The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-17
Georgetown Correspondence.

Mr.. EDITOR: Our Locofoco city government
as at present constituted, is a deplorable failure.
When these people came into power, in March
las. great reforms were promised but more than
haif year has passed away and we have heard
or seen nothing that has been reformed. Some
very good officers have been turned out Of enl-
pioymeht, and some very shabby and utterly
worthless ones were put in their places. Our
drowsy Mayor has had anything but harmonious
and concilatory intercourse with the Councils
Vetoes have been abundant and general bunder-
ing little more so. His Honor is understood to
require more sleep than the nights can afford,
and has consequently to resign himself to a com
Portable degree of slumbering through the day.
His waking intervals are occupied pretty much
with becoming attention to light literature and the
epjoyments OF the table, In this way he avoids
many of the annoying cares OF active life and
keeps his bodily health in very desirable state Of
preservation. r .,. ,.-..E. ...
This Mayor, being sound lawyer himself had
but a very sorry opinion of our less learned Re-
corder, and sought legal advice in all abstrusa
difficulties from well known judge, whose deci-
sions in all municipal questions were knswn to DO
such as might have been expected from an intel
ect absolutely nfallible But that same infable
judge has lost the esteem of our drowsy Mayor,
and what is yulgarly called "a CUT has been the
deplorable consequence. 1t is understood that
the judge considers himself prosecuted patriot,
thing in our troubled world as ngratitude. His
own idea is that after he had instructed his Honor
most extensively in the line of his onerous and
| responsible duties, he was heartessly and most
ignomniously discharged Certainly infallibility
deserved better things than that But the ways
of this evil world are hard. That disruption is
most deeply to be regretted; for, although some
may think it all a very small matter, something in
the line of ga tempest in teapot" yet think
that it demands my general consideration, and
| there should be such public demonstration of
| regret as will have tendency to soothe the
wounded feelings OF highly honorable and badly
treated jurist, statesman, and patriot. "
So you will see that We not only without
the reforms which were so loudly promised to US,
but are getting very much behind. hand in the
observance of those comities which are rife among
gentlemen of great and acknowledged distinction.
BALLoT-Box STUFFING-MoLLY MAGUIREIsM-
The following is an extract from the Address Of
the American Republican Committee of Superin-
tendence to the voters of the city of Phiadel-
phia:
Recent judicial investigations have ascertained
that the so called democracy have for years, been
engaged in regular, deliberate settled warfare
against the rights of suffrage. They have engaged
thieves, robbers, and other felons and offenders,
(witness York Bill, &C., &c. in system of cleo
ton frauds by which they stuffed the ballot-boxes
with as many fraudulent votes-no matter how
many-as suited their nefarous purpose. Per-
juries the part of the election officers and Of
the criminals engaged in the plot ruffian violence
by police officers, and all other required wrongs,
were beldly, unblushingly, and universally commit
ted. And these crimes against the sacred sover-
eighty Of the people were contrived, suggested,
| and sanctioned by the leaders OF the party. If
| this be Democracy, let the Democrats sustain it,
| if not, let those who are honest come forth and
rebuke it. This game is now blocked The dis
| coveries recently made which have consigned
several Of the guilty actors, and will consign many
others, there fifty untried biAs against these
pe1ured felons, TO the Penitentiary have enabled
the friends of honest, Free and incorrupt elections
TO secure at the present contest fair play and tie
rights Of the people.
Il" In the same spirit Of skulking fraud has the
Molly Mcguire Conspiracy been instituted. This
is an organization Of foreign Papists-none others
are admitted. Its existence, character and objects
are undisputed, having been r cognized by Rev.
Mr.. Cantwell and Bishop Neuman The object Of
the organization is, by concert Of action, to
troll and direct the Democratic party, thus securing
the offices for themselves or their Instruments
II extends from Maine TO New Orleans II is con-
fined exclusively to foreigners and Papists, IL is
a secret organization, bound together by the most
awful oaths, and with penalties and assassination
and torture. This society now actually controls
the Democratic party. IL nominated the present
Democratic candidates, from the Judge Of the
Common Pleas down. IL has placed the Irish
Papists upon the Assembly ticket who use the
mark Of cross, being unable to write their names.
These are the lords, the tyrants Of the Democracy
shall they be ours IL the very shadow Of liberty
lost, that's degradation so base can find one Amori
can willing 10 endure il ~
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