The New York herald., 1869-01-10
The ssGIorious Eishth''-The Failure Of
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Tammnny.
'sThe glorious eighth"-the Sth of January,
the anniversary of General Jackson's victory
of New Orleans over the British in 18l5-as q
democratic celebration, has gradually died
out. Down to our Southern rebellion it was
great day with the democracy, and the mighty
battle from year to year was fought over
again with all the honors as the corner stone
of the Jacksonian democratic party But
when Grants victories over the great rebel
lion began to come in, with more prisoners
captured from the enemy than all the forces
put together on both sides at Old Hickorys
New Orleans fight, the military magnifcence
of that affair dwindleh into a bagatelle aud
ceased to be regarded as entitled to any further
special notice.
So it was that instead of opening the new
Tammany Hall on the sth of last January, it
was held back for ''the glorious Fourth" OF
July, in Honor of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, which declares that s'all men are Gre
ated equal and in honor of General Grants
capture of Vicksburg and General Meades
great victory Of Gettysburg. So too, for
several years past there has been no Sth of
January blowout by the ST. Tammany Society
of the Columbian Order. This year, as if de-
liberately TO give the Sth final goodby and
go-by, the Americus Club of democratic Pot
tawattomies, big Indians, little Indians and
strikers, held their grand ball on the night Of
the 9TH. On the night of the Sth, instead Of
a grand festival powwow and war dance
of the Tammany Arapahoes and Backfeet,
of the Sachems, Sagamores and Whiskey- skin
skis, in war paint. feathers and grease, in tho
great temple of the faithful, it was all ablaxe
with Jarrett & Palmer's enlarged and diver
sied medley Of entertainments, from the new
attractions to the ''Black Crook" up stairs,
down to ''Punch and Judy" in the basement
So the sth Of January, as the great ami
versary of the democratic party, has gone the
way Of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" So fade
away the Indians-all the glories of this world.
"Od Hickory is too far back in the past TO
answer for the democratic Hgurehead of tho
present day. The chasm between Grant, the
President elect and Buchanan, or Limping
Buffalo, the last of the Wampauoags, or
democratic regulars, is too wide TO be jumped
with the ghost Of General Jackson. We guess,
moreover that his famous declaration against
the South Carolina ire-eaters-"By the
Eternal! the Union must and shall be pre-
served!' has operated among our latter day
democracy Of the copperhead order to the
dropping Of the sth Of January. AT all events,
az these old democratic landmarks pass out Of
sight, II becomes a question of mighty moment
what new landmarks will be set up in their
places. The democratic party is adrift; aud
this is the moral Of our story.
PHILHRLLESIo BLATuER. is no great
or bosh than the stuff we hear from sentimental
politicians about Crete. We ought to sympa-
thizc with the Greeks because the Mohamme-
dams are such dreadful fellows and wage war
with such atrocityl Nonsense! Chris
tians need not attempt TO claim any supe-
riority over Mohammedans on the score Of
humanity. All the annals Of Turkish barbarity
cannot more th an match Andersonvillc.
MORE GIGANTIC RAILROAD SwINDLRs--
We publish further disclosures respecting the
gigantic swindles Of the railroad rings in
Washington. These frauds are absolutely ap-
palling. They already have absorbed a fonrth
of the national domain, and harpics arc still
bounding the Hobbies at the Capitol for sill