Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-21
THE NEW YORK CITY DEMOCRACY
sKETcHED BY ONE or ITS ORGANS

The New York Herald Of October gives
an account of n movement among what II
calls the respectable and moReyed classes,
hitherto acting with the Democratic party Of
the city Of New York to cut themselves
loose from the rowdies who make up the vast
majority Of that party, and who control both
wings Of it,
The movement Of which tho Herald speaks
is not likely TO result in much good, but the
| description which it gives Of the elements
which make up the Democracy Of New York
city are so racy, and so true TO nature, that
we shall proceed to transfer them 90 our own
columns. The character Of this Democracy
is a matter Of concern to the whole country
/ It elects half dozen members, more or less,
of the National House Of Representatives
and occasionally gives majority large enough
to weigh down the rural districts of the en-
tire State
The Herald commences It's article in this
wise:
"The proportions are grand and encourag-
ing which the revolt Of the awakened respec-
liability and integrity Of the Democratic party
in New York is assuming against the afro
cious tyranny Of rufian plunderers in Tam
many Hall and Mozart Hall, who have hith-
erto monopolized power place. and patronage,
TO the exclusion of every decent citizen
With the utter corruption, rottenncss. aud
brutality of these two brawhng, fighting fac
tions before them on the one hand, and on
the other the inevitable disasters 90 tho pros
pority and peace Of the whole country which
must inevitably flow from the success of the
infamous disunion programme of William II
Seward, it has long embarrassed conservative
men of worth, standing and ospon,ibility in
tue community t' Nho" Prt'ISei! no" ~ "ct'
Inc Herd'd then proceeds 70 uescr!oe the
actnnl Democratic party OF the city oil New
York IN the following terms
Under the VIE system OF misruie' terror
ISM ana OrNialty Whlch cnarae-eil1es oo'n
the faction at Iammany aud that az mozart
Han. citizens OF uhs'alneu ana rreProachaole
reputation nave shrunN oacN from sueH aSso-
ciatlon as the very worst concentration oi ue-
Pra'''y ana "lcAeaHe'' lH 'ns country.
grave ana serious Analysis o' tle l''t' ol
H'neral committees "A' nave h'tNs''' no'I
In Their hands the strings oi Oon'cn"on7' ana
VINO nave been vftnaiy lnVe''e1 win 'he
chol e oi OR rulers ana Wi'' 'Ne power OF
presenting themselves as thc representatives
OF the state ana Guy az Natona' conventions,
would perfectly startle the unsoPhisucaleu
among our readers by ITS terrible develop
ments' Al is inc exact ana ute'a. Tuth that
graduates from blackWeii lsl'nH ana from
sing sing prls'ns') pot-nonse proprietor ol
the lowest ana most deSt'ueu ueSc' ,pVoh,
keepers ana owners oil 'ne n''''eH u'n' VI,
disease ana prostitution, sh'H'ueI-hi''erS auu
stnkers-the history OF whose eAP''' Is 10
ne found IN poice cnionlct'' OF BontinSs'
ma'hing'' ana "tnef eNeo'"o'e oru'i",le'-
open 'h'e'e'' POCKET oooh sh"'o 'erS' ana our
S'''s' are numbered among 'a''e VINO are
con n'picuouS az every P','oH o' n1'i','. ''',l'
1''l ,s,''o's' "uo r,u uIl ~. n,.,s. onrr,nt
Aud when scoundrels like these prcsent them
selves as delegates, at State and city Conven-
tions. they blend together with intriguing
rogues from Albany and the n'cuor' and.
alter having done their utmost to plumber the
city and plunge It into anarchy, league them
selves with such men as Cassidy, Cdgger, ana
their associates, to impose the corrupt rule OF
the Regency upon the state
The Democracy OF New York city here
truthtu.ly described, Is the Gibraltar OF the
Democratic party in tho free States, and il is
because that party throughout the free States
is made up largely of the same elements, that
il has boon able to maintain so much show Of
strength Notwithstanding the inamies Of the
Pierce and Buchanan Administrations. These
"NieUes, pochet-book sHafchcrs, and burglars
have had no compunctlons of conscience IN
sustaining the appointment Of murderers and
robbers to Office in Kansas, or the Lecompton
swindle. Far be it from us to put the entire
Democracy Of the free States in the category
Of The Five Points but it is certainly true
that the atrocious conduct of that party since
1851 would have reduced 1t to utter power
lessness throughout the North, but for the
support of just such Glasses as rule affairs on
Manhattan lsland.-Ibe Repn6tic.
As an evidence of the truth of tho above
d.s,-f..,;or ,.o ,,;yo ,bo f,llo,,in,, from tbo
~,
"''N'Ns'o" "'''' Ne'''O'''' "'" l'"P0'
JUsr CAUSE OF CoMrLAIN TIE Su-
perusors of the county (clty) OF New YORK
have recently appointed the heg''~arS oil
votes provided Tor under the ne" Ia" oi the
state requiring ali voters 10 DC registered
he Opposition newspapers alege that inc
Democrats ol the Board, taxing advantage oi
the accidental absence OF some OF tholr poht-
ieal opponents IN 1t, elected an unfair and un-
aue proportion ot the'r own hnsndF-si"ns
tho opPoStuoh ou' s'A'y nl"e ou' Oh s'A nun
area ana giving them none IA the wards
Vower) where 'he great mass OIL 'he voters