The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-12

properly. The agitation is meanwhile keptup with
great splrit and preparations are making Tor an I'M
mense Mass Meeting on the I'D OF February, and
from that starting point the nominations IN the va
rious wards will be made; also the nomination
for Mayor, so that the citizens will have an oppor
tunity fer six weeks before the election, of examn
ing the character and qualifications of the cand
dates for the high and responsible offices connected
with the administration of the city government.
The Tribune, which has very respectable al
lowance OF lmpudence, tells "Young America,
very coolly, that "it is not likely to find any better
party than the wing party" BAH This wing par
ty has been tried and tried, and tried, and the re-
suit has been invariably the same exemplificatior
OF their utter taithessness their promises-disre
gard of solemn pledges-contempt of the public
weifare-and greedy, grasping, shameless selfish
ness This has been the cause of the prostratior
OF the wing party. The people have no confidence
IN them; and seeing the utter hopelessness and i'm
possibility of efecting better state Of things by
any other means, have determined to be humbug
ged no longer but seek at once, through the instru
mentality of their own unfe,iered energies and in
tuence, and independent of all mere political par
ties, that reform and those changes which they We
ny Justly deem so necessary and indispensable. A:
for trying the wing party, the people have been eff
fectualy cured of that The results OF applica
tons to this beautiful, consistent honest liberia
wing party, have been too instructive. When the
people have asked for an egg they have given them
serpent, and the request for piece Of bread has
been politely responded to by the gift of stone
A few lessons of that kind are sufficiently impress
sive.
Young America" seeks and promises practical
reforms-in the first place, good city govern
ment. AT this the Tribune, the whig-Fourier or
gan, sneers. Quite characteristic. The only re.
form which the Tribune can tolerate, consists in
the cutting up OF society into paraelograms-the
cultivation of crab apples on "domain" for
the manufacture of cider at 81 barrel--,he
creation of the "sensuous harmonies"-the de-
struction of the fell destroyer, abor-the union
of the "grand elemental principles of har-
mony"-a community Of propery-and plu-
rality Of wives-with all the most recent disco
veries and Improvements in religion and diete-
tics, as explained by the celebrated John A.
Collins, of Skeneateles. Now, "Young America"
it is very true, does not propose even "thmbe
full'' of any one of these refoims-not much "A
''thmble-fulf' of gradual amount of equivalents
Or, "harmonic forces'-or adequate joint-stock
and common fund"-not even one poor ''thimble-
full OF social, industrial microcosm." This is
denable. But 'young America" promises us
practical reform in the city affairs; not, to be
sure, so grand and magnificent, and imposing, as
those OF the distinguished philosophers of the
Tribune, but still, reforms SO valuable in our es-
Iimation, and that of thousands of cur honest and
independent citizens, that even " thmbe-full"
would not be ungratefully received