Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-21
H. x. york Politicians.

The politicians of New York, Tor the past
few wears. of both the dominant parties oil
that State, have shown themselves to be the
most corrupt and unprincipled and reckless
that have ever disgraced this or any other
country. By the common consent OF All
parties the Democratic aud Republican lead
CTS there have shown the utmost Fenaiiiy
and dishonesty None Of either party are
unpurchasabIe. The city of New York IS
but an index of the State. In the manage
ment of its affairs the public officers have
their regular market price, and are bought
and sold with as much regularity and Ger
tainty as any other commodity in the mar
ket. The Press of the city are unanimous
and constant in heralding the seeming cor
ruption which permeates and testers IN every
department of the city government In the
late State Legislature every consideration Ct
State interest, every impulse oil honor ana
honesty and every feeling OF individual Dig
nifty and self-respect were completely ignored
and the members of both parties gave them
selves wholly up to vile scramble for the
thunder accruing from all sorts OF corrupt
jobs In proportion to the extent OF the
swindle are the prices Of its official agents.
In the city member of the municipal gov
erument is able to realize from five hundred
to five thousand dollars for single vote ac-
cording to the influence it carries with IL
In the State Legislature the prices rule sun
higher and lower. The inexperienced mem
hers from the interior districts are dirt cheap,
while the experienced metroPolItans COM
mand a much higher price. An intelligent
New Yorker. who vas on the ground, INFORM
ed US, a few days ago, that rural menoer
at the late session was purchased for the SEES
sion for t,renfy dollars. The cash was paid on
the nail, and his purchaser sPeculated on
him during the entire session, at the raie OIL
from fifty to one thousand dollars per vote
Such statements are hardly credible, but they
are so well authenticated that no one who
knows ANYTHING of the democratic and re-
nub,ieau politicians of the city and State Of
NV York, can be found to question them.
Even the corrupt newspaper organs that
share the profits of peTpetually recurring
swindles are forced to keep up appearances
of virtue and innocence by denOuncinS this
corruption in general, and the corruption OF
their opponents in particular That there
are honest and incorruptible men III New
York who are familiar with politics as appll-
cable to an elevated and correct adminIstra-
ton of the affairs of government, is uuques-
tionably true, but they have rarely turned
I'D in Office during this reign OF villainy
They are out Of place and useless IN the
company of scOundrels.
We have lately witnessed the man@uvres
of the democratic phalanx of New York trick
sters at Charleston and at Richmond, and are
now having au exhibition of their rascaliy
powers at Baltimore. We have seen how
that celebrated combination, known as the
Albany Regency, overthrow the entire COM
pany Of traders and gamblers under the lead
of FEsxAxDo Woop, the Mayor of New ! ok
CITY, at Charleston, aud how WOOD went
oycr with his crew and hunks To the Fire
eating seceders We have seen. still later,
proclamation from WoOD, tumbling an ice
berg upon the tables of those who only sub
sist on FIRE, advocating the cause OF DouGI.As.
We have seen SEYMOUR Internationally de
cline the mention of his name In connection
with the Presidency, and now hear that be Is
the possible, if not the probable. looming
man. at Baltimore. By base trick, II at
alI-and If not at all, not for lack OF the
base trick-this Iste frec-soil Governor OF
n wv York, seeks to crawl into the highest
post of houor--at least, to steal into the way
of its possible attainment. Indeed we heard
yesterday that "all depends at Baltimore up
on New York" If it is true We should not
give the toss of copper for the chances OF
anybody for nomination, and not half that
much for the chances of election afterwards
Whoever will pay most viii get them.