New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-06

and heartily into the good work Of rescung our Mu-
uicipsl concerns from the inevitable corruption and
perversion Of political partisanship. To establish
this, we need only quote from our columns tn
Mayors own platform-his letter of acceptance
which is 90 follows:
"NIwYoRg, Nov. Is, 1885,.
"GysrLExIs: I have received your commu 8
ton Of this date, announcing that the Committee sp-
pointed at mas meeting Of the people held at tue
Merchant Exchange the 18th inst, have decided
to present my TO the citizens of Newfork, Tor
their suIsges at the ensuing Msyoralty election, and
desiring my consent thereto
ain repiy have the honor TO accept the ponns-
ton and will il elected endesvor TO meet the net
expectations Of tie public, that the government OF
this great city ths be administered in no maroon par
hsan ,pirit but honestly srd economically, AID that
fitness and integrity hal BE- the sole gtaifcGtions for
1ece. Very respectfully, yoIr obedeSt ,sIys1t:
"J.Y laws. CSC, ch.r@,n
WV. II. ASTBos;esa Secretary"
Such is the ground on which Mr. Temann saw
fit to place himself before the citizens Of New
Yerk-the ground On which We supported aud did
what We could to elect him. We had no other
expectations" than this letter justified. Have
those expectations" been fulfilled, those pledges
redeemed, by the Mayor We think not. Let
the public judge
III. Mr. Van Buren, proceeds to say:
"You complain, Let that he (Tismsnn appoints
dishonest or incompetent men, but that be does not
sbandl all his persOnsl and political associations and
appoint Street Cotnrnis soner who viii put Aneri-
and Republicans at the head OF the bureaus IN
his offce.'
No, Sir We complain" not that he does not
appoint "A mericans AID Republicans" but that be
and his Street Commissioner consider party at all
in their appointments. We think they should have
selected for the heads Of bureaus men not 80 widely
known as hack politicians and inveterate Office
seekers, whether Of their own or any other party,
and more conspicuous for lives Of Industry, probity
and capacity than many of their favortes are known
TO be. Will any one say that Tom Byrnes, David
KissEer, Gershon b. Cohen, and VIM. P. Gatey
are the beet men-spart from their poltics-that
could have been induced to take the places to which
they have been appointed If there be such one,
he must allow us to hold contrary opinion.
". Mr.. Van Buren, sees fit to close with this
fling:
"Ycu and voted the came ticket for Mayor unless
YOU voted for Mr.. Wood we probably never voted
Ire same ticket before, and very likely never may
again Certainly, lever shall, it, after We succeed
you are able to appropriate our victory to your own
partisan purposes.
We are very glad to hear that Mr.. Van Barren
voted for Mr.. TiemaDp. 1t is the first clear
intimation Of that fact which has been vouchsafed
to the public. While the contest was in progress,
no hint Of such purpose on his part was given.
On the contrary, Mr.. Van Bsren's name was
placarded all over the City and printed in most of
the journals as that of a supporter of Wood and
an expected speaker at Wood meetings. True, he
kept away or kept silence; but 10 card, no letter,
was then issued by bin, indicating that his failure
10 speak was caused by hostility to Wood. When
the battle was over, and Tiemann elected, he
printed in Tie Herald a note to Wood, decliniog
to speak at one of his meetings because Of his dis
sent from the doctrines Of the Flour and Potato
Message. Who believes that this letter would
have seen the light had Wood been reelected
Who believes that Wood would have been per-
mtted to know that Mr.. Van Buren, voted against
him.
Mr. Van Buren's closing insnuatiOn that we
sought or seek 1" to appropriate the victory to y
our own partisan purposes" will be judged in
the light of the facts already stated. 1t needs
comment.
We will simply add that Mr.. Van Buren's letter
was not seen by us till we found it 10 The Htran.
That he first left copy at this Office, We do not
doubt but it failed through some blunder, to reach
our hands. He was of course not slow to seek an
other channel.