The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-29

aOmlOiHtratioO, peace OF war; ana the aitfila-
tive and the responsibility will be thrown upon
England.
THE MUNICIPAL AyPRAY IN New York
The contest for the Mayoralty in this city
which ia ia be decided in one week from this
day. presents some curious aspects. In mu-
nicipal point of view It Ia . capital farce
There are four candidates-Opdyke, red re-
publican, pnre and simple; Havemeyer, black
republican and Tammany Hall mixed; Ogden,
old whg and American Zone Of the fossil re-
mains>; Wood, the candidate of Mozart Hall
and Of the rank and 6le of the democracy. He
was the first in the field and fights under the
na.ional flag. As for Ogden, the last in the
field, he will be "nowhere" in the race. He
belongs TO another age Of the two republican
candidates, Opdyke is decidedly the best; he
is straightforward and consistent. and has
never betrayed his party. From him We know
what TO expect. He is of the red stripe, and
will easily beat Havemeyer. The latter is Of
The black stripe on dirty white ground. He
is an unreliable politician, and unsatisfactory
to all parties. While he proclsims his repub-
lican affiniiies, claims republican support aod
has republican organ to advocate his cause,
be balls also from Tammany Hall, which at
present is in perfect harmony with republican
principles and ideas. He is the candidate Of
the leaders Of that wing If the democracy, but
not of the people. who are not yet 40 far tsaUt-
ed, we hope, as to follow those leaders through
the mire Of abolition. BY Tammsuy Hail.
therefore, we are to understand the little
CLIQUE of anti slavery politicians and corrupt
iobbers who control the nominations emanating
from .'the Coalh~le."
All the candidates are personally very picus
and very honest; but they all have great
rogues and rascals for their friends, aud the
main object of the battle is tn conqmer for
these as much as possible Of the public plumber
Judging from the character of the sconndrels
who are nominated for seats in the Common
Council, it is clear that the citizens will be
victimized. no matter who may be elected
Mayor. The vetoes of the chief magistrate,
should he oppose them. will be treated as so
much waste paper by an organized band Of
spoilsmen. who will reafirm their votes, and
protest and remembrance. In municipal
sense, therefore, the election Of Mayor Is Of
little or no Importance, unless to the con.
tractors and schemers and harpies who are
lying in wait for their prey. Any candidate is
their man who has the beet chance Of carrying
the election for them, and giving their secret
partners votes in the Common Council, by
IL. H. hIa1 90 Al .n.k
| treasury and swell the taxes two or three mil
| lions year more.
The TamMany Hall leaders and wirepullers
were for long time in search Of respectable
candidate to endorse them. Every decent man
refused to have any thing to do with them, and
even Havemeyer at first declined "the honor"
| But after smelling around the Coalbole, he
| thought he could stand it, provided he could
| got his own lawyer, Tilden, the nomination for
Corporation Counsel, politician after his
own heart, who assisted in drawing up the anti
slavery document known az the Buffalo plat
| form. The bargain was struck He also calcl
| lated the republicans would make no separate
| nomination, but adopt him az they did Tiemann.
| In this he was mistaken; but he hopes for i'm.
portant republican aid through his republican
| organ, and other agencies, which will place him
| at the head of the poll And in truth Have
meyer deserves we'll Of the republican party.
( They are ansi-slavery, and SO is he. He and
they are Of one mind on the question Of the
day. BE has done as much as any Of their
leaders to promote the cause Of abolition He
has been in the field before most of them. His
is the glory Of being among the men who fret
introduced the anti slavery sentiment into the
democracy of this State. He was one of the
leaders of the revolt in 1913, and stood GA the
Buffalo platform ofthat year. Ofthe thirty-four
| anti-slavery electors names on the Presidential
ticket of Van Buren, and Adams "a noted
Boston aboiitionist), the name OF civilian r.
Havemeycr' stands sixth tn order By the
running of this sectional ticket General Cas-,
the national candidate, was defeated. and
democracy In this State has never recovered
from the blow. By running himself now, in
league with the black republicans, he intends
| to defeat Wood and the national democracy
again, and thus to play the game of William II.
Seward and abolition for the Presidential cleo
ton in 1860. As by the Introduction Of the
Wilmot Proviso, he and his associates aboli-
tionized the democratic politics Of the State 80
now by the same doctrines he has abolitionized
Tanmany Hail. which till recently was national
and conservative in its politics. He is thus
true to bis colors and to his antecedents; and
as far as the slavery question is concerned,
be IL just as good for the republican cause as
Opdyke; but to the Tammany Hall clique IL
he is elected, belong the spoils.
! 1t is only, therefore, for the effect that tho