Year: 1870

Meaning Thereof.


The grand turnout Of the Tammany demo-
cracy on Thursday night last was splendid
affair as q torchlight parade, an imposing
affair as political assemblage, and very
significant affair as democratic demonstra-
tion. The republican journals hardly know
what to make of 1t. The spectacle OF forty
thousand men voluntarily parading In the
rain, and that of hundred thousand assem-
bled in and around Union square and Tam
many Hall, are facts which cannot be triaed
with, and which indicate some general under
lying cause of democratic inspiration greater
than the ordinary excitcments Of local cleo
tlon.


In discussing this remarkable political
pageant the republican organs, dazzled by
the portly presence Of the enfdnt terrible of
the Erie ring, and amazed at bis audacity In
his plain speaking, are dreadfully frightened
by It, too. They think it means the proclama-
ton Of an alliance between the Erie
ring and the Tammany ring in
game Of robbery, spoils and plunder,
through repeaters and ballot box suffers,
never dreamed Of before. Indeed, from the
general tone Of the republican party press,
city and State, the democracy of this city are
an utterly reckless and abandoned coalition Of
rogues and rufians, and the men Of character
and standing who give them countenance
ought to be ashamed Of themselves and their
base associates. In this connection it puzzles
one Of our radical organs to account for the
bonds Of brotherly affection made manifest at
the great gathering in the Wigwam between
''Boss Tweed" and August Belmont. How
''the Boss" should be 80 far reconciled to ''the
agent of the Rothschilds" as to bring him for
ward as president of the meeting, and how 1t
was that Belmont should be thankful to Tweed
and his followers for the honor conferred and
should proceed to blarney the sachems, is the
mystery which republican factionists cannot
explain. Nor can they understand how man
of the refnements of Belmont should so freely
and fraternaly commingle with the unwashed
roughs Of Tammany love feast.


We suppose, however, that in such company
as that of Henry Grinnel, Charles H. Marshall,
James w. Gerard, Charles O'Conor, Maunssll
B. Field, Wilson G. Hunt, Samuel Sloan, Robert
J. Dillon and host of others Of commanding
character and responsibility, Mr.. Belmons in
Tammany is quite as much at home as in the
inner temple of the Manhattan Club. We think
it possible that all these men of our Tammany
democracy, Of high. halfway and low degree,
are united upon certain political notions which
they hold In common, and that they really
believe in these notions We dare say that this
political party is in reality apprehensive of
some sort of design on the part Of General
Grant to carry this coming election by the
bayonet, absurd as this fear is; and that the
rank and file, by their trumpeters, have been
reused to patriotic indignation which win
carry them to the polls on election day, if
necessary, even over battery of mitrailleuses,
Aanked by squadron of uhlans and needle
guns. This is the meaning Of the late great
Tammany turnout; and it was moreover, in
tended as demonstration to Marshal Sharpe
that the Tammany voters of this city are
living power, and that they will meet him again
at Philippi. ''e