The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-06
The Ornaments Of Tammany Hall.
Enoo, HnrnfF INneIJl.

doubledly be apparent IN the superb
characterization OF the ball when the
Convention assemblies.
"The hall,n begins this interesting |
document, "should OF course be hung !
with portraits OF eminent Democrats
and for the space over the Presidenps
chair we suggest q decoration consist.
ing OF the flags of United States and
the Confederate States iraternally inter-
twined, and beneath them, az q beaun.
iul symbol Of Christian feeling, O por.
trait OF that tried and true, but for the
present unfortunate Democratic leader,
Jefferson Davis, with the neat legend
from one OF his latest speeches:
~ would rather fraternize with hye.
mas than Yankees. .t.I
1.-THE portrait Of our Beauregard nat
urally suggests itself. He may not be
with us IN the heAh, but he will be
present in spirit, and he has expressed
his sympathy with the party. The
motto under his honored pbyBiognomy
should obviously be one which Gener-
ais franklin and Slocum, and their
fellow "Lincoln hlrelingB," will readily
recall. Our Beauregard, In speaking Of
the late atroclous attempt OF the United
States Government to prevent him and
his Southern Democratic friends from
freeing their Country" says. BAD
"All rules OF civilized warfare are
abandoned, and the Generals Frank.
lin and Slocum and their frlendsl pro.
claim by their aolR, II not on their ban.
ners, that their war.cry Is, "BeRuty and
Booty.m
"The Democratic head Of the illus
trious Forrest will be gratefully hailed.
He Is himself q delegate, and his por-
trait needs no other inscription than:
Our honored colleague rs he appeared
at Fort Pillow ~ aa
"Should there be other delegates who
took an equally active part Ia the late
Democratic protest against Beaure.
CARDS reckless and unprlnclpled ~.
rant Lincoln, let their portraits be
gracefully grouped, and q representa-
ton OF the Andersonvllle military
prison appended, Tho Palladium OF
Southern Democratic liberties
"0f the cherished Northern STATES.
men OF the party there must be, Of
course, portrait Of tho favorlte son OF
New York, Horatio Seymour, In the
act OF utterlng his celebrated sentence:
III II Is true that slavery must be
abolished to save this Union, than the
people Of the South should be allowed
TO withdraw themselves from that Gov.
eminent which can not give them the
protection guaranteed by lis terms.'"
"0r his other prophetic sentence, that
to attempt to restore tho Union by war
would
"provs ruInous TO the North and de-
velop the resources of the South
"Nor should the portrait Of the stall
wart Democrat John A. Greene, Of
Syracuse, be wanting. What could be
filter for his motto than that outburst
Of sound Democratic doctrine upon the
subject Of the draft In ls63-as General
Franklin and General Slocum will re.
member:
"'Ye devils incsrnate Tho Govern
ment Of the United Statesl, who with
hearts OF adRmant and fearless eye drag
hundreds Of thousands to your slaugh.
ter-pens, and demand DETERMINATION OF
millions more of the very brothers OF
OF your blood-iremble!
"Shnll we repndiate our Pendleton-
our Gentleman George, II we may seem
familiar with that august name
Never. Beneath his canvas inscrIbe
his immortal words:
"Ifyour differences are so great TINT
you can not or will not compromise
Them, then, gentlemen. let the seeding
States depart in peaceH
LET MS have also the Countenance-a
mermaiden blending of WhIg and
Democrat; Pans Reed, blown Reed
Of the worthy biographer OF James
Buchanan; and surrounding the por-
train, like halo, Mr.. Reeds inspiring
words:
"'I deny, as have ever done..... that
the Federal Government has any right
under the Constitution TO cOerce by
force OF arms any one or moro of lis
great constituencies
1--WE recommend with HrdorR speak
ing portrait OF our illustrlous cavalry
chief Wade Hampton-which our be.
loved brothers Generals franklin and
Slocum will so gladly recognize. And
for The motto what can be SO approprl-
ate M his very last public words which
will be prophetic II Ne eau only sue.
coed at the polls:
"'The cause for which jackson
tStonewalll and Stuart fell can not be
IN vain; but, in SOME form, will yet
triumph
"Etcm.-Beriah MagOlin. Beneath
Kentucky war-hOTse;who we are glad 10
inspiring lineuments OF this brave old
know, will be In the city, let the noble
reply be displayed which rs Governor
he returned TO the despot LIncoln's call
for hirelinSs and Hessians-as Gener.
nls Franklin and SloCum and their
brethren will not forget 10 remember:
:" Il say emphntlcally that Kentucky
will furnish no troops for the wicked
purpose OF subduing her sister South.
ern States
"Nor must we forget the head of the
Giant OF the Nutmeg State, the sage,
Thomas II. Seymour, predecessor OF
the great aud good English, who, In the
midst of the late lamented and uncon.
stilutional attempt at coercion directed
against the patriotic and Democratic
BeAuregurd, Forrest, Hampton, und
other brethren, wrote these words
which form the most fitting of mottoes
"'Depend upon It, Heaven will
frOwn upon such cause us this: II can
not and will not come TO goOd.'
And the patriotic Price, speaking
for the Democrats Of New Jersey when
tho late Protest began:
az say PmphutIcally they would 20
with the South from every wise, pru.
Dental, and patriotic reason
"Then, AZ Arabian mosques ars GOV.
cred with inscriptions from the Koran.
let tue great hall Of Tammany be Illu.
minated with sentences OF our beloved
newspaper LEADERS,, printed lpgibly In
gold letters.
"Ihus the denuncIGtIon by the
Albany argus OF the call for 70, 600 mon
by President Lincoln as "usurpationI
TINT happy phrase Of the argus, on the
morning after the attack ON Sumter,
that NO had become two peoples;' and
its UDlOn.loving sentiment:
"'1hey Generals franklin, Slocum,
and their iricndsl made nm idol Of the
idea Of national unity, and, after sacrI.
ilcing minds md souls TO Ii, have end
cd by the sacrifice OF thousands OF
bleeding bodies
1--WE suggest, also, these truly Demo.
cratic words from tho Milwaukee NepS,
to he printed In large capitals:
at Grant wins a battle II isin part a
triumph over the fundamental law Of
the Government. fisherman cOnuuers
Atlanta nm essential portion OF the
Constitution II thereafter Dead
add Ia these those memorable ut
tGrances Of our own World, In lenOunc.
ing the dTRft M the last OdiOus resort
Of worse than Austrian tIespOlism,b and
| in guyinV nj prnsIdnnI IJnrnIp.