The weekly standard., 1869-09-08
,Tammal.y in Trouble. D.

There is weeping and wailing in the Wig
wan of TASiMANY Its Sachems are trou-,
bled, for their authority has been set at de-
fance, For many years have the Saehems
OF. ITANMASY controlled the city of New
York, and exercised powerful influence
upon the State and nation TAMMANY has
said yea, and no man has said nay, without
losing his, political life and scalp by the
tomahawks and knives of the, TAMMANS
braves. And TAMMANY has been respected
and feared, and its Saehems have gathered
much wealth. .Heia rs .la1d yit''si-FF', ''Nnf
Now all tliis glory and power bids fair to
be torn from the brows of TAMMANY, and its
power will depart forever. Hence is there
mourning in the wigwam. rao y'!ia'iaw ,'To
The cause of the trouble is as follows ''
The Democratic party controls New York
city: the city controls the State; TAMMASY
controls the party. -l t,,s n,,l, a,..l ..1-rg7
TAMl,MANYi is the ring" of awirepullers.
who tell the Democratic faithful what they
must do. to be- saved.i. The offices and
plunder are distributed by TANMNANY, and
no man has hitherto been able to get an Of
fee who astiot recommended by TAMNANY.
The Irish element has always controlled
the N.w York Democracy and TAMMaNy.a OF
lhte years, however, German immigration has
been much larger than the Irish, and there
are now more German Democrats than, Irish
Democrats .,.',....,.,, ,,.., ~, ,,,,,f,or ,yo
Notwithstanding this, however, TAMMAcsY,
under Irish control, has given all the offices
to PAT, to the entire exclusion of HiSs.n' s.
i After a long deliberation, HANS has come me
to the conclusion that this one-sided state of
affairs has continued long enough, and that
the Germans should have their share. of the
ofhces. .osiE fuG ruln7 ioG srsllu'ad II ;1iioi1i
L TAMMANY iwon,tido the fair thing ltyy tile
g Germans 50 the Germans fatty tell TAlMiMASS1Y ~
that they can get on without TAMxasY an and
proceed to take steps for an organization Of
their own, leaving TAMNANY, eutiht tlle.cold.
+ This bold action on the part of HANS has,
struck terror into the 1hearts of the ANNA =
ny sachemls for they feel tfiat they are
idbonieloI yiir1ug'1i t;r5 81 u 9a'F3Aid Z
There is hsncef6rth to be Be IVA var ns TO- II the e
knife between Democratic Hans and lDemo+
cfatic, PAT BE its result 5what 1T maysib
wall do much to aid, the Republicans of New
York, and will do equally as much to injuie
tlieDemocracy ,rhiisidj orfri ba'hni Il ,9h
The State Of New York is tho%fHoi4gh1yi %H i4gh1i Res- h.
publican but has seldom been able to, oyer
cdme the immense MI en- Democratic majority, of
New, York, city.,ul. AT the last electionithe
State came within, twelve thousandouotesl of
carrying the. State election, the Democratic
minority, in the city being about sixty i xtf
thousand 1ol y7'1au2 bfa 7nti l7'e 7''o 81 hnf9
IT, This split between the German and Irish.
elements leTt will do much to, lessen the power
of the New York DemoeracSaand bids fair
to give the Republicans control of the State
Offices at the next election Knowing the
truth of this TAMAASY Is in sore sore trouble ttrpo
and There. il gnashing Of teeth among, the
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