The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-03

| worse with him before the battle is over w
have no sympathy with the abolition proclivitie
| of Wilson, but we can scarcely confess to an,
| further endorsement Of Douglas considering tn
secession niger driving company INTO which h
has fallen JEFF. Davis and his set will use hin
and drop him, as they dropped the little maj
| from New Hampshire. But the world will still
| go on.
IMPORTANT MOVE IN MUNICIPAL P0LITIcs-RE
NOMINATION OF FERNANDO WooD FOR MAYOR
| We publish in our columns to-day correspon
| dence of some Importance to the people Of this
| city, which has taken place between Fernando
Wood, the present Mayor, and a committee OF
body OF nearly one hundred gentlemen, compris
| ing the most reputable, influential and worthy
citizens Of this great metropolis. 1t is only ne
cessary to read the lis of names headed by Will
liam Brown and William B. Aston, to be con-
WINGED of the truth and accuracy Of this state
ment.
The letter addressed to Mr.. Wood by these gen.
tlemen deprecstes in pointed language the ru-
NOR that he is no longer candidate for the Of
flee he now fills, requesting him at the same time
to forego his private advantage for the public
good, and calling him forth afresh as candi-
date for the Mayoralty of this city during the
present crisis in its internal affairs In his reply,
the Mayor at great length recapitulates the
course Of his administration, the policy which
he adopted on his Inauguration, the difficulties
by which he has been beset and the obstacles
which, accommodating round him, prevented him
as chief magistrate from reaching that point OF
efficiency which he hoped to attain on his first
introduction to office.
We must admit that there is a great deal of
force in what the Mayor says The municipal
government of this city is bundle of incongrui-
ties. inconsistencies and absurdities; in fact,
hydra of ten heads, with any quantity of horns.
With such an incongruous and absurd system it
must be owned that few men could have accom-
plished even the little that has been effected by
Mr. Wood. Surrounded as he is by departments
entirely independent of his Office, and, indeed, of
the Cooperation itself, to say nothing of the mass
of miserable corruption Of which the two boards
are composed, it ia utterly impossible for this city
to be well governed under such system, even it
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heaven and assume the reins Of power.
This correspondence, coming out at this par
ticular time, il of more than ordinary political
Importance. II may he considered re-nomina-
ton of Mr.. Wood by a committee of the wisest
and most respectable men in this metropolis. The
subscribers TO it are not Migrants, shoulder hit
tiers. loafers or vagabonds, like those who exer-
else power at the primary elections, aud who
have neither character, responsibility nor inte-
rests TO risk in the issues involved in them. Those
who have attached their names to this nomina ton
which may be called an independent no.
of individuals, factions and partes-are
men who. by their talents, virtues, en-
ergy and perseverance, have raised themselves
TO high social and mercantile consideration This
is the kind Of nomination that we want in New
York. Ii is placed beyond the reach of the COR
rupt and degrading influences of party politics,
as well as Of the local dcspotism Of the proics.
sional bulies who sway the primary elections
II il the bean ideal that we have vany sought for:
and now, out OF the abundance Of patriotism, vir-
tue and intelligence that exist amongst Us. II
springs up Of its own accord, with force and
energy that must command public attention, and
lead to an entire reform in the administration of
our municipal affairs.
II is probable that the gentlemen who have
put forward Mr.. Wood differ in opinion on politi-
cal questions, and more especially as to their
choice OF Presidential candidate. Some are, no
doubt. for Buchanan. some for Fremont, and
some for Fillmore. But in this great metropolis
we want city government organized on other
grounds and springing from other influences than
national politics. In this nomination we have
what we have 80 long been looking for: and II is
to be hoped that the example will spread and
bear its legitimate fruit. During the last
few years all the various parties-democrats
Know Nothings and republicans exhausted
their ingenuity and skill in trying to keep their
nominations free from the corruption, trckery and
violence which have hitherto distinguished them.
At the present moment we understand that the
democratic party il torn into two factions on the
question of the best mode of putting forward
their municipal candidates. One faction is in
favor Of the old plan Of primary elections, and
the other Of multiplying convention upon con-
venton for the nomination Of distinct candidates
for each Office. We trust that the movement
now begun by The nomination Of Mr. Wood Will
give the quietus to this rotten patchwork system
and that the gentlemen who have set II on foot
will display the same freedom and independence
of action in the nominations for other munich
pal offices which they have done for that Of
Mayor.
No REPnIIcAN PARTY.-The republican party
hoe vanishnd like a free lunch before a hungry