The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-06

THE MozARr DEMOCRACY FIRST nv THE FIELD
The thin coat of whitewash which batch Y
afddavits had managed to give to the Mozat
people, on the charge of rowdyism and violence
at Syracuse, seems in fair way of bein peelet
of by their conduct at home. The Ep iscopd
Convention, managed the case Of Bishop, On
derdonk much better. Their very respectful
dissolution, was so respectfully pronounced. in
such respectable way, by so eminently
respectable body of the ex-prelate's como
ligionists, that the inconsistency of Episcopal
Professionalism gliding itself with Papal gold, Ia
most gracefully disguised. Mozart democracy
becomes brutal by the contrast. The cloven
foot Of corruption and selt-interest, in the pro-
ceedings of night before last, must fri0hten
away every respectable citizen, every stickler
for the independence of the Judiciary, from q
faction which could pursue the course which
was dictated by the Mozart leaders, In their 70
cent nominations. II involves all the princi-
pies of demagogueism, rowdyism and shoulder
hitting monopoly, which are most to be con-
demned, and should be reprobated by every
good citizen.
There is not a civil Judge on the bench,
either in the city Of New York or elsewhere.
who has adorned his position, been more uni
versally respected, and presented to the world
more brilliant reflex of the best days Of
American courts of justice, than Judge Roose-
welt. The impartiality of his decisions has
been acknowledged by friends and foes. He has
been equally irreproachable in public and in
private life. He is benevolent kind hearted and
upright, and his learning is disputed by no one.
His reputation is not merely local-it extends
throughout the land. Not respectable, high
minded gentleman in the community, if appeal
ed to, would fail to say that he, of all other
men, should have been solicited to retain the
position he now holds, until the day of his
death. Yet the very first action of the Mozart
Hall democracy, after having received thek
thin coat of whitewash with respect to matters
at Syracuse, was to repudiate this good man
and excellent Judge.
And on what grounds Upon the complaint
of whom? Who are Judge Roosevelt's enc
mics! His enemies are confined to few news
paper editors The first of these is man who
was tried before Judge Roosevelt, for gross
corruption, while acting as an alderman,
and who only escaped conviction and the peni-
Tertiary by the skin of his teeth. The second
has been under Indictment for fraud, at
Washington The third is the notorious editor,
who was the depository of one thousand dol
lars for lobby purposes. These are the perse-
cutors of one of the most eminent and incor-
ruptible Judges in the State of New York. The
pretext of their opposition-and they can find
no otber-is that he claimed the full amount of
his salary under law of the State! Was there
ever anything more infamouss And yet the
demagogueism of Mozart democratic and rowdy
misrule, las hoped to make capital out of this
limited hostility to Judge Roosevelt, Of few
individuals whom it would not dare to endorse
by name.
The Mozart faction have nominated, also, in
the place of the esteemed and honored Judge
whose name we have mentioned, wholly un-
known individual. It is difficult to pick him
out, even in the Directory. He has no public
reputation, no available antecedents, and, how
ever reputable his private record may be, he
can claim no support on the ground of services
rendered to the State and city. His name
is never heard in the same rank with our first
lawyers, and to have placed him in competition
with the present incumbent Of the place he
aspires to is not only farce-it is the result of
the widest fanaticism of brawling selfish
faction. Mozart Hall has begun badly-very
badly. It has aimed suicidal blow at its own
reputation in doing what it has done, from
which it cannot easily recover.
While the Mozart democracy have thought
to throw Judge Roosevelt overheard, they
have re-nominated his colleague, Judge DAILY,
who ought to have been replaced by better
man. As clique, they have been doubly i'm
polite They shave done those things which
they ought not to have done, and have left
undone those things which they ought to have
done, and there is no health" in them There
is not word to be said in favor of this
first step which the Mozart democracy have
taken.
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