New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-08


The Mayors faction in Tammany Hall do not
take their recent defeat kindly They appealed to
the Tammany Society few weeks since, and made
the election Of Sachems the test of orthodoxy be-
tween the rival factisns they worked with des-
perate energy, but signaly failed the ticket of the
Fowler or Reform party being elected by large
majority. Instead however, of that ready submits
sion, according to the usages Of the party,
which is the standing boast of the Sham Democ-
racy, Mr.. Wilson Small's crowd Indignantly rebel,
and appeal to the people in an address full of rail-
ing and bile telling, by the way, not little whole
some truth in verifcation of the proyerb, "When
"rogues fall out" &c. The paternity of this ad-
dress is manifest. II came from Fernando Wood
is full of bitterness and egotism. Starting with
TRADE about the " Black Republican Legislature,
which is charged with passing laws attacking the
Democratic party, the address complains that the
General Committee has been attacked by clique
of political defaulters through the Sachems OF a
close corporation. Leaving the Infamous Black
Republican Legislature to be dealt with by the
Courts and the ballot box, the writer undertakes TO
prove the legitimacy Of the Small Committee. He
says the Hard and Soft organizations were joined
in one Committee last September Mr. Shepard be-
ing the chairman; that Mr.. S. was regularly sue
ceeded by Wilson Small; that in December new
General Committee was regularly chosen BY pri-
mary meetings, and that they are that Committee.
They claim that for six weeks at the opening of
this year, all was harmonious; but that the pres
emf trouble was then initiated BY the Sachems OF
the Tammany Society refusing to indorse the Small
Committee as regular Then follows an excOria-
ton of the Tammany Society, an irresponsible body
of less than four hundred members, one-third OF
whom hold no communication with the Democratic
psrty-represented by thirteen Sachems, seven of
whom were Libby boilers, and took mean
revenge upon the Smallites by turning them
out Of tho Wigwam. 1t is refreshing to
see with what patriotic zeal these stcklers for
ussges now berate the Sachems and scott at the
vested right of that body to decide between pure
and bogus Democracy, and after submitting them
elves and holding others to this extreme JUNCTION of
egularity, to find them defantly asking who gave
you this authority "Is it in your act Of incor-
poration or is it of divine origin" They say that
the last election Of Sachems was carried by fraud
and the aid of political traitors; from which we
infer that the Mayor had duly caucused the voters
of the Tammany Society, as he is wont to do
bis troops in the Common Council but that some
of those upon whom he counted went over to the
other side Further, they complain that many Of
the voters were hostile to the Democracy and that
Black Republicans openly electioneered for the
Fowler ticket The compliments aver that, not
wthstsndng these advantages, the other side could
not have succeeded except upon the hue and cry of
reforming the primary elections; but that it was
case of false pretenses-the victors being the real
authors of oil the primary election rascali-
ties now complained of, while the Wood men
only are truly desirOus Of carrying out the proposed
reform. They tell the Democracy that they can
EXPECT no true reform from men in whose keeping
are to be found the DULLES who overawe and mall
treat the honest voter. Grown valiant in this array
Of grievances, and waxing Oyer-bold, the address
comes to perOration in these words:
"What then is the issue Shall the Sachems rule
the people or shall the people rule themselves Shall
the Sachems Of this close corporation to procure Off
ces and spells for themselves and friends be permitted
unebukcd by the people. to exercise this omnipoent,
dctatorial supervisory power over the great Demo
cratic party its organizations and interests to rule out
rule General toininitices whenever II suits
their caprice or selfish purposes and order the election
of new Genero Committee whenever, and as often
as the acting one, however regular, cannot be
trolled nv them or does not suit them We are not
afraid to have this issue made before you. The de-
crees Of the Saehems of Tammany have ceased to be
Delpbian oracles. The Democracy of this city no
longer tremble at, and will no longer submit to, the
arbitrary hctation Of these Pythian priesesses. how
yer sanctificd by antiquity or recommended to the
ulgsr imagination, by the signs. grips, mysteries,
music, fesiiy ais psraphernalis, Sagsmores and Wis
inkies of Tammany'
Such ia this last card Of the political gambler
in the City Hall. 1t is played in connection
with the Wilson resolutions which he is trying to
force through the Board of COuncilmen, and aims
a corp dttai which will force Wood once more
upon the party which has rebuked bis aspirations
Cor the Governors chair, tolerated him as Mayor
only TO save Mr. Buchanan, refused to listen to him
at Washington, and turned him neck and heels out
Of Tammany Hall. 1t is last and desperate
chance; il is rule or ruin; and the Democratic