The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-12

Henthell Edward Ferris, Robert swartwout. John l..
Broonie and Tunis Workman. Clerk of the Common
Council.
1t is further recorded that Alexander Hamilton
saw the rapidly growing power of this secret So
ciety and in favor OF meeting II with counter
organization for which he drew plan; but nothing
of it, unless it DO true, AS alleged, that Ham-
ton inspired the paragraph in Washington's Fare
well Address. in " hich there is q warning against
secret organizations.
After the election OF jefferson the old federal party
division arose in the democratic republican,
party, between the friends of Clinton,
&h.noeOr Livingston and Colonel Burr
loyalty. aud Colonel John swartwout defended him.
getting into dispute with Clinton, which led to
duel, In which Swartwout got famed for lite. DE
Witt Clinton was an early member of Talnmany, and
at one time scribe of the council; but he was also
early at war with the regular Tammanytes, and the
struggle was long and bitter.
Daniel ID. Tompkins was the republican candidate
mark The duel with Hamilton was the political
funeral OF Burr. and the trial for treason
took him forever out of the way. In 1910 Lieu
tenant Governor Broome died aud De Witt Clinton
were nominated by members of the Legislature to fill
his place Tammany opposed him because of his
ness toward Madison. his eeyenth-hour support of
the embargo" &c. Meetings and counter meetings
were held and scenes of violence enacted such
afterward common in Tammany Hall In
1911 Clinton got the vote Of this State for President
in spite of the opposition of the Tammany Society
but Madison was reelected President and the repub
hcans kept the national power
THE FIRST HALL-wAR WITH ENGLAND.
full Indian costume. and Grand sschem GARRISON
Crolius laid the corner stone of the first Tammany
Hall NOW the Sun oice). An Grafton was spoken by
Alpheus Sherman. The first hall was plain brick
building of three stories, with steep roof Suisse
quently another story was added and the roof made
fiat. The ballroom was long famous as the best
dancing floor in the city.
II is needless to say that during the war with Eng
land the members Of Tammany were intensely patri-
otic They had made some fame in this way few
years before when they gathered the scattered bones
of the prison ship martyrs. and. with formal cere-
,t., tAr,h Nov
Brooklyn. The tomb has been removed, but its
corner stone long bore the following inscription
in Of the spirits the
~ and and s w s % Sra Of s the R eS
Tamm.ns soce, or Columbian Order Which contains thu. thu.
the ground for which bestowed by John Jack
Nassau season Of ear OF ass9yey
pendence the sd. April u, lsOe"
For this ceremony the members of the society,"
with more than hundred veterans Of the Revolution
for pail bearers, headed by Samuel Osgood and
Henry Rutgers. crossed the river in thirteen row.
boats. each boat holding one tribe and one coffin
filed with bones.
AFTER THE WAR.
When the unpleasantncss with England was over
eralists were less formidable, though among them
were very able leaders. Clinton friends man.
aged generally to help the federasts in which cases
tile Tammauy would be in y decided minority.
Clinton never spared his Tamnany enemies. When
he became Governor he turned out every Buck
tail place holder that he could reach just as he did
when his friends got control of the Common Council
of this city and he was Mayor. The fight against
Clinton by the Tammany Society went on, with
success worth noting, until the great Governor
dropped dead i'll his chair III the Capitol at Albany
ON the 18th of February. 1929
days that III 1879 the Tammany Society in favor
protective tariff and sent address to that effect
to several prominent men and to the newspapers
Resolutions also passed in favor of homespun
for clothes in preference to imported cloth.
TAMMANY's GREAT HERO.
On the 26th of September, 1927, the Tammany So
ciety through the General Committee came out for
General Jackson, and thereafter claimed the
honor of first nominating him. At amy rate. ''Old
Hickory never had more ardent supporters than the
big and little Indians of the Nassau Street Wigwam
He was and is yet their hero and their highest en-
thusiasm was cot up on the sth of January to cele
brate the anniversary of battle that really Of
not the slightest consequence AZ 1t was fought some
weeks after the full peace treaty was signed.
ENIARGING VOTE.
The State constitution Of 1921 first decreed univer
sal suffrage for whites and, may be supposed
that idea was pleasing to the Tammany Society. That
society claimed to be the poor mans friend, and
extension of suffrage would bring votes to the Wig
| wam 10 the Convention that framed the new con-
| stitution New York city sent several members of
Tammany. The delegates were as follows :-Jacobus
| Dyckman Ogden Edwards James Fairlie. John L.
| Lawrence William Paulding, Jacob Radcliffe, Nathan
| Sanford. Peter Sharpe. Peter Stage Peter II. Wen
dover and Henry wheaton,
| soME OF THE BIG INDIANS.
1t is only necessary to name some OF the more
| eminent members OF the Tainmany Society to in
| dictate what real and probable power they held AZ
citizens and party leaders. or Grand Sachcms some
were Walter Bovine. Mayor of the city; Mathew l..
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