Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-13

When quiet Ndu DCtu IcSlcISu' NNiiJ '
that owing to the illness Of Sydney Z.
Nichols. the Chairman, and the necessary
absence of the President, it was his duty to
call upon the Senator from the Twenty
fourth District to act. After reading the
minutes Of the previous meeting, General
. F. B. Spinola, Chairman of the sub-com-
mittee appointed to draft an address to the
people made his report. The address was
read, and is as follows:
FULL TENT OF THE ADDRESS.
To the Observation-Disclosures General
Committee of the city and county of New
York: The subcommittee to whom was
referred the matter of preparing and sub
hitting an address, by resolution Of the
Committee on Organization at its meeting
of September Sth, inst, respectfully sub
NIT the following report:
TAMMANY HALL n. ~,
September II, 1854
To the Democratic Party Of he United
,S;atcs: The Democratic Republican organ
ization of Tammany Hall is the oldest po-
litical body in the United States. It's
existence, under another name, antedatcS
the establishment of our present form OF
Government. Its members took an active
part in the election Of Washing
ton. Jefferson and Jackson, and their
Democratic Successors, candidates of the
party nominated in Congressional caucuseS
and National Conventions. 1t has seen the
births. continuance and sudden, or the
gradual death Of all parties to which the
ingenuity of the politician. or the necessity
of the occasion. has given rise, from the
adoption of the Federal Constitution down
to Me present day. During all these 1t has
never Swerveiiu its allegiance to party, nor
flltered in its Support of the candidates
nominated and the principles Cnunciatcd
from the platform OF the National Demo
cratic Conventions, and in but one in
stance, in all its history, did it
oppose the action OF the party or
its nominee in the State. and that
after due notice was given, and in response
10 natures first law, when the existence OF
our organization was threatened, and the
personal or political rights of constituent
cies assailed. To the truth Of this state
ment we invite the SevereSt scrutiny Of inn
partial history. The principles OF the
Democracy. announced by Jefferson have
been uniformly followed, and in their de-
Tense Tammany has not hesitated t. criti-
else and condemn its public officials when
in its Judgment they were violating those
principles and their professions of Demo
cratic faith made before their devotion to
place and power. AT times
MEASURES OF GREAT INTEREST
To the people have originated with us and
have been carried TO successful adoption
by the Democratic party in the State and
nation. 1t was by our constant iteration
and discussion that public attention was
called to the corrupt course of the Repub-
hcan party in squandering the public do
MAN. by which over 196, 0000G acres OF
public lands were given to railroad and
other corporations The tariff agitation
by us resulted in drawing attention To
the necessity of such a reduction OF
duties as would provide means for the
sufficient requirements IF the Government
and at the same time afford the incidental
protection necessary to American labor
We have advocated at all times q reduction
Of taxation. municipal, State and federal
in order that she burdens of the people
should be leSsencd. Home rule and local
~sal-suvernment have always been cardinal
principles in Tammany Hall. We have
differed with the State Executive on the
application of these important principles of
government because in our judgment the
truest Democracy is where the least posi-
bic power consistent with a proper CXeCu-
lodged with their representatives. We
have at all times opposed the Capitalization
of power as dangerous 10 our Republican
institutions. and have not hcSitated 10 con-
denim the unnecessary, unjust and undenl-
Ocratic interference of the State Legislature
and executive in our municipal affairs
Our opposition 10 the abridgment of power
in our city would have been just a. deter
mined had the Common Council been as
sr~lgly Republican Is il was Democratic,
and no alleged representative of q public
meeting presided over by a Republican adj
vocating the passage of this and other UNI
democratic laws under the delusiOn OF city
reform, could blind us to the true intent
and object of such legislation. We cham
pioned
THE CAUSE OF lNTI-MONoPoIN
In 1851 and in the ensuing campaign Of
1850, that resulted in the triumphant cleo
ton of the present Governor OF the State.
II is true that disscnsiouS among our adj
versaricS the Republicans. had much Ia do
with The great majority which ne received.
but the intense feeling in the breasts oi
thousands of workingmcu against the Re
publican party Tor It's corruption and mon
opolistic legislation caused thousands of
these voters To ally themselves with the
Democratic party. thereby protesting
AGAINST such legislation Ii is no exaggera-
ton to say that the drift of the existing
laws was tending to dchasc rather than Gle
vate labor that the whole engincry of the
Government was used 90 foster the inter
ests of the employer and CAPITALIST at The
expense of the t0iling millions. That these
opinions We're founded on substan-
tal and iuconUoveuible grounds.
ToinI. If drsa-,ino 5C,mo..nl7,cs ,.Io
so,,,,I,r III, l,,,,r thair i.no-1nf IrIt r.,,,i'I
In, f,IlnO-rrs candid mo-, viii ,Jr,tt ~,
,oi'-bba-in,- Es,l5If..9D St,t,. mo r;,,l,, .,f
H., r,s,n1.. IN ,....cafi,Il,. .s.o,,Ii,. - f,,
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,realt ys ,IsI t,r,,,ir,I, IN nrt,o II, =,
,i,,,.-,-.--.lI,. demands ~ ,.a,;+.I ~.
isr,,- s+ritcs I,,lf no harsh ,.-iti,i.,,, -
,aar,4 ...,inst the capitaIi.ts and rorr,,,-,-
lions WHO closed their f.rtnrfr. o,r,iDIt tI,.
wa~-fn,,,nen or opcrltiycs ON re- lie, ~
over ,,~ l,7.-io1, 81 thar iba r,,I1.r. ~ ,.,,;
hi Min NOT he d;uinisbrI In TX.
condition of affairs The cv,s ~
the wa-a-viuncr- were turned ,a The
per,ncr.,ri., r,ort, md they o-iiIiD-l,. ,,a.,
a reward for tbcir confidence and fI,.ir
labor in su,h LEGISLATION rs volId arnali-
orata fbe;r condition. The pronIn of tbis
CITY demanded 10 have the elevated railroad
corporations confined to legitimate returns
for the capital invested in the valuable
franchise which was conferred ON them Inv
the city and State. After prolons,cd
struggle with all the influences that capifal
can employ. labor secured 4 victory i'm the
LEGISLATURE. only TO be