The New York herald., 1869-11-05

the purpose OF advertising forthcoming
volume from her pen, more unprinoipled con-
duct can scarcely be imagined.
Our Late Eioction-A Sweeping Revolu-
tion in Our City and State Go vern
ment-Look Out.
A democratic Legislature. both branches,
with democratic Governor in this State,
simply means a sweeping revolution In the
laws regulating our city and State govern
ments. The democrats, since the great
political revolution Of 1862, which swept out
Of existence the old whig party, have not
secured full possession Of this State. They
gained In the general whig party collapse OF
| 1852 the Governor (Horatio Seymour) and the
Legislature, and so they took full possession
at Albany In January, 1853. Since that time
they have secured the Governor twice-Sey-
mour In 1862 and Hoffman in 1868; but
through all the long interval from 1853 the
Senate, or the Assembly and the Senate, have
been against them. Consequently they have
never been able to upset the special legislative
measures Of the republican party, passed from
time to time, under q republican Legislature
and Governor since 1855, and adopted mainly
to reduce the democratic majorities Of this
corner of the State.
After seventeen years Of exclusion from the
control Of the State government we may
accordingly expect, with the meeting Of the
democratic Legislature next January, backed
by q democratic Governor, general over
hauling and repeating Of the republican party
measures aforesaid, which will amount to
general reconstruction Of the government Of
this city, and reconstruction, to a great
extent, of tho laws regulating the affairs of
the State. 1t has been broadly limited from
various quarters that the democratic pro-
gramme in the new Legislature (Which will be
engineered by Tammany Hall and supported
by the Governor) will embrace, first, on
national affairs, the repeal Of New Yorks
ratification of the fifteenth amendment and,
on local affairs
1. A repeal OF the Excise law
2. repeal OF the Registry law.
8. repeal OF the law establishing the existing
i. 4 repeal Of the law creating the present Fire
Department.
5. The abolition Of the present Croton Board.
O. The abolition OF the present Health Board.
I. A new immigration system.
These things are to be done away with, and,
under new city charter, it is said, we are to
have all these and all other departments of the
city government made subordinate to the
Mayor and Municipal Cabinet and the two
Boards Of the City Council. The Mayors
Cabinet will probably embrace the chief of
each of the new departments to be created
on the licensing Of liquor dealers, go. on the
police, the streets, the piers and wharves,
quarantine affairs, fremen, Croton water,
Central and other parks, gas, health, &C., &c.
This general reconstruction of our city gov
ernment will create hundreds of fat Offices,
and can be made to cover five hundred mil
lions of dollars in good fat jobs, including a
new system Of piers and wharves, new city
| railroads Overhead and underground), new
streets, new markets and other new public
institutions.
At oil events, this great positive gain Of the
Legislature gives to the democrats 80 firm
foothold in the possession of the State, and
such abundant means for strengthening their
position, that it is only by the most stupid
laundering that they can lose it. The
repeal, however, Of tte ratification of
the fifteenth amendment would be q
blunder to begin with, and it would not avail
anything; but 1t is probable that the proclama-
tion Of the complete ratification will be made
from Washington before the LIST Of January,
which will settle the question and reduce the
Northern democracy to the wise alternative of
joining the Southern democracy in cultivating
the negro vote.
On our local affairs the schedule Of changes
suggested will require great deal Of mighty
nice consideration, especially as the democrats
have, with the full power, the whole respon-
sibility in legislative matters Nevertheless,
we think great changes may be confidently
expected in the laws regulating our city affairs
but whether these changes will bo good or
bad-whether they will operate to tighten or
increase our taxes, to render more safe or more
in peril the lives and property Of our citizens,
to strengthen the party or to destroy twill
depend very much upon the engineering Of
Tammany Hall. She may play her cards so
as to control the National Democratic Con-
vention Of 1872, or 80 as to lose her prestige
and her power in 1870.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE SUCCESSION
- l. g. T.