The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05
REFORMED TAHlrlANX.

Two or three years ago, 1ammany Hall
was omnipotcnt in New York city, and had,
also, reached out its hands and embraced
the whole state in its foul arms. 1t was
stone was fraud and corruption. Ii bought
judges, packed the jury box, and bribctl
the legislator. Thieves and cut Threats.
who could be made serviccaDlc at the bal
lot box, for their continuance in power,
went unwhippcd of justice. They impris-
oned whom they would, and let those
whom they would go free. They had
placed their hearts upon the control of the
nation of making the same use of the
public treasury as they were doing with
that of New York city. 1t is said that
there is ''honor among thieves" and so
there is TO Il certain extent. So long as
there is fair division of spoils. and 4" it
pays to work together, so long will they
hold together and so long keep faith with
one anothcr-but no longer. This is all
the honor there is among thieves. What
were these Tammanylites and their sat
teltes but thieves? We all know that
Tweed and Connolly were thieves. and is
not the old saying true that the partaker
is as bad as the thief" Wherein is the
difference when the partaller takes his part
of the spells, knowing that it is stolen =:
The ring quarrellcd among themselves.
While stealing beyond all precedent. they
would not allow another favorite of Tam
many TO dip in" This was too much.
Pay or will peach" was the threat. Sc
cure in their power they wouldn't pay, but
the Times did. The "pcaching" was done,
the public were awakened to the manner
in which they were being robbed the ring
was banished from power, the leaders or
some of them are imprisoned, and Tam
many, it is said, is reformed.
But is it? Tweed, Connolly and com
pany, if they were knaves, were not fools.
save, perhaps reasoning after their style -
when they refused to pay that little sher-
riffs bill. They never "barked up the
wrong tree" They knew whom it would
do to approach with a bribe and whom it
would not. They never made mistake in
this direction. and hence their long CON
tnuancc in power "Reformcd Tam
many seems TO be controlled by fools as
well as Nnaycs. One day last week the
following letter, signed by "Dr Feodor
Mierson, Secretary Twentietll Assembly
District Tammany Hall General Com
mittec, was sent to several Of the Judges
of New York city at least, we are bound
to presume it was from its tenor, address
and contents the one we copy was received
by Recorder llackett. The letter is as fol.
lows, except date and signatures
To tie UonoraJL Court IF GenerH SEES.
stOnS.
GENTLEMEN : The Committee on Organ.
ization of Tammany Hall has assigned Ia
our district one deputy clerk and one off.
Ger OF your court, suitable persons 10 bf
recommended by the Tammany Hall com.
mittec Of our district. You will oblige the
undersigned by signifying your intention
in regard thereto, and stating at what time
recommendation are to be sent in.
Fortunately for the public, the letter was
sent to Recorder lIackctt, or its contents
might never have been known. As We
have said, Tweed and company were moi
fools, they knew whom to approach, and
whom to let alone. John X. IIackett, they
knew, was too honest to be bribed, and
they knew, moreover, that any attempt OF
the kind would be Immediately exposed
To the proposition contained in the letter
he made an immediate reply, showing that
the idea suggested was new to him, even il
il had been practiccd by Barnard, Cardozo
and others. lie says II have been recorder
nearly eight years, and have never before
received any such information even by i'm
plication. Whatever may have been the
political sins of former leaders in Tammany
Hall, they never increased them by suggcs
lively interfering with the independence Of
the court in which | have the honor to be
| Judge" 1t is time that the attention of tho
people of New York was once more turned
to Tammany. II needs further reforming
III his letter is true-and who doubts il p
reformed Tammany' is going to work il
something the same way that their prede
cessors did, only to a greater extent. Theii