The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-24

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innate government-the true source of all
sovereign power.
j. G.. BENNETT AND THE MAYORALTY.-The
magnanimous philosophers Of the Tribune in
sist upon it that JAMES GORDON BENNETT shall
be the democratic Tammany nominee for
Mayor, and they will take no refusal They
contend that no other man ''has rendered such
services to the party as he;" that there is no
one who 'enjoys to such an extent the well
grounded confidence of the national head of
the party that Isaac V. Fowler sis not for
moment to be compared to Mr.. Bennett" who
is 'sthe living incarnation of the ideas and the
policy by which the democratic party is kept
alive
| This looks like bona .tide magnanimity and
| yet it is but a one-sided view of the party
| claims and party services Of Mr. Bennett. He
| has done considerable service in his time TO the
| opposition. He did something to develope and
sustain the plan of operations whereby Harri-
son and Tyler were elected as by popular
whirlwind in 1910; he did something to secure
the nomination Of General Taylor, and worked
pretty actively for his election. Nor is this ALL
Returning from Europe at the eleventh hour, in
1856, Mr. Bennett found the opposition all at
sea. He Immediately took hold of the unor-
ganized popular manifestations for Fremont
and thus secured his nomination by the republic
can party. Had the Tribune and the Seward
managers Of the cause of Fremont labored as
earnestly and faithfully for his election as the
No. n
sylvania October election, which decided the
main battle would most probably have turned
the scale against Mr.. Buchanan and the demo-
cratic party.
In spite of the New YORK HERALD, Mr.. Blu
chanan saved the democratic party in 1856
from immediate shipwreck; but in spite of Mr..
Buchanan and Mr.. Bennett, the corrupt leaders
and cliques of the party have since contrived
to send it to the dogs. And SO we repudiate
the rotten democratic party, and especially the
ruftan democracy Of Tammany Hail. We can
not permit that corrupt concern to stand as our
political godfather. We denounce it as pub
lie nuisance. Our Tribune philosophers, there
fore, if they wish to prove their generosity in
this matter, will plead the plea Of our services
to the opposition, and our claims upon them
las the living incarnation of the ideas and the
policy" upon which alone they can combine,
and march forward to glorious victory.
AS for the report that Isaac " Fowler is to
be the Tammany candidate for Mayor, we re-
gard it as humbug. Mr.. Fowler is in hot
pursuit Of the fat Office now held by Master
Busted, and Mr.. Kennedy is the Postmaster's
man for the old shoes Of Mayor Ticmann. But
if the opposition will set up against the Tam
many candidate such man, for example, as
Simeon Draper, Mr.. Bennett will have no CON-
plant to make of party ingratitnde, so far as his
individual claims Of thirty years accumulation
against the opposition are concerned. Still, if
the Tribune would really prove its magnanimity
in his behalf, it will urge his political claims
upon the united opposition forces in connection
with the Mayors Office. We pause for reply
The New YORK CANALs.-The following table
shows the receipts on all the canals of this
State in each year from 1858, from the opening
Of navigation to the 18th Of September
1903 81 09a ,694
,oyo oo0Iy
373
,34Ol
How long at this rate, before that famous