New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-17
OsE MORE REPUBLICAN GAIN On sasai0ay lSN

..Ab.,usu VIM. j. B,i,lsy of q 9 Ninth Ward, who
- - Of Is.s wears A prominent and iuauert Il
-. rha, of the Mozart Hall faction of our city .,oe
,,-v a firm supporter AID follower Of 81 q. Excel
N,nsv and never anything but jack 1,,isn Demo-
"a. adore ,sed 70 the Mayor the fOr wing letter. in
which he avovs hs determina,or t. surp ort Lincoln
and Hsmrn and the Republican State ticket in the
present campaign, This we nmsted in the report OF
the proceedings OF the last Hoza t. Hall General Com
uit.e meeting published in cur columns whea we
gave copy of ala. Brisleys preliminary iettet' WIN
drawing from the Mozart Hall Committee, o. winch
Dc WA B member: ~ ,oeo
~ H.. rrnSIxno Woop-Dear Sir; AS this |
an ,ears 10 be the yer1d for writing letters oy states
- Seas-,rs apd politicians, IN regard TO tner GouIss
Of aerion IN the coming Presidential campaign, aiso
60 an. liberty as Mechanic and Co worker WITH
your Honor III the Mozart Hall organization from is
sonuoncenent up TO the date of the assembling OF e
NAo DsnVFar &c S,ns my pOsOn Since the
.sri,prnment of that Convention, have taseh very
~ IA t.res, Ia the success of the Mozart Hall organ
Eation. ibis must have been apparent TO yoa ana
was trus indifferent. because considered that the
objects for which the organization was formed nAu
P'rS, To lfseak no the close corporation of Tam
mspy Hall as controlled by its Sschens, who deprlye
the Tpasses from meeting therein without tner per ms
son and refuse the use OF the General OplnliVsee
ever hoe dc not suit the cnqae known
Sc the "Taumany Saehemi.' -, r.
Second: The elsction Of your Honor 70 the once
Chef Magistrate of this city without the aid OF lam
TIE result Of the election on the 9th day of Decem-
Der lsst certified by the Inspectors and ne 1918
eanvasssd by the Board OF City CanvaSsers, disposed
- ,ha ssconS uurposs You were elected Mayor oy
Handsome plurality in the face Of powerful and we'll
orgsDi4sd opposition.
a.to The kr.t object, your Honor, in my opinion
,oflo of
a. IN the Mozart Hall General Committee In the In,
Sorsr,ent OF stephen A. Douglas for President, and
the S.ts Central Committee OF which Dean Rlchmono
was Chairman. i have used the term angular
somars because many OF your friends SO Regarded IL
"a the ;uce In one of your speeches during the Guy
sar,2aign last Fall and those made by you In Conhec,
cut aLd at G. arest)n, your friends and the personal
admirers Of your independent course, were led 70 sup
pope that you would be the Last man TO dance dim
Crowl 10 the tame of the Albany Regency as played ~
Nessrs. Cassidy, Cagger, and RchnVnd Your III
dorement of those parues destroyed ne presge Oh '
Mozart Hall organization. The next tnrn OF the card
will proye am correct. cannot, therefore, consde
p,ysslf auy longer a member of the organization.
Having hnished this part Of tine the subject
shan nov give you and my friends my reasons io
ts course have concluded adopt during this Presi
U DENTAL campaign: For more thGa quarter OF cen
tary have beer Democrat, During that Tine
baseav9ays cast my vote for the " Straight I1cket,
mdoEoed by Ian1anJ Hail. Titn the exception OF las
Bat, Sir, when look back few years. and see wha
the Democratic party was, and those who controlled
control at the present time, am led 10 the following
reflections aud coz parisons: In former years, tn,
nominee of the National Democratic party for Presl
dent of these United States consented 10 become the
andard-bearer of the party blythe acceptance of the
nomination. the work Of advocating hiG election on the
stump and the newspapers was LETT 70 his friends and
par,izaus. How differently now. We have the novel,
may not truthuly say, disgracefu spectacle of
two Lo-caled car dd4tes o. the National Democratic
party, making stump speeches through the country,
bidding for votes II they were county or ward pon-
SIR in my opinion these candidates are not only dis
grazing themselves, but are repudiang the honorable
examples them by the founders OF the Republic.
The conduct of Thomas Jefferson, the acknowledged
founder of the Democratic party, should teach them
better things.
But Sir the present corrupt state of the party may
also be traced other causes that have been gradually
working its ruin. The employment of rowdes and
Sighting in the large cities particularly tois city
for the purpose of carrying primary elections, 30 that
chquss and muscle have become the controlling power
20 the exclusion Of the great body Of the people, has
contributed greatly TO the destruction of the party.
Again, the Administration OF James Buchanan has
had powerful influence against the perpetuanOn of
the party. The White House has been made the poti
cal headquarters where County and Ward clques
have assembled; while the President in person has
presided over their local contention deciding which
were the regular organizations. and fnaly, 20 wind
up the farce party Of men with band OF music
march 10 The White House, where the President deiv-
ers q political haraDg1e, which had been previously
prepared, In which he said that he the last of
ract of men who had stood firm in the suoporL of the
Union. lie might have told at the same time that
he was the frs. President who had disaTaced the Pres
dental Mansion by making ii the political rendezvous
for party ciques and stump speeches.
Sir, If Democracy has come 70 this, L cannot be q
Democrat of that stamp. For should l. in the coming
campaign, support either Douglas or BreckinFidge, 1
would be indorsing what eonscientlousy believe to
be degrading and uDbecomiog In Presidential cand-
da,e beside aiding 10 build up an olgsrchy which is
sappiUg the vitas OF our Republic and establishing
despot SIN more destructive Of liberty than any Of the
despoic powers Of Europe. As 10 MIR. Douglas,
have other reasons for not supporting him. look
upon him as the of the present agitation of the
Slavery question ana hold him responsible for it, 10
my opinion, he has been working from the beginning
for his own political advancement and nothing else.
arrive at this conclusion, from the following clrcum
stances which have occurred the Compromise of
1850: Stephen A. Douglas, by the introduction OF his
Kansas Nebraska bill which led to the repeal OF The
Missouri Compromise, reopened the Slavery agitation.
The responsibility OF this act cannot be placed upon
William II. Seward; but when Douglas mad thro ~n
down the gauntlet Seward and others took 1t up and
from this tee organization Of the Republican party
soon followed Douglas fought boldly and desperately
for hs adopted child up 70 the Presidential election OF
1856. He then discovered that the popular sentiment
was in favor of Freedom, aud against bIs policy. He
therefore abandoned his first position, and has been
endeavoring 70 make his platform suit the
p<ople north Of Mason and DiXOns line, in order to
secare votes for the Presidency. How clearly is this
manifested In his speeches al the present time, and
during bic campaign in Illinois against Lincoln. Sem
ator BENJAMIN Of Louisiana in speech made in the
Senate Chamber on the I'D of May last shows the
Inconsistency and want of sincerity Of Mr. Douglas
He gives In fol- the questions proposed by Douglas 10
Lincoln, which were answered manfully and without
equvOcaon every point, and the counter questions
Of Lincoln 70 Douglas, which Mr.. Douglas answered
evasvely and only in part. Senator Benjamin viz
sualy says that the election of Lincoln would be far
nrefera lie q that III DOuQlgs