New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-01

vi tEf-E CaI0IC16 tlr, tL-OHAN JULIO INV
the lodge-rcoms, ii shsl become everlsstnsly bO
late.
Our present impression is that the - Knot-
.:No'binfs" have improved their chance OF crost-
itg their fsvorite through the Wing Nouin I'D,
CoDveptior BY changing to Mr.. Brewer. We arb
ignorant OF the political predictions OF Me-srs
Ger in and Barker respectively. but neither o
them has been generally known al q Whisl
With Mr.. Brewer the case 10 otherwise. Hell
bss been twice chosen by the Wtigs Of his Ward
to the Assembly. where be evinced industry. in
teligepce sDd considerable sbility. He has been
somesbst facetiously objected to asa seward
''msn. when intense hostility TO Gov. Seward bss
been the poe.tar Of bis political course snd in-
PEELED him to resist the Governors election TO the
SsDste Of and after his nomination by the Wnig
Caucus, with pertinacity and eckiessness which,
being pslpably Ineffective, verged on the r'dicu-
lous. There can be no bitterer enemy Of Gov.
Seward; and since that s recommendation to
"Know.NothiOg' confidence, we presume his
present a,cendency in the lodge rooms may be
msiptsned and his nomination on their part Sc
cured.
Well: there are many less TT sspirants to the
Mayoralty thsn NJ r. Brewer. II elected. be
would be a wide-awake, stirring. psins taking
officer and, not being addicted to stealing him.
self be is quite unlikely to copnve at the steal.
ings Of Others. His Anh-sewardism is Of no
importance in that position; Mayor who will do
bis du,y is most welcome to sit up all night on
purpose to hate Gov. s., if that will afford him
any satisfaction. Let him by DO means forego the
enjoyment of that luxury on our account.
Yet We will not dissemble our strong objec-
tions not TO Mr. Brewer. but to the influence by
which he was pushed forward. We object to the
Dabufsc'ure of Mayors in Know Nothing"
ldges Tammsny Society meetings. or any secret
conelave Whatever. 1t is wrong. contrary to the
genius of our institutions, and certain to result
eventually in the grave.t abuses Secrecy in
politics isa prolific mother OF corruption; ani
spy correction of abuses by private irresponsible
cabal il sure to generate more and greater evils
than it removes. 1t substitutes the DEGREES Of a
mysteri, us VeDitsn COuncil for the free impulses
Of a Republican people. IL have found, says
Napoleon to Talleyrand, (perhaps the story is
dpOcIypDhl,l tutIc IL SOuchuiug Wfstf Nunu
statesmen or ssges or cabinets; it is Public
"Opinlop' No private. exclusive coterie can
begin to compare witbit. The abolition of secre-
~ in tie control Of public affairs would involve
the overthrow of corruption; 1t is by the decis-
siors of Committees and Boards sitting in pri-
vate. with no reporter to spread their proceed
iDgs before the public that the community is
feeced and the public service demora lied. If
the spending of each dollar Of public money were
to proceed under the eye of the whole commu-
nifty, very little Of that money would be stolen.
There is On old joke current concerning Berks
County PA. Dutchman. who, being asked by
traveller through bis section how politics were
going in bis neighborkood, in his simplicity re-
Piled, - don't know, the man who tells US how
to vote has not been around yet this fall" We
have always regarded this anscdote as by.
Notwithstanding confirmation, rs they say:
but the nan doubtless did get around in due
season or a little after it. giving clear and un-
equvocal directions. But the Knos.NothIngs,
we are yauniipgly told. do not know for whom
they are to vote until the morning Of Election,
when they "go it blind " for whomsoever their
superiorr have agreed to support st the conclave
Of the preceding night. That Berks County
Dutchman evidently had the advantage OF them.
Gen. Harrison toasted our countrymen as qa,li-
fed to DO their own voting and fighting aud it
seems to us important that they should have some
voice also in the selection of their candidates.
They won't look well standing with their mouths
open and their eyes shut on the morning of the
first Tuesday in November waiting like young
robins to swallow blindly whatever ticket the
Know. Nothing" managers shall have decided
to put through. Let every man resolve to do his
own thinking.