Year: 1875

guised purpose Of the gathering was to pre-


pare the ways and means Tor retaining '0e


spoils. Those who were formerly mem oers


OF the Republican Party (ana 'oey


were in the minority had nothing 70


say Of former political association. Those


who were formerly members OF Jus De"o~


cratic party land they were in the large ma


iority) made g formal declaration OF their


abandonment Of that party 70 sustain ene


combination Of spol-seekers- lne possesslon


of the Offices was the sole and only OBJECT IN


view. With, perhaps, ono or two exceptions


land we may be mistaken in making any e1-


ception). there WAS not single person pres


ent who either does not hold some Office at


the present time, or is not seeking an once III


the immediate future The gatherlne repre-
sented the corrupt Celts and the corrupt
Teutons who Joined hands TWO years ago 70
plnnder the honest and industrious ta1-pay-


ers, whether Americans, Germans, n1sh' OF


Scandinavian. The gathering consisted OF


foreign Know-Nothing bunmers


The unanimity of Wednesday evenings
meeting gives full notice Of the intention TO
hold this foreign Know~Nothing combination
together for another election at all hazards
There will probably be no Democratic tcket'
or, if there is, it will be put forward by
few weu-meaning men, too honest to lend
themselves to the corrupt scheme for plunder,
but too Bonrbonish to unite with any but the
Democratic party to defeat the bum1hers.
The Democratic party is to be sacrificed. Mr.
BARNEY CAu1rm1D, Congressman, explained
why. It is because the Democratic party
would then be responsible for the thieving
and rascaity Of the tax-eating bummers.
This is tho translation into English
Of what l1r. BARNEY CAuLF1ELD sald-
Ho did not want the National Demo-
cratic party loaded down with the
misdeeds Of Democrats holding local Offices.
To avoid this, he was in favor of maintaining
the organization Of foreign Know-Nothings
under the meaningless name of the "Oppo-
sition party" His talk about "men OF high
moral character as well as of intellectual en-
dowments" in connection with this sort Of
party would be ridiculous if the matter were
not so serious.


We do not know whether OF not the dis
Peoples party men can again COM
mand the united votes Of the Irish and Ger
mans by putting forward the liquor aud Sun
day question, which has been settled for at
least generation to come. If they can,
we presume they can get sufficient votes
from the disreputable classes to secure their
election. # not, We presume they will not
hesitate to avail themselves Of their possession
ot the balloIbo1es to provide their own
majority. But We give the people Of Chicago
warning that if they stand aloof and permit
this state Of things to go on, it is only ques-
lion Of time when this city will be as badly
Of as New York, now loaded down with
debt and with an annual expenditure Of
s44, 900, 900, and struggling to carry the con-
sequences Of few years misrule by just
such class Of men as now control the Affairs
If this city. The time will come when tax
payers and honest voters will have to form
Vigilance Committees and guard their ballot~
Boxes with revolvers. II the people of Chi
ago would avoid such results as these, they
cannot begin too soon to assert an interest in
ocA politics.