The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-28

The notorious Baptist preacher. DIXON.
Joins with the Mugwumps in denouncinG
and vilifying Tammany Hail. This is what
he said OF tho great Democratic organi-
xatlon Of New York last Sunday:
IT take the occasion to warn the national Democ-
racy that Tammany Hall is load 1t cannot carry
longer Before the party before this nation to
win another victory it will have first TO kick Tammany
Hall oct OF its back door. wash with sapoo and turn
tho hose pipe After trying to destroy tho State OF New
York, they come sneakng back from Chicago saying
they will support tho ticket They lie. They back
from Chicago with honey on their lips. treachery in
their hearts, ard knives in their boots They will do in
November what they have done before. and spend
another four years trying to lie out of it,
The only excuse this man had for such
language was that tho Grand Jury had in
dlcted him two days before for libelling
Excise Commissioner KOCH. in the course OF
o vituperative sermon. OF course. Tam
many Hall had nothing to do with the in
dictment That was brought in by the
Grand Jury in fuldlment OF its sworn
duty. DIXON seems to think that be-
cause no speaks from pulpit. he
has FREQ license to abuse anybody
for the purpose OF making q sensation and
attracting a crowd to his meeting place
Because the law. as represented by the
Grand Jury. holds him responsible for his
words and requires him to justify them by
positive proof, or suffer the penalty for libel
he proceeds to blackguard Tammany Hall
and to warn the Democracy against it.
The government Of New York is unques-
tionably Democratic. 1t Is now more
thoroughly Democratic than it has been for
many years. Tho traces OF Mugwumpery
have been gradually removed from it. and
that result. salutary in both a moral and
q political sense. has been accomplished
through the agency OF Tammany Hall.
the single and the admirable Democratic
Organization OF the city. So far. then. the
government OF the city Is Tammany
government. for here in New York Tam
many and the Democracy are interchange
able terms. Outside OF the Tammany or
ganizauon there is no organized Democracy
at present. All else here Is Republicanism
or Mugwumpery.
The sole representative OF the New York
Democracy is Tammany Hall. 1t will have
entire charge Of the canvass and OF the
election In this great city. The inspectors Of
election will be appointed by it. and it will
put In nomination the regular Democratic
ticket for municipal. State. and Federal
Offices. 1t will fight the campaign for tho
Democratic party OF the whole Union. Yet
DIXON warns the national Democracy"
to cast off Tammany Hall as "a load 1t can
not carry longer" He AYERS that In order
to win the election of Democratic Presi-
dent ut will have first to kick Tammany
Hall out OF Its back door. wash with sapolio.
and turn on the hose pipe" In other words.
1t must kick out tho New York Democracy.
Yet he says that he Is Democrat.
OF course. he Is not Democrat at all. He
L. only Mugwump. and all Mugwumps
hate the Democracy. except 80 far as they
can control 1t. and they cannot control
Tammany Hall. He borrows from the Mug
wump Evening Post the terms he uses in
vllifying that great and representative
Democrative organization. He calls it "the
most powerful coterio OF organized Grim
tnals that ever dominated tho life of any
civilization" Tho one whitening, blast
ing curse OF our city's life. damning
with the hot breath of corruption and
dishonor oyory rsmiaoation Of our body
polite" The organised Democracy OF New
xsEt. 81 two-tairds Of the voters Of this