Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-09
TtRNs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
SIS Cox on Tammany's Defeat.

came here to. night to make some remark
about the organization of Tammany Hall.
don't SEQ any necessity for speaking to tha
poi1t. TamnaDy Hall is organized. Tam
many don die easy aud is not dead yet. There
must be 10 it's veins some of the old oelestia
ohor of which Milton speaks in bis immorta
poem. No bob tailed or speckled combination
can beat it. You survive because you have lu
| your keeping the old ark of the party. L don
| refer to tho Shekinah and the other ark refer
red to il cipher dispatches, but the old ark
| that came down to Us from the earlier and the
better days. You are not beaten except tenn
porarily. I know We have funeral in the
family, but my friend MIR. Wood and myself
don't belong to the corpsa. But you never
saw such lively wake" as We have NO
other party ever could come together as We do
after q defeat. Those who have gone around
With the republicans or whatever you call
them may stay With their new allies. We can
survive tbsm. [ made some remarks about a
delugc The other day. Well. We have had a
sort of forty days shower, but the animals will
all come out of the ark, The other side may
think it's deluge, but it isn't, aud that con-
Germ when it commences to give out the soup
will fnd that the soup will give cut before they
do. You have no idea how hungry they are.
This Federal officer by the name Of
Davenport shall not be authorized
with iuruDiy to CARRY On these out
RACES upon the voters OF this city. l don't
waat to try him With Mr.. Phelps as District
Attorney. / don't want to try hln by any court
made By this combination: l want the Penlten,
tisry doors to open; Want the federal Congress
to repeal this law by which be acts and It 20
other member Of Congress from New L iork
offers tts bill [ will offer it. On they tblDk
they have got the old days again. Have they
The Senate will be democratic after the 4th OF
March ucE!, aud tho House ia already demo-
cratic; and think we elected president. al.
though With laugh! | swear L don't know
rnIiz,d ia this country, whether it be IN 1858
or 1913, bis papers import absolute right to
vote aud so the Court should recognize until it
otherwise appears. Instruct your members of
Congress- ia this city; instruc: the democratic
rnemb all over the coultr5; Instruct the
democratic House aud the Senete to put the
k1lle clear through the Johnny Daveuport's of
this country. !vo ere not yet dead. We had
the GROSS lhe other day, but We shall wear the
crown 10 morrow. Oa they talk about lone
mao powe?," and some Colonel from Arkansas
called it "one horse power" Insulting the
maa whom be all koow to bo honest. One
mau power You cant make an army without
general. Power is lodged somewhere in every
organ;z ss!on, and the final lcdgment must be
vested in one even if you 60 to the Upper
Throne l have heard of zone woman power"
10 family. | know man who dsPers some.
times to bis mother in law. If we must have
one man power is it not better to have an
honest one man power than 10000 dishonest
scouadrel5 lntaed against the one man? Z? Our
Organization caa't be broken up by that sort Of
talk n organization, from the legion of Ca sar
10 the supreme court is without one man pow.
er-somo !cdgnent Of power as tha last resort.
/ never knew Mr.. Kelly to control my district;
| never knew him to defer TO me or to him
very much and this talk about his d!ctation is
far.fetched. | sat with him 10 Congress in
1856 and 1857, and there as we'll as since. l
found him an honest map. No one can say
one word 10 the contrary. Well, some Of VI
are elected, and we have now to 20 to our re-
spccti7e duties. This combination will last
about forty days and f5rty nights. 1t is not
great because it is not generous 1t Was not
made 10 the tight wsy and will 5000 go to pieces
Oh. sure. honey? These factions thst went
philaodcTiug aIl over the city after Mr.. Cooper
Rill 20 to pieces. And Why? Corruption never
holds together. When We meet 10 fight again
next year We will strain ourselves kicking at
something which will no Logger exist.
There could be much said Of the daring ex
p!oits Of Joc Leo and his band of freebooters,
but ole adventure deserves especial mention,
siuce it Is not known how nearit oame 10 Affect
ing the dcstiny Of tbs natioD. 1t appears that
AFTER Vicksburg had baea invested, and the
South threatened at other poiDt5, Governor
Allen, Of Leu siana. conceived the desperate
idea of capturing the person of General Graut.
He believed that GRAFT was the evil genius
of The Couicaera:y, and that if he could
be killed or taken prisoner the siege CT
driven back lie sent for Joe Lee and imDart-
ed to him bis thoughts, and ssked him if be
could devise Plan. 1t was readily taken to
The darirg enterp;isc. At that time-that is,
10 the spring Of IS64-Gre1t and his army were
crcauped ct Mgans Bend, near Youus'S
Point, On lho Mississippi, some eighteen miles
above Ficksburg. General Grants headquar.
ters we're 10 the dwelling house that belonged
to G magnificent plantation, much of which cau
be seen :r5n tho deck cf p passing steamer.
Joe Lee proposed 10 50 to that house and bring
away tie body OF Genera! GRAFT, dead or alive.
H. chose five Of bis most tlus'y men. They
were the two James brothers, two OF tho Young
or bro.hers and J Ohm Jarrett. These with bim.
sell made Elk. There Devsr were liz better
men fer such aa expedition. They were souog,
strong and as brave ss the bravest. They had
| already aeen all there is 10 war. The had been
| tried o the most trying places, had suffered all
manner CT hardships; did cot care nuoh whoth:
er they lived OF died; we're tho quickest and
bes! shots 10 tho world, and rode the feetes'
horses 10 he Iaad. 1t was just before the Fed
eTal army set out on that surprising march
down the west side of tie liver. The country
vas all full of marshes, bagoua and morasseS,
SO that the natural advantages for the execution
Of the plot were good. The plan Vas for Joe
Lee aud his FIVE lrusts followers to dress tn!
Federal uniform, ride on horseback to Milligan'
Bend, go direct to the houce where Genera
Grant was stopping, rush in and secure bis per
SOC. put him on sphre horse and then escape
to the sWamps, which wers near by. On ont
Saturday evening late the party set out from
Dicsson's house, near Deibi, and rode toWare
| the Mississippi. There vas not soul on eartt
besides themselves and Governor Allen tha
I.- of thoir aesnoreta mission Ii va