New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
COME AND REIGN OvER Us!

If a aesh-and.blood conqueror should take
possession of our City, and by right OF conquest
should insist upon the propagation of pestlence,
upon filling our noses with noisome smells,
upon compelling us to wade knee-dcep through
strata Of garbage, upon surrendering our
children to the mercies of his drunkenest
corporals, upon making us pay profuSely for
all these luxuries and privileges, is it probable
that we should submit with very good grace
to his various favorsl Probably not. Some
body would win eternal glory by taking him of
somebody would 90 down to posterity as
patriot and delivcrer, with "Killing no Murder
inscribed upon his monument. But New-York
happens to be grooming under the sway OF q
brace of monarchs, instead Of one. There Is
King Log, ruling by the grace Of inertia and
there is King Stork, who, with appetite uniail-
ing devours our substance. King Log lives in
a fine house, is exceedingly proper, is worth a
great deal of money, walks with uncommon
delberation and dignity. holds politics in high
contempt, wears broadcloth, goes to church,
and in fine, is responsibility imperSonated.
King Stork abides in caucus-rooms and munich
pal chambers, in grog.shOps and IN tumble
down tenement houses he makes no preten-
sions to dccency of demeanor; he fills his peck
cts BY pilfering; he breaks heads in primary
meetings; he has great respect for the poll
tics which give him living. King Log is the
sleeping, and King Stork is the active partner
in this pretty piece Of business, and we, free
born tax payers, we are the poor frogs, submit
ting to our dreadful destiny, and unable even
to croak our complaints in concert. SO King
Log gets rich, and King Stork gets fat, and, I'M
less we dethrone him. he will end by pushing
his brother monarch from his elegant stool,
and reignng supreme.
There is popular superstition that stork Is
invulnerable and, because he wears a magic
armor, that there is no .;use in hitting him;
whereas he lives only by the sufierance OF his
victims, and reigns by virtue OF their dlssen-
sions. lie is q wonderful patriot, always upon
one side or the other Of the fence, now whiStling
Republican tunes, now chanting the songs oil
Tammany; but, whether Republican or Demo
crat. always with his crop full of frogs. Ii has
been noticed that, whatever for the time being
his politics may be, he ia constantly blessed
with an excellent appetite, and is never weary
of swallowing his subjects. SO fnr from
making him unpopular. his inclination to de-
your our substance, for the benefit OF oui
parties, is regarded by US with exceeding favor,
and he has long following of humble servants
who think peace, and safety, and economy, and
education, aud public decency nothing in com
parson with their loyalty to the noisy, danger
Gus, expensive, ignorant and dsreputable King
stork.
| There seems to be good opportunity now
presented Of Kidding ourselves Of both these
rulcrs-of rousing the apathy which shrinks
from medding with City politics, and ofrestrain
ing the activity which makes them vulgar
trade. King Stork does not like this at all. He
denounces Mr.. Hecker because he il not Of this
stripe, and Mr.. O'Gorman because he is of that
Stork wants to know what will become Of thi:
great City, if we dethrone the "Ring;"i !. e., i
We dethrone him. We will try TO tell him. We
may suffer the unspeakable modification o.
finding our taxes diminished. We may b,
forced to submit to clean streets, painful rs The
submission would be. Even the City Hall
instead of remaining nice, comfortable Angear
stable, for King Stork to feed in, may be inglo
riously swept and disgracefuly garnished. But
we think that we could endure it ALL whatever
might be its effect upon His Majesty Of the
Primaries.