The New York herald., 1870-03-05

heavier burdens upon the people.
Tho Democratic Row-some WouId-be
Leaders.
The copperhead organ yesterday called the
roll and had dress parade Of its great men.
1t recited with tender epithets the virtues of
Governor Seymour, whom it stabbed under the
fifth rib just before the last Presidential cleo
tion It called especial attention to the silk
stockings, Of Sammy Tilden. II appealed
warmly for consideration Of the 'liberality" Of
August Belmont. 1t stirred up daintiy and
with long pole Governors Church and Beach.
Well, what Of all that? We also admire Gov
ernor Seymour, and are of opinion that he Is
an excellent member Of the Dairymen's Asso-
citation. As for Sammy Tilden, he is as salts
factory q political Mother Hubbard as we
know, only we have a notion that the dog will
certainly be dead before he comes with the
bone. We admire Belmont also, and can con-
scientiously say that, considering him all over
and through and through, position, character,
race and history, he is the most astonishing
head for democratic party, as we know it,
the world ever saw.
But what is the especial point in this array?
Why are the noble animals trotted out and fed
just now? They seem to come out on this
text: The HERALD has ''teemed for several
days with the vilest epithets levelled at
the heads of Sheriff OBrien, Senator'S
Genet, Creamer and Norton. and Congress-
men Morrissey and Fox" But what,
in the name Of the great panjandrum,
have Seymour, Tilden and Belmont to do with
Morrissey, O'Brien, Genet and Norton Did
Tilden ever handle a shillelah? And what sort
of ballot box suffer would Belmont make?
And how would the bucolic Seymour shine in
The secret Of them seems to be this: The
HERALD, believing that power in the demo-
cratic party was about in its last stronghold of
decency-that if it fell from the hands that now
hold it into the hands Of those that most
urgently seek it evil would certainly come to
the acknowledgement such an event, and
in 80 doing characterized as it deemed fit the
roughs, strikers and others who essay to rule
US. The copperhead organ comes to their
rescue and spreads itself to state the political
hold the conclusion! 1t runs over the names
Of Morrissey, O'Brien Norton and Genet, and
then gives paragraph apiece to Belmont
Seymour, Tilden, Church and Beach. There
is no paragraph to land the genius of O'Brien !;
none to dwell warmly on the achievements Of
NJ co & 4 ~.:lI -
Of Norton. Is the greatness Of these men un-
known to the copperhead muse? Are their
accomplishments thus to be quietly left out Of
sight? Are they to be nowhere when leaders
are discussed?
The copperhead. organ speaks for Tilden and
company but it speaks language not known
to the adherents of Jimmy Brien. 1t is lay
ing pipe for the alliance of it's gentle carpet
knights with the head-breaking and ballot-box
stuffing worthless Of many political fray but
it counts without any host. In fact the roughs
and political desperadoes mean business, and
they don't mean Sammy Tilden. They mean
the spoils, and have a noble contempt for silk
stockings. They have their little idea that as
Peter Bismarck Sweeny and Big Six Tweed
were the followers and pupils Of Fernando the
First and have made their millions, so they
want to be the followers in turn of Sweeny
and Tweed and make their millions also. They
are after the scaps Of these big braves, there
fore-and the spoils-and they do not propose
to divide with the political dilettanti How
ever pleasant an alliance might be in Tilden's
view, the fellows with whom the row origi-
mates will have none Of it. If these fellows
throw off the restraint Of Sweeny, Hall and
the rest, will they put themselves in leading
strings to Tilden and Belmont? That would be
to throw away the victory.
II these strikers for the spoils accomplish
their purpose by changing the democratic dy-
nasty here, they will have no such deadheads as
Tilden to share the plunder Of their hard fight.
That is one result to which the copperhead
organ may make up its mind. Another result
will be that we shall have no new Charter, and
we shall find ourselves indeed all the worse for
the victory that gave the State to the demo-
Gratis. Indeed, when the republican poiti-
clans held the State and the democratic politi-
clans the city, IN that hostility and chronic dis
agreement Of rogues there was little chance
for honest men, but with happy harmony
between the rogues all around the honest man s
! last little chance will be gone.
| MORE RECONsTRUCTIoN.-Ther was lively
| debate over the Georgia Reconstruction bill In
the House Of Representatives yesterday. Ben
Butler spoke in its favor, and in the course of
his remarks alluded to Tennessee, and said that
he proposed to very soon bring the attention Of
| the House and country to that State, where
hundreds Of men were being murdered weekly.
Mr. Farnsworth denounced the Georgia bill as
intended to prolong the tenure Of Office of those
representatives from that State who had served
in the previous Congress, and expressed the
opinion that Congress had got itself far enough
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