The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
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orruMwA wApEILo COUNTY, IOWA THURSDAY

j. iDHlsoORAOY COME 70 Seed.
i Ifthefe is one single spot upol
this oarth where the modern type Q
Democracy has had full sweep, tina
place is New York City,
With . majority Approximately
one hundred thousand in the city
which is being constantly accelera
ted By additions from the very wors
dregs Of immigration, too WORTHLESS
and indolent 10 leave the city, ant
and who are, Of course. Democrat
to a man, that city presents . speci
mon Of the highest development o
Democracy. ,a.,. ...
What that Democracy has don,
for the city, we will let Brick Pome
roy tell our readers IN an elaborat.
article taken from his New Yorl
Democrat, Of the 22d instant:
! Sat New York they changed il
one act the entire nature of tho city
governments. It was once Republi
can In form. The charter of 1907
makes it a despotism, which q man o
low origin and Ring Alderman
during the war as despot. This man
and another of the Same class, to
gether with q host of their family
relatives and pack OF murderous
Thugs at their bidding, control the
entire government. they are nomi.
nally appointed by the Mayor, and
hold Office for Eve years. The Mayor
holds Office tor two years. He can
only be elected upon their nomina-
ticn, and is consequently their
merest puppet. Whoever he may
be at the time their offices expire, he
must necessarily re-appoint them. 1t
is, therefore, q life government
perhaps an hereditary one. Many
Of the judges, tools OF this vile bier
archy, are corrupted and corrupttne.
Justice has it's price, and this is quo
ted in the market. All laws Of re-
sponsibility and accountability are
swept away. The Ring can appoint
as many officers of government as it
pleases, can confer upon these officers
such terms Of Office and emoluments
as it pleases, and can appropriate
and expend whatever sums Of money
it pleases. It has secured in the
charter standing appropriations to
an unlimited amount, and procured
these to be made q charge on all the
real and personal property of the
people, to be satisfied by taxes which
they are authorized to enforce, or
debts which they are authorized to
contract. In q word, they have the
peoples blank check to their own or
der, and can fill it up with any sums
they please they may borrow
money on the city's credit TO an un-
limited extent. They need no tax
levy, no appropriation bills, no au.
thority of any kind. Their present
authority is all-embracing. They
sre no longer obliged even TO render
accounts Of their expenditure, and
for 186S-69 no account has been
published. sa ~
Beside the despotic power possess
ed by the Ring at New York, it con.
trolls the State government at AL
bany. The Legislature of New York
is just as completely IN it's breeches
pockets as is the money it has stolen
from the people. Their rule is not
confined to the million of people re-
siding in New York City; IL extends
TO the four millions residing In the
State. The railroads, the canals, the
banks, the insurance companies; all
the great agencies of commerce, Of
credit, of security are at their mercy.
Nor are any Of these interests spared.
The pluDdering hordes infest every
nook and corner OF industry and
thrift. Millions are wrung from .
railway; $4,000 is charged for .
charter to q Stock Exchange; hund.
reds of thousands are /" borrowed" ("
from An insui anre company on worth
less security; hundreds of dollars a
year are wrung from every STALL
keeper in Washington Market. The
courts are muzzled, the press is pur-
chased, and the black flag of Tam.
many waves over all.
Countrymenl The lasting quail
ties of Democratic principles are to
be again tried at the polls, and the
prospects Of a national victory in
1879 are most encouraging. We
have but one serious disadvantage
to get rid of-the Tammany Ring of
Pirates. This infamous clique has
been a dead weight in the party ever
since the war. lis loathesome asso-
Citations, its intrigue and treachery
defeated us in 1863, when it gave us
bad odor throughout the campaign,
stuffed the party with put-up- Ring
candidate, and betrayed us and sold
US out on the eve of success by
treacherousIy abandoning the ticket.
The Ring made 1900, 900 BY this
operation, as one of the Ring candi-
dates now elected to Congress- him.
self admits and sets forth. (See
leading editorial in Roosevelt's New
York Citizen for August, 1900 Un-
less we resolve to throw off the incu-
bus of this piratical and treacLerous
crew; unless we sternly resolve to
''cut" the Ring and every scoundrel
who follows it's leadership, we shall
be defeated, and we ought to be dc.
feated. No party with such mass
of corruption deserves to succeed
anywhere but in hell. Success to
such a crew means not only gov
ernment stolen and plundered wealth,
not only . government OF despotism
and force, but . government OF pub
lie crimes, and eventually Bloody
Revolt.
Hardin and Marshall counties arr
in the same Senatorial District, anG
each county wants the Senator. Mar
shall has the most votes, and Hardin
refuses to 20 into Convention with
her. Result: Marshall county me-
in Convention ut MarshaIltown tn,
other day, and after inviting som,