New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-17

ego. the Tammany S,chems were forty times mora
impudent than bona dee aboriginal warrior with
seven coats Of paint upon hs face, and seven yards
Of wsmpum about his waist. Where are they
pow' Like dead chiefs in their graves, only they
left little or property tc bury with them In
graves from which there will De no resurrection.
OF 10 speedy one.
Now for this sudden death, snd this sudden de-
conn osition after death, there must be cause.
Ten years ago, the most prominent OF these lam.
many gentry were hard at work upon the Bufi'lo
Platform When it was finished they squa.ted
upon it, and demeaned themselves as nearly like
anti slavery people as providence ard bad habits
would permit them 10 do. They howled Free
SOL" And "Free Labor And " Free Men,
They srubbed ard bonueted the Democratic party;
ard, with the venerable Van Buren, at their head,
fought Lewis Cass, fought Tanmany Hall aud the
Baltimore Convention both together, fought for
Freedom in the Territories, bawled like Garrison
ans, and wept ike wOmen John Van Buren, took Oft
his stock turned up his eyes, and talked more rapid
y than any human being had ever been known to
talk before. All Of which meant, as the world IS
By this time convinced, death and damnaton to
Gen. Lewis Csss ard has proved death and damns-
tioD TO some other people. These philsnthroPistS
we're ,irtuous and ten der. hearted as long as pos
sIble; but when a few years had gone By, tie wind
Of cash payments and personal advancement sud
denly shifted TO another quarter. The old dogs
went back to their old tricks and their old assoca
,ions. They repented Of their auti-Sl,very s.ns.
They confessed them upon their muro.bones
IL, al nf
the reclaimed flock to which the relentng doors Of
tie Tsmmany fold were opened. The gullibe and
eulled Democracy granted the traitors " absolu-
tion' There was once more Happy Family, bat
there was a serpent in the bosom Of It,
The Van Burenites did not wuch relish, We may
be sure, the nomination OF Mr. Buchanan in 1852.
They were doing rs they pleased with poor little
Pierce-cont,olling his measures, monopolizDg bis
patronage, 'Bronscnzing" Collector Bronson,
driving the whole herd of Hard Shells from office.
So at Cincinnati. in 1o56, these men resisted the
nomination Of Buchanan during seventy tedious
ballots. When he was elected, fiat they went
again upon their launches. They received
large moety of the Federal patronage 10 this
city. They even gycd tie official hands Of Mr..
Schell. In ls57 they helped to defeat their
own candidate for Mayor, in order TO control in
Iejo the entire nominations of toe party Some
times secretly. someti nes openly, they sympathizef
with Senator Douglas in bis Great Rebellion. They
took care not to commit themselves 10 the Le-
compton policy of the President, but they
had not the moral integrity nor the man
illness to take an open position against
il. They were always on the fence. They were
perpetualy waiting for something to turn up. OF
political principle they had no idea- OF doing any
thing for political principle they had no intention.
They wanted power, Office and patronage, aui
because they wanted these, they were politicians.
They talked about Democratic ideas but they
cared nothing for them. They prated of public
interest, but they cared rothing for it. Holding
Office under the General Government they welded
it soely TO advance the local influence Of their own
contemplate clique. Having obtained The control
Of the city organization of the Democratic party,
they dispensed their patronage solely for the pro
motion of faction, striving at the same time to
secure every thing in the shape Of office, whether
Federal, Municipal, Elective. Democrats as
they were or pretended to be, they tramped uuder
foot popular opinion, and sneered at public judg-
| ment. They re minded men of the Athenian Thirty,
| or the Venetian Ten. An independent Democrat
holding Office under the Municipal Government,
aud daring to protest against the decrees OF Tam
many was beheaded instantly. Ii such al one
hsppered TO be in the Custom House, the Tam
many Police reported him in Washington, AID bis
fall wa, equally certain. Morality in candidate
for TaumaDy Endorsement was fatal TO his asprs-
tions. Ii he had any remains Of a conscience he
soon learned to conceal it, as dangerous to his
hopes. Pugiliss aud stoulder.Litters became the
cham pions of the Old Wicwam at Primary, County,
State and General Elections. Hr. william Mllli-
gan and the Hon. Dan. Sickcs grew intimate AS
bosom friends. Respectable uen could not vote.
Timid men could not vote Honest Democrats,
for there were such, were in dspair. So, when
TIE result Of tfe agc Municipal election exhibited
the Sachems bling the dust, We were T-joiced
but others not of our political household were
more rejoccd than we. The amaze ement and graft
tude Of these surpassed computation They we're
like slaves suddenly emancipated-like tormen,ed
s,cpers suddenly awakened FROM the agony Of
ffightful dream.
The story Of this sorry gentry is not without its
moral Had these men been true to the great
cause Of civilization and humanity, they might
have retained the respect Of their fellow creatures
even if they had lost office. As it is, they are
sunk go deep that We cannot see them, and can
hardly smell them. Ii Purser were candidate for
office tomorrow, he wolld hardly get 10, 900 vote,
The way of transgressors is hard, as Mr.. Buchanan
and his prrat and little associates are finding on.