New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-02

Rored That earnestly call upon all good citizens lay
share in the noble work of redeemns the city from mis-
| SPEECH OF ISAAC q. BAILEY.
Ifce great pleasure in addressing you for we not
called together by the adhesive power Of public plunder
with background Of oicehoders, and foreground Of
more than the right Of the people to meet together
and nominate their own officers without waing for
their party organizations but when we consider that
SON Of the howl which IS raised Tsmmsny Hall and
Twentythirds pour in here their egions and say that
know better than you DO how to take care OF
interests. Hecker was first in the field, and the
nomination was bombshell in the camp Of Tammany.
In days before, they could put mp Who they pleased
for Mayor but 1t would not do at the present time 10
nominate Francis l. A. Booe. any other member Of
the Ring; so Tammany puts before you the only re.
spectacle man know In the party. But since there
may be those Of pure minds and hearts unknown to
fame, will simply say he Ia the most respectable
in their ranks and If elected will make good Mayor.
But will give you two reasons why Mr.. Hoffman,
above all other men, ought not to be elected to fill the
Office Mr. Hoffman holds the Office Of Recorder.
He was elected to fill that Office on no
party ticket but at the unanimous desire
Of the citizens Of this city. He fills that
if the citizens OF New York have any at ALL
they will not let him change his present position for
that Of Mayor. There Is another reason: lie should
not be removed because his will be appointed
by the Board Of Supervsors-to use q better express.
son by the great sachem. Bill Tweed. [Iisses.l II
that not enough would say to Mr.. Hoffman that
his intimate association with Boolc. Tweed Cornell
and the rest Of the Ring his sitting at the Council
Board night after night IL another very suspicious cir
cumstancc which ought to be explained before he
ceives your suffrages Tammany Hall comes before
you In garb and asks for your support.
Where ask Is the evidence Of her genuine reform
She presents two men as candidates for municipal
honofs who hold salaried offices IN the street Depart
ment. When we're attaches Of that Department ever
known reformersf Did you ever hear the
word reform mentioned in connection with the
Department presided over by Charles q. Cornell I,
The speaker alluded 10 the other Department In the
Eighteenth Ward there Is man running for Office
who may be classed belonging to the muscular De-
mocracy man who holds an Office worth - 200 a
year. but WHO wishes 10 serve the citizens OF that
Ward in the capacity Of Alderman. Ii is wonder
ful how these gentlemen can never get enough
Offices Two three are nothing and SIX or seven
don't content them. The name Of this gentleman
is familiar to you all. jim Irving esq Laughter
Has any person present ever seen paper cal ed 7At
Daily TTdnserip,i IA small boy-Yes. SRI Remark
able and precocious juvenile lLaughter That pa
per- published where In Nassaust. strikes of two
reams a day which amounts 10 960 copies OF course
all not sold but II costs the cty some s200 per
year. limmcnse sensation One job which was given
by the Board OF Supervisors 20 this Transcript Asso
citation" was the printing Of the Enrollmont would
like 10 ask the wonderfully Informed boy who answered
my previous question II he that For this the
Board Of Supervisors paid the Transcript Association
hundred aud by hoEsdrd dollars for this job
An intelligent printer said 10 me that he should consider
himself fortunate II be could have IL for $1,000.
Let ne go back. We will consider Mr. Hoffman elected
Mayor and in the discharge Of biz duties. Mr. Tweed
sJ7 OCO for printing. Mr. Hoffman Is an honest man;
he knows that is not Just bill and he does not with
70 sign i. In comes Mr. Tweed. Mr. HOLMAN says to
.sn % this 5 Tweed answers SG not Yoa @1aA beSas
20 the Democratic party. do you not Mr. Hon,
the party cannot Do kept alive without money that we
have no such men A. 7. Stewart and Peter Cooper
In its ranks that us hot like the Citizens Association
where each individual pays bis expenses aud the need
Of taxing Is dispensed with; We are party. We need
nj shanf rpuat IN er At
ots no. sy M anything ale.s ~as Hight M Tweed
u,es anerward and said to him. MY dear
sir. you have signed most atrocious warrant,
glad of the job for si5,ooo.s He would answer me
some what In this am Mayor Of the city Of
Nfw-York ! was elected by my party; am party
may hope 10 receivc-came hom that party and II Is
my business to act according to the dictaon Of the
gentlemen who make up that party. II viii do very
have no party ties 1t would have been very well for
Mr.. Hecker, had be been elected. TO refuse TO
sign IL; he would have no ones wishes to con
suit; / am a party man. sir and must stand by
my partyesiT." This ID only suppositon gentlemen.
for there Is very little danger that Mr.. Hoffman will
ever get the chance to say these words lApPaus,
raised. and how money was spent. He described
visit to the Central Park. The Commissioners were
w.fnS aroaSS "H The unless
excused 10 60 clam bake. laughter and applause
here collected bis thoughts anc helped to dispense the
a. fancy team. Yesterday was taI day. and
e;srSs TO coll collect tt that t' oi the City revsnus A
you looked at their number Of bland and smiling faces
did you not say from the bottom Of your heart Truly
It's more blessed to take than to giver Did you not
feel that II far better to be New York Office
holder than q New York property holdertt Now.
and, I trust, to yours, good and sufficient rea.
sons why John T. Hoffman should not be elected
Mayor. and why his party and Its sachems should
we come to party which is very much more, difficult
TO manipulate II you talk to Republican about the
necessity of Obteratng State and national politics In
the management Of municipal affairs and he IL ready
TO debate the point with you. Talk TO Democrat and
he wont listen TO you. He Immediately interrupts you
with. "why. very dear SIR that is question which
make rule nS never ,so,sn us0a'e Ye.
he is although sometimes II Is very hard
to see it. He woke up one morning and found that
Association he informed his readers that this was
very important movement, but that somebody believed
that the sympahies Of Mr. Hecker In former days had
been with the South. The Erenn1 Post claimed Mr..
Hecker az Republican; other papers as Democrat.
The Times the second day. discovered he had been
lifelong Democrat and that his character was above
II Rad previously asserted. Mr.. Hecker Seces-
sionGt-worse, q smOn.pure Copperhead Its reason
was logical Why, 1t said does he not deny our ale
gatioDsi he has not seen 6t to do so therefore he
must be one. The great objection urged against Mr..
Hecker is that he is supported by Mozart Hail. NJ.
Van Buien last night said that MI. HecEer ran so
through the Park that he could not get glimpse OF
him. Mr.. Van Buren had better not talk about
running. II he ran as well as Mr.. Hecker, he
might not have come out OF the late contest
quite 80 badly beaten. Laughter and applause
Az for Mozart Hail. is there not more Joy In heaven
over sinner that repenteth than over the ninety
and. nine Just persons who go not astrayf Laughter
and applause Would 1t not have been better for the
Sachems Of Tammany, who still in tho gall Of bitter
and bonds Of iniquity to have followed their e1