother Of scholars and Rome the
-, - men. 20 Council No. S, when she comes TO
-. ~, yue place in history will be known az the
~msther Of .IplOit.." Like the poet snd the dram
-, she revel in the e1travsgant sSd runs not IN the
impossible. 30 -. ,....o
On Saturday evening last. a, II minutes before .,
RIO. WHEELER took the chair of state. The sergeant
"A A,ms having souvJedt the brothers on the
,.noy,sa " all oorrect," whereupOn BIO. CoRsos read
n. minnie, Of the previous meeting is but fair to
cav that this brother is not 80 particular in getting
Avon All the items Of business sOce the late election a.
le was before And herein was the origin of lengthy
Sicussjon When he had finished reading oorrec-
tsop was a.ked for 1t seemed that three delegates nad
been excited to advisory Convention; Dus ns'oN
tA,o, was a matter Of dispute There having oeen
fso baDotngs, Bro CORsoS assumed tDat tho6e "noon
fAe second ballot were declared elected were the gn-
ful onep and 50 had made it appear iii MS huu'c'.
Bro. WHEELER explained that he ordered the secoho
A.llo bsc.u,e nj the first one the brothers, by some
Ao.n..no.,s had elected four instead OF three. Bro.
J. r. RRooys who was one of the four elected ones,
Int who was not one of three on the second baliot
at that he should contest the seat IN the Con-
vept,op. Bro, CoRsos asked Bro. Wheeler who TO
rive the credentials to- Bro. w. said he hardly koew
What TO do or who 10 sign for. Finally, after nearly
An hou,, vrapgle the Brotherhood seeing the chagrn
Of the officers, passed the matter by.
Ne,t came the grand climax Of the evening.
b,otber of u Nineteenth Ward, who had so ue private
enpay against Bro. Van Tine, moved that Council
"man Van Tne for his defiance Of this order in gong
"out.ide Of the American party and getting nomi-
"Datior and runDiDg ogaDst the American candidate,
"snd defeating him, be now expelled from this Coun-
"c1." Twenty-nne robust Sons OF the soil shouted,
"I second the motion" " That's right" " Kill the
Id sucker" "He's nothing but Loco-Foco, any
how" " Put hun out, We've had him long enough"
Bro Wheeler sounded his gavel produce quiet 10 or
der that the thing should be done gravely Bro Cor
BON opposed such hasty action; thought Committee
ought to be raised like the one he was on to look
sp TIE TRIBUNE Reporter; believed Bro. Van Tine
could explain oil TO the satisfaction of the Council Bro
STrPHIK r. THoRNE opposed this; said there was
no use in fooiDg time away with Committee; if one
sbould wait on Bro. Van Tine he would make an
affidavit, as Mayor Wood did, that he was not
Know Nothing, and the citizens would beievett, and
hugh at us for our pains. As for himself he for
letting the az fall had no respect for these bottle
hold. rs down around the City HsH. Bro. palmer coin
eided with this view. He and Bro Stephen r. Thorne
for once were in the majority. They carried their
points, and Bro. John Van Tine, now Councilman Of
the Twenty.sxth District, is longer Brother Of
Council No. 5. The vote his expulsion uuan-
nous.
Bro IRA BUcKnAs then called up the old resolution,
which declared that no br Their should belong to any
political organization outside of the Order. de
thought it best to begin in earnest, aud make clean
thrg Of it. Bro CoRsOS said that after they had got
nd of Bro Petty and Bro. Barnes under that resolution
Me whole thing was repealed. general conversation
Aep ensued of social nature. Its purpoH aud tenor
vas that the system of forming Strengthening par
ties" and "Ashlandes' and Protestant irish Asso-
CATIONS and every species of pretended organization
sutside the Order, was perfectly lawful. That the
brothers might even mix in with the Black Republic
ans or the Democrats, if it only done to cheat
TAa was considered highly American! little rou-
tine business having been dispatched the brothers adj
}eurned in high glee.
Before leaving, our reporter ascertancd that Coun-
Gilman Van Tine had not been in Council No, within
eighteen months If ever.