The New York herald., 1866-09-06

county OF New York may be kened unto a OF glass
whereon floats with giIded Sides aud pcnnons futternp
from all her spars and hayards the national vessel en-
titled DEMONSTRATION For this ship there is over
head unclouded sky, the calm breast OF ocean be-
meath keel all the silver wishes and golden interests
of The North South East and West forming her cargo
and happy harbor Of victory in the near II not mme
date future On her quarterback marches the grave
figure and ponderous head OF the Constitutional com
mauder in Chief Of tho Army and Navy of the Union
while on his right hand and ieft. pacing the deck with
him, in perfect accord and confidence we see General
Grant, with his inevitable cigar and the calm sweet
obyarous face of Admiral Farragut This is the surface
OF local democratic politics. and the CLASSY mirror OF
its wave the vessel OF Reconstructono securely and
trumphantiy ioats-''aoas doube--ship and shadow.
But beneath the surface quite different
state OF things will DO found, and into this
mystery OF the sea we propose making brilliant
sion of ducks dives" with eyes wide open, coming
to the surface twice week to breathe and blow
and reporting all tho strange sights have during
our various vstatons among the whales and sharks the
devil dsh and sword fish Of the political dseps
TAnnAHy ExGrrs PECuIIAR mTERgsr
As the going to be hung the principal agure
every execution, so is Tammany Hall the chief point of
attraction in our local democratic wrangngs II George
Bancroft, Henry Ward Beecher Professor Longrellow.
window opposite the gallows which Probst, the
murderer Of the Deering family, about TO expiate
his crimes they would attract attention until after
Probs should have gone through his preliminary prayers
and done lis final kicking This would arise not from
admiration OF Probst but from the intensity OF
popular hatred not from any want OF respect for the
distinguished and brilliant gentlemen in the window. but
because the general desire TO vengeance great
criminal would overcome all minor emotions. II is
in this manner that Tammany Hall is today the
Head Centre, to speak. OF all the dislike
and dersiou in tho democratic ranks; and the Wig
wants last and final words are watched and
waited for with the hungry and silent atten
ton which surrounds each supreme victim Of the aw
breakfast to the foot Of the scaold and the drop which
Is soon to fall, with it's heavy thud The oeai ccan
uomahawks OF the national democratic Union rary pre-
cedc the political votim and the giistennG knives or
the Manhattan Glib bring up the rear. biass band
from the City Hall pays appropriate music, and lsp
red-nosed people from the Pewter Mug are the only
mourners.
Tus wIGwAM's DAY USEFULNESS BY.
II is felt that in the new order Of things, and in the
reconstruction of parties which must precede accom-
pany the reconstruction OF tho Union, rammany Hall
stands like fossfized obstruction in the way--slimy
and slippery with the tra OF oil the sugs and serpents
of our local ''rn.s," bearing no wholesome growth
amidst the decaying mosses and toadsools Of its self
perpetuang vegetation and as nscnsble 70 the true
and aspirations OF the popular democratic
heart as though IT were more boulder OF red sand
stone belonging TO the prc-Adamte formation. Its
leaders never lift their eyes beyond spols OF the
for the that they OF too limited comprehcn
sion 10 understand their issues; and even. in State
or city politics they can never DO aroused TO
action. save the election election of
partisan cahdidae may promise 20 help or hurt their
over the public money ba's Tbey are representative
men without constituencies; mere parsans, without
ldetv even TO each other; captains without courage;
guides without eyesght. and commanders without
brains They oxist the tradition OF what Tam
many Hall in its long vanished days of purity
PRIDE and in tn hurricane OF present and
exciting political issues their imbecile and dishonest
domination must be swept away forever
cLosE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pEaocRaTIc NOR POPULAR
The so-called general Commits Of the Wipwam which
was formerly honorable and powerful body, repro
entng the best Intelligence, honesty and popularity Of
zach ward in the city-its members duy and fairly
,hosen primary elections wherein all the democratic
rank and file parcipatedis now mere collection OF
manure inspectors curb and gutter inspectors market
oia officials third class clerks, messengers petty
CONTRACTOR and OF unfortunate stipendaries,
who draw ray from the various Tamnany depart
ments OF our city government, and whose votes
are given away 10 this candidate or the other,
by their immediate patrons. just gentleman cross
ing the PARK might distribute tactionai stamps at will
the ragged little children who ask aims IN that vcin
ity with broom and shoe brushes IN hand Tho stamps
sometimes clean and fresh, however, while the Votes
are always soed and pestiferous from their modc OF
transfer corrupt representatives OF alleged pohiicai
values which been hawked about FOR sale to the
hshost bidder through all the cutters and sums Of our
ocai politics. In this General Committee. 80 called,
there less than half dozen men who have nomip
ated and who cast the vote OF nil the balance Thcro is
the Finance Department with its thirty or fortydrect st
pendaries and pacehoder poor fellows rendered worth
less for all other occupations who arc told they must
sarve If turned out of their empioyn and the
may I've said though in minor degree of all other pub
lie Offices adhcring to the Tammany rne." II is one
OF the objects OF the present instruction against Tam
Hall 20 ber1te these political serfs and to restore
them to their manhood and independence under new
and truly democratic form of party government
TaAMASy's RECORD AGAINST 1HE COUNTRY
The course of this socaed General Committee through
out the has been thing 10 make angels weep AT
first, under the Inspiration OF Colonel Wm d. Kennedy
who raised out OF resources the gallant Taumany
Tegmeut and few Others II was actively true to the
Union but the war progressed and clouds darkened
over the national horizon 1t became 'copperhead IN
the extreme, its weekly organ being excluded from
many military camps ON the ground that was as trucu-
eniIy supporting the rebellion II published in South
Carolina and ali the resolutions of the wigwan de-
nouncing the both failure and as an attempted
tyranny which ought 20 fall. This tasted until the
period of bounty swindling began and even q little
later, the Tammany leaders at once pungng into bounty
svindline regular business, in which each interest
oi IT'S General Committee had Its representative and the
committee Tor raging volunteers to avoid the draft
ganlrg thc system into one for the established page
OF recruits under official cognzancc. was al THIS
period also that certain Of the Tamnany Police Justices
made their present large fortunes by empty all the
feon scum Of the prisons, penientiaFes and station
houses into the ranks ol the army and navy, each
criminal being given his option either 20 enlist and let
his bounty 20 to the 'next friend of Hc connving
police Justice be up the North 10 Sing sing,
or w the East river 70 BlackWcs Island for greater
or less period. II okly In the decsiyoly tri-
umphan, DAYS OF the war that Tammany again bc-
came 'ioyalr and "loyai' did she then be-
come thai her machinery actively iabored. for and
secured the defeat Of Horao Seymour when last run
ming for Governor against Reuben H. fenton--party
IRON hope that Fenton would suit Tammsny' city rail-
road purposes bctter-in which she has been dishp-
poinedsnd partly 20 have vengeance Governor sew
FOR his veto OF that proposed gigantic rohberyihe
Broadway railroad IL Is true that by this course Tam
many Hall lost state Of New York 20 Mcclellan but
What cared the veteran iobbers OF the Broadway ra
road for any national disaster 10 tho democratic party
To defeat Seymour their object and 70 do this they
had likewise 70 roo Mcclellan Of many yctes would
have carried the state in his favor
wiGwAa nRtD rowEe uY LATE
AZ best when she had all her patronage. and City In
spector BOoln could put from two 10 hve thousand
on the city pay rolls tho month or az weeks pre-
cedng an election Tampiany Ha never had q reliable
"machinc vote exceed fifteen thousand ballots hut
with Tits and In the absence Of opposition during
the war her sway became formidable for want of cppo
siton The war absorbed all tho energies oi
active citizens and completely cngrcsscd the attention
OF The people No true patriot much Needed what WIS
golaa on al home but was either Of tho South person.