The New York herald., 1869-08-25
City Po.siics--A Smashing Bonnbshc!I

Lowell, ana Dr. NorthrOp, Newport.
City Po.;tics--A Smashing B0nbslic!l in
Preparation for Tammany Hall.
Tammany Hall has ''waxed fat and kicks. {"
1t has become mighty monopoly in politics
and spoils and plunder. Long ruling this city,
it now wields the balance of power over the
State, and is moving to control and manage
the democracy of the United States. A Tam
many Sachem in these days shines with the
splendor Of an East Indian nabob and even
the common Indians Of the Wigwam soon rise
to the dignity of dabblers in stocks and specu-
lators in real estate. Our city tax levy of
twenty odd millions furnishes bountiful mar
gin for pickings and perquisites, and Tammany,
in distributing them among the faithful, has
become so strong as to laugh at all opposition
and smile in derision at all complaints of her
spoliations
And WY nut, "I-" -Tammany can muster
her fifty, sixty or seventy thousand majority in
this city, as the election may requlre9 Why not,
when she can buy up or kill Off any disturbing
faction, and when to the masses of the island
democracy to hear her is to obey? But still
her tenure Of office Is uncertain, and unfore-
seen dangers are constantly springing up. A
great danger now threatens her from power
full and neglected quarter. The strength of
Tammany Hall has been and is the Irish ele-
ment and the German element of the city.
For long time the Irish element so far ex-
ceeded the German that the Germans were
hardly considered as calling for any special
cultivation. But of late years the influx of
Germans has so far exceeded our Irish acces-
sions that the German element In numbers is
overtopping the Irish, and In our mercantile
and financial establishments Is visible power
on every hand. But still, in the division oi
our city Offices and spoils Tammany has con-
tinued to dispense her favors upon the Irish
Americans, and to such a degree that the
| 'sons of the old sod," with few exceptions
make up the catalogue Of our City Fathers
| This fact stands out in such bold relief tha
some wag has suggested that New York ough
to be called New Dublin.
| The Germans have made this discovery o
the favoritism of Tammany Hall, and, know
ing their power, they intend to have some
changes in this business They can have
them with or without the aid or consent o.
Tammany, and hence the danger to Tammany
for the Germans are already moving in the
matter. They gave us an inkling of theil
strength some years ago in the Mayoralty
election (Godfrey's cordiaD between Boole
Gunther and Blunt; but that was nothin,
compared with what they can do now. Tam
many, however, is still sailing on the othe
tack-the Tweed movement for instance, Il
oust August Belmont as chairman of the ma
tonal party committee Belmont is German
and the German democratic element lie
behind him. Tweed is backed up by th
Irish element, and upon this issue and other
there is Teutonic bombshell in preparation
for Tammany Hail.
The three great divisions of the pOpulatio
Of this city are the native American, tn
German and the Irish born. Politically th
first against the other two combined is utterl
powerless. 1t is only balance Of powe
against the German or the Irish division; bu
as balance Of power the native America
vote (mostly republican,, in split betwee
the Irish and German divisions, will 20 th
German. We think so because outside of th
city and State the German, as the rule, is re
publican, while Irish republicans are hardl
more numerous anywhere than Irish Protest
ants. The Germans Of this city, then, hav
only to take the field against the party despo
ism of Tammany Hall in order to upset Il
J and from the German movements afoot W
expect this thing Is coming. How can Tan
many displace Pat to oblige Carl? 1t can't b
done; for If done Pat will have something {
, say. But II not done Carl will bolt. It
coming to this. Lastly, they say that the r'
publcans are meditathg an out and OF
German city ticket in order to head of Tan
many, 80 that, look at 1t as we may, there al
sils Of an approaching terrific explosion
= the democratic camp Of this city, with the u