Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-05

cop from the Lesdville Democrat,
which SAYS Kelly's fall very forcibly
reminds the student Of history of that OF
Woolsey, with this important difference
however,; in this latter case there are
none to pity the deposed boss, while in
that Of the Cardinal there were more
who sy~mpathized with him than there
were those who c~ountenanced his I'M
grateful master. Kelly commenced his
political life with the solid backing OF the
Irish masses of New York, which by
resson Of their numbers, bold and posi-
tive character, under a leader equally
fearless. soon became formidable. Kelly
also ~skillfully manipulated the church,
the societies, and all other combinations
designed to mass that element IN our
p~olitics. This with the terms he was
able to make with the patronage
which he had to dispense, pushed hin
nm TO the same local altitude occupied by
Boss Tweed, his illustrious predecessor.
This was American bossism, pure ana
simple, the constituent elements OF
which are, ignorance, assurance, corrup-
ton and treachery. No cause or man,
no principle or purpose is too sacred to
be sold out and betrayed in the interests
of the ring over which the boss, for the
time being, presides. That Kelly and
his co.ajutators basely, coldly and with
eyes wide open, sole General Hancock
and the Democratic party out IN the iate
election, and for mere local advantage
in the city of New York, there IS, nor
can be now, a particle of doubt. This is
a terrible charge to lay at any mans feet,
but it is true beyond cavil. Dire as its
consequences have been to the Demo-
cratic party, they will not be regretted,
if only the circumstance rebounds to the
benefit Of the country at large, or results
in the final and complete destruction OF
bossism in that great city.
Under the malign influence of the sue
cess of the Tweed and Kelly rings in
New York, every city in America has
become similarly tainted. The disease
commenced in the East, and gradually
worked its way West and South, until
every town and city was put under the
blighting sway Of the "Boss." If Kelly's
downfall results in the destruction of the
other and similar combinations, it will be
only another instance where good has
come to us through evil. The evil of the
defeat of the national Democratic party
will be competently set off by the utter
route and crushing defeat of a potent
element of corruption and fraud, which
will entail intending defeat and discom-
future upon any party countenancing or
tolerating it. Now, if all the John KEEL
lys or Boss Kellys IN the continent, of
whatever name or party they own, were
congregated together and decapitated,
there would at once dawn a new era of
purity and honor in political life, which
would bring back the old days when de-
cency, order and honor prevailed as the
rule, and the lapses from these qualities
constituted the exceptions.
The great downfall Of the boss is q
warning ; a loud-mouthed and very en-
phatic one, to others of his ilk. The
knell has struck, and their reign is over.
It is now only the part Of a very ordinary
quality Of earthly prudence for them to
retire, and permit again the real voice of
the people to be heard in the choice of
their rulers, and as to what measures and
politics they prefer. As things have gone
in this nation since the war, our claim of
republican simplicity and purity has been
the merest farce. Purity and simplicity
indeed, when the country has been ruled
with an iron rod. held in the corrupt
hands Of Kelly. Babcock, Mcdonald or
Cakes Ames. Would to God we had
seen the last of this rottenness, or had
heard the last of u hypocritical and
dishonest claim. All true reforms under
our system must with the
people. As it is now, the besotted peo-
pie have become as corrupt. upon a diff.
ferent scale. as their leaders, and nothing
short of a moral earthquake will suffice
to arouse them, either to a sense of their
OWE degradation, or the danger to the
institutions of free. popular government.
THosE ambiguous people who are so
determined to settle down at all events
upon . location in the Indian Territory