The New York herald., 1871-09-26

| that political side for several years past have
ranged from twenty to fifty thousand. Now
let Hall, Connolly and Tweed resign their
Offices into the hands of their own political
| friends prior to the November elec-
| ton, so that the people may have
an opportunity in few weeks OF
| deciding for themselves on the existing issues
and of rescuing the city from its present en-
barrassing and disgraceful position. This
will be fair to all parties, and will put
stop to the schemes of political adventurers.
Mayor Hall will do no injury to his own
political friends by resigning for, as we have
said, they hold large majority Of the votes of
the city, and, If they have the people
| still with them, they are certain to
elect their candidate If they have
not got the people with them they
should not desire to rule the city any longer.
If the democracy wish to test Mayor Halls
personal popularity, and the Mayor is desi-
rous of standing the test, they can renominate
him for the Office he resigns. 1t will, after
all, only be an appeal to the people which
democrats profess themselves to be always
willing to make. Upon the Mayors election
will depend, Of course, the reappointment or
rejection of Messrs. Tweed and Connolly,
the latter of whom, in his recent letter
to Mayor Hall, expressed the belief that
he had lost none of that popular
confidence which he boasts has been so libe-
rally bestowed upon his management of the
city finances. The designations of the Mayor
and of the heads of the two departments need
cause no additional embarrassment to the city,
as they can be made to take effect from the
time their successors are duly qualified to
enter upon the duties of their several Offices.
In short, this is direct and patriotic way out
of our present deplorable troubles, and it may
| save-if anything short Of miracle can save
the decaying fortunes of Tammany.
| Marshal MacMahon vindicating His Master.
| Since the fall of the Paris Commune moth
ing has happened in France which in i'm
portance can be ranked with the evidence just
given by Marshal MacMahon before the Com
mittee of Investigation. 1t is the first time
| since Sedan that words of strength have been
spoken for the fallen Emperor. We all of us
remember how Napoleon was blamed-how
he was laughed at, how all the blunders and
disasters of the brief campaign from Saarbriick
to Sedan were laid at his door. He (Napoleon)
was the Alpha and Omega of French mis-
fortune. The fallen Emperor has kept silence
He has not complained. He has not ex-
planned. MacMahon now tells us that he alone
is responsible for the disastrous results of his
| march from Chalons to Sedan. Napoleon had
| not dictated to him. The resolution was his
| own; and if in carrying it out he failed the
| failure is to he attributed, not to any influence
exercised upon him by the Emperor, but to
| other causes, on the existence of which he
| (MacMahon) did not calculate. The fact is
MacMahon takes to himself all the blame of
| that disastrous march. At the same time he
| thinks he did what was best, so far as he could
| Judge in the circumstances. He counted too
totally ignorant of the movements of the
| other commanders-in-chief.
| We do not wonder that the evidence given
by MacMahon has produced q profound sensa-
ton in France and that the Bonapartists are
jubilant. We shall be surprised if Bazaine
and the other commanders do not give similar
evidence We shall be still more surprised if
Napoleon does not now speak out and give us
his view of the cause of the Sedan sorrow.
1t is just possible that the Emperor will perse-
we're in his policy of silence. 1t is our opinion,
however, that the Emperor, by well-framed
proclamation at this juncture, might redeem
his throne and crown. The masses of the
French peasantry have lingering affection
| for the empire. If they can only be convinced
that the Emperor was in no way to blame for
the disasters which have befallen their coun-
| try-that he himself was made victim to the
incompetency of his own servants, and to the
treachery of political factions, they will raise
cry and reveal an energy which will leave
small place for the republic and for the Bour-
bons. MacMahon, by his honesty, has won
golden opinions; and it will not be wonderful
| if he should yet find it convenient to play the
| r6e Of q Monk and restore the exiled Bona
parte to bis throne. Unless we greatly mis-
take President Theirs will now find that he
needs all his sharpness.
Word Of Cnution-The Yellow Fever
ON Ono Hand and Cholera on the
Other.
The yellow fever is spreading in the South
and advancing northward up the Mississippi
Valley. 1t is in Vicksburg, Jackson and
Natchez, Miss, and at Vidalia. La. Fortu-
nately it has been kept under in Charleston,
S. c., though it exists there yet. At the
same time we learn that the dreaded cholera
was spreading in Russia and advancing west
ward. This disease had reached the shores
Of Great Britain from Hamburg. A vessel
belonging to the United States the Loretto
Fish, arrived at Cardiff, with Asatic cholera
on board. Four men had died with it. By
the vigilance Of the British authorities this
ship was prevented from entering the docks
| a4 "a rdiG Now IL Ia imnortant that the