Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-07-16
A STARTLING FACT.

The CHRONICLE from the very Begin
ming treated the mob in New York as the
legitimate result Of the corruption and
cowardice of the city officials, whose ten
ure of Office depends entirely upon the will
of the ignorant, intolerant Irish Catholic
element of the city, who constitute almost
one third of the voting population. A city
government relying for support and re-
election upon such an element must in the
very nature of thing be corrupt, inefficient
and wanting in moral courage. But May
or Hall and his subordinates are the tools
of the Tammany ring, whose authority
reaches out to Albany and covers Gov.
Hoffman and the Legislature. They are all
part and parcel of the ring that has illustrat-
ed in its administration in New York City,
at once the most alarming corruption and
the most outrageous usurpations of power,
ever witnessed on this continent. This
ring seeks, by the aid of the millions it
has stolen in the Empire State, to gain
control of this great Government. Gov.
Hoffman is, and has been, its candidate for
the Presidency. Those familiar with its
history will readily believe that upon such
an important matter as has just awakened
the entire nation, their policy was fully
discussed and decided upon only after
careful consultation. 1t now appears
that such was the fact. Circumstances
and positive evidence combine to prove
conclusively that Gov. Hoffman was
in New York city on Monday last,
and was fully aware of the proposed &C
ton of Mayor Hall and his tool Kelso.
Upon this pointwe quote from the Tribune
of Thursday:
write on the tombstones of yesterdays
victims, Murdered by the criminal manage
ment of Mayor A. Oakley Hail. Make
rigid inquisitions of blood before admit
ting that the name of Gov. John T. Hoff-
man shall not be added to the inscription.
To the end scrutinize these facts.
Now we have made careful inquiry into
this matter, and we learn that Gov. Hoff-
man was in this city on Monday, and was
then fully informed as to the actual con-
dition of affairs with reference to the pro-
posed procession for he sent an officer of
his staff (Gen. McQuade) to confer with
the Mayor on the subject at the City Hall
Gen. McQuade had long and confiden-
tial consultation, returned and reported to
you. Thereupon you-started for Albany?
What message did Mayor Hall send you I?
We can afford your silence-you cannot.
Did you return to Albany, deceived by
Mayor Hall into the belief that the rights
of the citizens of New York were to be
protected, or did you return, knowing they
were to be betrayed?
But there is yet more to be considered.
If Gov. Hoffman was deceived by Mayor
Hall on Monday evening, he must have
had telegraphic account of the prohibi-
ton early on Tuesday morning. Yet it
was not until after midnight Wednesday
morning that he took any action. After
the whole respectable population of New
York had risen in angry protest, after a
Storm ofindignation had burst forth which
no Governor could possibly face, he pub
lished his proclamation, not on Tuesday
when it was dated, but on Wednesday
morning at such an hour that most of the
morning papers Except the Iribtne) were
unable to make any comment on it, and
the Orangemen, as he doubtless hoped,
would be unable to turn it to advantage
Published on Monday, the Governors pro-
cIamation would probably have insured a
0uiet parade and saved the awful flow of
blood which we have this morning to re-
port. Published on Wednesday, it was
like The Worlds Reputation OF Frank
Blair in the crisis of the Presidential can
yass-a confession of weakness, an en-
couragement to the enemy.
These facts can leave but one impression
en- all fair minds, and that is, that the
Democratic authorities of New York feared
the voters of the Irish mob more than
they respected the rights of their constit-
uents or the duties of their position, and
that they are all alike guilty of surrender.
ing to brutal mob. If they did it once,
may they not do it again? II they give