The New York herald., 1845-03-31

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turday.
The Men and Principles I'm the Field for the
Charter Election.
One OF the greatest farces ever performed In this
city, was produced on Saturday night last, not at
the Park, but at the "Native American Hall'
corner OF Broadway and Grand street. Intelligent
citizens OF every party, just look at the report Ct
the "native rally" which we give in this days pa
per! Could there possibly be afforded more salts
factory exhibition of the Stiffness absurdty, bgot
~, Ignorance and weakness of this ' native" party
Just look at this meeting-at It's numbers-at lis
speakers-at the language uttered-at its whole
character, tone, and complexion from beginning to
end, and then answer whether it would not be a
foul libel on the intelligence, patriotism and COM
mon sense of this great metropolis, to say that such
a party could have the slightest chance OF success
III the approaching election!
The whole affair was miserable farce-a COM
plete failure We may at once, without any hesi-
taton, set down the natives" as entirely routed.
What is the force they are able to muster at this
their g first great rally" for the charter election
A few hundreds, amongst whom there was not
dozen influential taxpayers, led by police officer,
aad discarded penny. a-iner Where were the
"honorables'' whose names were paraded in the
call oil the meeting? Where even were the
old spouters OF the Sammons stamp and char
acter? Where was the slightest effort to make
out case for the miserable lmbecles In
the Corporation? The whole thing was a pitfu
abortion
h,rhe other candidates for the May0ralty the n
now fairly in the field, and the manner of their ap-
pearance aud their present relative position, are
very amusing, very philosophical and very signif-
cant. First we have the scene presented by the
meeting at Tammany Hall, con6rmatory OF Mr..
Havemeyer's nomination, with its solitary orator
bewailng poor Mr.. Van Buren and retailing the
slang Of the last Presidential elecuon-its abrupt
aud unceremonious adjournment by the renowned
Captain Rynders-and the procession OF the "Em-
pires" to the residence of Mr.. Havemeyer, where
he and Don Giovanni paid compliments to each
other accompanied by the shouts OF the crowd land
a hurricane Of clarionets and trombones. Thenwe
have the "grand native rally" offive hundred men,
with Colonel Snow at its head and "Mr. Green" at
its tall marching to the abode of Mr. James Har.
per, between whom and the "native" Colonel an
other interchange ofIcomplimentary illusions takes
place. and nine cheers are given for the success of
pMerican Republican principles" Meanwhile, how
is the whig candidate, Mr.. Selden, engaged? Why
he is stirring up the Masses and creating revolu-
tion in public opinion, by Of the most eloquent
and iorcefu vndications OF the great original prin
ciples of human liberty and human happiness, that
has ever been made before any assemblage fmen.
How must all this be regarded by every intelligent
and liberal mind? Can there be any difference OF
opinion amongst enlightened men as to which of
these three movements, bears the character of in
telligence, dignity, patriotism, and rational i'm
pulse
Mr. Selden and the wings may be defeated by
the locofocosin this election but the position which
that gentleman has taken is invulnerabe. He has
originated movement which will achieve mighty
results hereafter. But yet there are many encour-
aging indications of present success. The loco
focos in this city are very much divided by ntes-
tine feuds and contentious. Their success in the
last presidential election has been producing its
natural fruits III abundance, and the scramble for
the spos has been attended by more than usual
exacevation of bitter and angry feeling. In
some of the wards two or three opposition tickets
have been formed by the ocofocos, and the tide o.
personal hostility amongst the friends of the rival
candidates runs very high. Besides, the nomine-
tions of that party for the members of the Common
Council, 1t is generally acknowledged, are not re-
matkably judicous in general On the other hand
the wings are d-Zealous-enthusastic in the
extreme. Their nominations are excellent. The
whig candidates for Aldermen and Assistants are
so far as we can ascertain, men ofknown character
of highintegrity and honor great personal influence
and popularity in their respective wards. or
the "native" candidate not word need be said
They have themselves given the community such
a certificate of their qualifications as saves the
most indignant of their constituents the trouble OF
saying a word on that subject. Their claims are
TO be found in the dirty streets-n the corrupt con-
tracts-in the immense additional load of taxation
in a twelve months exhibition of lmbeclity,
treachery, extravaganza and corruption unpara-
leled in the annals of our municipal government
Such then are the men in the field. The princ-
pies involved are Of far greater importance. They
are on the one hand-religlous intolerance and
proscriptlve sectarianlsm /; on the other, un-
bounded liberation and universal liberty As
for the locofocoes, they can badly be said
TO bring any principles at all into the field,
unless the old rule about the "spos" can be
digniied by the name Of a principle. The great
issue involved is therefore, that between Mr. Sell
des and the "natives" This is an issue which
infinitely transcends in interest and magnitude any
mere party question, or party victory. The move
ment commenced by Mr. Selden is elevated tar
above all mere party politics. 1t is return to the
first great conservative principles of civil and re-
glous liberty, and Of civilization under republican
government. Such Is the issue which is soon to
be decided by the sound sense, intelligence and
patriotism OF the great city of New York.
IHE wings AND THE NATIVES. THE locofo
cos alarmed at the enerreilc and .,ea,.Is- ..sx.l