New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-11
AN ADDRESS ON THE MAYORALTE

Tho Aus,;,,n Convention which suggested ths
n.u,. of seostor COOLEY for Mayor, put forty tie
fouow;n, concise aud pertinent Address, which wa.
unlimited By j. N REYNOLDS esq II will be
.ssn that il does not claim Mr.. Cooley a. an
American but pr opposes q uuon of all opposed TO
Na,or Wood on 8 common candidate and With a
common object-upcompromisi hostility 10 publ,
robbery and the robbers Or this ground, all good
citizens can heartily unite, and we do not see why
not a. well on Senator Cooley as on any other.
We are utterly Indifferent az to the man, aud care
nothing for his politics, go that be be honest aod
capable. A letter in The Ecenirg Post suggests
tie name Of DANIEL F. TIEMANS, late Alderman
Of the XIIth. We believe be, too, wsuid be gen.
orally acceptable. But listen to this plain spoken
Address:
10 THE AMERICAN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW
YORK.
Your Delegates, charged with the duty Of present.
ing candidate for the office Of Mayor, would call
your attention to the condition Of the city.
by universal consent, this emporium is worse
governed, more scandsOusly more exposed
to outrage and crime, worse robbed BY its ofcehsld
ers and more completely under the domination OF its
rufsps, than any other community in the civilized
world.
These are emphatic ally lard times. Trade is almost
extinct-debts cspnot be collected-prOperty il im
nensely ard suddenly depreciated-rents can hardly
be pec-thOusands who were lately rich are now
bankrupt, and labor in vain seeks employment S1ch
are the circumstances under which the salaries Of city
function aries from day to day increased Jobs are
brazeply contracted and "put through" and the
eight millions Of taxes which city must shoulder
this year, is likely to be nine millions next year and
ten millions the year after. From our stsgnsnt bust.
meas and deprecated property how are such vast gums
to be extracted from the people and psidl What hope
of rnprovement can he based on the continuance of
Fernando Wood in power?
He has been now three years In office, with sub.
seIvient Council. What abuse has he corrected
What wrong rightedl What corruption job defeated
What needless expenditure cut off, These questions
suggest their answers. In the minds OF all intel-
gent good and honest men of all parties public rob-
berry and Fernando Woods rule are but different
names for the same thing.
Twice has this audacious demsgogue and leader OF
the bogus branch Of the Democracy been chosen
Mayor but never to the honor of New York by ma
joraty Of the rotes cast He has crept in through the
broken ranks of his adversaries. On both occasions,
We have poled the largest vote against him, but not
enough to defeat him. The fault will not be ours if
this hsppens again. We Know the man; he was once
a member and officer of tolerable standing in our
party
The times the condition of our city. demand sacr-
fees and the united efforts of all good c zens; let US
show ourselves ready to meet them Let =, US %n9
knavery and msrule, now present Candidate worthy
of confidence on whom the whole opposition may hon.
oraby unite. No national issue is cow involved In
this election.
II is mutual struggle only between public plumber
ers and their dupes side and the outrageousy
plundered and all honest men on the other; Let US
show ourselves superior to ell selfish considerations,
AID may fairly entrea others TO low oar example
Where is the fit and faithful citizen matter Of what
party
Such man we suggest TO you in the Hon; JAMES
E. COOLEY late q Democratic Senator in the State
Senate. He ia an Independent and straightforward
mar-an ipne xbe foe of public robbery, and devoted
to the great work of City reform. Unite with US,
Americans, in rslyng around him, and you may fairly
wise. You may then, with good grace, calf on your
fellow citizens Of all parties to put forth the requisite
eIertions in the confident hope that these exertons
will be crowned by a signal and benefcent triumph.