Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-09-23
A5a NEW YORK.
Tweed Makes a speech.

Tweed Makes a Speech.
Public Feeling-views of the Press.
NEw YORK, Sept. 22.-Pubhc senti-
ment is getting to be more intense agains!
| the ring, and meetings. held recently in
denunciation of city frauds have succeed
| ed in srousing strong indignation
amongst all anti -Tammany political or
| CARNATIONS, which is spreading daily.
Even the city press now speak against
| the ringleaders with greater boldness.
| Some journals directly ask the appIehen-
sion at once of the men implicated in
| robbing the city treasury.
The Times referring to Tweed, says
if his man Haggarty is In prison, why
should not Tweed be there toog Is the
lackey more guilty than the mastela Is
not the hardness shown by the Conn
mittee of Seventy too placid? 1t says
that any old stage coach IN deep rut
would move faster. 1t declares that if
Garvin did his duty, he would in
dict Hall without another hours delay,
and asks whether if Garvin declines,
no one else is willing to try whether or
not justice can be had on these criminals.
ATnibune editorial upon the robbery says
that circumstances point to members
of the ruling oligarchy in connection with
the destruction of records; that it now
seems impossible that they can much
longer evade criminals dock cells at Sing
Sing.
The Herald thinks Hall, Tweed and
Sweeney should be called upon to state
what they know about the $4,000, 900 in
vouchers of 1870, of which Connolly
charges they had knowledge, and asks
also that prompt measures be taken to
arrest the persons who are amensble to
the law in plundering city moneys, or at
taching their property, before they can
have an opportunity to escape.
The World, which has been hitherto
sustaining Hall, who is against Connolly,
to day editorially says it is always best to
face the situation, and that there should
be no relentIng the action which is going
on against the Municipal authorities, but
thinks that as all the sggressors that were
against the ring are Democrats, the re-
form must needs be expected through
Democratic agencies. Besides all Demo-
cratic newspapers of the interior are de-
manding an overthrow of the ring. The
| finding of the missing vouchers last night
is the most important fact yet made. 1t
is believed that there is sufficient infor-
nation to now lead to the discovery of
the thief and the manner in which the
affair was brought about. 1t is expected
they will at once examine the papers
which were found in heap of rubbish on
the top floor of the Courthouse where
Haggerty lived.
Some OF the Vouchers Traced
The bundles of vouchers taken away
in pillow case were traced to Alderman
Murray's store. 1t is not known whether
they have been destroyed or preserved for
the purposes of black mail. The matter
is now being investigated.
No Legislative Interference.
Gov. Hoffman states that he does not
intend to call an extra session of the Le-
| gislsture to take action on the mu nicipal
trouble.
Will Hail Recognize Comptroller
Green
The acting Comptroller this morning
sent a communication to Mayor Hall,
asking for an early meeting of the Super
visors, in order that definite action may
be taken in regard to the collection of
taxes. As yes no response has been re-
ceived.
LATKR.-Mayor Hall has called spe-
cial meeting Of the Board of Supervisors
for Monday in obedience to request Of
Deputy Comptroller UreDn, - oo+ -,rnr
the tax levy.
| The Voice of the Democracy.
Samuel ]. Tilden, Chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, has sent
circulars 10 prominent Democrats, re-
| questing their attendance at the primary
meetings to choose delegates to the re-
! spective assembly districts or County
| Conventions. 1t concludes with
these word "Wherever the grangrene
of corruption has reached the Democratic
party, we must take the knife and cut it
out by the roots"
Tweed Among the ErIends of Hts
ChildhOod-AS speech.
A mass meeting was held tonight at
Tweed Place to endorse VIM. NJ. Tweed.
Fully 2, 800 persons were present. Con-
gressmsn VIM. r. Roberts presided. The
greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Resolu-
tions were adopted endorsing Tweed, and
upholding him for reelection. Tweed
spoke as follows:
At home again! [cheersl at home again,
and among the friends OF my childhood
and the scenes of my youth-smong
those friends feel can safely place my
self, my record, and all have performed
and done as public official openly and
publicly TO their gaze. Cheers. Were
to say that merely the manner in
which have been received was
such as to make every
throb of my heart beat, would be un-
just 10 myself and those around me, who
| am glad to see at time like this, when
to be Democrats and hold office, Is to be
aspersed, maligued, and condemned with
out trial, and traduced without hear
ing. 1t is pleasure to public official
to come among the friends of his child
hood, to take them by the hand, to talk
to them in friendly manner, and see his
public conduct approved by them.
Reviled and tIsduced and maligned as
man has seldom been, point proudly to
my record of the past, which ls open to
the scan of all, and ] court free, open
and impartial investigation into all official
and recorded acts of my life. Cheers I
My friends say, Why do you not reply
to those newspaper attacks? have only
to reply, No man can ever reply TO a
newspaper attack and stop the attack.
, The proper place, the true place,
the only place where one can be
sdjudged guilty of aspersions against
mans character, such as those
levelled at me, is before a properly
constituted legal tribunal, and l tell my
, | opponents and traduceTs that am ready
at any moment to go forward and meet
them. But while they stand behind the
mighty engine of the world-the power
of the press-no man can do justice to
, himself by standing outside and fighting