New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-13
T.ut1NY AGAINST M4NHATTAN

TIaflf4NY AGAINST MANHATTAN
Tho furious faction fight now raging be-
tvaen Mr.. William NJ. Tweed, Grand Sachem
of Tammany, and Mr.. August Belmont Ciliir-
man of the National Democratic COMMITTEE
uromises to be rich in developments Oh inc
purposes and propensties of the two wings Oh
the Democracy. Between Tammany HAIL.
,epresented by Mr.. Tweed, and the Manhattan
Climb represented by Mr.. Belmont and Ihe
World. there seems to us little enough to
choose. if is none of our funeral, and we
sbould behold the discontinue of either with
compete serenity. The quarrel, however, Is
likely TO be not only important to the party
but highly entertaining to the outside puDiic
Tbe Citizen and Round Table, an Independent
Democratic paper, published on Saturday
summary of the reasons why Mr.. Belmont
oucht TO be removed from the Craftsmanship
of the Committee and Mr.. Tweed put III his
Mace. This article we may look upon as the
formal Indictment of Mr.. Belmont and me
World by Tammany Hall. It's principal counts
are:
g, That Mr. Belmont. tho agent Of the house OF
paschtd was Interested In securing the success OF inc
ticket Piled ged legislation looking To the payment oi
lie United states debt principal ana interest sol ~
specie. That therefore, he was lnteiestSu ~ @
thc Democratic ticket which pledged to the taxation
OF Government bonds aud their early payment ~ Gpec
hacks except where COiu was expressly dgIce'i upon
2 That SIR Belmont was under Instructions Hoh'
Rothschld at the time ,, 49,. ,,ihor
8 the means which he employed was the uei9eI,
ATE and purposed omission TO provide the party win
responsible public organ amenable for lts angage au
rnur Ia the Marty heads his deliberate omission anh neg
et ~ attend 10 the business of the campaign
his studied and deliberate absence i2m e S nd d is
time of the reasOhihs DETECTION OF me nora anu us
Intentional neglect upon the happening OF tls eyeh, 70
return the city and lend that assssnce a 10 a. he
knew, could possibly have afforded
II WAS well understood in certain circles a
year ago that the Rothschilds, being holders
of United States bonds, had written strongly
IN MFR. Belmont in condemnation of the Demo
cratic plan of partial reputation, aud had
dictated for the party different policy. The
Citizen and Bound Table gives an extract from
tbis letter. which was dated Paris, March IL,
1863. and signed by Baron James Rothschlld.
beginning with the proposition to convert the
800 bonds into Soy per cents, the Baron
declares that the scheme smacks of rcpudia-
ton, and he then goes into the general subject
and informs Mr.. Belmont that anything but
"poymeut of the debt in specie, and interest
meanwhile at the rate nominated III the
bonds. must be frowned' upon, opposed, and
4" discountenauccd" The Baron was right about
that; but we were hardly prepared Tor n
broad confession from Democrats either that
strict honesty in meeting the national obllga-
tons was inconsistent with the policy of the
party. or that the party had ever submitted to
the degradation Of having It's course Dictated
by a foreign banker.
IL is further charged upon Mr.. Belmont that
ne neglected the duties of his position and left
all the work to Mcssrs. Tidcn and Schel, who
were not members of the National Committee
at all. but only of the State Committee that
no did not contribute literally enough for
campaign purposes and finally, that he was
responsible for the " detection OF Ihe
" U0rd' on the eve OF the elec-
ton. The suggestion of that paper
for change of front created the widest con
stcrnation in the party. A meeting of Demo
cratic leaders at Washington, including Post
master General Randall, Richard L. Merrick,
John +. Coyle, Alexander Delmar, and Jonah
D. Hoover was held at the office of The Ma
tional InteIligencer, and the article on 1.-THE
DUTY of the Hour" which appeared In that
paper the next day was the result OF their
deliberations. 1t was assumed that The W0rtd
was subject to the control OF the Executive
Committee in New-GOrk-at any rate OF MIR.
Belmont-and its course must therefore have
been dictated by the New York Com
mittee. The MteIli0encer, consequently,
FASTENED to follow its lead, and in the original
draft of the article urged the substitution OF
Judge Chase for Governor Seymour, as well
rs the reputation of General f. i. Blair. IL
was not certain, however, that The Worlds
article was authorized F; Mr. Belmont was enjoy
ing himself at Newport and could not be
oIoJ tbo IF Chase
cordingly omitted. Tildcn and Schell, it finally
appeared. knew nothing of the scheme, and a
noper WAS drawn up in New York in the form
of dispatch from the National Committee to
the Democratic State Agent in Illinois, stating
that The World article was without authority,
n change of front was out of the question, and
victory was certain if the party held together
Tilden and Schell, however, did not feel at
liberty to publish this paper without the sig
nature of Mr.. Belmont. THAT paper never
was signed by Mr.. Belmont" adds The CIh:en
and Round Table, land never was published
and this omission on the part OF MIR. Belmont
" is tantamount to party treason" Here was
strong presumptive evidence that Mr.. Belmont
was the accOmplicc if not the lnstl-
gator of The World; confirmation of it
is found in the declaration Of the
editer that the article was published in pur-
suance of n settled purpose, and in the fact that
The World depended upon Tammany for much
of its advertising, which it could not afford to
lose without being heavily compensated for
the loss. We don't know which of the various
complicated relationships exposed by this eM-
traordinary indictment-the dependence of the
Democratic party upon Baron Rothschild, the
dependence of Tie World upon Mr.. Belmont,
the dependence of The World upon Tammany
advertisements, the dependence of Tilden and