Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-26
THE TAMMANY WAR.
"BOSS" Tweed Speaks to the "Unterriiled
Democrats >,

Notwithstanding the most indisputable
proof shows that Tweed has stolen mill
ions he still has Fifteen thousand Demo
cratic followers" in New York city. His
money, stolen from the overburdened tax
payers, makes him popular with the cor
rupt Democracy of that city, and enables
him to buy for himself "rousing demon
stration." We give the proceedings of
that meeting of aGateryfed Democrats. A
Democratic Congressman presided: ID
A TWEED MEETING.
An immense meeting was held tonight
in Tweed Plaza to indorse William M.
Tweed. Fully 25, 600 persons were present,
Congressman William r. Roberts presid-
ed. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
A resolution was adopted indorsing
Tweed, and placing him in. nomination
for reelection. Tweed, on being intro
duced, spoke as follows:
"At home again. GCheers. At home
again, and among the friends of my child
hood, and the scenes of my youth. Among
those friends feel l can safely place my
sell, my record, and all have done and
performed and done as a public official,
openly and publicly to their gaze. Cheers J
At a time like this, when to be Democrats
and to hold office issste be aspersed, malign-
ed and condemned without a trial. and
traduced without hearing, it is a pleasure
to a public official to come among the
friends of his childhOod-tO take them by
the hand-to talk to them in n friendly
manner.
My friends say. why do you not reply to
those newspaper attacksP L have only
one reply: No man can reply to a newspa-
per attack and stop the attack. The pro-
per place, the true place, the only place
where man can be adjudged guilty of as
persiOns against a mans character such as
those Ieveled at me, is before the properly
constituted legal tribunal, and / tell my
opponents and traducers that | am ready
at any moment to go forward and meet
them. But while they stand behind that
mighty engine of the worlds power, the
press, no man can do justice to himself by
standing outside and fighting against those
who are inside of the press. My public
life is open to my constituents and party,
and it is such that | am able to face my ac-
cusers in the only manly, fair and proper
way to meet those who traduce and gevile
us. place myself in your hands and [
thankfully accept your nomination for
Senator. | expect of you that you will
stand by me and prove that you resent, as
untrue and unjust, the calumnies heaped
on me. l had majority or $4,000 at the
last election. Next time 1 expect ma
joriiy of 80, 600, and will be content with
nothing less"
A special to the Cincinnati Gazette says
1.-The Tammany supporters are evident
ly determined to acquit Haggerty of steal
ing the vouchers, Reporters and others
are not allowed to see him, and he has
been assured by his counsel that he will be
protected. District Attorney Garvin's re-
fusal to allow the Committee of Seventy to
appoint counsel to assist him is regarded
as very significant, for the reason that
Garvin is of little account as a prosecutor.
Several members ofthe American Club will
swear that Haggerty was at the clubhouse,
in Greenwich, Ct, at the time the robbery
was committrd, and as Haggerty's trial
comes before Justice Bowling, who is
friendly to the ring, it is feared that he
will accept their evidence and discharge
Haggerty.~ District Attorney Garvin was
interviewed to-day by reporter, and init
mated that he did not think Haggerty and
Balch could be convicted