New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-26
TAMMANY TYRANNY.
OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY. TO JUSTICE
AND TO COMMON-sENsE

u,u,r " - HORSEPOWER SAID IN iH' A'
rp,r AND PERTINENT Nov As THEN.
r,ora are some propositions so self-evident
that it is almost impossible to argue III theh
.unnor, That the right OF the citizen To life
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness Is para
mount 10 the right Of the politician to public
oe.c ,s a proposition that needs only to be
s,,t.d to b, universally admitted That me
citizen and the taxpayer are ehtItieu 10 s"o'
government and have flsn' 10 usli.ii'o , ,
estv and ability in their public servants c''i.'o'
hc denied by any one possessed either Oh
mind a conscience or even sense ., 'iuii,l'
And yet in practice, III our nluhlclpd' 'lil"' =,
,bc very contrary Of these propositions u
,yr,vely and seriously and strenuousiy mann
tanned by many otherwise most esllihapIe Ell
tlcncn. We are solenniy assured py ms. se
tlemcn that Tammduy Han Is ehtltieN 10 oui
,otcs Notwithstanding it's leaders have grown
rich from public or private plumber ho'"'tn-
standing ii has appointed murdereis' Sanu''s,
briletakers keepers Of disreputable resorts 10
,uic Over rs and even to sit upon the bench and
dispense justice To- the poor IN the ponce courts,
notwithstanding II squanders the pIibiic money
ana corrupis the public morals; notNlthslahI
ir,, i, - rocking with corruption. notwithstand-
ing II Is giving Us every conceivable form Oh
uiscoyernmoni and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
When such an extraordinary proposition II
announced by men whom we have been accns-
toned TO admire and respect. We very naturahy
ask for their reasons Tor tneir starti'ns c'n
clCgions 40 shocking 10 IL" unSophlstlcd"u
moral sense OF the ordinary citizen. Thr r"a-
e,,t assigned by these eminent gentlemen ~
that the Democratic party has an lnaienapie
rirhi 10 ruiz. in this city. that Tammany IS
DEMO- rattle and hence ~ between Tammany'
ON III one hand and Republican CANDIDATE"
on the other. Tammany has the superior claim
and gI Democrats must bow the Knee ana sub
NIT fo Tamlnany dictaiiOn and Vote me Tam
many ticket. They denouncc their fellow Dem
,..,,ta who support the ticket u the Committee
OF seventy as having made an unh"ly alliance
with the Republicans. Better they say. the
,,ietalcsi Democrat than the most honest ana
uprieht Republican ! confess ! hardly know
VII. thor 10 BE- more amazed at the heroic logic 80
these gentlemen or To- more admire their equally
heroic s.lf-sacriiicc aud self -abnegation. They
saw TO the Tammany Sachcm: You may rob
me of my property. but you are Democrat,
and | open 10 you my purse. you may dcspoh
me Of my civic rights but you are a Demo-
Graf and ] bDw 10 your rule. you may insult
and hunilatc me. but you are a Democrat
and ! answer not again. YOU may even refuse
TO recognize rs a political brother. and turn
fn. out Of your State Convention. but you are
I, Democrat. and | Kiss the hand that smitcs
me" | have not - learned my Democracy.
believe true Democracy rests upon manly in
dependence. upon the right OF the individual
voter to strike down his opprcssors whatever
their political names; to resent and resist tyr
rany or rnisrule in the party or out or the
party Any other principle Is not Democracy.
Ii IL slavery.