The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-22
Important Political Movement.

ADDRESS TO THE WIGS OF NEW YORK CITY.
In WIG GENERAL COMMITTEE, ;
CONSTITUTION HALL, May 10, 1855
The primary meetings, SO called, of the city Of New
York. having long since ceased to represent the wing
the cemocratic party the contrary, become
the shsmbles where notorious class Of men, known as
tons for sale, the wings Of New York have organized
mselves in General 10 their Old fashioned
boodshed-and for the present they have esa sished
the mselves at Constitution Hail.
Ii has become the necessary thus to organize be-
Of "whgs brpginglit into disgrace by pass:
ing Themselves of the Wing General Com itee,"
Su eec Of he ans
character, the natural Ieault of their rotten
and riotous mode of self organization. Their no:
and bought. The price they pay for bullies and
their tools, primary election days, is as notori-
from Albany majority of them have rolled themselves
into all sorts of political dirt and then after thus sub
Harbor Masters Of the City have been given to political
adventuIers elsewhere, tnat know nothing of our
without remonstrsnce, II not with encouragement.
hey have the rights and interests Of the city bar
teIedIsnd trsfieksd away in Albany, and they have
Outraged thus as wings and seeing the wing banner
evoke and invoke the old whg spirit that has hitherto
maintained the undshonored character Of the whig
more to its old and lofty flag staff. We are wings
veterans Of the hard fought fields Of $780, 1884, and
me4s. We sm IN sh sn
priDciples-and in the spirit and meaning Of them
invoke now 'fs'n1sGV ANA s'si0V WARD
Chairman Of the Wing General Committee.
GsH 6 f aaRD1ss, Secretaries.
TO THE WIGS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
In WIG GENERAL COMMITTEE
CONSTITUTION HALL, May 16, 1855.
The wings of New York in General Committee having
organized themselves upon the time recognized long
and alarm certain political Leaders, Il whom conadsnes
bretbIen, into an embraces Of aioco feoiam Of the
worst kind, uneeI the name of 6 fuson"-for which
purpose already offices in the State have
Weed among soft she'll and hard shell democrats, as well
wings. Indeed, in the Senate Of the State have
printer and whg health officer In New York, an office
worth $25 000 per suspciouRy confirmed by the
absence of soft shell se.storfor which, in return,
hard shell democrat and distinguished soft shell
member of Congress Zion. Preston King have been put
upon OF the most important and valuable Commits
sions created in this State viz the Harb0r Com
mission Of New York. We have hard shell sena.
tor not only making Tulow Weed State printsr with
but voting to take from the counties Of the state their
census takers and giving to the regency 10 Albany the
distribution Of theira 2, coo petty Offices: 49,
last winter, attempt was made through this hard
SHE'LL soft shell, and called whig combination to lay
the franchise Of which worth, perhaps, half million
Of dollars; and such bill, despite all opposition from
the citizens Of Nsw YORK, PASSED the Assembly Of the
State by their votes. We have seen like attempt to
impose upon usa fusion set Of Albany created Police
Commissioners, to take from the organization Of
fusion corporations created to take money from the peo
pe and to put it into the pockets of adventurers who
wish 70 live upon the people without work. but through
The crounrg act Of this fusion combination was the
attempt to take the State the ordinary repairing OF
the canals and to make close contract job Of 600
per annum for ten years. for pets and avortes to
work which costs the sst the
short, corrupt, rotten all the action Of this
fusion Legislature, that all breathsd reer when they
The history Of the men, who have done attempted
to do these things this year, history Of fraud upon
TS stopped the Of the osnss
at time by tn fraudulent and corrupt .'ettings.n
They then bansrcrted the state By their progate ex.
ter,ax, amounting 10 more than 81 900 600 They plum
which the courts Of the United States declared
TO be ur const utonay collected from posr emigrants
hey about forty per- ns e e
among the lobby politicians Of the state. They have
given away valuable water rights our East river,
worth Thousands and TINS Of thousands OF dollars to pet
politicians here Their consolidation Of the great Gen.
trail Railroad was made job Of hundreds Of thousands
round Albany In the winter. In short II has been no.
torous, that even necessary ard useful legislation
iSs ges Tso1. PSyng oooy men
sold in market
In view CT all these things call upon the wings of
which works with and coalesces with loco foceam ia any
scheme OF 'fusion to punderand to organize with US
upon platform, Independent Of rotten primary cleo.
tong-the creations Of thete wire pulers and political
plurdereis. Our principles are the whig principles
known and promulgated such from 1896 to 1852 in
national and State conventions the high and palmy
and honest days Of the good old whg party We have
nothing take from these principles, and nothing 70
add to them. They are American now as .ney eve.
for hsme men instead CT foreign men, Or 10 the more
oppressive words OF old but now alas buried wing
nnTays- for sour country, whole country, and
nothing but our country knowing "no South, no
Moth no East no West but embracing In one frster
Who think with MS to act with MS, and, through some
Known whig friends respond In county organizations
NJ with our Secretaries We TO res.
s The rhir name and the whe Gag fran any coalition
With afusjor.u or .'r'under,,' rather. And = The ig