Rhode Island American, Statesman And Providence Gazette

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1829.
New York Tammany.—This Society, which is
still kept up in New York under the appellation of
Bucktails, the Republican party, &c. have recently
been in a quandary about their official paper: for
it is remarkable that the individuals composing this
society, whether Merchants or others, are all bound
to give their subscription and private advertising to
any paper selected by the body as its organ. The
National Advocate used to enjoy that honor, till it
came out for Adams. That paper is now merged
in the Herald. The Enquirer has been at various
times a sort of demi-official, but never in the best
odour with the party. The Courier had some claims,
but lost them by venturing to act a little independently in the election of Sheriff, at which time it
aided with the Adams Bucktails, who are a minority in the wigwam. The Courier was therefore
denounced by the Grand Council. To heal the
breach the Enquirer was embowelled with the Courier, and for a time St. Tammany smiled. Mr.
Noah, however, displeased the party by selling
them out and showing he cared not a fig for them
so he could pocket $35,000 for his paper, besides
$1700 salary for four years, and a fat office from
Uncle Sam into the bargain. That personage
now has no sort of influence at Tammany Hall, and
is in disgrace with "the party." In the mean time
the Bucktail patronage has been floating about.
The wigwam recently ordered their Sachem and
Secretary not to patronize the Courier and Enquirer,
and thereupon the Mercantile, through Mr. Mumford, one of its Editors, put in a claim. Mr. Bennett, a former associate of the Enquirer, however,
is making arrangements to issue a Daily Paper, expressly for the party. He has been endorsed by the
Sachems and is now on a tour to procure patronage.
This paper will shortly appear, and then every
Bucktail will flourish in its consecrated columns:
Until that event "the party" have taken the Mercantile into favor, and that paper now wears on its
front, the stamp of "Tammany Society, or Columbian Order." This is another evidence that even
in New York the old federal and democratic distinctions have no existence.