The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-28

cal cutase and the cnssqusnt abandonment Of them
there outcssts and ou'lsss OF whom We speak II Is
melancholy and frighfu 'sct, which cannot be gain
FaJed tsat in ths main our highest ana io~ig p,lit
cal officers nsmsd ard created in what srs called
s'prima-y meetings. by what known As primary
elections" in whi . few bod msn OF bota the great
psr.e. c,nriEs secure, by violsncs or fraud ths
control Of tn. nomination. and hence the election OF
70 fellow c,tiyers, uress you have given your AZ
tenoa tas soajec. the INDUSTRIOUS inquiuss OF This
p.msrg eIectsn system Till within two or three years
ass ,hese Urinary elections under the control OF
wings or democrats in their tive pare,bus it Ia
no ku WI tina, organized bands Of unprinc
pied spd re ,kess who sell their services
prsna FOR place without regard to party sssooia
ton Ia corrupt wbg Alderman of wrd desires .
re election he bargains with corrupt democratic AL
drsoan in reghb ring ward to lend the democrat mis-
forces 70 carry primary election and the democra. in
Hence rh,ss sramisonorsl, vots IN damas,ssc S.,,a
boxes and den ocrats in whg ballot boxss-whi.e the
honest wig democrat desiring 10 vote may bs thank
tu permitted - go through the farce Of voting at ALL
II there De mt enough of these parasites who have been
vng through the year upon tbs city treasury TO Garry
the primary elections for this wing that democra c
Aldermen organized baud OF unfortunate outcasts
oc vii aims Is employed who, though the money may BE-
advanced by the Aldermen, yet in fact paid In the
wa daily read Of ia the public press. II there
tive ~ads good oiizens devo,ng them selves these
elections sai with enough Of to vote down these
eches upon tbs city reasury then, by securing what
filed hefors vote IS given, with any necessary
amount of votes this prevented and honest
HAYS outvotsd their opponents and all ther auds,
then these inspectors If election often with utter
sbar elessnsss count the votss they please without
sry regard 20 hunters and return men elected who
have never eseysd in tact quarter Of the numerical
vote In other whore these organized forces
pot dare not Undertake. to exclude bona d citizens
they IL III accomp ces vote and az ain,
tbe inspectors INFO receiving their
volts th~y brig in voters from ueighb0riu2 wards,
u'aor. oistincon of party, or discrimination al 70
sisnsnio. any other disqualification In soma wards
Il tes oseoms much as mans lite is worth 70 vots
c. s unlsss he vo'es he il orte Cd In other wards
the respectable citizens of both pa-ss have retired o
AL pvnsry elsctions in disgust sriyhs and aoan
dos.st 'h Entirely to bultes blacSlAgs, who now
have tree he especial control
HOW THEY ARE MANAGED.
Uu5er this system Of prima elsctioos there have
grown up in tha city large class OF men known ia ths
sarg Of tue CT, as 'Suckels' and "Strkers." The
/" nh ers'' sEe old class of rataudets who "c,me
ds"," upon ndidste for plscs and demand of him
moley With tine ats tina il he does not give it they will
be "doEn upon him in he primary elections, or in the
dominating conventions. and who generally frightsn
t'rnd or currupt men into pay. The 'Suckerk" are
nnys gent class who hang about the porter houses
where the stng conventions meet and who ssuck"
out pay. These Strikers and ''uckers make 1t their
trace TO get upon the nom mating commttees and in
neSon with ortsds forces they generally succeed The
man Who ooes not wish to be known taking money in
person puts into these nominating committees these
ssers" ard Suckers and they notorously sell their
votes not alone the highest bidder but often
Sgan to all the bidders aud hence It is we'll known
that ths nom mating nnittees, less, are
marketable CATTLE slaves in the slave pennot fr
one falP however, are cattle and dawes, but for
sale ever and again, at the same moment to diff
feient BUYERS sc;or ling as they and dupes to dupe
csat, en- inent in his party, often finds his in
primary election on the same ticket with some unknown
bu but he is not expected to take the oubls to s
tend the nominating conventions and il he does he will
often find himself wearied out or worried out By NUNS
rous adjsurnments and to such places whore decsncy
scarcely go with safety 1t s sometimes the CUSTOM
ticket where five men are to serve to put two
well krown democrsts or wings. and two sackers or
. or M rms Enu
as be is in mock auc ion vocabulary better
known now as Greenwood mse that y. dead man,
q mere invention The two Suckers" or "Stricksrs"
genersry find when their ton assemblies one or
abenees AID they no. only I'll his place their places,
with other SdckeTs'' Strikers" bu. the Green.
Eood ms,'s place also and hence starting with only
with five. Men who night and day, though more by
night than by day. NAL polite, their trade and their
low citizens and the way they dupe and fool "ths
green ones is standing joke with them their
cups.
THEIR OBJECTS AND AIMS.
These persons that carry tn primary elections
OIL have mercy in vswin the cad all taS from the
pente OF the sracy Ct he city and Of the law
exemption from punsbmsnt for the crimes th,y com
nit tho rcboeres they may be guilty Of aod tbs
blood they shed in SUDDEN atfeays in cool aud
deliberate malice. ihay reason and they well,
that IL they creste the msgistracy they
/. and control it. They reason aud they reason
well that If they make judges they be po
ful tie judges ,hemsevss. Tnsy reason, ana they
well that II ts'y are the msnutactareIs Of the
must work out their will To be bully With impuuity
and TO be allowed 70 poCme ott at the pills of the
primary elections, in the gambling houses snd else
where, there must be security for protection from
ishnent in ire officers Of the law AMI that urity
they have when in the primary electors of the
other party they make uomake them at will.
Hence here in New York it il hard to
punish cIme and hence crime 80 often escapes.
become audscous that mureer manslsughtsr
crimes almost Of daily It is notorious
and we can name the characters-that men who have
been indicted fer high crimes and misdemesnors and
escaped only BY influences they created in primary elec
ton have this year named the judiciary Of the city,
ratirg committees. Decency alone forbids naming
char acters and places that influence and carry act
menon sus Il to
the main the primary elections, in several wards in
both parties, ne Aox the ofspiings of the gambling
houses and bawdy houses Of the city.
THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
Now fellow citizens II there primary elections died
off in the filthy and seehng stews where they Bred
they would not be worthy Of this brief exposure We
have made of them; but they have been the Of
elesting here for two three back many of this
who make laws, administer justice for us-many
magistrates Of the city We expected to vote for the
candidates whom outcasss of the community hand
to US as 1.-THE I'gulsry nominated e.ndidatss" We
the city 1t may be true that they often name for US
boLlo very BOOu men 10 tnVre ara gOoQ
and true both the whig an democratic tickets
this year)-but such men are put only to cloak ras
calty concealed elsewhere, orto svod disgusting the
community outright They will give any time Ave
honest able men, If at the same time they smuggs
into some great giving place. some unblushins,
the hcnors'' Of office, IL they can only have "ths
game ~ II IL net then altogether the men We com.
plain Of in these nominations but il is the accurssi
system which demoralizes the city, and broadcast
the basest seeds Of corruption Fo, two great parties to
allow such persons rs We have described even to name
candidates. is crime, because 1t subjects the city to
their rower. 1t IL about enopeh to know that they
have named man. to refrain voting for him. II GER
tanly fair prma dcie proof Of collision Of the candi-
dates with such men that they have been named by
them-and II becomes the business of such can
ddaes be purged Of their origin before they call upon
for votes. It II fair inference that they are
pledged to the influences Of their birth places snd
datesand is duty to rejec. them until they pub
1c!y osown th,ss influences that started them into
life.
OUR DUTIES As CITIZENS.
Now, fellow citizens having but briefly, very briefly
thorgb, opened to you view OF the Of city
corrupons and crimes, we beg You, implore You To