The New York herald., 1862-10-16
The Last Days OF T.mmans ana Mozart.


dlcrs, he allows his victims to assemble at their
rendezvous takes care that not one OF them is
absent quietly brings up Lis force and sur
rounds the house waits, if possible, until the
villains are in the very act or their crime, and |
then makes his coup. secures his game and |
marches them off TO justice. When the righteous |
Fates determined to put an end forever TO |
The worst OF our city politicians, Ct " adopted
the same plan, and permitted Tammany and |
Mozart to join hands in their last iniquity and |
die together at their dirty work The last bar
gain between Mozar. and Tammany was so
gross, unblushing und disgusting as to excite
the just indignation OF every honest man. The
leaders Of tho two factions met and divided the
democratic nominations-a Supervisor to Tam
many Surrogate to Mozart GO Asseinblymau
here, Congressman thcre--as coo!y Us # they
owned the bodies and souls Of the democrats
whose votes they were thus chaffering away.
Iniquities as scandalous may have disgraced
our city politics before but The people have
had Their eyes opened and senses sharponod by
this war. and are uot disposed TO submit as
quietly es formerly. On the contrary, there is
al evident disposition among voters Of all
classes to bolt from this bargain and sale
ticket at The coming election, and make and
eject an independent ticket Of their.own.
We need hardly say how eagerly al good
men would bail consuiamation so dcvoutly
80 be wished Ta,n1uafy and Mozart lave both
had their day, and very dark and gloomy day
it has bcen. 1t is now full time that these cor
! ruet factions were destroyed and their place
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| This waF, which has reroutiorilei nearly eve
| rytning and everybody, must revolutioni4e po
! liticai parties also. New is the very time to
| inangurate such revolution, when tie people
are discontcn!ed aud undecided which way
| to GO and when Tammany and Mozart are
SO united that they can be completely
killed by q single blow. About thrco
weeks yet remau to US before the election Will
be held In revolutionary times like these
| three weeks arc equal to year ID tioes OF
peace. Tnc conservative voters hesitate and
are doubtful and troubled. A few earnest,
| honest, patriotic men can take advantage of
| these circumstances, and make & party Which
| will be invncibie. The people OF this city are
ready to rally ca nlasSe in support Of acy really
good, independent conservative combinations.
There il time enough even for IN Independent
State ticket to be noilalnsteA and elected. Many
| conservative republicans are dissaSis fed tn
the nomination OF Wadsworth. Many conscrva-
tive democrats are dissatisfied with the nomna-
ton OF Seymour. If astrong, Independent move
ment is made Immediately, with General Dix as
tie nominee for Governor, the people will rally
arounait, and it may be sacJs;4fn!. General Dix
is emphaticaly the nominee Of the people. He
was defeated il tse vs. Democratic Convention by
trick, and in the Republican Convention by the
ultra fanatics. If the real sentiment Of the ma
jority Of both parties had been represented by
tic conventions, General Dix would have been
elected Governor unanimously. Why, there
fore, is it impossible to nominate and elect him
now!
The Governorship of this State has absolutely
gone begging. If a few practical men had
taken advantage Of the mistakes of both demo
cratic and republican politicians, and put Gene
raj Dix in nomination the day after the conven'
tions adjourned, Walswerth and Seymour would
not have been heard of b, this time. Even at
this late hour, however, his election is possible,
if he be properly put before the people. Wads-
worth and Seymour will only annihilate each
| other, and leave Dix to walk over the course.
So with our city politics. An independent par
| ty has now its opportunity. When rogues disa-
| gree honest men can get their own, If they will
only take it. The opportunity has been shame
fully and unaccountably neglected hitherto;
| but there is still good chance of success and
advantage should be taken Of that chance with
out a moments delay. Let us have peoples
| party, with good conservative name and good
| conservative candidates, aud the death knell of
Mozart and Tsmmany will be tollod
But, even if no such party be formed, we
believe that the last days of Tammany and
| Mozart are upon us. Like the last days of
| Pompeii, they are spent in tle very worst ex-
ccsses. II an independent democratic party
declines TO take the prize. the republicans bid
fair to carry everything. Certainly they will
carry the State ticket; for outside OF this city
and even inside of this city, by some accounts
Seymour stands no chance whatever against
Wadsworth, for whom the majority of the pco-
| pie of this State will vote, not because they
| ike either his politics or his principles, but, in
| spite Of his principles, because they wish to
support the President and the administration,
as the only hope OF the nation during this war,
and because they think Wadsworth q better
friend Of the administration than Seymour, who
has been fatally misreprescnted and betrayed
by some Of those copperhead, bulternut demo-
| Gratis who call themselves his friends. An in
dependent conservative party may prevent this
| by nominating Dix, and may secure to itself all
| Of eur city prizes worth having. Will this
party come forward? Tammany and Mozart
are ruined in any event.
i D, Txrfa W.. xnal.,.dax.