New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-02

place on Tuesday next Is not party elechon. IN
deed no municipal election ought TO lave been
a party one, and now less than ever, when parties
are oisintegrated and party ties are 0ro&n, under
the pressure and strain of this great struggle ior na
tional unity, national honorI had almost said for
national existence. This municipal election ought to
take place without any regard 70 old paTtyquesuons,
State or national 1850 il had The only lues-
lion which ought, and which trust will, guide you
and ell our feow-electors in this election Is the IT.
ness of the candidate. Nou are TO Dose from
among YOU that loyal citizen who VIII oest MI the
Chief Megietrgoy OF your city, say loyal citizen,
because | know iull we'll that now, above I'll other
times no man will receive the eIlroes Of the peo-
ple "a no nan should, vino is not loyslin thought
aud in act who does not pize Is country above all
other earthly good and who does not nate rebellion
rs the worst II evils and of crimes. Cheers. lAeh
the simple question il, which loyal citizen IS the ~.
test for your sufFages Now, there are three canG-
dates before you-ar. Gunther Mr.. Wood, aud Mr..
Opdyke Tgreat applausel-and my dutT viii be fui-
filled when pass rapid review Of thse three eau
didates in order thar | may, as far ai l can, give
Won the means of forming that judgment wnicn
should guide your vote Now, first, OF Mr.. Gnntner'
lie Is, l am happy 10 believe, loyal nan; ana AN
Lapuv. also to believe-for 1 aln tod, not having
the pleasure of bis personal he i
a wel-intentioned and respectable mani but 4
think that very few persons viii ray that he has ne
qualifications hat candidate has; aud, whether
lie 80 or not, / accept as true-ior 4 have 10
doubt OF. us UulH -the o'Via1"uC" N'u0 -.
last nig4 by the other opposing eandidaie
that the contest il between him Wood aud our can,
didate aIr. Opdyke). Applause. Therefore,
put out Of view entirely the claims of Mr.. GmtheI
because thiuk DO bodybuilding person can dwell
long upon them he not having really the porluOn q
com getitor for this Office. Then we come TO Mr.,
Wood. Who is Fernando NoOdi Laughter.
What is his character, private and puDhc VI
courpe, 4 do not mean to abuse my place by saying
anything here that would not say anywhere ara
mean 70 ray nothing except what believe 10 Dc en-
tirely justified BY published facts. Bat referring
TO them, ana appealing 10 what is known TO you all
ask you'll the pIiyae character OF Fernando WOOD
il Good 1" No no; :" "he is q deGd-beat' trench
dons outburst of Mos Wei you have an
swered the question. The records Of our courts would
answer the question OF these records nave ohlHy
10 saw that although il may DO true that man shal
be uninsly accused and ii may he very possibly true
that an innocent man may be convicted, yet think
20 many iudgmonts-tor there Ia more than-one 20
long Lac ing reversed, never authoiitatiVey
coptradcted even, l think we may say, that those
judgments are something upon which the electors
can act in giving their votes and that Is az ir as we
need 90 Cheers. Now then, as 10 bis public char
act.r IL would be an Idle waste Of tine TO go over
all the acts of bis public he. Asa Member OF Con-
press rs a Chief Magistrate OF this city Tor TWO or
three terms all that can say Is that be has not lett
bat TESTIMONY TO good repute which ouRht 10 be the
security and TIE testimony OF every man VINO has
been in office and who seeks for reelection. VIII
take one as a specimen, and that Is that which J. 1885,
before YOU, the Haskley contract. Now, gentle
men. YOU know what this l.. u on know that by an
Act of the Legislature, the Corporation was
authorized TO MAKE coutTac: for five years Tor
cleaning the streets; Tat there were BIDS
prooscd: that the BID actually accepted was for two
hundred and seventy odd iLoUsaAu dcllar per year
that there was another lid eighty odd thousand DOL
lars less than tho bid that was accCpted That the
lid which was accepted was Ia bid Of which Brother
Ben IA he il called, owned one quarter, and that
Fernando his brother, remained IN bis Office until
ate in the evening, that he might sign the resolution
on the day of its passage, thai lie might mol DC pre-
vented from signing II By injunction. Now, II may
be true that Fernando Wood has no interest in tie
eontract and thai il il Ben Woods alone, but II u
be TO- then surely, the indecency OF brother wall
ing 10 such unusual hours for The purPose oi hKhh9
contract for bis brothers benoh'i A. ahhoss - t.e'
as The crime Of manipulating IN lie profits ZAP
pauso.l But, fellow -eiiizenE tave beard II SAID
Indeed, have read in souie Of tho newsial"fs this
argument, Of what oonsequtnce i ~ The taxes
are very great admit, but the weight OF taxation
does mol cone from the Mayor. liz 10. the author
OF the excessive taxation under which We grosn,
and theIeiCrethcf,iOre,o oil ooufs' n Toe Argument
be good anything therefore II 10 oi 10 cote-
qucnce whether We Iut mo ollce Bad man or
good man. teli0a -C!iifrs, ueic never was
greater nifake. 10 VIII show you In 4 momeni.
Tie office Of sgor urcrr or charter, !Or which
must ssy, | ha' -ery iiylo good e. Fay-for II IS a
muddie without Any - sieu. Bud without any plnn-
but bad II H. % h under tits charter that TIE
Mayor has the control Of the three nos, important
| Departments Of TIE City GOyernIent-the Street
Department, the Croton Aqueduct Department,
and the City Inspectors De- artmenl, the heads Of
which he appoints ana winch he can remove
with the Assistance Of the Board Of Aldermen;
nav be can IN the OF thu Board, suspend them
of his own will. Now, .ollow citizens, Won
need not be told that man who has thIs power,
who can make n combination with two thirds OF the
Aldermen, or who act alone, has under hi COP
troll these three departments o. the City Govern
mcnt, and you know very well that con, racts are
made almost all Of them, through these departn enis.
The Mayornty, IA il IT, shom u part OF its power
Ii yet Office OF great responsibility yet OF immense
patronage, and oil onormOus means OF corruption.
There is another power " hieh the Mayer has which
can be used for good and for evil, and that is the
veto power. Yon know he can veto any resolution
Of the Common Council. You know he waited in
the office that afternoon of which have spoken TO
eign a contract. He veto, and then il must be
pissed by two thirds. An upright in that odlce
can stop an mmenle amount OF unjust expenditure,
ard therefore, nothing be fallacious than
tie argument that, because the Office has
dwindled i'll importance, IL is Of no consequence
whether we have an honest or dishonest Mayor.
But fellow-citzens, much as should deplOre the
election OF Mr. Wood TO thin office, account Of his
character public and private there is another reason
which in this time Of National distress aud peril
cannot ought not TO be lost eight OF, and that Is this:
Fernando Wood ID not 10y man. lApplause. "Ho,
no, no! bay this with sense OF the response
blty winch attaches TO any man who speaks in Il
pubic assembly. think can show that Fernando
Wood is traitor to tue flag and Constitution Of his
country. Great applause. Now, let me give you
the proofs. Fernando Wood in the first place, be-
lieves in the right of Secession. Whom say be-
leves, and when | make these charges, 1 take the
evidence OF bis public statements. cay that he De-
lives in the right Of Secession in the most revolving
form in which il has ever been prcsented-in form
winch the Southern people do not accept, even.
Now, this is it: A message which he sent TO the
Common Council 10 January last contains this pas
sage, and you shall Judge If this il not the doctrine
Of Secession rs have stated Il:
Wien Dlsnnon has become ceItain and red f.et Why