The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-18
Political Movements In the City.

A good deal OF enthusiasm appears to have
broken out of late among the young men of the
city who are about to vote for the first time in
November next, for Fremont; it has stirred up
the elements of all the other factions and parties
things or Americans have been all of sudden
invited by their Grand Deputies, or grand hum
bugs to assemble in their Councils and elect dele
gates to a special secret convention to be COM
posed of members from each Congressional dis
trict in the city. These members meet tonight,
and will determine the various Know Nothing
candidates for Congress, and viii afterwards pro-
coed to nominate candidates for Aldermen and
other local officers Many Of the Know Nothing
leaders have been driven to embrace this sudden
policy by the sudden rout and Generalization
that has taken hold Of the rank and file Of their
party-who, it need hardly be said, are going
over in squads and battalons to the popular
cause Of Fremont and revolution.
The soft and hard branches of the democracy
have been affrighted by the same phenomenon,
and they on their side, are very busy in muster
ing their forces in every way for the twin con-
ventions which are to meet at Syracuse on the
3oth With regard to municipal nominations,
the democrats are all at loggerheads as to the
best mode Of selecting candidates. There is
in the party as in the public a great and grow
ing repugnance to the continuance Of primary
meetings which are the fruits as well as the
sources Of a system Of corruption and outrage
that has recently come to q head in a signal man
Co. al; IL .T
mocracy are fully alive to this repugnance and
are afraid of resorting to the primary elections
on this occasion, simply because recourse to
them would throw the whole influence over the
election into the hands of the vilest wretehes in
the community. They have not decided on a
substitute, and are still in deliberation. 1t can
hardly be doubted, however, but that the mob
and the rowdies will be ultimately triumphant
Among the republicans numerous enthusiastic
meetings are being daily and nightly held, prn-
cipally in reference to the prospects Of Fremont
a. the Presidential candidate. The enthusiasm
political revolution are steadily becoming more
manifest. But with regard to municipal matters
all appears to be in doubt and uncertainty in this
party.
In this dilemma. we would take leave to slg-
gest to these and all other politicians. that the
old political machinery Of the democrats the
wings and the Know Notbings viii not suit the
temper Of there times. With the example Of San
Francisco before them, the people of New York
will not submit to be governed by rcwdies, gam
blers, ballot box suffers and the lowest vsga-
bonds Of the community, a. would be the case
we're the old system that has been 90 long
in vogue continued any longer They demand
an entire revolution in the system Of nominal
tions. They say that Fremont was nominated
and triumphantly brought forward by the people
and the independent press, and they ask why the
same system should not be adopted with regard
10 other officers
We therefore call upon every citizen who de-
sircs Office, and feels himself competent for IT, to
send bis name in to US. We will publish him as
candidate Independently Of the conventins and
from the various names published the people will
choose one.
There can be no difficulty in carrying cat the
scheme. Send up the names.