The New York herald., 1874-10-07
Tammany Hall.

Weare tired of Tammany Hall Far months
and months we have had all manner Of pro-
testations as to what was to be done in the
celebrate the regeneration Of the old party,
to welcome it as having been born again. To
be sure it had been wicked, but all OF its
| wickedness had gone to Blackwelrs Island
with Tweed, or to Paris with Sweeny, or to
Belgium with Tom Fields The apostles OF
this conversion were those bosom friends John
Kelly and John Morrissey, the Damon and
Pythias Of the metropolis. There was TO be
no more chicanery in caucuses, no more trifiing
with the will of the people, no more sordid
attempts to use place for pelf. Our court
houses would not cost q thousand dollars
brick, and Garveys plastering accounts would
no longer be precedents. Tammany, re-
formed, purified. redeemed, resenerated,
would once again be the bulwark of the de-
mocracy the Imperial Guard that would lead
the party to such victory in New York that
Presidential victory in the nation would be
inevitable.
The HERALD is somewhat indulgent
Journal and disposed to take men as they
seem. So we have accepted those profFers OF
reform, and have done what we could to aid
Mr. Kelly in his work of regeneration. We
have told the people that chastened and puri-
fed Tammany would now show its true char
acter that there would be an honest recog-
milton of the Irish element and the German
element, and the American element in our
hat oh
was merchant and truly representative OF
merchant city in the other Offices persons
of honor and probity. Above oil things we
have rejoiced that the democratic masses OF
New York would no longer be stifed at the
polls that there would be no absorbing, suf-
locating, insatiate ring that the masses
would govern the party. But what do we
see? The same spirit, the same purpose, the
same ambition, the same disregard OF the
people. The exile Of Blackwells Island
may feel like the exile Of ST. Helena,
that be has done his work well.
Napoleon was absent but Napoleon
ism ruled in France Tweed is away,
but Tweedism dominates Tammany Hall.
We mean Tweedism in its political sense,
for we do not attribute dishonesty to
the ruling saints in Tammany That is to
say, we do not say they have swindled the
treasury as Tweed swindled it, and are they
not all .'honest' men? "Honest John Kelly,
'Honest" John Morrissey "Honest" Jimmy
Hayes, '.Honest" Ned Shandley, do they not
wear their honesty like uniform, conspicu-
ously labelled on their hats, lest the world
might be in doubt Of the fact? There was
cynical philosopher who once said that he had
his own views Of woman who declaimed
about her virtue. and OF the man who ostenta-
tiously proclaimed his honesty. We do not
apply this to the reformed Tammany, although
had we any unkindness in our heart we should
hasten to do 50.
Tweedism reigns in Tammany Hall. The
small knot Of daring, greedy men who hold
power are as resolute as was ever Tweed in his
glory. There is the same overmastering disci-
pline, the same bending Of all Wills to one will,
the same yearning for ''bosom friends" The
inside ring parcels out its Offices just as they
were parcelled out by Tweed and Sweeny.
Honest John Kelly and Honest John Morrissey
are as imperial in their policy as their predeces-
sors The HERALD, in its season of trust in a
reformed Tammany suggested for the Mayo or
atty some such men as William Butler Dun
can and John K. Hackett because their char
acter and capacity would be the best assurance
of reformed Tammany Han. But Duncan
and Hackett have not learned what may be
called the "Ring STEP" the trick Of marching
to the crack Of any bosses" whip, nor are
they the bosom friends of Kelly and Morris
sey. So they were not even considered,
and in their place we are to have
Mr.. Wickham who is simply the bosom
friend of Honest John Kelly and will keep
any time in his PAGES that is marked for
him. We have suggested for the Registership
some able, worthy, honest, needy man, who
had served the party WELL gallant soldier, or
representative Irish or German citizen, to
whom the Office with its vast revenues would
be recompense and comfort. We could
name hundred men in New York upon
whom it could be properly bestowed just as
in spite Of Tammany Hall, it was once be-
slowed on the lamented and brilliant Miles
ORelly. Tammany names Honest Jimmy
Hayes, the bosom friend Of Honest John
Morrissey, rich man who does not need the
money, and whose principal claim to favor is
that he has transferred to Morrissey the bosom
friendship he showed to William NJ. Tweed.
We have said that nothing could be more
graceful than to show some recognition of the
Irish and German element in this city. Tam
many has always been loud in its devotion to
the Irish cause until the time came for nomi-
mating candidates to Office. Then the Irishmen
were forgotten. In the old time when men
were singled out for honor, it was Fernando
Wood and Hoffman and Gunther who were
chosen-who were not Irish, and had no real
sympathy with the Irish people. Now and