Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-08

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, The Nominating Committee made the followin
Report:
The Convention assembled to select a candidat
10 De supported by the Democratic Wings for tn
once OF Mayor, respectfully report-that they hav
gwen To- the important duty confded to them a inl
and delibe ate erai N. and have instructed tn
undersigned officers of the Convention TO present, a
their unanimous choice the name Of Alderman j
PHILLIPS PHOENIX, as the Democratic VIII.
candidate for MAYOR. The members of your Con
vention feel that they cannot justice to themselves
or the candidate they present tor support, conclude
without saying, that in all the relations Of life
throughout long career Of active business, as
| man, merchant, and public spirited citizen, n
stain has ever rested upon his name, no breath o
| SANDER ever impeached the purity and integrity o
his character Born in the city Of New York; iden
tined with its prosperity in his feelings, interests
and associations; honorable and seadast in his pur
poses, to promote the good Of his native city, his
claims to your confidence are unsurpassed by those
OF any other individual. The Convention have acted
on this conviction, and in presenting the name OF
| Alderman PHOENIX, they do it with the belief that
his election would furnish the surest guarantee for
the preservation and promotion Of the peace, safety,
| and prosperity Of tAis great city.
| BY order ofthe Convention.
On motion the foregoing report was unanimously
approved and adopted.
The Committee then presented for the adoption
OF the meeting the following address by Hiram
Ketehum, Esq, which was unanimously accep ed
and ordered TO be published under the direction Of
the officers OF the meeting.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW
YORK.
The present mayor of our city is nominated by his
political friends for reelection. We oppose that
reelection One Of the grounds Of that opposition
u.s. that in our judgment the Mayor has failed to dis
charge the duties Of chief magistrate of this city
with suihcient inteIiigence vigor, and efficiency.
His power as chief conservator Of the peace of this
cny, has not been sufficiently exercised in preventing
aud REFRESHING assaults, burglares, iois, MODS, and
murders The disordcrly portion OF the community
have doubtless heard that there was a Mayor Of the
City OF New York, bnt they do not feel his infu-
ence and authority, He has been tried and foand
wanting. In all this we mean TO say nothing dero-
gatory to the domestic virtues and private character
Of Mr. VARIAN. We believe him well fitted Tor
private station and TO that station we hope be may
be permitted TO retire. We invite you, fellow ciii
zens, to compare the administration of Mr.. Varian
with that of his immediate predecessor, the Mayor
whom the Wings elevated to Office. Mr. Clark en-
tered upon the duties of hs office at a time Of genera
pecunisry embarrassment, when the banks were
compelled 10 suspend specie payments, and when
the population OF city, well on &C count Of the
arrangement Of the currency, excited political
feeling in a very feverish and unsettled state,
but he entered upon those duties with distinct
pledge that ne would keep the peace Of the city,
perish in the attempt. During an administration Of
TWO successive years he faithfully redeemed that
pledge and every citizen felt when he retired TO rest
at night, that he under the sSre protection OF
magistracy that was wakeful and active in
guarding his property and person Ii is not SO
We know that feeling Of insecurity pervades the
sober and retired portion of our population. There
sheuld be no cause for such feeling; citizens
are sufficiently taxed, they pay enough for the pro-
lection OF the law, aad they entitled to have that
protection. We now ask you 10 try another candi-
da OF our nomination, and we assure yos, in adj
vance, that if elected, he will devote his time and
his talents increasingly to the discharge oil his o!cal
duties. We promise in his behalf, that il elected,
he will the laws the preservation oftae peace
and the protection OF the citizen la thiuly executed
J. PsrLLrrs PBGSix is a merchant, an honorable
and intelligent one. He is a native Of this city; il is
more than twenty-five y, airs since he commenced
mercantile business here, and from that time TO the
present he has been distinguished for sict attention
to business for able integrity, for anna
bility Of temper urbanty OF manners, and for
f,igned and delicate respect for the rights of all with
For the two past years MIR. Phoenix has represented
faithfully, and accep,aby to his constituents the
irst ward ef the city of New York, in the common
council daring the whole OF that time he has de-
ness Of the city, and he is thoroughly acquainted
with our municipal affairs. IL elected we do not
doubt that MIR. Ph@nix will not only discharge the
duties Of bis office with assiduty aud fidelity, but
| that he will support the dignity Of the Office Of
Mayor in a manner not only acceptable 20 the mer.
camille class which he belongs, bnt gratifying TO
the pride Of the inhabitants at large OF the first city
| in this Western world We commend MIR. Phenix
| to yosr jealous support.
But desirable as IL s, for the reasons stated to
elect the Wkis candidate for Mayor yet the ensuing
election derives its chief importance from the IN
nuence which the result OF that election will exert
| in deciding the question whether WILLIAM HEsaY
| HAnRIsox,o or MARTIN VAN BuRES shall be the xt
President Of the United Statss. For q number Of
years past the charter election Of this city has had
powerful influence upon the general politics Of the
| country; the influence Of the electios upon which
we are now entering will certainly be not less inn
| portant than any which has preceded it. Let the
Wings be successful or unsuccessful in the contest
here, feel perfectly satisfied that the State in
| November next will give large majority fer the
| Wing candidates. But IL IL could row b. ascer-
tanned by actual canvass that the administration is
in majority here, IN the strong hold, the very CT
tade Of lecofocoim, then hopes Of success in the
State Of New York would be entertained by the nd.
equencc would be, that friends in the other
exhilirated hopes, while opponents would feel
CORES spending depression, and that great victory
which we now regard as certain, would then be made
easy, and to this city would then belong the high
| praise of taking the lead in the glorious work o.
/ REFORM Why, fellow-citizens, should we ns
take this lead1 With without aid the victor,
| will be won,-why should we not share in the honol
ofthe triumph Who under the present dynasty ha
suTe red more than the citizens Of New York
whose petitions, presented in the midst Of emosr
rassment and distress, have been spurned more con
temptuously at Washington than the petitions of tn
merchants and mechanics Of New Ycrkl They hav,
been told that IL they traded on borrowed capital
they ought to break The mercantile interest ba
been psrsecuted by The present and late admins tra
ton Of the general government with q fierce malg
|. | nitv unparalleled With agenised spirits we ar
| obliged 20 confess that there Is that IN our &C