Clinton received an overwhelming majority for Governor, Porter obtaining a ridiculously small vote in both New York City and the rest of the State.[9] Thus in the feud between Tammany Hall and DeWitt Clinton, the latter, lacking a political machine and basing his contest solely on a political idea--that of internal improvements--emerged triumphant. FOOTNOTES [1] Hammond, Vol. I, p. 399. [2] Valentine in his _Manual of the Common Council of New York_, for 1842-44, p. 163, states that Ferguson held on to both offices until President Monroe required him to say which office he preferred. Ferguson soon after resigned the Mayoralty. He held the other post until his death in 1832. [3] _MS. Minutes of the Common Council_, Vol. 29, p. 150. [4] As late as July 28, 1829, the Common Council refused such an accounting. Charles King, a prominent citizen, memorialized the Council, through Alderman Lozier, to furnish an itemized statement of the expenditure of over half a million dollars for the previous fiscal year. By a vote of 15 to 6 the Council refused to grant the request. A public agitation on the question following, the board later rescinded its action, and supplied the statement. [5] Buckmaster had a record. On October 9, 1815, the Common Council passed a secret resolution to sell $440,000 of United States bonds it held at 97--the stock being then under par. About $30,000 worth was disposed of at that figure, when the officials found that not a dollar’s worth more could be sold. Investigation followed. Gould Hoyt proved that Buckmaster had disclosed the secret to certain Wall street men, who, taking advantage of the city’s plight, forced the sale of the stock at 95. Buckmaster was chairman of the general committee in 1815 and at other times, and chairman of the nominating committee in 1820. [6] _New York Public Advertiser_, April 13, 1809. This journal was secretly supported for a time by the funds of the Tammany Society. [7] _MS. Minutes of the Common Council_, Vol. 18, p. 359. [8] _The National Advocate_, May 10, asserted that the Irish entered Tammany Hall, shouting “Down with the Natives!” but the assertion was denied. [9] Clinton’s vote was nearly 44,000; Porter’s not quite 1,400. CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY 1817-1820 With Gov. Clinton at the head of the Council of Appointment, Tammany men expected the force of his vengeance. They were not disappointed. He removed many of them for no other reason than that they belonged to the organization.