New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-25

ocpco1 for that Onr readers can only too wildly
member that in March. 1861 the Whole ~ @ no
zion were electrified by the which nashed along ne
Cable m ths country 10 the effect that the Fenlans
were the hills In Ireland nen,' liz 5atvs
iand We did NOT then know as we learned after
ward that the struggle was vain ana ,st the
brave and Gallant Fenan patriots wanted all the help We
could get for them by any aud every meah aus ncss
OF the Fenan Brotherhood of Newiork for te puIpo1
OF asking the American people TO e%tenu teri uoaman
sympathy 10 struggling Ireland, aud Mr. Mayor honai
was nyited-nay earnestly requested-0 pressure AZ tne
meeting Mr. Mayor Hoffman, however, di1 not pfesus
ell. But he condescendod to letter or to order
one to be- written for him. which, after the usual cheap
palayer" OF wishing us all sorts oil good iueA. @y,i
hi wound up by firmly informing US that he coulu
not sanction, by his official presence as Mayor OF
persons whose special object was the levying Of
against any foreign Government with which the United
companied by q crowd of Mr.. HofuIan's henchmen at
the City Hall, whose business 1t was 10 talk into the
meeting Justification OF their masters conduct anu 10
do their lobbying powers Justice they succeeded ia
making many innocent persons believe that Mr. Hon
mans course was either the only one he could pursue
having consideration for ms personal safety, or 1t was
the meeting had assembled But those who were thus
easily satisfied with tho explanations OF the Mayors par
opened very soon aerward. Thirteen days after that
Fenlan meeting had taken place, IN Unonsquare.
public meeting called by certain fashionable phllan-
thr0piss mbe IN the hall Of the Cooper Institute,
aud the object Of this meeting was "a like that OF the
the aid and sympathy Of the American people for the
patriots of Gambia who were then struggling against the
Moscm army for the freedom aud Independence Of their
native isaad To this meeting also Mayor Hoffman
Invited What did he do Write letter to SAY that the
Government the Sublime Porte and tho United States
We're at peace that tins Cretan meeting meant to levy
against the sultan and that lie could not SANCTION
the proceedings OF such gathering with his official
presence Mayor Of the great commercial capital OF the
couutryl Not ut ALTAR from It, He had much more
respect for those who sympathized with the struggling
Cretans than he had for Tho ignorance Of The poor
but patriotic IIshnen Of New-York. who, as Hoffman
aud his class believe. can be insnlted and cJoed AZ
their pleasure. AS II TO defy the common seuse OF
the Irishmen OF New-York. Mr. John 7. Hoffman at
tended that Cream meeting, presided there. and made
a long and telling speech there, and entered his
own name for heavy subscription in aid OF the Greek
New York lay this little episode beside his and then
vote FOR John T. Hoiiinan-lf he can But why multiply
instances From The time when he. "a Recorder tried to
fsteu tho odum OF the July riots Of 1863 on the rshmen
I York Py y ~ w a the es Gna Who oil borne e
an Irshnans name while he let OF with caution or
hired Of his friends in the Confedeacy and Great
Brainfrom that time until few weeks ago, when ne
cation from Eew.York to urge on Congress the
necessity o. hang law passed Tor thg protection nrn
that 40 such delegation ever presented themselves N
Washington. this man. Hoffman, has never missed an op
sulfing the Irish people OF America Therefore, II God
spares fc and strength do It, We shall 90 TO the
post our protest against the election OF Hoffman the
shape OF ballot bearing the name OF his opponent the
tcnau. know very little Of him. but that little com
mcuds him strongly to favor. In the list OF black
House ID the Senate Of bill for the protection Of
orr citizens abroad. We md that tue name Of John A.
GswOd Of Troy, y. " has received honorable mt4i-
ton ~ that OF mcmiWr Of Congress who voted for the
hl aud worked hard TO get his brother members to do
Likewise. Further than this good service the part OF
M. GrisFoid do not know. Indeed our knowledge
~ paiift,i4ns generally IA very limited for the simple
f6aih thatwe bad madeup minds {" have as liie rs
possible t0 A6TIh them: poriwoull veinefero between
Them DoW, had not The events which irnspfci during
e pas age ~ that Citizens bin awakened III 10 the s m
necsssity ~ doing al IN power to reward the me- as
aud punish the cnemles OF the ion 10Y a Se 70 d
NAM u have devoted our lNee ouI ioIluhes ana
1 Our tugred honor"