It was named for the matches they used when their conservative counterparts turned off the gas.
This group's Declaration of Principles was written by Moses Jaques, and they were among the chief instigators of the Flour Riot. Before becoming defunct, their greatest success came with the passage of an act that placed public funds in federal depositories, the Independent Treasury Act. This group, which advocated specie circulation, was originally called the Equal Rights Party and formed when William Leggett was thrown out of (*) Tammany Hall. It was named for the matches they used when their conservative counterparts turned off the gas. For 10 points, name this nineteenth century Democratic political faction in New York.
This group's Declaration of Principles was written by Moses Jaques, and they were among the chief instigators of the Flour Riot.
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