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ST. TAMMANY OBIT NOV. 7, 1871—ETAT 82. Past Glories of a Defunct Potentate. Origin and History of the Tammany Society, with Some Account of Its Patron Saint and Its Indian Customs. ST. MOONEY ITS FOUNDER. Its Victories, Its Schisms and Its Defeats. NEW YORK HERALD Revolutionary struggie. This w necessary for the purpose of. exhibiting the causes which {cd to the great division in: parties im connection with the Tammaoy Society. During that war New York State possessed many rich and (nftuential families, some of whom—the tories—deciared in favor of the King and did their utmost toimpede the progress Of the great cause of Iiverty;. others, on the con. trary, took sides with tne country, yet when our in- dependence was acknowledged they were unwilling to confiscate, the estates of the tories or to compel them to leave the country, although the iatter had severely persecutea the whigs, particularly in this city, during the seven years thatit was in posses- sion of the British. The wealthy and powerful whigs were decidedly hostile to the democratic government. They rather favored @ republic of a Strong, consolidated character, with @ diocator at its head and a senate chosen for life, They de- sired to perpetuate in the new nation the aristocratic features of she old, and they were, therefore, unwilling to tolerate a perfect democracy—in fact, they wished to continae many of the distinctive featares of the Eugilsn goverament which the na- tion had just discarded, and they therefore hoped, if the tories were unmolested in peraon and property, to coalesce with them, and by their aid and a consolidation of inter- ests to form a party adverse to @ formidable democ- racy. At the head of this anti-democratio party Proclivities of the Old Time | was coverat Schuyter, while Governor Goorge Clin ‘Pig-Pen.” Curious Chapter of Local Po- litical History. On Tuesday, November 7, terminated the political power of one of the most potent organizations of its Kind that has yet existed in this or any other city of the Union; for, verily, in the days that have gone by, 80 great has been the influence of the Tammany Society that it bas been able to control the destinies of many an aspirant for high executive, judicial or Jegisiative honors, It las been a very despot in the democratic body, and, true to the general course of despotism, it eventually became so imbued with corraption that it nas been shorn of its power by | the strong will or the people who have expertenced ‘Na avarice and its iniquities; and it is even now proposed that its old charter shall be taken from it by the next Legislature. It is usual when a notable individual passes away to tell the story of his life, a8 & guide or a warning to those who are left behind. We propose to do the same with Tam- many, for its nistory will be found an eventful one, tnat will bring to the curious reader’s mind the recollection oj many an incident that in times past created as great an excitement.as that which has Tuled in this city for the last two or three months, ORIGIN OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY. The Tammany Society 1s almost coexistent with the Union—not the confederation as it was origi- mally constituted, but the federal Union as it was finally established, with an elective President. It Was instituted on the 12th of May, 1789, about two weeks after General Washington had-taken the oath Of office, as the first President of the United States, on the balcony of the old City Hall in Wall strcet, at the foot of Nassau street. The Cincmnati Society, which was established at the close of the war, was said to be monarchical, or, rather, aristocratic, in {ts tendency, when first formed—for before its con- stutution was ameaded, on the suggestion of Wash- ‘mgton and other original members, it evidently tended towards the estabiishment of a hereditary order, The organization of a society that would be antagonistic to such tendencies, and that would Preserve our democratic institutions, as far as pos- bie, from being infected by the adoption of any aristocratic principles, was doubtless the original intention of the founders of Tammany, who de- rivea the name of their association from that of an Indian chief, who is supposed to have been alive as late as the year 1689, and “whose attachment to lib- erty was greater than bis love of life.” SAINT TAMMANY, ton was the leader of those Who favored a pare democracy, and tue two parties remained in oppo- sition until the adoption of the foderal constitution 1p 1789, TAMMANY SOCIETY. Such was the political aspect of the State of New York at the time the Tammany Soctety was founded, After the establishment of peace the organizations of the “Sons of Liberty,” having, as has been al- ready remarked, gained the object for which they associated, were dlasolved; yet it wassoon found that though American independence nad been ac- complished, the full rights or american citizenship were not yet acquired, aa many who had zealously lougat for freedom were nevertheless strongly im- bued with the principles of Bae ne 80 that those who were Ameri- can rigots felt convinced by “eternal vigilance’? that liber The discussi0as that preceded the adoption of the federal constitution were entered into by one party 4m which was Jay, Hamilton and Chancellor Living- ston, who advocated it on the ground that it was the best ‘orm of government they could obtain. Opposea w them was the ty led by Governors | George Clinton, Robert Yates, afterwards Chief Justice, John Lansing aad Melancthon Smith, wio, though not averse to @ confederation, viewed the projected federal constitution as an atvempt at consolidation and tue erection of an irrespousible ee to destroy the sovereignty of the States. ‘hese latter viewed with alarm a constitation advo- cated with one accord by Hamilton, who had pro- posed a Presideat and Senate for lile, and even the election by Congress of the Governors of the difier- ent States, and by General Schuyler and nis col. leagues, who had only the year belore voted the oath bearing allegiance to the state of New and the tmends of popular government felt con- vinced that o! those who had fought for freedom, all ‘Were not the friends of the people. THE FOUNEDR OF TAMMANY. It was at the close of tnis contest over the con- Btitution, and, as we have previously stated, imue- diately alter tae inauguration of the first President, that the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, was founded by Wiiam Mooney, an upuolsterer re- siding in this city, who was one of those who at that early vay regarded the powers of the general gov- ernment as dangerous to the independence of the State governments and tothe common libeities of the people. “lis object,” says the Hon. Judah Hammund, who became a member of the Society in 1803, “was to ll the country with institutions de- signed and men determined to preserve the just balance of power. His purpose was patriotic and urely republican. The constitution provi by fis care contained, anong other things, a solemn asservation, which every member at ais initlation ‘Was required to repeat and suuscribe, that he would sustain the State institutions and resist a ¢onsolida- tion of power im tue general government.’? ORIGINALLY A NON-POLITICAL SOCIETY. Tammany at first became so popular that most Persons of merit 1 the city Were enrolled 1n its list of members. Among these were the moderate men of both the federal and anti-federal parties, ‘the latier of whom, while acquiescing ip the constl- tution as the established law of the land, yet cherished a most devoted attachment to American prinacipies aud tue doctrine of State rights. It wil (hus be observed that it Was not commenced as & party institution; party politics were not mixed up with its eariy proceedings. But waen Washin: his farewell address rebuked ‘“‘seli-created in Of this chief Heckewelden, the author of a +Mts- | societies,” {rom an apprebension that their ultimate sion to the Indians,” published nalf a century ago, writes that all that is kaown of him is that “‘he was & Delaware chief, who never had his equal. The tendency would be hostie to the public trauquillity, tue members of fammany supposed their institu- tion to be included in the reproof and they almost @il tordook it, Nevertheless the founder, William fame of this great man extended even among the | Mooney. and a few otters continued steahfast. At one of their anniversaries, which had hitherto been ‘wnites, who fabricated numerous legends respect | regarded as holidays, in fact, they were reduced 80 ing him, which I never heard, however, frum the low that bui three. aitended its festival. mouth of an Indian, and therefore believe to be | “Tom that time, as we shall uereaiier show, it be- fabulous. In the Revolutionary war 4is enthusiastic admirers dubbed him a saint, and he was estab- Ushea, under the name of ‘Saint Tammany,’ the patron saint of America. His name was inserted in | was intended, as its first conslitution, published in dissuluvie bou some calendars and his festival celebrated on the 1st day of May in every year. On that day a numerous | jy, Society of his votaries walked together in procession through tne streets of Philadelphia, their hats deco- rated with bucks’ tails,and proceeded to a handsome, rural place, out of the town, which they called the ‘wigwam,’ where, after a ‘long talk,’ or Indian speech, had been delivered, and the calumet of peace and friendship had been duly smoked, they spent the day in festivity and mirth.” This chief of the Delaware Nation ia recorded by another writer to have been the head of the powerful confederacy | Society were of the Lenot Lenape and that bis wigwam stood on the spot where Princeton College now stands. Another statement assures us that bis real name ‘Was Tamanend, and that he was settled in the terri- came a political institution and supported the prin- ciples advocated by Thomas Jeulerson. ik nee Ue So eee if e Soctety Was, as we have remarked, original! composed of men Of different political opinions, aad 1752, expresyes, ‘to connect, in in a8 of friendship, American brethren of known attach- ent to the political rights of human nature and the itverties of the country.” A benevolent feature was likewise incorporated in its organization, and, 80 tbat the American civles Of its iounders might be fully carrie? out, as well as with the design of exhibiting an independence of foreign customs, Jndian forms and ceremonies were adopted. The Year Was divided into seasons And the seasons iuto moons—December, January and_ February became the Season of sno’ Apri and May the Season of Blossoms; June, duly and August the Season of Fruits; September, October and November the Season of Hunting, Ali the transactions of the to be dated from three eras ence ite own organization, our national inde; and the discovery of America by Columbus. Thus, according to these r the notice calling a meeting Of the society for celebration of the last anniversary of our national tudependence was dated, ‘Manhattan. season ol fruits, seventh moon, tory of Pennsylvania, near the Schuylkill, when | year of discovery three hundred and seventy-ninth, Wiliam Penn came to America; but that at the time of bis death he resided in Bucks county, near Ot independence ninety-fifth, and of the institution the guty-eeoond,” ‘Waich, trausiated into the ish of common moriais, means June, 1871. Daylestown, and 1s buried near aspring about four | The officers were to be thirteen sachema, repre- miles from that place, He is presumed to have been | £¢n! present at the great. council held under the elm tree at Shakamaxon, upon Penn’s frst arrival, as all the chiefs of the tribe of the Lenni Lenape are said to have been there. There is, however, no documen- tary evidence to this effect, as no treaty was signed at the first interview, which was merely a prelimi- | Monies, whose duty it is to Mary pow-wow for the exchange oi friendly assur- ances, The first treaty for the purchase of lands made by Penn witn the Indtans is dated April 23, 1683, acd in it Tamanend and Melamequan relin- quish their right and title to @ tract of land lying between Pennepack and Neshamony creeks. In the great treaty of May 20, 1636, by which a large por- tion of Pennsylvania was acquired, the name of Tamanend does not aprear, which naturally leads to the conciusion that he died between the execu- tion of the two treaties, in his aceount of his first settlement Venn says of this chief that he found him “an old man, yet vigorous in mind and body, with high notions of liberty, but easily won by the suavity and peaceabie address of the Governor.” There can be little question that Tammany was One of the most distinguished men the Indian race has produced. He was Intelligent, mercifui ana brave, and under his rule the confederacy of the weunt Lenape became powerful. Cooper has en- Fbrined his name ip the pages of romance in his book, “The Last of the Mobicana.”’ PRECURSORS OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY. The canonization of Tammany appears to have | been the invention of the witty John Trambul), whose Hudibrastic poem, entitled “McFingal,"’ cre. ated quite a furor on lis publication, after vhe close of the war of Independence, and the name appears first to have been applied to various societies which existed in this city and in various parts of the country before and during the Revolution, ana were Known both as the “Sons of Liberty” and the “Sons of St. Tammany.” These organtzations, however, ‘Were dissolved or died out after the establishment of Peace, their olject having then been attained, and At was not until those jealous of American rights w that many who liad zealously fought for free- dom were still strongly imbued with monarchical principics that the new society, bearing the name of Tammany, and which has continued to this jay, Was instituted. { It te said that tt was owing to the many societies Dearing the name of St. George, St. Andrew and David, and ai] of which in their commencement Sound fervent loyalty to the British sovereign, Bhat Trumbull was led to the search and discovery of Bmenaine American guardian, tne use of whose name Wrould some be recompense for the monopoly of ail ‘the saints in the calendar by European nations, and Ene application of it tothe “Sons of Liberty’? was Bhought to place them on @ level with their oppo- neats, BYENTS WHICH LED TO THR FORMATION OF THE SocIETY. To collect the threads which, when woven into & fabric, wil the complete story of Tammany, 1t ts gocemary to go back wo she very beginning of the on ine thirteen original States, to be elected annually. From their number or irom the body of the society was to be elected a supreme nead, who was to be stylea Grand: Sache: This body iorms the council, which 1s presided over by a Father, and meets quafterly for the transaction of business. The other officers of the society are a Scribe or Secre- tary, @ Treasurer, @ Sagamore or Master of Cere- take care of the property of the society, and a Wiskinskie or Door- keeper. All the customs and ceremonies observed have been borrowed from the aborigines, The laws meation the council fire, the calumet or pipe of peace, aud the tomabawk, which they bury when the pipe 1s smoked, The members of the society were originally divided inw tribes corresponding to tne different States, New York was the Eagle tribe; New Hampshire, tue Otter; Massaciusetix, the Pantuer; Rhode Isiand, the Beaver; Connecticut, the Bear; New Jersey, the Tortowe; Pennsylvania, the Rattlesnake; Delaware, the ‘tiger; Maryland, the Fox; Virginia, the Deer; North Carolina, the Buffalo; South Caroiina, the pone Georgia, the Wolf, When members joined the society they either chose the tribe to ‘which they preferred to belong, or were assi to one vy the Grand Sachem; but this observance has now fallen into disuse. INITIATION OF MEMBERS. The manner of the admission of members is by the candidates being proposed at one meeting, elect- ed at the next, and initiated at the succeeding, If this order 18 not regularly observed, and the mem- bers {ail to appear jor initiation tu due course, the question of admission Cannot be brought before tne meeting again for three months, A candidate, in order Lo be elected, must have nearly a upauimous vote. The iuitiation fee 1s $3 and the annual dues $1, 80 that to become @ son Of St. Tammaiiy 1s cer- tainly not an expensive operation so far as the pe- cuniary requirements are concerned. Every mem- ber wiio proposes a candidate 14 required to vouch that he te @ true repubiican, and firmty at- tached (to the constitution of ine United states, When the Grand Sachem is initiated a song, enti- tied the “Et-hoh Song,” is sung. It commences:— Brothers, our council fire shiues bright, et-hob! When @ member ia initiated the ceremony is en- livened by the singing of a different song, of which ‘we append the first stanza ‘Sacred’s the ground where Freedom's found And Viriue stamps ber name ; Our hears eotwine at Frieadship's shrine And Union fans the Shi greet pou tere, Bhal e1 With foyrat vo! Contirm your choice, ‘Bt-hoh! et-hoh! et-hont One of the principal opjects which lel to the adop- tion of aboriginal forms aud ceremonies was a de- sire to Couciiate the numerous tribes of Indians, who, at the time of the organization of the society, were devastating we defenceless frontiers, slaying tine the tomahawk or laytng their homes waste with fire. Wehave already stated that one of the rincipal causes which led to the foundation of fammany Was tie antil-republican principles adopted by the Society of Cincinnati. Baron Sveu- ben,was then the Presiuent of tuat society in this nd the objectionanle feature in its laws was hereditary succession in iis memberstup. It was, however, at the argent request of Washington, modined, but Btill Exists in the soctely to some ex: en THE INAUGURAL DAY AND THE FIRST COUNCIL. The Tammany Society was inaugurated May 12, 1759, by a graud picuic on the banks of the Hudson, neat where Christopiier street 1g now, DUl Lien two miles away from the city. On that occasion tents were erected for the recepiion of the brethren and the calumet of peace was smoked by the members in turo, The nrst oMicers of the society were:— Granda Sachem, William Mooney; Sachems, White | Matiack, Otiver Gieon, Philip Hone, James ‘Lyleo, Stal ‘that 0 CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE ' intrepid pioneers with | SATURDAY Joni Jona- ‘an Bouren and ieee tay tres ph Godwin; * surer, Thomas Ash; Secretary, au ‘Broest, and Wiakinskie, Gardiner Baker, Greenieaf and Cortlandt Van. anti-federalists and all the rest were 18, 80 thas the trae democratic element was then scarcely represented tn the council. Im the foliowing year, 1790, Wuitain Pitt Smita became Grand Sacheui aud | the office of Sagamure was filed by John Piotard, one ol the founders of the Historical Society, one of the promovers of our State Canals and a gentleman | 6 whom (he city 1s indebted tor much of its histori- | cal collections. Prien THE SONS OF TA: IN THRIR INDIAN COSTUME. ‘on the 22d of July, 17 occurred one Ot the most toteresting events led in the annals of the ‘Tammany Society, and which accorded with one of he principles upon whica it wasiounded, On that day Alexander MoGilyery, @ nall-breed Creek In- alap, who bad been educated in Europe, arrived in the city, accompanied by about thirty of the chiels and warriors of his nation, The guvernment had | long oeen destrous of forming a treaty of friendsuip and alliance with tnese Iudians, m which it was Unsuccessiul until Colonel Marinus Willet was sent to them as an ambassador, when he succeeded in jucing © deputation to come with him to New York, when they entered into a treaty with “Wash- ington, the beloved Sachem of the Thirteen Fires,” 8 th0y Were pleased yA call ae The Indians were rece! grea! the members o! | the Tammany society intuit Goavame, for at that day they were accustomed 10 eee in the garb of tae children of the el a fe ers, Moccasins and leggings, their laces with paint, ana sported huge war clubs and burnished tomahaw! pon entering the wigwam the Creeks were 50 surprised at belloiding such @ great muster of what appeared to them to be thetr own race that | they raised such & whoop of joy that it struck terror into the hearts of the Dale lace counterieits, Among the aotabies present at this interview were ; Governor George Clinton, Chief Justice Jay, Mr, ; Duane, tne Mayor; Mr. Jeierson, Secretary o! State, ir, Knox, Secretary of War, The masters of jhe ccremonies were Colonel Stevens and Sazamore Pintard. Tae Indians were addressed by Josian Ogden Hoifman Grand Sacuem William Fite Smith, the lattcr of whom told them that although the hand of death was cold upon those two great chiets ‘Tammany aud Columbus, yet their spirits were walking backward and forward in the wig: wams. The Creeks were filled with joy at tneir reception, perfommed a dance and sang the “Et-hon’”’ } Song, Tho Sagamore presented them with the caiu- Met, and one of them dupped the Grand Sachem Tullva Mico, or Chief of the White Town. In the evening they visited tne theatre, accompanied by their brethren o/ the tribe of Tammany. THE TAMMANY MUSBUM. Immediately after its organization the Tammany Society received Various presents of battle axes, War clubs, pipes, Moccasins and Inaian oruaments from traveliers among the aborigines, which were carefully preserved by the Wiskinskie. ‘These, in course of time, becoming numerous us Well as curious, 1% Was Cousidered advisuble tu establist a museum, | there being nothing o/ the kind then in tne city, for the | ae collecting and rving everything re- to the history oi the country. This museum ‘Was opened in June, 1790, ina room tu the City Hall granted for the purpose, the collection being placed under the charge oi Gardiner baker, the Wiskiuskie. In 1794 the ovilection was removed to a brick build- ding Known asthe Exchange, and belonging to the city, which then stood in tne middle of the street at the foot of Broad street, aud extended from Pearl to Water street, and the lower part of which build- ing was used as a market, while the museum occu- pied the second fluor. On Octocer 13, 1794, tue | society erected in the centre of this museum | @ transparent monument in memory of Columbus, that day being the third cenienary anniversary oi his aiscovery of the New World—the four sides of the monument exhibiting the most important events in the ile of the great navigator. Mr. Baker was indelatigable in his exertions to in- crease the curiosives mm the museum, and induced the society W aliow him to increase hts salary by charging @ small fee for the admission of ‘non- meinbers to view its treasures, He also claimed a8 his own property all donations made to the coilec- Uon, which tor some time created much excitement and dedate in the society, until the matter was finally compromised by the society passing a resolu- tion, on June 25, 1795, gry ben right and ttle in the museum to the Wis! ikie, who had been at much expense in gettng it up, on condition ie it should be forever Known as the Tammany useum, 1n honor of its founders, and that it should be open {ree to the members of tne society and theis families, On Baker's deato the collection was sold to Mr. W.J. Waldron, and alter passing through Various hands became the foundation of wat was sewers called Scudder’s Museam, in Chatham stree! NO OFFICES FOR NATURALIZED CITIZENS. On May 12, 1791, Josiah Ogden Hoffman was chosen Grand Sachem of tne soctety, and the anti- federal force tu tae council was increased to three, by the election of Melancthon Smita, whom Hamil- ton found w be a severe antagonist in the Constitu-tional Convention, the ower two being as already stated, Cortlandt Van Beuren and Thomas Greenleaf, the printer and journalist, De Wivt Clinton, then very young, was scrive of the council. The latter, in addtcion to the above mem- bers, contaiued Gavriel Furman, John Onderdonk, Jonathan Post, Ebenezer Stevens, John Pintard, Anthony Poat, William Pitt smith and James fylee, all earnest federatsis, The society dined at Camp: bell’s tavern, Greenwich, when an oration was de- livered, which set forth the principies by which the gociety was then governed, and which are strangely ‘at variance with those which have influenced it in later years. tt Was announcod that *‘the semi 9 Society, being a national society, consists of Ame: cans born, Wio till all offices: but adopted Ameri- cans are eligible to honorary posts, sucn as war- riors, haaters, &c.”” in the following year (1792) all the ofMice-holders of the ty Were members of the federal party, which at (nat period, and until the close of the cen- tury, was very strong in this city and throughout thé southern portion of the State, THE RARLY PLACES OF MBETING. The Tammany Society at this time paid great at- tention to the celebration of tneir anniversary, May 12, and of the Fourtn of July. On the occasion of their aunual meeting they usually assembled at their Wigwam at Baraan’s tavern, called also the City Tavern, in the lower part of Broadway, and then either proceeded to the old Presbycerian church in Wall street (the precursor of the old brick church which to stand om the spot where the 7imes butiding 1s now erected) where an oration was de- livered and an orginal patriotic song was sung, whue at other times the same exercises would be gone through at Campbell's, at Greenwich. In 1/94 when the celebrated philosopher, Dr. Priestiy, ar- rived in this country he was congratulated by the ‘Tammany Society ata meeting convened for the pur- pose. The Tammany Society, as it was at tus time constituted, was averse to the United States neing embroiled fn the Kuropean war consequent upon the Freveh Revolution, as is evincea by one of the toasts drunk at one of their festivals:— “The Hawks of War; may they be harmless,” In the excitement in ‘1795 avout the Jay treaty, the minority in the United States Senate who voted against it were toasted at one of the meetings of the society, but the late Dr. J. W. Francis tells us that it did not take any public part in the same. He re- marks, with what now seems like a touch of sar- casm, ‘1 beiteve old Tammany was then too intent | in effecttag their original uesigan, with cheir charier | before them, of tarts ogether the relics of nature, art, beads, wampum, tomahawi beits, earthen jugs and pots and other indian anti quities, | With all that coula found of Indian literature 1n ; War songs and hieroglyphical barks, to take any | special movement in this crisis of pabuc solicitude for the safety of tue Union. Tammany, to ner honor, adhered together by a strong conservative | Americanism and stood aloof from the influence of foreign contamination,” SAMUEL LATHAM MITCURLL, One of the great iights and beloved idois of the Tam- Tany Society at unis period was the erndite Dr. S. | L. Mitchell, who, on May 12, 1795, aelivered tn the | old Presbyterian cuurca the anouai address to ine | Society, 0 which he gave a semi-fanciful, semi-his- torical account of the famous Indian chief, the patron saint of the organization. This address pre- tended to furnish 2 biography of that worthy—who is made to appear as an Indian St, Patrick—and contains an orauon barporting to be delivered by the clief to his chiluren of the Unirteen tribes, The curious reader may Hind this address in “Duyck- inck’s Cyclopedia of American Literature,” volume 1, page 522, Dr. Francis injorms us that at a later period, and at @ season of much agitation among us, Dr. Mitchell, “as Sachem, in another addreas oa the ‘Red Men of the New World,’ ‘atuated the members on thelr patron saint, with the hope that their squaws and papooses were all well.” A NEW WIGWAM. About 1798 the place of meeting was removed to the new Wigwam, Ww wooden vuilding, with an adjoining tavern, at the southeast corner of Nassau aud Spruce streets, The landlord of the estabiish- ment was the celebrated patriotic Abraham B, Mart- ling, a whig of the Revolntion and a man in whom the democracy always confided, and who was known in later times as “Brom Martling.” It was about the time of this removal that the federals Jost their ascendancy in the Tammany society, The princi- pies advocated by Jewterson then made great prog- ress, and the democratic pariy siortly became strengthened by the influx of the “trimmers,” who bow deserted the federalists, being alarmed at their oligaremieal tendeneles, so thay after the election of a ‘gon to the Presidency in 1:00 ine Tammany Society became distinctly recognized as a demo- cr insutution. It was now that the Wigwam received [rom te political opponents thy coutemptu- ous name ot fa The ground on “Whole At Robo "yi on which it stood was t Oulskirls of the city, Just above it,” sald the ven eraole Gullan C. Verplanck, in bis’ oracon Occasion of the laying of the corner stone ot the cece hatl in cane wena street—‘‘Just above it open country, the fielas beginning at o Hall Park; tor the city extended higher only alony the East <iver, and tne banks of the Hudgon above Coliege place were occupied only by farms, country seate and clusters of small count houses, ! gradually growing into villages,’ — Li et, mall as w te our cig Ane ihe see” feeble, compa e| # Was our State, the men of Tatumany nscemoied in that low, wooden, vara-like pigpen, efected | great political results, producing an efecton the public mind whica Fon ay the vote of the city, A gg en uhe electoral vote of the State, This ote, by placing tne authority ol the fed 4 4 ment iu other hanils, estabiist federal govern. hed the the political jaith which sr, item cena bd never forgotten nor abandoned.” “A ‘the leading democrats of the day were con- stant attendans at the meetings held at Martling’s, among whom were John ‘Tryson, | Abraham Stagg, William A. ireland, John moss donn Targee, ‘Abraham Daily, 1 Benjamin Romaine, hn 8. Thorpe, Pever Augnstus Wright, Dr, Prince, Eldad loimes, ~ e, ban niad Buckmes Abraham jentine, Lewis Ford, Clarks qorgph, Kimbail; Wiliam Movi, samuel is, Page oan | W. a. Waldron,’ Tne mectings of the Tammany sor NOVEMBER 18, 1871.—TRIPLE S | ctety and those off the Democratic General Com- mitiee were actively and zealously held tn “MARILING'S LONG ,“ of a large boay of members, who beeen the propaety A es ex! of ratsing the erection oF sui warters, and of carryil out @ project which had been unsuccessfully at tempted in 1792, Consequently in 1802 8 Toutine was opened for the buliding of @ splendid wigwam and the subscription list was rapidly, filed But ‘there the matter ended as the subscribors wou'd not pay up, because the stock would not sell at & profit. DEMOORATIO DIVISIONS. Shortly after Jefferson’s jection. waen the federal irty had become thoroughly pr: ited, @ division ke out in the democratic — between the Jegerson, while his , Colonel Joan Swurtwout, became invoived 1u a dispute with Mr. Clinton which led toa duel at Hoboken, where Swartwout was ton, having @ button from off his coat, was not unwilling to listen to over- tures of pene. soon alterwards, in 1803, run asa stump candidate Morgan Lewis, and thereby became from the democratic 4 fu 1806, such are the sinuosities of le, a ¢ plan was formed by the Clintonians to with the Burrites sometime ted DeWitt Clinton of seeki federalists, and had cenounced him therefor, an: ‘who on discovering the. alliance, d it to be a federal procedure, On Burr’s trial for high treason, ta 1807, his political doom was sealed, BURYING THE BONES OF DEPARTED HBROBS. in procession to W v4 nd, wh they latd the corner stone of a Vault in which were to be interred the bones of those American citizens who had perished on board the British prison ships moored m the East River, during the Kevolutio! war. In making improvements near the Navy Y: @ number of casks and boxes bad been filled with these remains—which had for some time been scat- tered along the snore—ana preserved by Mrs. Joha Jackson tor interment, Mer Ey having been previ- ously tnefectually appeated to by Dr. Mitchell to give them a decent resting place and remonstrated with for the inhuman treatment they were permit. jd to receive. The Tammany Society at last de- cided upon performing What was eonsidcred an act Of patriotic duty. The mUttary companies and civic societies united with them in the procedsiva and ceremony on the occasion of lay! the corner stone, When an oratiun was delivered by Mr. Joseph D. Fay. Toe vault being completed, the remains were laid init on the 23th of ti following month, May, whea a magnificent funeral pageant was ‘wisnessed. It was headed by a trum- Pat ee on @ gat borse, his hand a black Was inscribed iu gilt letters, “Mi is, avaunt! 11,500 spirits of the martyred brave approach the tomo of Honor, o1 Glory, of virtuous ‘otasm |"? ‘The procession was composed of the military, the ‘Tammany Society, headed by Benjamin Romaine, Grand 8 chi with ali the insignia of their order, aud each member of the committee huving charge Of the proceedings wiih a buck’s tail in his hat; tue municipal government of the city, of which De Witt Clinton was then Mayor; the Governor of the State, D. D. Tompkins; the Lieutenant Governor, John Browne; members of Congress, tederal officers of the army and navy and various civic societios. After marching through tne principal streets of New York they crossed the river and proceeded to the place of interment, where an oration, prepared at the request of the Tammany Society, was deliverod by Dr, Benjamin De Witt, ufter wnich the comns were deposited in the tomb and the procession re- turned to the city. These demonstrations, how- ever, were made whe subject of ridicule by the fed- era:ists, who attributed the whole to electioneering manouvres, and aftirmed that the Jacobins—mean- ing thereby the Gemocrats—bad buried the bones of ans! 11,600 Hessi: TAMMANY IN ARMS, Upon the death of Lieutenant Governor Browne, in 1810, the Legisiature 0: tno State nominated De Witt Clinton to fill nis place, which caused cousid- erable excitement in the ‘tammauy Society and led them immediately to call a meeting at their head~ quarters, when Clinton was severely denounced for his ambition and opposition, or at least lukewarm- Bess, to Mr. Madison and the administration. Colonel Marinus Willett was nominated in opposi- lon to him, and Dr, Mitchell, Tenais Wortman, Matthew T. Davis and Jonn Ferguson were ap- Pointed a committee to forward hiselection, Short the iar afterwards Ctinton’s friends held a meeting at the Union Hotel, in Willam street, near Oedur, which was attended by a large number of Tammany men, who created such au uproar that their opponents were unabie to transact any business. But Tam. Many was then unable to raie tae State, for Mr. Clinton, partially by the aid of Buren—whose star had just the poitiicai firmament—succeeded in obtain- i ee and tal oe a ° any, @ influence General Evastus Root. However, Mr. Madison ob- tained his re-election without tae vote of Now York. ‘Tammany bad throughout supported all the meas- ures of Madisou’s acuiinistration, and when the war with Great Britain became inevitable the Wig- Wam became the headquarters of those who took an active part in itand materially contripuced to its support. ANOTHER NEW WIGWAM. The Tammauy Soctety had continued for some years to advance rapidly in wealth and _prosperit ‘and was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, assed in 1806. In 181i, foresceing the necessity ‘or @ grand rallying place during the excitement that would be comsequent upon the anticipatea Wwar—satisfied that the federal party would be an- tagonist.c to any belligerent action—the Tammany Society determtned to have a new and spacious hall For this purpose a joint stock subscription was started and actively taken 1n hand hy Colonel Kat. gera and others, so that $28,000 Was soon raisea and 9 site selccted at the southwest corner of Frank. fort and Nassau streets, near to the Wigwam they then occupied. The corner stone of the new building was !aid May 13, 1611, on witch occasion the members of the Society wore the bucktail in theirbats, marched in Indian file, Aad appeared in see costume. Abraham M. Valeniine was the Grand Marshal of the day; the Grand Sachem, Clark. gon OCroltus jaid the corner stone, and made a short and sp:rited address, in Which he told the sachems, warriors and brethren then present that there they ‘would thereafter meet and recount to the you warriors and bunters the virtuvus and herotc a of their fathers. The oration was delivered b; Aiphus Sherman. The cormer stone bore the tol- lowing inscription:— POCONO TOONONLETONENDOCOLCELOOE DOLE HE THIS STONE 15 Lai By TAMMANY SOCIETY, OB COLUMMIAN ORDEB, No. 1, One Thousand Bight Hundred and Eleven, THE reievioises Vues or its i aia ha AND ie; for Preservi rea ee for REPUBLIAN BRETHREN OO ROO DAO NRC NE IO LODE LELE DE LEDOLELE DOLE DOLELE DG DE ‘The building was speedtly erected, and the Tam- many Society mnstailea in their new Wigwam. -A room in the hall was appropriated to the meetings of the Democratic Republican General Committee, Some years afterward the building was enlarged b; the addition of a story; but 1t continued the head. juarters of the society until the opening in 1868 of the new hail in Fourteenth street, after which it became the office of the New York SAMMANY IN THE WAR OF 1812. Du the secona war with Great Britain Tam- many Hall was 4 busy place, being the neadquar- tera for aiding, assisting and counselling in all measures required by the public safety, as the State of New York, the borders of Canada aud the North- west became the first leading theatres of action. In this hall inet Governor Tompkins, Martin Van Bu- Ten and other friends of the admlaistration, who performed invalaable services by providing sup- lies; and here successful naval oificers received the jomage honors of the society. In Oc- tober, 1814, when this cily was threat ened by an attack from the British iroops, intrenchments were erected at Harlem and Brook- lyn Heigata, at Greenwich Barracks and at otner Points In the viclaity, and a umber of the Toilitia of the neighboring coun! were ordered hither by the Governor to assist in raising and gar- Tisoning these reduubts. So 6 8 the necesstty for completing these d ces that a large namber of citizens helped the soldiers ta their erec- tion, while the members ol the Tammany Society several limes odered tueir services to the Commit- tee of Defencs, and, repuiring in @ body to the forts, voluntarily performed their patriotic labora. The victories of our forces, both by sea and land, were halied with heartfelt enthusiasm by the gona of St. Tammany, but by none was the return of peace Welcomed with great for when Messrs. Clay, Gallatin and Adams, thi iasioners appointed by the United States to arrange tne terms of peace, re- turned from Ghent, in 1815, they were treated to a grand banquet in 1 many THE ‘‘COODY PARTY.” Early in the war Tammany received the accession @ ‘small party of about forty foderi among julian C. Ver aasid, Hugh Maxwell, Jacob Radcilff, Richard Hatield, Josiah Headen and John Hopkins. These were designated by their serien of articioe Which (ane Bl 1in‘one ol ine uews, series o1 ared 7 apers of the day, #1 ned Pa binlleck Coody, Ladies’ Bhbemaxer.” wherein it was urged with much ve- hemence that the federalists had better give up their opposition to the war. The letters were se- re and caustic on De Witt Clinton and some an- ers to them were attributed to the pen of that gentleman himself. Tne author of the Coody letters ‘was found to be Gullan C, Verplanck, who remained & member of the Tammany Soctely up w the date Of his death, @ yeat or two ago. It 1s sald that Ver- planck caerished @ personal enmity against Clinton n account of @ charge made by the latter against him with reference to some riotous proceedings that took place at one of the commencements of Colum- bia aloge, during their collegiate life, The new comers, as 1s often the cage with converts, for a time claimed to be better democrats than the oid chiefs of the Wigwam, by whom they were looked upon With suspicion, and some opposition was made to them adinission, which was only obtained by their Aisplay of enmity to Mr. Clinton, which in those days Was cousidered to be a pretty good proof o1 democracy. Radclit aiterward became Mayor, Hadfelt Clerk of the Sessions, Maxweil Disirict Attorney, and Verpianck was for several years prior to his death President of the Commissioners of Emigration. TAMMANY DBPBATRD. Alter tae conviusion of peace the federal party Al fe the fret ‘Stone ot @ Buil an uN € oceee, aft Governor Tompkins Wich, 1m 1830, led tothe deantial victory. thou ga Tompeing, thelr oan cess was soctted vy ine gla Ot tus ieueralsia ahd the popularity of bis canal policy. i PRUTROTIONISM IN g Amung the contradictions Toga the history of the Tammeny Society is the once played a3 the advocate of @ protectionist policy. In 181%. When the country was suffering severely from @ yor ge ua epiereat trade aa +f addreas ‘to the io) of the” Uultoa States tactures. tue "com ditiog of the coun occasio: the extraordinary issue of a money by the banks, the immense quantities of fore! Dendy « uced the del the gambling which were importea and cane ie ts FO} of the which in the 8! toute billiard roomanke wee a2. presudtaia a October, of that year, the society passed resolutions pe eginey thetr brethera to refrain from useless extravagance in living and to discontinue the im- ‘tation and use of every species of eta mana- jure Which could be conveniently substituted b; home manufactures. The address was forwarde to the prominent political. men of the day, most whom returned answers, addressed to Grand Sachem Clarkson Crolius, and'were afterwards published tn the Nationa: Advocate, in whiok they more or less approved of the sentiments it contained. Among those who replied were Thomus Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Joha Quincy Adams, H. Dearborn, Nathan Sanford and Manion Dickerson, THE CHIEFS DRIVEN OUT OF THEIR WiGWaM, After the [per ae of the democrats, and when tt became evident that federalism was rapidly waning ia the State, several or ory pega latter, among whom were Char! + Jol Verplanck and James A, Hamilten brotuers, with @ journal they bad establisned, called the American, came rushing to Tammany Hall, avow- ing thac their party no had any ground of principle upon Which they could stand. They were @t once joined by the Duers, Rudolph Buman, Gene- ral Wi and others of Orange county; but it was not long betore it was evident tat it was the power and influence, and not the principles of @emocracy, which led to their sudaen ‘conversion. ‘These new wi) Hinding they could nov rule in Tammany, form themselves into a “People’s ty,” and, joining with some Tammany matcon- ry 10 were im favor of John Quincy Adams, actually got ot the a and ex- way the place, but sought refuge in “The Coal Hole,"’ wuere they pamuenind an Assem| ticket, raion they carried by nearly three thousaa majority. THE JAOKSON CAMPAIGN. ‘The next event of importauce nat transpired im the history of Tammany was the movement for the election of General Jackson to the Presidency ay the successor to John Quincy Adams. Mr. Van Buren ‘Was taea the political r of the Aibany Re- gency. His first step was to coaciliate the Cliatoa- jans, for Mr. Clinton was well kuown to be a warm friend of the General's, and the arrangement was first Made public at a meeting of the General Republican Committee of this city, held at Tammany Hall Rep tember 26, 1827, when @ resolution was passe! in which it was recommended that oniy such persons should be clected to the ward committees as were in favor of General Jackson being tae next Demo- cratic candidate for the Presidency, Major Noah then placea the General’s name at the head of the National Advocate, and in the election whica fol. lowed, in 1828, he received twenty out Of the thirty-four electoral votes to which this State was entitled—the electors being then chosen by districts and not by general tickei. Mr. Van Buren was aiso elected Governor in the same year; but upon Jackson for his Cabinet, in 1829, he was Called by aim to ion of Secretary of State. Toat office Van Buren, however, resigned tn 1831, and was afterwards elected tu fili the oiice of Vice President during Jackson's second term, Qnd as early as 1834 was distinctly marked in the pay of Tammany Hall as the next demo cratic Presidential candidate. About this time all the discordant elements 01 tae party in opposition to General Jackson’s admumisiraion assumed the name of whigs. THB “SQUAL RIGHTS" PARTY. Tammany, as our readers are fully aware, cave @n unwavering support to Jackson's administration, and nothing occurs in its history worthy of note Unt 1835, when the “equal rights party” was formed upon principles similar to those which ani- tt nave men’s ae Aa ghee: f. was un- com| in its ir money asa Stroulating es oe ot its ners re all mono; es, an larly ‘ea- ton ot "vested ts legislation. — ita ruling spirit was William Leggett, who was at that time editor of the Kvening Yost, and who gathered around him aod his paper—aithough both were con- sidered as outside the pale of Beg Fequlac democratic party—the equal rights men, who Viewed the Tam- a bead AD rd eure id cieed end in the lemocracy of whic: ey Ol ined, ai 9g sae subjected it to ecvere chitown and robe ey further charged to chiefs with appropriat: to themsetves the lion’s share in the distribution offices, aud hence they were sald so bo “hunk,” from which originated the appel- lation of to them. the term ‘“hunk- ers,” as indicating ® gordid and covetous spirit in the mouopoly of all the spoils. Beyond this the Tammanyites were accused of “going up the oack stairs orthe Wigwam’ and organizing meetings be- fore the rank and file had au opportunity to be heard. We may here remark that while the Tam. many ty always heid their meetings in their hall the inner circle of controlling spirits were for Many years accustomed to meet regularly at the ad- joming tavern, tne Pewter Mug, where, on many. ‘an important occasion, the proceediugs of the main body cut and @) THE 1000 FOCO PARTY. On October 29, ihe meeting was held in Tam- Many Hali to rati’y the democratic nominations for State officers. The equal rignis party was pees opboned £0.anen of the nominees, it being all Uhat they were tn fayor of the perpetuation of bank, ies. ‘Its members consequently took pos session of the hall immediately the doors ‘were opened and prevented the chair Cows Isaac L, Varian, who had been n for - deat of the meeting, and proposed Jt Cc ine atead; mrbereqpon &: sees or seenion seilowod tha excels any' ping 0 kind that ever caemiboa urfenie the Walls of ie old Wigwam. By this torce of overpowering numbers the regular democrats were finally driven from the room, and in the widst of tne confusion the gas was torned of and the opponents of ua xh leit to Ff their mm ations in the dark. However, they Possession of the juarters, and they were determined to avatl themselves of the opportunity. At this juncture some candles were obtained and a boxof the then newly tuvented “loco fooo”’ matches was opportunely jaced, and thus ifght was re- sto) whioh enabled tiem to organtae te meeting and agree upon a ticket to sat themseives, and V4 pass resolutions in accordance with their cl 1e8, after which they adjourned. The cow uirer next ge ae the equal rights wi ana ing? men thi AS op YJ appellation, stead of Belg given toa faction only was, howéver, after- wards applied by the op tion to the entire domo. cratic party, who acce! the name as an emblem Of promptitude and proudly wore it as a badge of honor. THEIR OPPOSITION TO TAMMANY. This loco-foco faction, however, was a formidable one during the next two years, and caused consid: erabie destraction in the democratic ranks. Mr, Leggett having met with an untimely deatn, Moses Jacqnes became its leader, while among its mem- ‘pers were Alexander Ming Job Haskeil, F. Byrds Levi D. Siamm, A. F. Vache, Clinton Roosevelt, G. W. Matsell and Robe: Jr. They met tary Hotel, formerly situatea at the corner of the Bowery and Broome sireet, and had the assurance to resolve that the Tammany society ‘was got a democratic body, and thus its practices and usages Were injurious to republicanism. Several politicians, under cover of pretended friendship, Made use of the party, and by its ald aucceeded in btaining oiice. A memorable oven! in its short life was Loe holding of a meeiing im the City Hall Park on February 13, 1837, which was a bitterly cold and very windy day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the nigh prive of provisions and re- mstance to monopolists and extortionists, speeches of an incendiary tenaency being addressed to a mob of half-iamished people. They alterwards pro- ceeded to attack the flour stores of Elt Hart & Co,, Washington street, and others, but after destroying some property dispersed on tie appearance of the 11085 leaders of the equal rights parwy, hav- Ing taken & prominent part tu the mecting, were severely condemued for the outrage which followed, | Sag = md of principles eventually took place, by which tie locofocos were fully admitted into Tammany Hall. TAMMANY DEFRATED BY THE KNOW-NOTHINGS AND wHias. Though the democracy was victorious in the elec- tion of 1337, it had to succumb to the cornado which Swept over the country and elected General Harrl- son to the Presidency in 1849, In the municipay election hela in tne spring of 1843 Taummany te- ined the control of tne city government, of which it had been deprived for some years. This election was averred by their opponents to have beea gained by the aid of adopted citizens, and as was stoutly alleged, by an enormoas amount of illegal vation, while the manner in which a consideraple share o! the offices were parcelie. out fo naturanzed cluizons excited very general dissatisfaction among na’ oa born citizens, and was the means of waking up the Know Notnings to such an extent that 1n the 1ollow. ing year the late James Harper was elected Lhd ot the American party, aided by the suppor of @ large number of whigs. pow ion Municipal elections of the | two. sollow ink years, however, the democrats were, agai viciortous, electing W. F. Havemeyer and A. Ke Mickle to the Mayoralty, In 1847 the whlgs gai e the ascendancy, eile ig their candidate. tn a Brady. In the succeeding year Huvemeyer thie more carried the Tammany standard in ft hy Ad from the polls; but in the election of 1849 the wits were again successint in the charter erection, @ pi ing Cateb 8, Woodhull as La bad and ie jority in both boards of the Common Coun HUNKERS AND BARNBURNERS. In 1846 the democratic party wad quill UD into the : | a] Eat # € ; Ei iu i i i Po 4 it 4 $ i H Hy if 3 4 E 3 i : i ; ke z that ved aud. promored thus defeat. "tn thls chr, ov t's at thle bead of ele ok pated ative’ nominees ‘were eee worthy of the State toket ‘only were the names of their candidates “awrally ratched,’”’ but many demoorais abataloea from Siascers?' ‘nom! ated a Stave Bae Bh ticket entirely or own faith, which, however, the leading ahd: tore retused au result was that the wi wept State by @u- average over curty thee ally red the nominations ti General Lewis Cass and Ideutenant Governor Hoary Doage as. candidates; but ‘the “baraburn coalesced with the malcontent it whigs in nominating ex-President Van Buren and ‘Onarles Fran as their standard-bearers. il the result of the election. “HARDS” AND “SOPTS!! AND “MOZART HALL! We have already devoted so much space to this article that we must give the later history of the Tammany Society very briefly; but this is of little importance, we in Teac! a readers of the present day. elections that occurred between 1363 Tammany, true to supported the democratic ticke banners the names of Franklin James Bueaanan in 1356, while in 1860 tt sapported the fusion ticket Which was run in this State Mr. Lincoln, ‘In 1464 Genera! George B. Mo! was its standard bearer in the Presidential co! of thas year; aud, as we shall shor!ly show, im 1968 its new hall was inaugurated by the meeting. of the Democratic Na ‘tonal Convention, which pono Horatio Seymour tor President. Of the vari State and municipal contests into which i+ was drawn in these yoars we may Specially, mention beiween the “hards” and the “softs” in the election of 1854, At ths pcriod the tnvernal the democratic party in thig State were at their ae is Governor Seymour was cominated. . ? for ve-election, while Juage Greene 0. son was nominated as an opposing candidate by “nards,’’ wi h placing confidence in the sound patriotism and lategrity of Governor Seym Toantfested jealousy of his intends aod sur roundings, while the leaders of both factions determined to make an effort. to get control of tae national Derronage, reesrdices ot local fe ioterests. In addition to these candidates A. Clark Was nominated by the whigs and nce men, and Daniel Uliman by the Know ings or Americans, then at the zenith of rneir. ap and the result of the democratic division election of Mr, Clark by only 309 votes over Seymour. In this city Seymour received 26,700 ‘votes, against 4,765 for his “hard” democratic, Tami 3 COURS ponent, which plainty exhibits Tal upon the occasion, while tho Know candt- ate polled 16,988 aad the imei 233. r this came the exciting municipal battles between the Tammany chiefs and the Mozart tall democracy, organized and led by Mr. kernando Wood tn conse- quence of the opposition exhibited towards bim ret the sachems of Tammany. In December, the Mozart Hall party obtained a victory over their opponents is the re-election of Mr. Wood the Tammany candidate on the Mr. Havemeyer, and the republicans Mr, Opdyke, Two years later, however (1861), when the op) candidates were- Messrs, Wood. Guother aud Op- dyke, the latter was elected, while the representa. tive of Mozart was the lowest on the list; but the numbers ran s0 close that there was only 1,213 dif- Hall agaia Contested the Mayoraity with Toast all agaia con! the Mayoraity w: fn 1867, when John T, Hoffman was re-elected by 63,081 Votes, Mr. Wood recelving 22,827 and Mr, Daritng, the republican candidate, 15,: IN FOURTEENTH STREBT. in Ni ork had boxe joved up town, and it now becom owe the in many chiefs to follow i= the pathway of modern civilization. Consequently they purcuased the plot of ground in East Pour- teenth sireet on which had stood the Medical Col- lege destroyed by the fire that had @ short time previously originated in the adjoining Acad- emy of Music, ‘The cornerstone of the new Wigwam was laid with much paromony:08 Fourth of July in that year by John ¢. Hoffman, who was then Grand Sachem, aiter wiich the Tam- many Society adjourned to Irving Hall to celebrate the national anuiversary. The must noted of the addresses delivered on this ocoasion was” she ors* ton of the veteran Guiian Verplanck, who drew s Graphic picture of the leading politicians of the city @ad State who had taken an aciive part in the pro- cer of Tamuany, and who had been promt- neat warriors in the political contests of the ciose Ol the last and the first half of the present centary, finishi sketch with @ eulogy ing his biozrapnical the old “War Bares, mien Purdy. We cannot re train from ing au ex roi Mr. omnes closing remarks, as 1+ forms curious réadiug prone’ day, wien ‘‘probity” has deserted sume of he Tammany chiefs, who have fallen @ sacrifice to the ‘temptations of wealth.” “L pave dwelt on the sterling probity of these” fathers of gr Order, to whom the public voice often confided the interests of your city or your State, Loud c.amors have been raised and ai charges made that that probity has not uescended to later days, Nor is it to be denied that im the growth of wealth and its temptations the same old. purity has not always been preserved. The buck- Vall of St. ny gives no sure é: ption irom the tnfirmities of human nati Artiul men bave te, at times won your confidence and betrayed it. It ie & poor defence of sucn delinquencies that many Persons atiached to other tical }OCla"10R8, Turse haa nse ang Ot ae years, have gained ubiic der mountaias of weaiti, tu comparison with winow the aggregate 01 ail that the public treasury has lowt by men of Tammany during many. years of power is titerly insignificant, Be that as it may, recrim- {nation, even though well founded, is not justifica- ass many months ae Tf the venerable orator nad lived but a year or twe:, I he would have truly found that “the buck- tao St. Tammany gives Zo sure exemption from the infirmities of human nature,” and that 16 18 not mon” who have galugg. by public’ piuaer moume jut talus of wealth? oases, OL Punt Boe. ‘ CONVR: 1668 * RagcRatio NATIONAL By é following Fourth of July the new. Wigwes was completed, and was opened on that day by the usual celebration of (he national eet which the Democratic National Convention heid meeting for the choice of candidates in tue coming Presidential election. Our readers will ‘remember the excitement that was then occasioned, and tae Qifficulty there was found im agreeing apes a Prem- dential nominee atl! the name of Horatio Sey- mour was rit Noa gn when he recet the unanimous vol the Convention, is 80 recent since this d¢cUrred need make no further allusion to it. Afwr the new hall was rented to a company that fitted it for entertainments of a somewhat val character; but, after a few months’ cxperietce, doors were close! upon such performances, the terprise having proved to have been 8 failure. THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY. The last great feud in the balis of Tammany was when the Young Democ: sought to rule in the great Wigwam and refused to smoke the calumes, Of peace with the sachems and the warriors who followed tn their warpath. We need not now tél a8 to how, in the early spring of last year, the factions fought over a new manicipal Cy State capital. ‘The Young Democracy vemg di the fight was to have been cuntinued around the council fire in Tammany Mali on the even ing of March 2, 1s70, the General Commiiree on the demand of a majority of its uembers, ¥ re> a be quired by its rules, having been catied py tte ian to meet at that time: but, when the hour £ for the gathering of the braves, they funna “Ring” han decided that the nali should Dot opened and had placed a guord of 600 pulicemen in- side aad around the buliding. The Yousg vem racy themselves assenbied tn mass me: at Irv. tog Hall, where tue roll of the Ey ean A leneral Committee was called, when 11 was ound that were present of that committee 187 members ( . wards increased by about ® dozen), woth Was Majority of toe whole number. The rvom was crowded to overflowing, stirring speecli¢s were made by the leaders, and, tne cuinusiesin "nea tense, The purpose of ie af been to deunroue and repudiate fhe sacl ix q ni the ‘Boss’ succeeded In obtaimng & Shutter, ‘At the annual meeting for [ Secuca et Ket was pia parses o¢ egers, Samuel Tilden, S. ln {hy aud Andrew fH. Green, but it was meroased enh d of 242 to 23, Re bya) eee been made success, At the elec! ae eeeaee tts, candidates, while members of the K: head of the variuus new de; rene How ‘a ‘those high in the civic oMces have formed their duties for the pablic good, und Low far their acts have brought them prominently before the bar of padiic opinion and have led to the total annihilation of the political rale of the once nonor- able and powerful jety Waich they now govern, fs told io the history of the exciting contest through which we have just passed, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND SOCIETY. Derrorr, Mich., Nov. 17, 187i. At the business session of tne Society of the Army of the Vamberinnd yesterday morning, # propomtion to erect aa equestrian statue lo General Thomas tn Washington, 1). the fuud to be raised by subserip- tions Lom the survivors of the Army of the Cam- berland, Was ananiuouly adopted. Major General W. 5, Rosecranz was (heu chosen presidcat of tae Association. Septomber 17, 1872, at Dayton, Onto, ‘were the ume and place chosen for the next meet i tug. The banguet last nigut Wass fue ada. “a

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