The New York herald., 1875-08-17
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tion we shall have Sa political earthquake
before many days. Tho ginnt writhes under
the burning mountafn- The Enceladus of
modern democracy is not disposed to rest
patiently any longer under the oppressive
| burden.
| As often as he turns his weary sides
he shakes the solid isle iuld smoke the heavens hides
Every breeze from Saratoga tells of his suf-
ferings. AS our reporter, a man Of unusual
| discernment and whoSwrites Saxon tersely,
puts it, ''John DIorrissey howls." He howls
through column of tle HERAiD's compact,
expressive type. AS 4sthe O'Morrissey is
statesman for whose words and acts, es-
pecially for whose acts, we have a profound
respect, we listen to his howls with ditiident
and anxious attention. The. O'Morrissey
bowling, this great powerful, but unappre-
ciated statesman in the Glroes of deep despair,
is calculated to inspire any peaceful COM
munity with alarm. When our reporter
mentioned the name of Wickham to the
frothing giant ''the mDst intense disgust
overspread his features. Then came ''knit-
ting of the eyebrows which showed a storm
was fast gathering" After this was ''the
curling of the lip with tlno most ineffable dis
gust" and zone resistless flow of manly in
dignation." Then the great statesman 're-
laxed the stiffened muscAes of his face, but
only for a moment; for when he came to
dwell upon the misfortunes of his bosom
friend Hayes it was sin allow tone, evidently
struggling to master his anger" and, finally,
after varying phases of emotion and anger
the massive leader gives this piercing wall =
ooh this is an awful thing they have done
to me, an awful thing"
An ordinary Politician In state of mental
distress q man as O'Waterbury, or
O'Roosevelt, or O'Costigan- might excite the
sympathy of the community O'Morrissey
in anger has wider Specification. There is
no knowing when the storm may come upon
us. So long as OMorrissey was kept within
the limitations of Tannnany Hall, SO
long as he was humored now and then
by the nomination of bosom friend like
Jenny Hayes to an Office for which he was
defeated, so long as he was allowed to spend
money without limit for ''the good of the
party" he was peaceable and sweet. But
the lion at feeding time and the lion when he
has been neglected by his keepers is differ
ent animal. When Morrissey howls it means
something 1t means that the Tammany
leaders are about to have lively and pro-
longed controversy; that they expected the
O'Morrissey, the descendant of an Irish king
of no less a monarch than the, great Upton
Slasher, who reigned in DonrUbrook king
dom, and never threw up the sponge or
failed to walk to his scratch when time was
called, a statesman of capacities and wide
range and reaching sweep-to- quietly sit
down and be kicked out of Tanimany Hall
by John Kelly. This is reflection upon
human nature. No wonder Morrissey howls
He has before his eyes the ever present appa-
rition of his bosom friend Jenuny Hayes,
who, after having spent thousands of dollars
for 'thegood of the party" was treacherously
stabbed during the last canvass He would
be less than a man to endure TINS sad and
sorry sight without his soul burning in his
bosom.
Nor do we venture to say what will be the
effect upon New York politics of tie OMor-
rissey at large and bowling. If the giant
should burst from his prison and upset the
mountain what would be the result? Is there
no way to avoid this disaster? Cannot our
Irish kings see that in their dissensions they
are simply inviting the enemy2 Do they
not remember in the early days of their
glorious history that the foreigner only sue
ceeded in invading Ireland when her kings
were divided and contending? Here,- hover
ing upon our borders, we have horde of
robbers and ruthless aliens, hungering for
our homes, for our subsistence for our wives
and children, as eager to possess this land as
the De Lacys of the past were to possess the
lands of that glorious monarch Brign Bo-
roihme, who now rests with God If New
York should pass from under the control of
the Irish kings there is no knowing what the
result may be- Bean-munching Yankees
from Cape Cod would swarm into our Comp
troller's Office. A horde Of adventurers from
Connecticut who have spent their lives in
selling hickory nutmegs and cedar hams will
occupy our court houses, our commissions.
our different departments. The sons ofNthe
O'Kelly, the O'Donohue the O'Conner and
the ONeil, the brave boys of Mullingar sand
Tippcrary, who have governed this great city
with so much honor and profit, will be tumbl ed
out of their places, even as their ancestors
were driven to wander in foreign larnls.
Nothing will be left 70: our Irish kings but
10 diligently labor on tao Fourth avenue tm-
provement at one dollar and sixty cents
day. Unless this quarrel should be adjustad d,
and We can bring or royal masters to a
proper harmony and confidence, before ma1.y
months we shall have the O'Kelly and She
O'NIorrissey and the ODIurphy and the
| O'Roosevelt and the OHayes and td,e
O'Crcamer, armed with the necessary pick
and the incisive hammer, blasting rock, dig,
ging mp the soil an, diligently adjusting the