New-York tribune., 1870-11-01


cets Of the members but they voted for it withoutg get
ting at ts provisions or great masry ., tnen ao
opon we have revotcd from them In this Tax Levy
ianother Up 20 ,dt rg 5ue to detemine in rs
gard to opening widening and Snarsns sIee %s AWAY
the provision md OF 'ns Se % ower ven 10 the Mayor
troiIer, and Commissioners Of Public wr s.Ionsrs an
na,uieI M Sy the Contre,,er. who ts, appointed
by the Mayer to alter, widen and close up all ,e s
taken they could cluse up Ffthave. II they saw t o
morrow. They have emnipoent power; -, sou .,ro @
inpssd pw ns 70 that combination There other powers
in the tax levy which win not at the present omee %
cali your attention to Those powers are or the most Gan
gerous character, even II they were Vested IN Inc
hands Of P11s The % aas o the United states
dare no ,nrnst George Washington, the savior oi Ms
the rsScSs H his SmUs ane% for
confirmation TO the Senate and yet these Sr
ferred upon A. Oakley Hall powers vastly superior 10
which forefathcrs ever dared to confer upon
the mea sures which have been fosed into the tax levy
THE oBJEOr OF TAX LEVY.
Now perhaps you may want 20 know what is q tax
levy. Its object is generally TO provide the money
for the carrying the City Government and 1t Is rare
indeed that anything else Is inserted in It. But this
Ring rushed through charter which took from You all
the municipal rights you had After doing that and after
obtaining the support that charter on the faith that
that the CORPORATION Counsel and Controller
should be elected by the peopeIafer having Obtained
then they Immediately turned around, and In tax levy
took away flom that charter all the PROVISIONS which IN
duced many Of the tmebeis OF the Legislature 10 'oe
for it,
THE UsPRIKcRLED, CORRUPT rAMMASy RErUBLIcASs.
Again. how lie II that this Ring is enabled to continue In
power as they dol They are unpopular. they alone
would he able to do IT, but by means OF uniting Win
upprpcpled, corrupt Tammany Ring Republicans, they
have been enabled to continue In power They unite
with them in the legislature ther unite with them
here they get Republicans who arc fond of the popular
e eg gIre se enabled % de to- continue poWer
satisfaction to us az Democrats to be deprived OF our
pnbicans 1t makes little difference yet they manage TO
have Republicans appointed on commissions, and yet
whatever the Tammany Ring require of them. They
the Republican machine as far as they maf naye
hut the members OF both parties have risen up In
off this control OF corrupt leadership the part OF Re
pulicans well on the part of Democratic NomaIUer
how ine xibe Republicans may be they somehow other
maj age by OF public patronage ~ get Iheih
into Office. They manage to continue them IN once i
poweT Now as / said before, the honest masses
throughout the State have rise and determined TO throw
OF this yoke. this hybrid. this mixed power exercised
against them part OF the Republicans as well as
the power used for the purpose Of oppression by the
Democrats
sCHrIJ BARLOW, TILDEN, AND lBLR AZ BoLsTERs.
Now gentlemen, L know that those who were opposed
to us have sought to place their meetings upon dg-
nihed and respectable footing by introducing broad
array OF the Of distinguished individuals Al
their meeting in Tammany Hall the other night, which
not at all filed, they paraded long list OF wee,
Presidents and among them were certain names snch as
schel Barlow, Tden, and OILERS and have a,ways
noticed this in the history OF Ianmony iia-wneneVer
they likely to he defeated they throw out tnese
names and whenever they do it, take II for certain that
9 But Z shat T time since last Spring this secret society
Democracy ran no ticket whatever Yet the Ring ran
ticket usual and tie next day they published IN
mocfacy, which received but % out OF 2o votes No
such ticket ever ran but they published tlas
purpose of humiliatng these genemeI among them
Of these others whose they now VII EN- they
In straits. Whenever they are prosperous thsy do
the influence in Tammany Han that grogshop loafer
IN the Sixth Ward possessef Fhoy use the names
the political inquity which the leaders design zap
TIE PURITY OF TuE BALLoTBox.
There is another issue involved In this contest, and
that is the purity OF the ballos Among the adj
dresses delivered in Tammany Hall the other night,
read one from the Assistant DstrictAttorney in this
city, who said that whatever outrages were
prosecutor in the court OF Sessions thai
they convicted and the severest punishment meted
remarkabie that this gentleman should before the
citizens of NewYork and attempt by an inhanmaory
speech speech Of that character To ntmldate them
from faithful performance of their duty at the ballot
tbs tbs gentleman was and who gave him the right
10 speak and dictate TO the citizens of fNewYork But
very few years ago this gentleman wac citizen OF
| Arkansas. lie in the Rebel army until the Union
troops succeeded, and finally at very recent period
|
1T take the Rebel into the District Attorneys ofee TO
prosecute IL occurred to me that probably the time
into City of NewYork Rebels to prosecute their citi
for dscharging their duty faithfully at the ballot
Now, gentlemen, Mr.. Ledwith, your candidate for for
Mayor will do everything in his power to correct these
abuses lie WILL Is he has promised all occasions, do
everything in his power To see that the members OF these
departments discharge their duties faithfully to the city,
He will call hem to account and need be- lie will drag
to light the msdeeds which have disgraced and polluted
! the fair fame OF this city.
SPEECH OF THOMAS A. LEDwITH.
The Chairman then attempted t. introduce Judge Led
with, but his voice drowned in the whrlwind Of
applause that greeted the mention Of his name. After
| quiet had been restored, Judge Ledwith said:
| MY FELLOW wCrTzENs: camo here tonight rather TO
remain silent observer than an active participant in
the proceedings Of this meeting AS your candidate feel
that views on all the questions th IN thS You
are about 10 consider are understood. feel that
might retire and permit gentlemen much abler than my
self present such considerations occur to be- proper
upon this OCCASION but when find the enthusiasm mani
tested here at the mention OF my name, feel That !
gratitude for this demonstration tonight lAppause.l
MR.. LEDwITH's PLATFORM.
Nv platform, in the first place is opposition TO the
present corrupt ruling of the Tammany Hall Democracy
Applausel. The men who have the control not only of
your municipal affairs but the afrs OF the great State
of New-York for the last years. 1 have since
my entrance into political lfe opposed the men that
who now lead that organization. lAppause. have
gard for HE character and reputation never could
have an aliaton with that class n OF men Applag;e
in the future there can he afiliation
would he simply idle. here pronounce my unrelentng
anagonism those men, and my determination TO leave
no stone unrDed should by your votes be elected TO
oust these men from the places they
worthily and corruptly hold. lApplause.l Economy
in the expenses OF the Government will be
one OF the mOttOes which will govern that
administration feel that OF the t6 600 600 that
annually raised by taxation for support OF the Govern
ment Of this city, 100000 Of that
amount stolen by private individually and goes 70
rich the Ring masters OF Tammany Hall [Appause.l
With these observations my friends, pedgng you II
elected TO pursue that course which In early life I
baul lpaV tn you nd