Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-02


and long, honesty, fair dealing and rights
to every man. in the nation. BY this
mode Of government we can look ahead
to the right way of progress and good
feeling; every man at work getting his
hard-earned money, and be up and doing
for his country, trying to act and be 4
citizen of note, and have interest in the
day tolls of human life. What is coun-
try with men lying around thick out of
work? No money, no place to stay
tramDs, thieves and murderers thick in
vading the land? Does this suit the peO-
pie? Look at the present situation. You
seldom see a tramp. Every workshop
and furnace in the land is in full blast,
with full force of hands, receiving big
wages and making our country one of
prosperity and success. Such is Repub-
licanism; to this end they work and will
continue the same till overthrown by the
bloody and desperate power of the Demo-
cratic party. October is freely ours, and
with 1t we propose to run and govern our
State purely and fairly. OLD MAN.
Saint Tammany.
The questions are often asked, when
was the Tammany Society founded, and
whence did it derive its name? and as
the recent bolt of the sachems from the
New York State Convention eXcites a re-
newed interest in its history, it may not
be amiss to republish the established tra-
ditions concerning its origin and appel
latiOn.
The Tammany Society was founded in
1899, as is duly witnessed by the pedi-
ment which surmOunts the front of Tam
many Hall. In its earlier years its meet
ings were held in tavern halls, and were
famous for their cOnvivial character, if
we may credit the verse of Halleck:
There's barrel of porter i'll Tammany Hall,
And the Bucktails are swiGging it all the night
In the time of my childhood twas pleasant to call
For seat and cigar mid the jOvial throng.
At that time there were many st. Tam
many Societies throughout the country,
and there is no reason to believe that the
sole survivor differed from them in the
original purposes of its organization.
But the others died, and the New York
society became a Democratic political in
StitutiOn-a fate far worse than death.
Tammany was an old Indian chief,
whom 1t is by no means easy to identify,
but he was best known in Revolutionary
times as an ancient Delaware sachem,
who came off victorious in terrific fight
with his Satanic Majesty. The combat
was long and Obstinately contested, and
up to the last moment it was doubtful to
which side victory would incline. Tam
many was skillful fighter, but his Op.
ponent was equally adroit, and after the
battle had lasted all summer the combat
ants were somewhat tired, but, like More
of More Hall and the Dragon of Wantley
Though their siren 9Th it was great, their
Skill it was neat,
They never had one wound
a.
converting large districts of it into prai,
rie, and such it still remains. At length
after months of severe fighting, the sa
chem threw the devil square on his back
and, says the historian, EE would then and
there have taken his scalp had he not sue
ceeded, owing to the VictOr's great eX'
haustiOn, in eXtricating himself and es-
Gaping over into New York, where ht
was Hospitality received by the natives
and has ever since continued to make his
home" The same historian says the
Tammany Society was, primarily, NJ
more of a New York institution than the
great Sycamore himself. Its origin is tt
| be traced to the patriot Revolutionary
army, which, having no patron saint t.
| fight under after the protection of St
| George was drawn to the enemy, cas-
about among the country's native mel
! for some one worthy of canonization, ant
| naturally selected the warrior who hat
&c whipped the devil'' as pre-eminently
deserving of being set against him VIII,
| had vanquished the dragon. The Penn
| syIvania troops of WashingtOn's com
mand were the first to inscribe g st. Tam
many on their banners, and they Sc
! lected the 18th of May, which tradition
| assigned for the new saints nativity, 70
appropriate celebration. A Wigwam wa
erected, pole, crowned with a libert,
cap, and bearing alOft tOmahawk, wan
pun and other Indian paraphernalia
| was planted in the earth, and around this
after the representative of the great sa
chem, who was persOni1ed by a cOmrad
duly accOutred and painted for the Occa
sion, had emerged from the wigwam, t
which he again retired, and delivered
Sc talk'' full of exhOrtatiOns to love Q
liberty and courage in battle, they a
danced, with feathers in their caps an
bucks tails dangling down behind.
The practice spread throughout tn
army; st. Tammany and his natal da
were both adopted; forts were christene
with his name, and the 18th of May wa
regularly cOmmemorated until, shortl
before the last war with Great Britain
by order of the Secretary of War, Ger
eral Dearborn, the festival was fOrbidde
as tending to debauchery among tn
troops.
But st. Tammany's early popularit
was not confined to the army. CiVilia
societies bearing his name sprang up
many localities. The object was simpl
festivity. There was a procession {
men, women and children, all decked OF
with bucks tails and other forest adorl
ments, to grove, where the wigwam an
liberty pole had been erected, and wher
after an address from st. Tammany
; representative, the time was spent
games and dances on the green. At OF
time it appeared likely that st. Tamm
ny's Day would excel the Fourth of Ju
e in popular regard, but it lacked one e.
l during element of popularity-its Obser
ance was not participated in by fashio
able people. The wealthier portion
the community turned up their noses
the vulgar parade, and as a consequen
the celebration of the 18th of May sot
. died out, and the St. Tammany societi
p; disappeared, except that of New YOr
J, which still observes the 18th of M
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