To the Tammany Society, a secret political organization of New York City, this gentleman was particularly odious, and, as one of the insignia of this " order " was the tail of the deer worn in their hats, the other party soon ap]>lied the term to all who sympathized with them in their feelings and action. The bucktail, an emblem of success in the chase, was gladly appropriated by the Anti-Clintonians and became the favorite decoration in each political campaign. It must have been somewhere about this time that the following incidents, related in a Journal of a trip to visit Chief Justice Jay and General Philip Van Cortlandt, occurred : " We now found ourselves in the town of North Castle, the inhabitants of which were assembled at this time to choose their officers. We discovered that they were all Bucktails. My friend, whose enthusiasm counterbalances his prudence, ven-

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tured on the hopeless task of converting them to Clintonism. Accordingly, having singled out one who appeared to be the deceutest man among them, he led him into a long argument, by which to convince him that Tompkins was a defaulter, and consequently unfit to be entrusted with the highly responsible office of chief magistrate of this great State. That the Bucktail, in his attempt to prove the immaculate purity of the man of his party, was foiled by the superior address and ingenuity of his antagonist, is not saying that he was convinced." We give this other extract from the journal -- " ' Who is this? '