The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-05

| Things are Managed, and Necessity for
Change.
| The city politicians are brinfull of energy just
now, making their bargains and buying and
selling each other for the work of cutting up the
city spoils for the next two years.
! Most of our citizens are under the belief that
the government of this city is elected by vote Of
the people. Never was there greater mistake.
II is true that on certain day about the begin
ming of December, all the paraphernalia Of the
ballot box is brought in parade, and the people
are called upon to 60 up and vote for sundry
members of the city government. But the per-
sons to be voted for are not LEFT to the will Of the
people at all. This thing is all managed for
them, and they choose whoever has been selected
for them to choose. The names are printed on
little slips Of paper, some headed Democrat"
others Republican," third, perhaps, "Ameri-
CAM" and go the people are led into the belief
that they are voting for some great principle
which they have at heart; but the truth is they
are voting for set of chaps who have combined
the whole scheme beforehand, and after mouths
of scheming, bargaining, qnarrelling and cheat.
ing, have settled how the city plumber is to be
A.:,l "-,A nllntnd ord nranared the candidates
and ballots accordingly.
The men who manage this thing ore among
the most reckless and disreputable in social
standing among us. They do not always them
selves come forward as candidates, but they
make their bargains with the nominees in which,
these agree to give up, some one-third, some one
half, and others, again, even the whole of the
Official salary to the wire pullers, trusting to
their chance for stealing from the public treasury
fer living. 1t is these little arrangements that
are being eoncocted now, in the month of An.
sast, for the election to come off next Decen.
Der. A set of men, not over fifty in number IN
all, and claiming the representation Of all The
political parties, are busily dickering with each
other ia private, while they vituperate each
other in public, and portioning out the million
of people in New Fork and the ten millions of
spoils which they bleed annually. A Mayor,
Two Governors Of the Almshouse, two Super.
visora, eight Aldermen and twenty.four Coun-
cilmen are to be voted for in December. A
transaction now going on affords US case in
point to show the whole mode of operation.
A prominent city democrat who has his
eye On the lucrative Office of Counsel to tie Coz
poration supports black republican for present
confirmation to post ia the Croton Board, in
consideration Of the future assistance of tho lat
ter at the proper time to the democratic aspira.
tons OF the former The bargain being clinched,
the democratic leader dimes and wines the demo-
! cratic Aldermen in behalf Of his black repub!i-
can friend. Thus the people are hoodwinked
and the city plundered to pay for the sumptuous
dinners, wines and other luxuries necessary to
enforce logic and help truth out of the well she
| got into.
This system is all wrong, and Is fraud on the
| system Of popular election. 1t is the creation
and scheme Of a parcel Of corrupt politicians,
who band themselves together under the title Of
/ Tan,many Hall, Mozart Hail, General Commit
tees, &C.. and the wealth, intelligence end future
interests Of this great city are the stakes played
for by set of desperate political gamblers.
| Knowing the value of the stakes the old party
war horses fight sirenuously against the admis-
sion ofyounger bloods into their cave Of the forty
thieves, and through them there is no chance Of
| reformation. They must, therefore, be all
Il
thrown overheard together, and the only
manner Of doing this is to adopt the plan SO
successfully pursued in the South and West, of
bringing out stump candidates for the city
Offices who shall come before the people on their
| own merita We want more such men in our
city government as Street Commissioner Smith
and City Inspector Delavan.
Let us have stump candidates for Mayor and
the City Council, and we will soon have diff
ferent c'ass Of men in the city government. We
want no more smart rascals or weak tools elected
by party machinery. We call upon our old
friend Colonel Webb to come out for the Mayor
atty. lie is sensible enough man in private
concerns, and only an old fogy in politics, which
should have nothing to do with our city govern
ment If be will come out as q stump candidate
we don't know but that we will supp Dirt him.
What says Col, Webb' Let Us hear from him.