New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-04

she not stood devoted and loyal to the in
"terest of what ." our cOuntryT Not
mrch-the tail of that cOnundrum does not
turn up in that direction either devoted and
"loyal to the. interest Of-that party z"
That is what he wants to know. Never
mind about whO stood by our country in its
darkest hours. The question is, Has MT Tam
many Han, in the darkest hours of our coun-
try, stood blythe partyl And we are free to
say she has. She did all the time Mr. Tweed
held the position now filled 10y Mr. Kelly. In
the darkest hours of the country Mr.. Tweed
was at the head of rammany Hall, and Tam
many Hall stood by the party. SO did the
patty stand by Tammany Hail. and both stood
by Tweed. The way in which they stood by
each other was a marvel of mutual confidence
and support. Thieves never were more devoted
To each other and to common cauSe-plunder
MIR. Kelly was quite right in his position, and
the confidence with which he pressed the ques-
ton was not misplaced. in his further state
ments as to what Tammany Hall has done, he
was equally candid and truthful. When he
said, " She has encouraged the capitalist to in
" vest his money in order to give employment
" to the labOrng classes" he uttered a great
truth which no one will dare dispute who
has ever seen the gangs of repeaters to
whom the Tammany Hall capitalists have
given employment on election days Ana
who that is familiar with her political history
under Tweed and other great leaders will
dispute that "she has advocated improve
"ments in order that our country might be
productive and enriched by taking from the
bowels of the earth the treasures which
"nature has placed there ~ Yes, indeed she
has not only taken from the bowels of the
earth the treasures which nature has placed
there, but she mas taken from the bowels OF
every treasury she has had access TO whatever
anybody has placed there. And when he SAID,
"She has held that, in developing the re-
"s0urccs of our country we should not
"resort to wastcful eXtravagances," whose
thought did not at once revert to Mr.. Kelly 5 pre-
decessor, now on his way home from Vigo in the
Franklin and before whose vision did not fit
the unfinished Courthouse and other Illus
trations of Mr.. Twced's methods Of developing
resources without wasteiul extravaganza
Ii is to be regretted that the orator. III emu
mciating the Statesmen, soldiers, and civil
"iansn whose names appear on the records OF
1ammany Hall, should have omitted the great
est name of ali ; one by which Tammany is
best known of one who did more TO give 1t
its character than any other, and who retained
in the highest degree its confidence and sup
port-thc name Of Mr.. Kclly's immediate pre-
decrssor now coming back to us from FIgo in
the frigate Franklin. But it was mere omls-
sion. The orator was Fastening on upon
the food of his cloqucnce to say, "Iammany
Hall false to the nominees of the Democratic
"party false to her principles! Why, you
might as well Try to reason that the founder
"of the Christian religion was unfaithful to the
PRINCIPLES he protested and laid down as
rule to guide his children" This may seem
10 be putting it rather strong, and it will pos
sibly occur to the reader that it would have
shown more reverence in the orator had he
stopped a little short Of the founder OF the
Christian religion Cor "a comparison with Tam
many Hail. but then MIR. Kelly is very
earnest person, and uses strong language and
powerful figures. Moreover it is quite likely
that he only intended to present " hypothe-
"catcd case and would 50 explain it If
pressed for an explanation. But the whole
speech was very, very fine. Ii might be
called mastery vindication Of TammaDy
Hall; of her loyalty to the-tO the
well, to the party, and her devotion to
the development of resources without ex-
tlayagancc. and her answering loyalty
to thc-thc-woN, to the party. There
was no nonsense about loyalty to the country,
and no reference to Tweed And it was radi-
ant with truth. Iammany Hall has been true
to thc-party. Everybody says that. And that's
the reason why great many honest voters
will 30 straight up to the polls next Tuesday
and votc-for Hayes and Wheeler.
Tammany Hall indicated How the news will
cheer that tried statesman DOW returning from
Vigo. How he will grasp the honest hand OF
his successor, John Kelly, and thank him for
his noble uttcranccs. Tammany. Hall false
Perish the suggestion. She was true to the
party always true to Tweed always true to
Swceny and Connolly and Woodward, and all
the noble band Of cxjies. And she's true to
John Kelly. Never mind about anything else.
A WORD TO THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
This is no year for third-party tickets. The
issues presented by the two great parties are