The Van Buren press., 1871-11-28
From the Eiehmobd tya.J Enquirsr.l
The Beginning Of a GreatMovenent


tire on which the great movement for
z ,litcal Reform in this country should
have been inaugurated. 1t is in every
practical sense the metropolis OF the
country centre Of our commercial,
social, and political life All things
tend to New York, and all influences set
out from that source as their stirling
point There are now congregated there
and in the adjoining cities OF Brooklyn.
Jersey City. de-. million and half OF
souls-more than there are in Berlin,
Vienna, OF 81. Petersburg. Itisthe cen.
tre of all our grand business operations,
the centre of fashion, the centre Of our
artistic and dramatic life, the centre OF
our benevolent and charitable institu
lions. the centre Of all that is respectable
In American literature, the fountain head
aud heart of our religious and secular
press--the centre Of all that's good, the
centre Of all that is bad among rs. Ev.
er, thing in New York is characterized
b, gigantic proportions The great no.
lt.ls-the splendid theatres-the palatial
residences great publishing houses
the great wholesale and retail stores
tile mammoth printing olllces-the gor-
geous Faro Bahks--thel immense Bible
House--,he numberless churches all
are but so many manifestations of The
mighty sub structure which upholW all
these visible forms. Gigantic ~ her
charities and her benefaetions, she Is al
so gigantic in her vices The robberies
OF Mr. William NJ Tweed were worthy
of the capital Of the American world.
Not since the days OF Imperial Rome
when Nerres and Mark Antony stole
their milHons-has there been any paral-
lei to the larccnics which have just been
discovered and Just been rebuked 10 New
York Nothing could give US higher
idca Of the greatness Of New.fork than
the scale on which she has been plum
dered.
And the manner in which she hasriscH
m and freed herself from her despoilers
is as grand as the capacity which she de-
veloped OF being bed -. The recent else
ton in New York city and New York
State Is magnificent warning to evil
doels and scoundrels all over The world.
/ 1t is that most terrible Of all earthly ex
hibi,ons~thc wrath of an offended pco-
Die. Without distinction OF party the
citizens rose up. and, disreg garling what
has hardlg ever been forgotten IN this
country before the effect upon .poiiticai
rrospccts--eyun tie Presidential election
- they have buried beyond the hand Of
direction one of the most Formidable
rings that was ever organize to plunder
the public Tammauy is no more-Dem-
ocrat aud Republican united 10 demo'sA
forever this venerable power which, has
| figured 80 conspicnously in the trinmphs
oi the New York Democracy. The great
! Democralic leader, Charles q Conor, led
,.se sally which storms1 thc on1c I'm
prcgnable citadel--and Horace Greeley,
| and the New York 7inss, and the New
Yotk WotH-Alurphy and Beecher--
| Tilden andl Eyarts-- encouraged each
other as The work OF demolition pro.
ceedcd.
I A cry Of copgra,ulation goes up from
! the whole country at the vigor OF the as
sault and the tIIoroushness with which
the j,b has been done. All feel rejoiced
80 when some historical Lucifer is hurl-
ell from his seat, and sent among the
shades of departed greatness in the land
Of Forgctfuncss There is y sense that
great mo,al blow has been struck. and
great moral triumph achieved We
feel that the capacity Of the people for
/ self government has Icen vlndicated and
/ that CONSERVATION and terror have been
spread among the world wide fraternity
Of scoundrels
And now is the time to improve this
victory We must not rest contented
with what has been accomplished. The
blow which has been struck must be fol.
lowed up. What has fifty begun 10 New
/ York must be extended ~ our provincial
Tammanics and Tweeds. II was proper
| that such movement should have orig
/ mated in New York under the fostering
hand Of the New York 2smss and Mr..
/ Greeley and Mr. Beeeher II is proper
now that the axe which has been laid at
tae root Of this giant oak should make
tie circuit Of the grove, until every cor.
r1pt tree that has struck its roots in our
soil shall have been hewn down and over
thrown. There is wide field for these
operations IN the reconstructed Southern
/ States. We would begin with Governor
| Scott and South Carolina, and with Gov
crnor Bullock and Georgia. Poor South
/ Carolina las 10 New York Times to
plead her cause--ne fiery Beecser to re
cite her wrongs-but TIE dandcr OF the
people is up now, and VIC trust this ball
will not stop rolling until i; has reached
Coumbia and Savannah, and rolled along
the coast line Of the Gulf to New Orleans
and Texas with its S6,000,000 of taxa
ton for 1871. Let us purge the whole
establishment, and cleanse the stables in
every stall Let Republicans and Dem
ocrats go on together with the good work
until South Carolina and Mississippi
Florida and Louisiana, have been re
deemed and avenged Ike the Empire
State and the Empire City Viii the Re-
publicans Of the North hcip the Democ.
racy 80 pull down the Tweeds and Con,
nollys and Garveys of the carpet bag
governments OF the South? viii Mr.
Greeley and the Times and the CONNER
cid .edrrtiser have the goodness TO
turn their attention now to the plumber
Of the South ?
Es- Here Is good one on the "tater
bugs - Three men were comparing notes
o.. ,,Jsi,.r., pa ,urA Lu,o t, nvar,.