The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-30
CITY POLITICS.

Tne POLITICAL DOCTORS at WOrA-The Great
Object of the Tammany Ring In the
2 Present Canvass Coalitions, Alliances and
Division Of the Spoiis Of Once" Boss''
Fernando and the Forty Thieves-4, I md
A Up Again for Congress-C County and Con-
gressional Anairs-The Chief Of che Rins ON
His Travels Ills Hasty Recall - thas City
The street Department in DosamotioB-The
Jobs ,, In Danger, &c.
MolIsre IN his illustration Of Quack doctor gives the
following brief dialogue .
GgRosrE-N is impossible 70 reason BETTER Doctor.
But dear SIR, there rs one thing thai staggers mo In
the heart on the left side, and the liver on the
night
have changed Nil that the college present. sir pro-
ceeds on an entire new method.
GERorTE-l ask your pardon. sir.
DocroR-0h SRI there In no harm. you're not obliged
TO know much do.
GERoNrE-Very true, doctor; very true.
This dialogue, with slight change Of circumstances
will illustrate the relation existing between present
political dc and their patients--the public One
week ago the treatment and practice OF political
doctors seemed pretty well Defined aud the locality OF
the political heart the left side, and the
OF the other organs occupied corresponding rela
tons thereto but since that timo clinque has
held, and totally different opinion has been arrived
One week the conservative republicans the radical
publicans the Cooper Institute democracy the Mozart and
the McKeon factions, occupying the same relation to
politics the schools OF medicine do each
other. had the lines pretty well defined; since tn
timo the faculty OF the college Tammany and Mozart
Hall leaders,, n system of practice has been estab
lished; and when the inquisitive Gcrontc he voers
asks why the practice OF yesterday changed tod ay
he is nformedrl, but have changed all that the
college at presen; proceeds entire METHOD"
and the inquirers true knowledge is made bend to
the false position Of the political quack.
rHE PRESENT CANVAS.
Since the opening al tho present campaign up 70
within few days the public through the columns
OF the HERALD has been kept thoroughly
Informed Of the real position Of the various
az the day OF battle approaches the political doctors find
II necessary 20 change their treatment and Diet and by
series OF BARGAINS swappings and sudden changes in
the aspect OF affairs candidates put up withdrawn
az the chances Of defeat may determine The
states that week ago were filed with names for
positions OF honor, trust ana emolumcn " they have
not been totally smashed, have had their records
what blurred; and those who have tho self
authority remedy the have come TO the con.
cuson TO get new States put down the Of those
persons whom they remember and substitute new ones
II would puzzle a very shrewd investigator and OBJ
server Of events TO ahon the depths OF debasement 10
which modern politicians have descended, particularly
that class known the Tammany "ring.n The time
when the old wigwan the paradise OF the
honesty. and staesmanship. They delighted 10 be
called after ts and o. bnsk Its sunshine their
MONDAY walks were shaded by every tree that
pleasant TO the sight and good for food, and also
the Of good and eva (politica power) But while
surrounded with everything that nature supplied for
thor comfort and make their glad tempter
came (paronagel they disobeyed the iniunctious Of
duty. lhe public rntcrests) and they about 10
receive fearful maledlcton for their sins The
honest ambition which once its guiding rule 10
enjoy public Office for The real public good by degrees
has been suppanted by tricks design fraud and corrup
ton and 20 great has been the greed OF It's adj
herenis that the number Of aspants for positions has
far exceeded the laws Of demand and supply This state
OF things has naturally created jeaouscs heart bunngs
and hate these have been growing apaco until all
certainly the larger portion Of influential men-honcst
men, dsgusted with Us waning reputation, long ago ncd
ruin To-day Tammany Is a decaying corpse IN the
body polica stencil and loathing TO honorable men Of
all parties Corrupt, corrupt will be Ne opiIaph.
TIT DErcSs
The great object which the Tammany 'rngr desire 20
attain IN the election is the contradiction OF the
OF those who lead the ring In New York The
treaty OF alliance between Tammany and the jeremy
bidder Of city politics, who lords IL over Mozart Hall
and IL dependencies, 70 attain this end FIRST given
70 The public In these columns The expose followed be-
parties was dry, which fact subsequently caused modi
ncaiion OF the original plan; but the main
Offices within he r sRe Of "" Tho people ana md
for whch Candidates will be elected in November
were oa'aosasa scri1, and each position, from Con
gesnen " dog pound keeper and the strppcr Of dead
men u The horgue was cquiiaby and amicaby divided,
and solemn promise given that each was 10 labor for
the other; that there % be no trenchng on the
grounds o. the other and mutny the ranks o the
allied army when the day o. battle comes Before this
bargain consummated the local domocracy wss re-
presented ~ several factions and cqucs but when the
long headed mon 81 each took survey Of the field and
tempting prizes 10 be awarded 10 tio ye,ore ~ sia
yet touching illustration o. unity IN the fable Of The
man his Eve ard the bunch u sticks REQUIRED III
their minds, combined With present recoocuons u the
cohesive power 81 public pl1nderthe ruling ravnon n
TAmmanY Hallcuaifou, consolidation and ffner1gyaton
was talked 81 and consummaled before bnaGy ftAoi
In the prescott canvass i L rule ruin with Iaamang
hall, BE stake ienom nioue explaton mo ~
tent 10 when THIS scheming has been carried bhs bean
very ,horoaghy and almost eSh,a.tivey Published il
the Hlutp ~ dnmssArg ms subject lor The
iIuc being al fire. and ndciea voters who desire