Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-03
Address q sAs Wsfg Nominating Q IL
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FELLOW Crrrzrus,- The whig Nominating Com
mites appointed TO select Candidate for the mPsr-
tant Office Of Mayor Of TINS City, at the approaching
Charter Election having performed the duty assign
ed 20 them feel that they should do manifest mus
tce to the great interests involved IN the supJect
conited TO their charge, were they not TO lay pc
fore you Of the somentous considerations with
s-hich il 10 replete.
We live, Fellow Citizens, in age, which though
n rsnscend all former periods in its devotion to the
great interests OF society, 80 far the physical
wants Of man are coacsrned; has, 10 feared from
that very reason, much neglected the more noble
influences which result from a due consideration OF
the best means to elevate the public morals
Ii is well known to you thPt the tive great politi-
cal parties, into which the Republic is now devided,
differ most essentially this important subject SO
vital to the welfare OF all free institutions for, while
those with whom act, are the determined supper
ters of the Constitution and the Laws-Osr oppo-
tents have shown, by many Of their prominent meas
ares disposition TO set both at defiance, and TO en-
courage a spirit bordering upon icentionsness
These Anti-Repubcan doctrines and measures,
openly avowed and carried out by our opponents,
have had the baneful influence of awakening spirit
Of capidny and sefshness, which has exposed us to
the evil Of having offices of high trust and confidence
filled By men much more remarkable Ter spirit OF
domination, and for the intolerance OF party, in its
worst features than for their adoption to the eleva
ted performances of the duties they called upon
to fulfil. Hence we have seen, both in the General
and State Governments, the most wanon sacrifices,
not alone of the Public Treasury but of those sacred
principles Of justice, honor and truth, without which
shall in vain look for that glorious result, design
ed and anticipated by the illastrious founders OF
American Liberty.
Your Committee would ask You to taker etro-
sPective glance at the more pamy days of the Re-
$ Is he honestg-Is he pable?-contained the on
ly passport office in the views of that heightened
Statesman, who gave to an admiring world the sub
lime charter of our Natonl Independence.
To this sound principle of estimating the charac-
tiers of public servants by their honesty, and their
capacity to discharge their duty, your Committee
would, in an especial manner, seriously and solemnly
That there should hone silly exist of opin-
ion upon political subjects is not only necessary
CONSEQUENCES Of free Institutions-but such differ
ences are beyond doubt often beneficial to the pub
lie welfare-your Committee cannot, however, see,
without great alarm, in the signs OF the times,
growing disposition on the part Of our opponents to
disregard the most sacred principles OF morality,
rather than yield the demands OF party dcation.
There are certainly no political truths more firmly
established among US, than that the public will, con
stutonaly expressed through the ballot box should
have its just influence upon the political conduct Of
the representatives of the people, and that laws duly
enacted, should be strictly obeyed Yet recent ex-
perience has shown us, by late, unprneipled de-
parture from every Republican axiom, by party men
in the senate Of the State-how essential it is TO the
very existence Of our mixed form Of government,
that should scrurulously adhere to that portion
of the maxim Of Jefferson that honesty less than
capability. is indispensable requisite in those, to
whom the people delegate their power
Your Committee have INDUCED in this short
have been guidea in the selection thew have been
fail ali to din the pubic es w 81 nNs
cry, that they are the true the only advocates OF
Democracy, and the especial guardians of the
dancy of the popular Will
Fellow Citizens, their acts are before you! We
ask you to Judge them, as you would estimate the
by its fruits for the acts Of men, like the fruits
of the tree the only critera by which they
can be tested
Has it been in accordance with the popular veIce
that their thrice defeated scheme of uprootng your
prosperity in their attempted destruction OF the Gre
dit System, has been still pressed upon you! Has
their lavish expenditure in the devastating war,
which has consumed ten millions Of the public trea-
sure, and consigned hundreds, if not thousands, of
our Patriotic Citizens to untimely graves to drive
.e s.stt, red tribes of Indians from Florida, called
s4r.f. rYptlar commendationi Or is the scheme to
.t-.e ~ " the public domain for party purposes,
.ne one which they would rely to prove their Pc
culiar regard for public opnionl
While nearer Hometown have we not suffered in
eur State Legislation from their refusal to repeal the
law, which banish from our circulation our own
specie redeemable small bank notes thus corruptng
eur State Currency with worthless trash until pub
lie indignation obliged recusant Senate TO yield to
the repeal of that odous law by Wing Assembly,
and forced that Senate into compliance with the
demands Of the people.
These are bat a few of the prominent acts
which show what is the democracy Of the party TO
whom we are opposed, and how little accordance
there is with the honied words Of their promises,
and the arbitrary sway Of their power. Have they
not proved in the policy they have pursued both in
the General and State Governments that they have
no ether principle than that avowsd by one Of the
rccusant Senators at Albany, in the declaration he
has made, that "they tciH make the most Of what
power vet remains in their handsl"
But your Committee feel they have said enough TO
satisfy every unprcjudiced mind, who are in truth
the s a.Otyly power he W yer1 name
enough to proclaim to the world their unalter abe
purpose to bring back the administration OF our
public affairs To accord with the sound moral put
forth and maintaaed all occasions by the OF
the Revolution which, while it is best calculated to
ensure eternal tranquility and happiness cannot fail
TO command for the respect OF every civilized ma
tion throughout the globe.
With these preliminary remarks, rendered, as
your Committee believe, essentially necessary, from
the immense influence which the Charter Election Of
this city has on public opinion in the State and
Union, your COMMITTEES now proceed to the more
pleasing duty Of presenting to you the name OF the
candidate they have unanimously agreed to nominate
for the Office OF Mayor, at our ensuing Charter Eieo-
tion and in Offering to you that of his Honor,
AARON CLARK.
our present worthy and faithful Chief Magistrate,
thew feel more than satisfied they have strictly ad-
herea to the true denocr ratio doctrine Of acting in
obedience to the popular voice.
IL would be as your committee believe superfiu-
ous and il certainly is not their intention TO pro-
sounce this occasion any oulogy ON Aaros Clark;
they ask only that you would test him by the same
rule they have laid down the touchstone to which
your opponents should be brought. Could any
more honestly and more Justly have discharged the
high trusts you have for the past two years reposed