Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-12-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
a Nev Ring Capture the City Government
WY and by Whom Hancock @a Sold
Out The Price of Mat Treason Paid
To-day.
NEw YoRK, December 10, 1880.

To-day.
NEW YoRK, December 10, 1880.
Editor Spirit of jefferson
DEAR SIR.-To.day the unholy ~allisuce
bstween Senator Conkling on the part ntthe
Republicans. and Samuel J.. TiIden ON the
part of the Aati>Tsmmauy corruptiouists
was eonsummated. in the Common Council of
New York. Every Democrat in the United
States will now sec by whom Gen. Hancock
was defeated. The alliance between the
Republicans aud the Tildsn men was entered
iRto on the morrow of the nomination of
Gen. Hancock at Cincinnati last june. Link
by link the chain of evidence kss been uu-
rolled from that day to this. To-day tia
Anaconda eoiled itself about tie Common
Council, while Ring Masters. Conklipg aud
Tildeu sat in secluded rooms not far off to
see that their bloody executioners made
clean work Of the Democratic party in this
Metropolis which, down to this hour, has
been the stronghold of the National Denoc.
raey.
The two chief lieutenants of Tildsn were
William q. Whitney and Edward Cooper /;
the chief lieutenant of Conkling was Ches
ter A. Arthur, Vice>President elect of the
q. s. For the past week those. men .nd
their subalterns have been secretly meeting
in a dark room at Moo, Chambers street.
and also in the Office of William g. Whitney.
where on last Monday camo, Roscoe Conk>
ling ana Chester A. Arthur to make the
final deal with the Tilden men. When
these Republicans emerged from Whitney's
office. the latter went with rapid, eager step
to Edward Cooper's Office. Cooper is Til.
den's Mayor, elected by the same coalition
two years ago between Conkling's and Til>
den's followers. Whitney whispered with
Cooper, and the corrupt Mayor was at once
all smiles and citation. Tho corporation
counsel camo to tell that the foul bargain
was closed, the slate completed, and that
Arthur would deliver the Republican vote
in the Common Council to confirm the uomi>
nations which Tilden and Conkline had
made up. But there wore honest men in
the Common Council who would not and did
not sell out to tho eorrurtionists. Then
began the most villainous wholesale bribery
and corruption that have disgraced this city
since the days of Tweed. The villains who
were in the Council, fearing popular wrath
it they stabbed the Democratic party to the
heart, but determined to get their full share
OF the SlS5, 200 which had been raised by
ths eorruptionists, dissomblsd and ompo-
rized, aud soon had Interpreters to make
known their wishes. They nre to retire
from official life at the end of this year.
They will have TO go back to Democratic
constituencies, and fearing tho wrath of en-
outraged people. they wonld stand nv their
party if their party would bid as high or
ene-half as high as the Tiideu>Conkling
Ring. Now it is nm open secret that Sir.
Kelly could have had their support if he had
entered the market to buy it. But while he
saw the dreadful danger which impendcd
over the whole Democratic party of the
United States by permitting Roscoe Conk>
ling corruptly to parcel cut all the offices of
this Democratic city, two>tbirds to the Re-
publicans and one-third to the Tilden mon,
and while he did every lawful thing in his
power to avert it, yet, John Kelly declared
that he would not pay q single cont to tho
bri6e>takers to obtain their support. 81 will
hold my Office by fair means or I will rot
bold it at ALL" was his frequent remark
during the memorable contest. The rogues
soon found this out, and so the Senatorial
rake and his Cipher Dispatch friend cap.
tured the venal members of the Common
Council, and tho sceptrc of official power
passed from Democratic to Republican con
troll.
There is q terrible feeling of indignation
among Democrats in New York over this
revival of Tweedism. The old Republican
Legislature of 1870. which Tweed bought
like cattle, signalized tho session of that
year by two acts: One was the passage Of
tho Tweed Charter, by which the Treasury
of this city was turned over to the infamous
Republican Democratic Ring, which stole
forty or fifty millions the other cot wns the
election of Roscoe Conkling to tho United
States Senate. Tweed and Coukliuc wore
tho creatures Of that Legislature of 1870
Tweed is gone, but eonkliug is here. srd
Samuel j. Tilden is his new ally.
Mr.. Kelly goes out of Office n stropgc.
man than ever he was before. ThousandH Of
citizens, the BEST men in Now York. have
crowded into his ofioo to day to greet him
on tho noble stand he has taken. His com
duct has bcea magnificent. While the air is
rocking with corruption. John KeIIy's de,
liant honesty is the theme of praise on every
tongue. lilo is the most powerful man in the
State. The unholy alliance has captured
his and tho. other Democratic departments
OF the city, but tho people, the property
holders. the Democratic masses who sup.
ported Hancock while the Democratic rene
gades in alliance with Conkling and Arthur
were slaughtering our National ticket at the
IN polls, all these are behind John Kelly al
i, 1his hour moro devotedly, more wrathfully
in their scorn of the Republicans than evel
they have been hitherto.
NOW let tho American people understand
who was faithful to Hancock. There wa:
treason here by which Hancock was de,
feated, and a Republican President elected
The price of that treason has been paid to
day By the Republicans, who have mad,
Hubert o. Thompson and Allan Campbell
(Tilden's henchmen) Commissioner of Pub
lie Works and Comptroller of New York
The TiIden men have given all tho othe,
neat offices of the CITY to Conklino enf
Arthur. I predict that John Kelly will
break the sceptre of this new Ring apt
effect a political revolution in W.T. I've months
Yours, &c, OBSERVER.
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