Year: 1863

opdy ke a0d ths Late eRtois-Niggerhs~d
and CspperhesA Inssi uos.


Now that the riotous demonstrations in the
city are over Mayor Opdyke's pluck has re-
turned. AS sight have been expected from
his antecedents. he has taken the frat opportu-
nifty TO officially approve the rawlings of the
radical press in regard to the recent disturb
ances in this city. In his message vetoing the
ordinance appropriating two million five hun
dred thousand dollars for the relief Of the
drafted men he declares that at is impossible
to believe that the riot was anything else than
the outbreak of traitors" No sensible man
will believe any suoh trash. The Mayor was
currently reported as being in such state of
fright on the second day of the riot that he
could not sign his own name to document
The Tribune then denounced him. and declared
that be was "paralyzed with fear" As matter
Of course, man in that condition could not
tell anything about the character of the riot
Now that he has recovered from his fright he
has taken file of the Tribune and ascertained
that the monomaniacs of that sheet called it an
outbreak Of traitors, and forthwith be officially
promulgates 1t to the public. Greeley bella
bored him for bis fright, but now praises him
for bis patriotism. The Tribune was right then,
bat d. e,idedly wrong now.


Mayor Opdyke's incompetency is proverbial
The public will hardly give him the credit Of
possessing sufficient brains to write the message
referred to. His copying bodily the incendiary
rawlings of the radical press Is proof positive that
either some one else penned that document or


that he picked up scraps here and there and thus


made message. 1t is notorious fact that all


throughout the riots, frightened as the Mayor


s,he was intriguing with Greeley and the other


editorial members Of the little Satanic Com.


mittee. He was, in fact, q complete tool in


their hands and aided them in their incendiary


work. In officially approving the ideas Of the


radical press he has degraded his official posi-


tion to further their atrocious schemes, and


given them the strength of his official sanction if


it adds any strength, which is exceedingly


doubtful. Greeley is perfectly willing to give


him puff for his patriotism for the sake of the


endorsement of his ideas by the Chief Magistrate
of this city. Greeley imagines that such an en-
dorsement will give strength to his incendiary
schemes at Washington, and thus enable him
to yet carry out his plot in this city


None but monemaniacs and frightened men
could have watched the progress of the riot
and believe that 1t was an outbreak CT traitors.
1t originated simply in the opposition to the
draft. The feeling against the draft owes its
origin to the obnoxious articles in the nigger-
head journals, like the Tribune, Times and Post,
and their incendiary course, in connection with
the diatribes Of the coppcrhead organs, like the
Ne,os, World and Express. The niggerhead
and copperhead politicians with the full coop
Grafton Of the organs of each class, have been for
months past iaboring to bring on . revolution
in this city. and force matters into such con-
dition that would bring about collision be-
tween the State and United States governments.
Nothing would please either side better than that
On the second day Of the riot one Of Greeley's
active followers and prominent politician in
this city openly asserted before anumber Of
persons in one Of our principal streets that
he rejoiced to see the riot 60 on. ~ want"
he said, "to have it extended into every
ward in the city" This politician
no doubt had received his instructions
from tho little Satanic Committee
for he was loud in their praise. II needed no
close observer of men to have discovered that
both the extreme niggerhead and the extreme
copperhead politicians were in their glory
when the riots commenced. They saw In the
outbreak, as they supposed, the contamination
Of their long matured plot. Hence the des-
peratien of the radicals whom they saw that the
riot would be put down too soon, and the des-
perate efforts of the extremes on the other side
to force Governor Seymour into position
against the general government.


These niggerhead and copperhead political
intriguers, with the incendiary revolutionary ar
tcles Of their journals, came very near running
the city, and will yet If they are not careful


While the true conservative men Of the city
were doing all that was in their power to
put an end to the riot, the radical republicans
and the Mozart Hall and other extreme men on
that side were rushing around and doing all
they could to inhame the public mind and
interfere with the military and other authori-
ties. The only democratic organization that
maintained straightforward and true position
was that Of Tammany Hall Its leaders were
foremost wherever their assistance was neces-
sary to restore order. Let the public bear this
in mind, and they may be able to avoid repe-
tition Of the recent deplorable scenes.


THE EXEMPTION ORDINANCE AND THE MAYORS
vEro.-Now that Mayor Opdyke has vetoed the
ordinance appropriating two million Eve hun
dred thousand dollars to pay the exemption
money for men drafted from thia city We sun