New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-11
TAMMANY IN THE MEAL TUB.

TAMMANY IN THE MEAL TUB.
Mr. Cox, of New York, is usually dis
tinguisned from ':Box and Cox and other
gentlemen of that rather popular name by
the ep;thet "Sunset Cox" He is about
to make glorious rising and reappear-
ance at the head of the Northern Democ-
racy. Tammany Hall has like the Mo-
docs given up its Captain Jack in the
surrender of that hero of hundred
indictments, Boss Tweed. Tammany now
claims to be regenerated, and comes forth
clad in the thrice-purified garments OF
State rights. and sanctiied by long and
painful political Lent, during which it
has abstained from the spirits with the
religious fidelity of a compulsory absti-
nence. And Mr.. Sunset is the prophet
of Tammany. His first Jeremiad is a
profuse weeping over the backslidings OF
our Israel. He denounces woe on the
Credit Mobilier and back pay steal Of our
political Jerusalem. Tammany, which has
so long and 80 often sat under the presid-
ing gavel Of its boss, Tweed. listens and
applauds the stirring diatribes of the de-
clining god of day. typiied as aforesaid
in the cognomen of the orator. Having
proved the utter decentralization Of the
government and the country. the prophet
predicts "the success of the Tammany
Dem ocracy at the next election" and as
serts that there will he forthwith such a
political millennium following this event
that a public officer would not pick up
and pocket gold eagle if he found it
lying in the street without having its value
appraised and advertised several success
sive weeks in the newspapers. The truth
is that if Tammany or its prophet be-
Eeved that this alleged waste of the public
money is to cease-if they believed that
to the victors do not belong the
spoils-Tammany would take down
it's banner, close its doors, and
disband its followers. 1t was long ago
said of this Democracy. by an eminent
statesman. that it was ''held together by
the cohesive power of public plumber"
and if that cement has lost its tenacity.
wherewithal will Tammany be held to-
gether? There is to be gathering OF all
the Democracy, old and young. and Mr.
Sunset raises his pious hands in blessings
upon them. He predicts their united sue
cess in driving the invaders from the Vat
lean, and leaves to be implied the treas
ures of plate, pictures and statuary with
which the conquerors will be laden. They.
however, understand the crusade on which
they are to be led is not one Of sackcloth
and ashes, and that the commonest Demo-
cratic soldier is to throw dice on cloth of
gold for silks and sequins captured from
the intidel.
But this success is chimerical. The
public will apply to this reformation Of
Tammany the fable Of the cat in the meal
tub. They will irreverently apply to the
preachings and predictions Of Mr.. Sunset
that rather skeptica! distich:
what mighty difference can there be
Twixt TwEED-.e-dum and TWEED lie dec!
and will shake their incredulous heads at
the specious pledges Of Tammany.
Mr. Sunset will have great difficulty in
reuniting those Estate rights Democrats"
who, with General Butler and General
Mcclellan. aided to subjugate their State
rights friends with those friends who have
suffered from their weapons and from the
plundering of the Tammanyites who Iol-
lowed them. The attempt of Tammany
and the New York World to reinstate free
trade will be equally vain. The World
has said:
Every citizen who is unequivocaliy for
free trade is a good enough Democrat for
US; 70 protectionist can be Democrat at all.
And yet the Democracy Of last year
supported Horace Greeley without change
of his principles. and will not now dis
card the highest protectionist in Pennsyl-
vania if he will vote the Tammany ticket.
Verify Mr.. Sunset anticipates new dawn
for the Democracy, which he will never
live to behold. Its sun set in deception.
This luminary heralded by Mr.. Cox is a
mere parhelion or mock sun. but thing
of mis-: and mirage. The sun of free
trade and State rights Democracy has set
forever and left the political world in
worse than zimmerman darkness.