Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-10
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& Honest men come by their own The uni
yersal dislocation of parties has relieved many
men from personal obligations, and exposed
corrupt partisans toYa disclosure of their SCI
crets which, under the stringent form of party
obligations, would have been forever concealed
The administration Of the city government
Of New York affords q conclusive evidence OF
this assertion For many years thepassions
Of the people were kept alive by the conflicts '
Of party. During this whole period the most
ambitious and unscrupulous men were deri'
wing splendid support, and reaping princely
fortunes from the decisions Of honest men. But
the remarkable combinations, and the unfore-
seen controversies, which have resulted from
the chaotic condition Of politics, has brought
to light frauds which may consign their per-
petrators to something more serious than the
obloquy Of . paragraph, or the denuncatlons
Of public meeting. aoE IN
Mayor Wood, Of New York, has turned out
sort Of Prince Hal. He has repudiatcd the
acquaintance of his earlier and less rigorous
years, and punished all sorts Of criminaiity
with an honest and uncompromising hos
tility. AT first he directed his efforts to cor
rect tho grosser evils Of gaming and prostitu-
ton. These chartered thieves the gamblers
were compelled to fly, or suspend their nefari-
GUS practices. Cyprians thronged the police
Offices, whilst the number Of persons who had
every morning to explain how they made q
raise to get drunk, bid fair to put stop 70 the
progress Of all other official business.
But this epidemic Of reform, like most 9th
ers, gradually rose from the lower and more
degraded classes to the higher and more dan
gerous. One investigation disclosed tho fact
that the Common Councillors Of New York
were in the habit of employing the public mo-
Isney in private convivialities. They smoked
corporate segars, drank corporation brandy,
| and passed most Of their leisure time in NUM-
| cipal coach riding. There were imputations
Of a more direct and dishonest employment OF
official influence for private emolument One
or more councillors were 50 wholly overcome
with grief at the death Of Mr.. Clay, that, in
| stead of asking for lock Of his hair, or bit
| of his garments as a memorial, they procured
full suits of black out Of the cloth used by the
corporation in tho funeral ceremonies Of the
deceased statesman,
More recently, however, the charges Of cor
ruption have taken less equivocai form Of in
dictment. Certain Aldermen of New York are
charged, in the courts Of justice, with having
been bribed to bestow their votes in favor Of
| particular measures o. public interest and
one Of the city judges stands indicted for hayr
ing received the sum Of $500 to dismiss an in
d;ctn mt for burglary.
1t is very plain that 49,, ~hoie system u
fraud has originated with the politicians OF
country. When National Convention to
nominate President is known to be nothing
but a Smithfield fair, at which men are bought
and sold like cattle; when the traffic goes so
FAR that the departments, the missions, and
even the official succession is made subject
of treaty compact; when Congress sits as a
brokers' board, to award contracts, and pass
private bills according to the political influence
which such legislation may exercise, it is not
strange that palmer and even less scrupulous
politicians should strip their transactions of all
superhuous cant, and boldly barter their Off
cial influence or representative vote for money.
We hail with delight this dislocation Of par
ty. We shall continue our appeals to the hon
est and conservative portion Of the American
party to pursue its Investigations into the Off
cal corruptions which both parties have prac-
tised in the Government of the United States.
Both the old parties have assailed the Ameri-
can party with combined malignity. We
can see nothing that could unite such oppo-
sites against a cause that seeks solely the ad-
yancement Of American honor and patriotism,
except common conviction, that If the Amer.
lean party shall come into power, il will cx,
pose the official infamy of both its predecessors
Washington is the Sebastopol Of party corrup-
ton. Here it is fortified and defended. Let
the American party take encouragement from
the success of Mayor Wood, and assail it with
that resolution necessary to storm the strong
holds Of power In the exposure of the cor
ruptions Of the two old parties viii be found
the vindication before the people Of having
founded new one.
Presidential Aspirants-Cserman Text.
The following is taken from the New York
Stats Zeitung," for translation Of which
vve are indebted TO the News of that CITY.