The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-11-14
The Fall Of Tamr,sny.

One Of the most important fea-
tunes Of the recent election is the
popular combination against Tam-
many and its complete success.
John Kslly cherished the idea that
bc was an over-match for any oppo'
sitiou that could be mado against his
arbitrary rule He believed that his
supremacy could not DO shaken.
Long |, p,ssessioa Of power had made
him self-willed and despotic. The
Democratic party was no longer
mas.cr Of itself. The Dictator prac-
ticallv mule all tue nominations.
Tho test Of orthodoxy was loyalty to
himself. not to Democratic princi
Pies. Men OF high spirit naturally
refused to submit to wear the yoke
Only those destitute Of self-respect
consented to accept oflico on the
humiliiting terms prescribed. Grad
unlly The character Of the State and
National representatives, Of New
York city. as well as that OF the To-
cal officers, declined d--servility to
personal rule, not devotion TO public
welfare, being the rule Even
Tweed. in the height Of his power.
was not so insolent rs John Kelly.
The latter walked the streets OF
New York like king, aud as il its
people hai been created for his
uses. 1t was supposed that ho was
too firmly entrenched to be over
thrown tina. backed by Tammany
aud the immense political patronage
hs wiclled, Le could not be beaten.
The Uerald recognized his power in
lis appeals to him to nominate n
Mayor from among the leading bus
incss men. \ few bold men IN the
Democratic party resolved to strike
for emancipation from this thraldom
The standard Of revolt they set up,
gathered around it the Democratic
malcontents, tho Republicans, aud
all the substantial classes Of New
York. Tho leading organs OF pub
llc opinion gave the movement theil
support The result showed that
when the ties of party are sundercd
and the people combine for theil
cnmmon interests, nothing can re-
sist them.
For n quarter OF century Tam
many has debauched American poll
ties. 1t has given birth to the mos
gigantic schemes Of plunder, and tC
the most uuscrupulous politica
knaves the world has ever seen
Tweed and his associates pilfereC
tie treasury fthe city Of New Yorl
TO the amount Of thirty millions o
dollars, AMI they left behind them I
debt Of Sl.5,O00,D00. Had they re
maincl IN Office to the present time
the debt wJun have been swollen Il
two hundred millions. In this po
litical organization fraud becam
systcmstizel ; no regard was pai,
10 rules Of honor or of civic duty
The solo obi ct was the spoliatior
OF the Community The legal vot
Of tie State, under the auspices U
Tamma1y. WAS swamped by fraudu
lent returns. aad New York, whic
had given large malorities agains
the Democratic ticket, was made t
vote for it in spite OF itself Tam
many became \ temple of politics
infamy. Whne7er wanted to lear
the art Of cheating repaired to it
slrhems for distraction. More tha
once it falsilel tue electoral vote c
New York. /, was the nursing
mother OF every species of rascality
Never before iys the power of Tam
May been so ru1ely shaken as o
Tueslay last 1t will make en- effoI
10 rise again but its scep,re
broken, aud it caunot soon be tn
mighty engine o. corruption that
was.-ihilI. Press, Nov Sth.