Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-02

we're 70 be placed the bones Of the mar
tvrs of the prison ship Jersey. On the
cornpletiou of the vault the society again
marched TO the place and assist ID at the
solemn services Of dedication, May Is,
1sls. Old residents of BROOKLYN remem-
her the occasion aud also the wooden
tombstone on Hudson avenue in that
city.
SEW HALL
About this time the subject of q new
hall began 70 be aeitated. 1t Was fore
seen that q war with England must
engue. and Tammany was thoroughly
imbued with patriotic sentiments A
Joint stock subscription was started, and
through the exertions of Colonel kut-
gers and others the sum of $500 was
raised. A site was purchased At the
southeast corner Of Nassau and Frank
fort streets and a building erected.
The inscription on the cornerstone
read as follows:
This stone is laid By
TAaaASY SOCIETY Oh COLUMBIAN oRDER,
NUMBER ONE,
On the twelfth day of May,
One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Eleven,
the twenty.first year of it's institution
and the tblrty-hfth OF
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,
being the first stone of the Building
erected for
Preserving and strengthening that Pa
triotic chain which unites Its
members, and for accom-
modatinp their
REPUBLICAN BRETHREN.
At this time Clarkson Crolius was the
Grand Sachem. The new bdilding was
20 feet high, with front of 90 feet on
Nassau street and 81 feet on Frankfort
The large ballroom, the handsomest IN
the city AT that time. was l6 feet Z inches
| high. The general committee room wa
| 25xj6. the reading room 25X25.
Daring the war OF 1872 fammany Hall
was the headquarters for aiding, assist
| ing and consulting with the friends of
American independence. The general
committee was composed of the able6t
and sonndest men of the Democratic
party. who we're all in favor of the war.
| The Federalists, on the other other
hand, opposed the war. 1t may be
truly said that the firm stand taken
by the Democratic party in the war OF
1912 was the salvation of the country
| On the declaration of peace Mr.. Clay
and other commissioners were enter
tanned in Tammany Hall with a grand
banquet. After peace was declared the
| Federalist party was reinforced by the
| Clintonian party, and in 1917 the Dem
oeratic party foand itself with minor.
ity in both houses. The general com
mittee of Tammany Hall organized {
| very active campaign, in which Van
Buren, and Tompkins took part, and II
1920 the Democracy carried the State
Previous 10 this, in 1872. Hugh Max
well, who was afterward District Alter
ney, Jacob Radoliff, Richard Hatfield
and others left the Federalists anC
united with Tammany Hall. On the
final triumph of the Democratic part,
Charles King, Johnson Verplank, James
A. Hamilton and others, with their pa
per, came into Tammany Hall. as die
General Wickhsm Of Orange County.
DECENTRALIZATION.
Those men, however were not actu
ated by principle. They wanted power
and soon began 10 "kick ia the traces,
and by a powerful effort obtained pos
session of Tammany, aud ousted thu
Democrats. Undismaved by this. tn
regular Democracy held a meeting II
the coal hole of the hall, and nominate,
n ticket. They were successful, ant
carried the Assembly by 200 votes. A
this. Adams and others of the old Dem
ocrats withdrew, aud left Tammany il
bad condition, but the election o
jackson renewed the power of the Dem
acrats, and brought them again to tn
front. The party remained in powe
for many years. The necessity for re
moving up town became apparent to tn
members of the society in later years
and in March, 1867, the property OF
Nassau street was sold. and new Tam
many Hall was built on Fourteent
street. The site was on the ground fol-
merly occupied by the Medical College
which was burned May q, 1865, at tn
time of the oonflagration of the Acad
envy Of Music.