New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-12
THE MAYORALTY.

was at the Broadway House on Tuesday evening
when Mr.. JOHN J. HERRIcK. having been nomi-
Bated for Major by the Wing Convention, was
sppri,ed Of the fact a1d inpelled 20 speak. Tue
substance OF his remarks are given in The Journal
dc follows:
"Mr. Herrick when called upon sst night to re-
spord TO the nomination. declared ttat he consIdere
himself thorough party man, ana that while ne was
Independent ano found to 10 clique he wenld remove
every LocoFoco from poser There were no
promises OF reform hopes expressed that the Gov
erumept Of the City might be improved, and sppa.
rspiy no conception Of the high duty which would
devoiye upon him chief executive officer. in
SEEING to the prompt ana complete enforcement OF the
laws
We should Ike to support Mr.. Herrick, but
On this platform We cannot. Az man, we like
hin but as Mayor, if chosen Oh this basis, it IS
clear that he corld not promote that great reform
which we esteem indispensable. Political differ
epces are inevitable, and political strife neces-
soy consequence; but our City Government need
not. must not, be absorbed In it. Let Natiotal
issues be decided in the election Of Presidents
and Members Of Congress; let State policy be
settled in the choice Of Governors and Legisls-
lures: and let Municipal questions clone be re-
parded in the choice Of Municipal officers.
Such we believe to be the true course generally,
but especially important in our City at present.
We have been governed in turn by this party and
by that with no considerable abatement Of our
public burdens and with constant, rapid siarn-
ing growth of corruption and peculation. Few
years have passed since ill vino hoped to steal
their living out Of the City Treasury we're but
hundreds in number they axe now m,uy thou
ssnds, with strong tendency II increase. But
fox the Reform movement, feeblg supp ,rted as it
has been. cur taxes would have been several per
cent. higher TRAN at present, and they are now
enormous And ii Messrs William Poole, Tnom,s
liver, and otner gentlemen Of their stamp who
applauded Mr.. Herrick's Thanksgiving speech at
the Broadway House, are to establish claim to
be CHARTERED on tie City by helping to elect the
next Mayor and Council on party grounds we
fear that the present generation will not see our
Tsxes lower nor our City Debt diminished
We turn, then, to the City Reform organiza-
ton as the only hope Of correcting the many and
mighty abuses under which our City now groans.
1t may or may not carry the City, but it will in
either case exert good influence aud hasten the
better day which must come. The madness Of
party cannot always blind our citizens to their
vital interest; and, even while q minority the
Reformers can exert good iAHueRco, as we have
seen in the Corporation aoinss Of the year now
drawing to a close.
Who shall bear the Reform standard in the con-
test now commencing
We halted with gladness the nomination Of
NICHOLAS DEAN and regretted his declenson We
should have supported THOMAS B. STILLMAN
with equal heartines had he yielded to the pres
ring solicitations of the Reform Committee. But,
these having declined inexOrably, can we now do
better than to take up JOHN ~ GENIN ? We
shall defer to the Reform Committee, but We hope
Mr. GeDin i'll be its nominee. He is an active and
successful merchant, in the prime Of life, active
intelligent and capable with no party to serve
no enemies to punish, aud no living to steal. We
have known him several years, and to this hour
have no suspicion to viii h party he belongs, if
either. We see and regret taat be has contro.
vsrsy with some Of the Journeymen Hatters,
and should probably side against him in that
quarrel, but we are now to elect, not boss Hat
ter but Mayor and We believe Mr.. Genu will
make good one if chosen. His experiment at
sweeping Broadway was so trump aantly success
full that we should like to zee him provided with
a larger broom and set TO work to clean the whole
City-not its streets only, but its dens Of deprav-
ify, niquity and crime. However We shall de-
fer greatly to the judgment Of the Reform Com.
nittee.
No, fellow citizens whose living must be earned
in this City and whose little all is infested in
New-York prosperity, we must stand BY the Re-
form flag so long as rag Of it shall continue to
float 1t lie the only hope for you, for us, for all.
Politics are we'll in their place; let Us be Ne
braska or Ant. Nebraska. Maine Law or License,
Wing or Democrat, in voting for National aud
State officers but let US choose Mayor and Cor
pOrstion, not to turn Wings or Democrats out OF
Office and put antagonists in their places, but eX-
pretsly to reduce our Taxes, increase the eff
cheney Of our Police, shut up the haunts OF de-
bauchery and crime, give US Clean Streets and
put down all rioters and street brawlers with
firm and strong arm.
Can any party MAJOR, nominated and elected
as such, be expected to aid this most desirable
contamination We think not