The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-08
NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1859
Metropolitan Politics-1he Great EIagi-
clan Of the Davs

Metropolitan PoIitics--1rhe Great E1asi-
clan Of che Dsv.
Ii any man deserves the name OF the great
political magician Of the day, il is certainly
Fernando Wood; and never, perhaps, was the
scene OF the devil in thunderstorm more faith
fully pictured than in bis course at the present
time. In the last campaign, two years ago,
Wood was defeated by strong opposition, and
every one said that he was gone forever-that
his days Of triumph were over But on that
occasion he had quarrelled with Daniel r.
Sickles, his former friend, a man Of great politi
cal genius, and at that time exercising much
influence. When Siokles and Wood worked to.
gether victory perched upon their united ban
ners; but at the last election Sickles wanted
the Corporation Counaelship, and Wood, unfor-
tunately, thought he could make more out Of
Busted; so he deserted his old friend for
new ally, who proved only bag Of wind after
all, and Sickles was converted into an enemy
bitter and epersevering ene. His influence,
thrown in with the opposition, defeated Wood.
But since that time Sickles has suffered social,
political and moral death. We hear Of him no
more, and we believe there Is a tombstone
erected to him somewhere. Since his demise
there is no one with pluck or influence enough
to lead an opposition against Fernando Wood,
and now Wood ID found suddenly bursting
upon the astonished public with all the mar
chinery Of the election of to-day ready
for operation--ths Judges, Senators and
Assemblymen for this city all nomi-
mated. Tammany, like poor crippled
beldame, can do nothing but hobble around,
fancying that she Is making herself useful, and
mumbling over the work already done for her.
The life has indeed gone out of her. There is
not one within the old He'll to take the place Of
Daniel f. Sickles Fowler is efiete, Rynders
powerless, and Kennedy a, mere drivelser of the
Pewter Mug school.
Tomorrow, then, when this days battle is
over, or in few days at farthest, Fernando
Wood will be presented as she only available
candidate for the Mayoralty; and then what
buzzing around there will be in all the little
cliques and factions. But to no purpose; for
the machinery for the charter election
will begin to turn the handle, and
out of the wheel will come Aldermen and
Councilmen, and all the rest of them, readypre-
pared, and the people Of this CITY may be asto-
nished to find the man who was supposed to
have been annihilated two years ago now
turning out the great political Mogul- Iaas-
ter spirit of the times.
The FRENCH MISSION AND OrfsR DIPLOMATIC
PRIzEs.-The death of Mr.. Mason has left the
French mission vacant. Mr.. Preston, it is re-
ported, will soon return from Madrid, and de-
liver back his commission TO the President, and
Mr.. Dallas may possibly be compelled to re
turn home from London before long, under tho
belligerent pressure Of our Northwestern boun-
dairy dispute with England. Here, then, we
shall have three Of the most important Euro
pean missions vacant, and the question may
then well be asked, who shall fill them: For
the mission to France there will be the greatest
struggle and the most contestants, as this post
is the most desirable prize. According to q
Washington correspondent, Judge Roosevelt
occupies very favorable position among the
several candidates named; and, considering his
high character, his fine attainments his politi-
cal experience, and his consistent history as an
honest democrat and an honest man, the Presi-
dent might choose him with the fullest conf
dence in the best results. In this view the OBJ
jections of such Tammany politicians as Captain
Ryndcrs, Sanders, Herrick and Fowler simply
mean that Judge Roosevelt has not stopped to
conciliato the bruisers Of the dirty Old Wig
wan. We hope the President will take this
item into consideration when he shall come to
consider the claims of his old friend, Judge
Roosevelt, for tho French mission. With re-
gard to Madrid and London, it will be time
enough to agitate the question Of filing
these important places after they shall have
been rclinquished by Mr.. Preston and MI.
Dallas. In any event, We presume that the
vacancy at Paris will first be filed; and in
selecting his man from the various can
didates indicated we trust that the President
will apply the true construction TO the late treat
ment Of Judge Roosevelt by Tammany Hall,
which is simply this that he has been rejected
by the lawless and ruhianly elements Of the
Wigwam as too much the Judge Of law and or