The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
The Place for the Man and the
Man for the Place.


Man for the Place.
A brilliant contemporary develops the
fact that His Honor the Mayor, through the
advice and assistance of his well-known Sec
rotary, Colonel Burton N. Harrison, pro-
poses to visit st. Louis during the sessions OF
the Democratic Convention and propose
himself to that august body as candidate
for the Vice Presidency. 1t seems that Col
onel Harrison, from his position as the
former private secretary of Jefferson Davis,
will have great influence over our Southern
brethren, and that the nomination Of the
Mayor for this high Office will have double
value, as compliment to this great city in
the person of its honored and eloquent Chief
Magistrate, and as q compliment to the gal
liant defenders of the lost cause, who
see in the Mayor type of those
graces of chivalry and manly beauty which
were won't to distinguish the defenders Of
the Confedency. We regret that our contem-
porary, in detailing the rise and growth of this
movement does not view it with that favor
which we would have expected from great
New York journal anxious for the honor of
the State On the contrary, our contempt
rary intimates that if His Honor attempts to
run as candidate of the rebellion he will
be beaten by a majority as large as that cast
against Mr.. Greeley.
We do not agree with our contemporary.
Mr.. Wickham has o splendid record for any
such nomination. While many of our vandal
citizens went out with muskets to shoot the
Southern brethren Mr.. Wickham, with great
self-denial, stayed at home, preferring that
his hands should not be imbrued in brothers
blood. Colonel Harrison could well point
out to the ST. Louis Convention that
if this example of self-denial had
been followed more generally by democrats
in the North we should now have q different
state of affairs at Washington. Furthermore,
Mr.. Wickham is statesman of natural gifts
in the way of beauty and eloquence. As it
seems probable that the republicans will NOM
mate Mr.. Conkling, also very handsome and
an eloquent man, it will be necessary to have
some one on the democratic ticket to neu-
tralize this influence. We frankly say to
Governor Tilden that he has no such qualif-
cation. The Governor, as the world knows,
might now be the happy head of family,
and not helpless old bachelor, but for his
looks, which have been the drawback to his
q handsome ticket. The career of Mr.. Wick
ham as Mayor convinces us that his field
OF usefulness and fame is outside of
New York. We do not know one of our
public men whom we should rather send to
Washington than Mr.. Wickham. What is
more, if he will only stay in Washington
we are willing to waive our objections to
third term. Wickham, in the chair of Col
fax and Breckenridge, would be a social at
traction in Washington. He would not only
bring travel to that community, but go far
toward reconciling the residents to their lot
More than all, this elevation would be
qualification to our State pride, which has
members of the Syracuse Convention, under
the lead of Mr. Curtis-also, like Mr.. Wick
ham, handsome man, and our candidate
for the democratic nomination for Lieuten-
ant Governor-attempted to slay Conkling.
In the meantime, we second the nominal
ton of Mr.. Wickham for the Vice Pres
idency. Do not let the matter rest. Such
nominations need to be worked up. We
think the ladies Of Sorosis should move in
favor of the Mayor. The excellent ladies in
charge of the Founding Asylum. and of the
most useful School for the Training Of
Nurses should enter heartily into the work.
We are authorized to say that Comptroller
l. 80, 90 al
ton of the Mayor to any position that will
take him away from New York. The Hon.
orable John Morrissey shares this enthusi-
asm. So there is no reason why the Mayor
should not 60 to st. Louis with the support
of the leading men and women-especially
the women-of all parties and circles of the
metropolis.