The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06
Kelly na RnheanIerre.

at the bloody course of Robespierre and his
followers, that famous chief was in the habit
of rushing to the Jacobin Club, followed by
Couthon, Saint Just, Fouquier-Tinville, Lee
bas, and his gang of followers and making
a speech. In this speech he called upon
France to know how incorruptible he was
He denounced the malcontent newspapers
for venturing to criticise them. He reminded
the French people that he had given them,
or tried to give them, good government,
and generally concluded his remarks by APP
pealing to his satellites to stand by the old
flag of the guillotine and to strike terror into
the hearts of his opponents. 1t was the Gus
tom also for Lebas, Saint Just and the rest
to shout and cheer Robespierre, and to fol-
low him around the streets as the saviour Of
France. Sometimes Robespierre made
as many as three speeches in four
days, in which their whole subject
was his own glory, his own honesty and the
perfdy and weakness of the French people
In like manner our New York Robespierre
Kelly, defeated by the public opinion Of
New York and properly denounced as the
mocracy, himself and his organization, rushes
into his Jacobin Club on Fourteenth street,
followed by Frank B. Spinola, William A.
Boyd, General Mcmahon and Colonel Tom
Dunlap, and makes speech. In this speech
he denounces newspapers for not supporting
him, and politicians on the other side for not
obeying his commands, and the people for
not permitting him to give them good gov
eminent. And we observe that at the con-
clusion Of his speech Generals Mcmahon and
Spinola and the rest throw up their hands
and cry out, "Long live Kelly !" just as
their predecessors in the French Revolu-
ton were wont to cry out 'Long live Robes
pierre !"
No one doubts that Robespierre was an
honorable man. He never stole anything
from France, and although for a time master
of its revenues, he died in honorable poverty.
He was not as fortunate as John Kelly, even
IN his honesty, for he did not live long
enough to be Sheriff Of Paris for two
terms, or he might have also been an
honest man living upon good income
arising out of the prudent investment of large
fees, and we have no doubt that Robespierre
was sincerely anxious to govern France WELL
and we have the authority Of Napoleon l. for
saying that it was his intention to have put
an end to the Reign of Terror after having
beheaded all his opponents. His pure ambi-
ton was to give Paris good government
John Kellys ambition has been of this same
character. BY driving out of Tammany Hall
every democrat who opposed him, after ex-
polling from Office every democratic partisan
who would not vote for him, we have no
doubt that John Kelly, like Robespicrre,
would see that New York was governed we'll
that there was no stealing that Spinola, Tom
Campbell, Denis Quinn and William A.
Boyd and the other irreproachable states
men who surround him would fill the high
Offices
But the great trouble is that New York does
not wish to be governed by John Kelly but
by itself 1t is weakness in the republican
form Of government, which has no doubt oc-
CURED to Mr.. Kelly during the meditations
of the past few days, that the people will
have some voice in the choice of their rulers
BY this we mean that when majority of the
citizens of New York desire a certain person
in Office by the constitution as we have it
from jefferson they are entitled to that priv
ilege. But by the constitution, as Mr.
Kelly proposes to amend it, good
government is not to come from
the people, but from an irresponsible
dictator, who by the aid of q secret society
of Sachems and Indians, controls the organi-
cation, and this is the whole controversy.
No doubt Robespierre was honest in his de-
sire to govern France, but France was Just
as honest in its resolution not to be governed
by him, and in the end France proved the
stronger We have no doubt that John Kelly
is perfectly sincere in his wish to give good
government to New York, and what better
government could there be than that Of Spi-
nola and Campbell and Quinn and Boyd and
Dunlap? But, on the other hand, New York
is perfectly sincere in its desire not to be
governed by John Kelly, and in the end
New York will win, as it won on Tuesday.
1t is an unequal fight; Kelly and his
Sachems and followers and incense-bearers
on the one side and the people on the other.
Tweed found it So although he stole millions
of dollars with which to strengthen his do
minion. Kelly has found it so, and whoever
succeeds him will find it so again This
demonstration at Tammany Hall on Thurs
day night is nothing more than one of the
old demonstrations at the Jacobin Club. 1t
means nothing because the public opinion
is against it.
The New COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION has
saved us at least one item in next years tax
levy. He gave an opinion before the Board
Of Annnrtinnment during the discussion Of