New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-17
THE 11UHdNY JONAH.

We print in another column n sensational
article from one of the organs of TammaDy
Hail. to which we invite special attention. II
tells us, after the manner Of the late lamcnted
George Lippard of the meeting Of party OF
gentlemen in the parlor of fashionable club
hSfse on Fifth-ave. They were the prominent
members and chiefs Of great political
"party.n They had assembled for the purpose
of "purging that party,' of +" a load that threat
"ened to strangle it in the city where its majority
ais numbered by tens of thousands" A
change of policy" was indispensable, and "it
"was deliberately resolved to throw out of The
"pale of the party the county official whose
"affilations with the criminal portions Of the
"city were the closest" We arc dra-
matically told of tho exploits of Barnard and
Hackett and of the conviction Of the
murderer Real how the "lion-hearted Judge"
with "quiet dignity" roso in the midnight
"gaslight, and sentenced the brutal assassin
"to death" We are informed of threats that
have been made against these Judges, and of
the hourly peril in which they hold their lives
We understand this Tammany story simply
to mean that the Politicians of Tammany Hall
find Public Opinion gathering against them
SO strongly that they can only avert public
indignation, and perhaps public vengeance, by
q sudden and spasmodic effort at reform. The
storm rises around them, and they must find
Jonah. We had supposed that the action of
Judge Barnard and Recorder IIackett in promptly
sentencing certain ruflians, came from quick
ening sense Of public duty. We are, how
ever, grayely informed that they act under
the lead of company Of anxious politicians
The one County oficiap whose Civilizations
with the criminal portions Of the city were the
closest and whose removal from the pale of
"the party" has been determined upon, is said
to be Mr. Sheriff 0'Brien SO that all the re-
formation that is promised us comes down to
this analysis, that one poor wretch is to be
hanged that Jimmy O'Brien is to be driven
"out Of the party and that the men who
have made 0'Brien Sheriff, and who have risen
TO distinction and wealth by the crimes of such
men rs Real, are to remain in control of New
York
We presume that in this midnight company
of superbly dining reformers there were such
men as Mayor Hall, Mr.. Tweed, Mr.. Sweeny,
Mr.. Connolly, Mr.. Purser, and other
leaders of "the Tammany Ring.r If
0'Brien is guilty OF ollenses that compel
him to be driven without tho "palo of the
party" what shall we say of the men who
have made Mr.. O'Brien Sheriff. What, for in
stance, shall we think OF Mr.. Oakley HALF Did
he not in the recent canvass publicly boast,
amid the cheers of his supporters that he
never had aud never uould, execute certain
statute law2 DO We not know that while he
was District-A Attorney his pigcon-holes were
with indictments against political
rulhans which were never tried. because they
: were useful in primary clectionsp Didwo not
see Judge Barnard and Judge McCnnn delibor-
ntely foist upon the franchise thousands Of men
to whom it did not belong, and wantonly defy
every consideration Of law and morals |
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