The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-09

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Our state ana Csty Eiectfons-Faise Issues
and the True lssae.
Our contemporaries of this city in the interest
Of the Albany oligarchy, have simultaneously
opened their batteries against Mayor Wood, and
If we may believe them, Fernando Wood is the
most infamous wretch outside of the prison walls
o. Sing Sipg-the author of all our excessive
taxations-the source of all the knavery among
our rsscally plotting politicians of all parties
the chic! Of The "Dead Rabbits the inventor Of
the potato rot, and in fact the very box of Pan
dora from which have been showered upon US
ali the political social and moral evils that af1ict
cur unfortunate people. Consequently, we are
told, ii becomes the first duty Of the people of
the city and the State to ge: rid of this political
monster, and TO this end the population Of the
whole commonwealth are called upon to come to
the rescue.
Was there ever more paltry and pitiinl speci-
men Of party trickery attempted upon the credu-
lily OF any people than this. Fernando Wood
is May or of The city of New Yorh-he may be
sgain candidate for this Office, and he may not
be- If he should not be, what would our black
republican dodgers GO next? Certainly, all
their powder and shot expended upon Mayor
Wood would be ammunition thrown away. But
even if nominated again as the democratic can
didate for Mayor, now ia he in that position to be
made the issue for our Safe election' Should
the vote of the State be unanimously Gas. against
him ic November, II will not touch his case
which is TO be decided upon by the people of this
city alone in our local December election.
Mayor Wood, therefore as an issue for our State
canvass, is about as applicable to the real exgen-
cies of the occasion as the doings Of Governor
Walker and the border rufiaus' in Kansas.
As candidate for Mayor Of this city, IL wa
the scandalous abuse heaped upon Fernando
Wood by his political enemies that elected him
The public sympathy always inclincs in favor OF
that man who is lucky enough to become the
target Of malicious and INSCRIPTIONS partizan
hue and cry Of "traiior, "scoundrel,r villain"
"forger,r thief" "vagabond' "rufian,"
&c. In this way the foolish and reckless
II the political enemies of Fremont, Know
Nothing and democratic, came within an inch Of
making him President OF the United States last
November, establishing in his behalf, in few
short months, a personal popularity without
parallel in the nineteenth century. In the same
way this unstinted personal abuse of Mayor
Wood is making great man Of him among the
people. upon the popular idea that the apple
tree Of all the orchard which has the most sticks
end stones among tie branches, is that upon
which the hest ftuii i most likely to be found.
Sadly put 10 il as are our Seward oligarchy
for q good enough Morgan till after the cleo
ton" Mayor Wood will not answer their pur-
pose. He has done nothing requiring popular
revolution to put him 6own-he has no despo.ic
power which ii is necessary to- take away in
order TO restore to the people those rights aud
imrnunities Of which they have been robbed.
A Mayor Of tho city he has been reduced to the
poiticn Of mere servant Of an Albany board
Of overseers; and for this degradation Of our
local chief magistrate. il is not Mayor Wood,
but the Seward spols and plumber jobbers at
Albany that are responsible. Mayor Wood Is
only prominent municipal victim OF the usur-
pa,ions OF our las, Seward Legislature and IL
from some unlueky accident he were 10 perish
to-day, our position as the people of great
city, under the control Of an Albany board Of
overseers, would not be improved in the slightest
degree
The Kansas letter OF Mr. Buchanan has effectu-
ally silenced the shrieking and bowling of our
Seward deDagogues over bleeding Kansas =
and now, in turning from bleeding Kansas" to
Mayor Wood as an electioneering issue for our
November canvass they betray the essential
weakness Of their real position and the fate
which awaits them in the election The real
issue upon which the people Of this city and state
will be called upon TO vote in November Is
either bleeding Kansas" nor Mayor Wood, but
Il il the spois and lobby obbng Legislature Of our
Seward law makers at Albany and the question
O be decided in November Is not who shall be
our Mayor elected in December; but II is simply
his-shal the despotic, corrupt and demoraliz.
ing measures Of our last Legislature be repealed,
or endorsed and extended by the next
Upon this practical question, comprchending
the municipal rights Of our towns and cities, our
corporation and State taxes, the disbursement Of
the public money the reformation Of existing
abuses State and cooperative, we anticipate
popular revolution In November which will
teach our Seward spoils ard plumber demsgogues
Wholesome and enduring lesson. Meantime, let
our Seward organs continue their Bllingsgate
against Mayor Wood, and revive their lamenta-
ions over bleeding kansas Il they can. With
the practical opening Of the State campaign they
gill very soon discover which way the wind is
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