New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-11

st+srt;on. We want elem streets q good police
efficient and careful management OF the public proper
~ honest contracts rgidly enforced plumber OF
the Treasury, aud reasonable taxation These things
have nothing to do with the triumph of Wigs Demo
crate or Free Sellers. here or elsewhere and We need
men WHO vii resOlutey carry this doctrine into Prac-
tee and divorce tie municipality of New York from its
ur standing and most Pernicious dependence on party
pclitics Let us then have candidates who in Office
wiz leave parsanshP out Of view, and act solely for the
welfare Of the City
IL We need men Of capacity and frnless as well as
honesty The concerns Of the City are extensive and
important and talent and judgment no less re- i-
site Than integrity in order to manage them properly
II is not only necessary that Aldermen and Counclmen
should be above stealing and taking brides themselves
tlst they should be shrewd and watchfal enough 10
prevent robbery and bribery in Others bat that they
should have sufficient intelligence and enterprise 10 un
derstand and meet tie wants OF this metropolis High
character and business ability should be the qualities
chiefly sought for in candidates II is true that the
mos. competent men viii in many find ii some
what difficult 10 devote the necessary time and labor to
the duties Of Office; but urge all such to make the
sacrifice They viii find it cheaper in tie end thaa
the present state Of things
III. Tie Couneilmen should not in any respect be
inferior TO the members Of the other Board aud can
didates of equal capacity should be nominated for
both This point TO which careful attention should
be given II is to the larger body that the rdans AMI
rascals of the City will attempt to send their repre-
sentatiyes Tie post of Alderman they look upon as
rather beyond their control and too high for their am
hilton: but into tie more numerous Board they mean
TO smugele or force their chiefs and friends The only
vay utterly to defeat them is 10 choose other can
didates than men OF he highest standing II second
rate perscns deemed good enough FOR nomination
10 this Board, we may depend on meeting there the
heroes Of the dram-shOps and gambling-hOuses. In
some way or other they will get nominated aud elected
though to do so they must pretend to be the best
friends Of Reform. But ii the party of honesty AMI
order put up the very best men as candidates, men
whose names inspire confidence and command respect,
they will certainly be elected in most of the Wards
This alone can render the Reform movement imme-
diately and thoroughly successful.
1t is greatly to be hoped that the present crisis may
result in lasting Improvement in the administration
of the City. 1t would seem that the people of New
York must have had experience enough Of the conse-
queDces Of neglectng their public business to render
them careful to attend to it for the future. Because
the best men in New-York have shirked their duty,
and resigned the government to the worst, we have
seen the City Hall made the theater Of bribery cor
ruption, robbery and dishonesty without end. We
have suffered the disgrace of having the official repre-
sentatyes of the second commercial City in the world
make merchandise of their votes and traffic in their
OWE dishOn0r AID we are now taxed almost beyond
endurance in order to enrich villains who have been
bonored by election TO office, and to provide their para
sites ard accomplces with the means Of luxury and
fast living TO this depth Of degradation we should
never have been brought had the Of respectable
citizens not been too much absorbed in their private
affairs TO give due attention to the annual election
of City Officers Now they reused to the necessity
OF Reform, and we trust VIII thoroughly accomplish
what tley have begun. But we warn them that in
spite of the excellent safeguards of the amended char
ter they must not think themselves absOlved by the
present spasmodic performance of their duty 1t viii
not suffice for them to assume the conduct Of affairs
unless they keep sreRuously what they take into
their hands If eternal vigilance the price of liberty
in the State much is it the sole condition Of pure
and upright government in this City. Such vigilance has
not vet been known in New-lOrk. And in removing
the results past Indifference and neglect let al hon
est electors make new vows OF fidelity to their duty
and then sec that these vows are not forgotten