Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-05
o. See first page.
The Approaching Election.

We give today, for the benefit of our hun
dred and fifty thousand readers, of both parties, the
names of those politicians, far as known, who
were elected by the wing party, at the ward meet
ings held on Monday night, for the purpose OF no.
minating Mayor in the city convention, and for
nominating candidates for aldermen assistants, and
the other small potatoes of the several wards When
the locsfoco party shall have made their nomination
for similar purpose, we shall do them the like
vice.
Sonumereus are the readers of the Herald be-
longing TO both parties that it is duty, in some
respects TO give this information in columns
As to the characters, want Of characters of the
men, or the knaves, as the case may be, who
minated on each side, have little to do, and less
TO say The business of butehering the regulations
of either class of patriots, leave 10 the blood
hounds of tnespress, purchased in leashes by the
politicians, as the Secretary at purchased his
dogs in Havana
The campaign for the approaching election may
be said TO be opening-and to be opening " very
rich" too. We have Mayor and Corporation TO
elect-and if the people of this city cannot make a
better city government this year than they did the
last year, they must be sorely in want of good
sense, sagacity. or public spirit. The city of New
York never has been misgoverned as it has
due regard for the feelings of Mr.. Varian and
his locofoco frends-for we have no more con-
tempt for the party than have for the other.
The choice of either party is only choice of
evils-and the selection of politicians is always a
selection among rogues All tina; We hope is, that
may be fortunate enough this spring TO pick out
those persons for public Office who may exercise the
smallest amount of mischief and rascality. In
1887 and '3S the wings were in power. They spent
much money, did much mis- chief and perpetrai-
ed certain quantity of rascality. In 1889 and
40 the locoocos have been in power, and they have
contrived, in one-third of the time to spend
more money, waste more property, keep the city in
greater disorder, produce more fires, and permit
more murders and riots than the wings could do in
ten years. The balance is therefore in favor of
turning out the locofocos-neck and hees-and this
result there is strong probability of efectrg, from
the preparations now making on the other side.
In fact, the locofocos feel they guilty. and look
and move like culprits in the hands of police officers
on their way to the Palace of Sesostris In Centre
street. Not club a cry has been raised this
spring. The 'huge-paws' are down-the 'sroarers' ~
are quiet-the " indomitables" are in captivity
the "but-enders" are all dead-all are gone as the
baseless fabric of a vision. On the contrary, the
wings are alive All the ranting, rearing materials
that formerly composed these interesting locofoco
clubs are now on a tack, and all enrolling them
selves members Of the Tppecanoe clubs in every
ward Such a fever and efervcscence in this line
OF business we never before knew. We do verify
believe that the next election will be decided en-
tirely by the force and momentum Of the Tippeca-
noe clubs. The wing committees and conventions
may nominate the caadidates-but they better take
care to make them good ones. The Tippecanoe
clubs will have TO approve and to elect them.