The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Tammany in Council.

ut AculOtS WHO WOfSllp NJ tllc ohIihc
of Democracy are wont to call it "pure
Democracy, the "old Democracy" etc.
Tammany and Democracy are synony-
nous terms. Democracy is as old MS
Tammany and as pure O. as Tammany ;
aud Tammany is as old and rs pure as
Democracy. There is fitness in the
laudation of Democracy by Tammany
Sachem, and an equal fitness in the
worship of Tammany by live, old
fashioned, pure, Bourbon Democrat.
This is precisely what Tammany aid on
the 4th of Jnly, and Vice versa. The
WOrid. of the 9th inst, deyotes much
space to the celebration Of the "yener.
able society" and ats patriotic objects.
When the Grand Sachem, Augustus
Schell, with the fathers, sachems, scribes
and medicine men, had entered the hall,
CANDY with banners, shields, flowers
and innumerable emblems of the grand
history of the order, Mr.. Sche,l wei
coined the assembled multitude of
hoary-headed Democrats to the APP
preaching festivities. Brother Schell
was not in his happiest vein. His
speech was n sort of lament. He re-
ferred to the time-honored (O assertion
that the Democracy is old, and, hence,
indebted, and that it "fadeth not
away" with suspicion of that hest
fancy born of that hope deferred which
maketh the heart sick. He said that
during the last year great wrongs had
been committed against the party 1--WE
represent" He did not mention the
name Of the Hon. William NJ. Tweed,
but it is presumable that the special
wrong he had in his mind was the IL
generation of that venerable Sachem OF
Tammany-Mr Tweed-in the peniten-
tiary of the State of New York. His
allusion to the fact that "Our wants and
needs have been passed over IN TINS
city" was evidently in reminiscence of
the good old time when Tweed dealt out
morsels of public plumber to the Tam
many ring. The manner in which he
spoke of the efforts of the society to
prevent those in power from usurping
the rights ace hOld OFT to every man "
(meaning, of course, every man who be-
longs TO the order of Tammany) was
very affecting, and doubtless brought
tears to all eyes. But when Brother
Schell declared that the only hope of
the country (meaning Tammany) rested
in the restoration of the Democratic
party to power (plunder), he took on
new courage and ardor, his audience
dried it's tears, and both the speaker
and the hearers resolved to do as New
Hampshire has done-fall into the Dem
ocratic ranks and fight for Democracy
as it was before the war, and for the
Constitution as it was before the usurp-
ing Republican party amended it III the
interest of the hated "nigger."
Then the pipe of peace was smoked
and the Star-Spangled Banner" sung,
and then followed the "long talk " by
Brother James S. Thayer. Mr.. Thayer
wants local self-government, and wants
the old pure Democracy to have entire
control Of the "local self governments. p"
Briefly, Mr.. Thayer desires that the
great Tammany shall be restored to
power in New York city, and all the
little Tammanys in all the other little
" local self governments. He says
"Ihe old standard Of Democracy must
be borne in front" No union with Lib
erals in 1876; it must be Estates
rights (never defeated except by wary;
"hard money" (the trick by which En-
gland has robbed the many for the ben
eft of the few, and free trade" (the
policy through which the wages OF
laborers may be reduced to the English,
French and German standard). Mr..
Thayer says virtually that Democracy
has forgotten nothing and learned moth
ing, and that Tammany is its prophet.
Then came the reading OF letters from
Sachems and friends who We're SO I'M
fortunate as not to be able to attend the
festival Gideon Welles wrote about
corruption and the usurpation of the
Republican party, hard money, and
local law. Mr.. Eaton, the new Senator
from Connecticut, "hopes the New York
Democracy will win, and "kno,OS Mat
Old IdDn1any aOW exercise great poorer
Jor gO0d." For what Mr.. Eaton re-
CARDS as "good, see his declarations
of uncompromising hostility to the
cause of the Union during the war OF
the rebellion, and particularly his
proposition that the Massachusetts sol
diers should not march to the rescue of
Washington, except over his dead body.
Brother Fernando Wood called every
" Indian" to go on the war-path for the
good of the country, !. e.-the good OF
Tammany. But "Sunset Cox" was the
hero of the occasion. He nearly wrecked
himself, physically, and exhausted the
English language in denunciation of all
things, and III laudation of the pure GU
Democracy. He sneered the Declare
ton of Independence out of court as a
" shadowy abstraction and glittering
generality" and set mp Tammany in
its stead.
Altogether the affair was very ridicu-
lous, but conclusive as to toe determi-
nation of every big and every little
sachem to resurrect the old body of
Democracy with all it's hideous scars
upon it, and stand it in the place of
honor with a strong disposition to pay
the highest tribute of respect to the
scars. Meantime Tweed, the father of
the society, by virtue of superior ability
to plumber, had the modification to
read the account of celebration of
Tammany which made no mention of
his name But Tweed is nevertheless
of Tammany, and Tammany is Democ-
racy Inter ocean.
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