The New York herald., 1878-10-25

large classes Of men who live by politics and Once !"
What true Of New York is true Of every city IN the
Union where seveDty-hve per cent oi the population
10 foreign born II is not Tammany Hall In Brooklyn,
Albany, Troy, Rochester aud Buffalo, but The rag-lag
and bobiail that constitute the democracy. la all
these cities the Irish and German element are the
dominating power, aud the machine Is run Tor "the
support oil large classes Of men who live by politics
and olice.n The leopard cannot change his spots.
Lot It take any other than Tammany and It's
designs upon power and the treasury would be the
same. For lnir.y years our municipal gov.
ernment has been. most oppressive 10 the tax
payers and dsgrsceiul 10 republican institutions.
Year alter year. 1874, our State Leg
have been invoked 10 protect our people from tho
Gormoran.s who have hyed by poiics and office:
with view oil supplying better government 10 our
citizens. Good men like opdyke and Havsmeyer
found their way into City Hail. We review the
past and 1nd no reform Improvement Tor the tax
payers Both those gentlemen. no doubt, meant
weil; but neither oi them able to cope with the
iniluences that surrouNed them. should tho city "
gained Tor reform. However well-disposed Cooper
might Do ee would lind himself III the Same condition
as Mr. Opdyxe. There ere some citizens leiI VINO
have NOT forgotten That Ine democratic Board oil AL
dermen forced him into shameful dicEer on the ap-
pointmsns oi certain heads oi departments II was
Illuminating and disgraceiul. Lei cooper % eectea
And hall be scandazed by corrupt bargains that
snl bring dshonor upon inc city. II canhot be
avoided Il occurred under Opdyke, and under Presi-
dent Johnson, barring comparison. Cooper could
so escape Tor there certain 10 DO Tammany Board
d Aldermen elected Divide responsibility, either Ia
ny, state, whore else, and II Is sure 10 pro-
auce bargains, corruption, rascaties and robberies
fners was no reform With Havemeyer, VINO naa wilh
him almost aptlTammany majority. II was, as
under President johnson, c0ntiu uous and shameful
lraticking and sale OF onices The triumvirate oil
Tilden, Cooper and Waterbury would be no improve
ment lne Tammany Dictator. The Commercial
would nhnsly ratner 20 crushed ny Kelly than, un-
DER the plea tho pubic good, be mildly and Dandly
absorOsd by the anttrammany cormorants The
Eueg Post hopes to delude people into the idea that
VIC are 10 hav- a better government under Cooper
thuu under schslL Wnen the republicans remember
The plea made by tho Post that Tlden was entirely IN
nocent oi tho cpner conspiracy they Will readily un-
asrstand why paper earnestto 10 have repu0-
licans support tho anti-rammany ticket The Com
mercsdb never concealed from IL readers
that II republican paper and thoroughly
partisan. IL will support tho republicans on the
will giye support " Tanmany or anti-fsmmany
or any sors oi bogus democracy. The Commercial IL
against Cooper because II Is opposed to rlideu. II
can OF see that my form be secured Coopers
election. III the ant. lam many crowd desired reform
Why werc they tenacious about securing the noml-
not identified with rdon and poiitcal factions could
be found peculiarly ntsd Tor tho post as T'dsn's
hsnchman IL 10 clear case 0f fraud ana deception.
II Is another cipher conspiracy, and the Commercial
viii give aid TO II Every ono oil ordinary inteii-
gence musi understand that the defeat OF lammany
means restoration OF Tden to powor In the State.
u. Cooper elected aud tho power and the patronage
of the government will DO IN the market TO
build tue old railroad wreeker, tho derauder OF the
govsrnmont, the man VINO attempted TO force himself
into the Presidency OF the Unitsd States open
Shameless bribery aud corruption and ombination
parallel tnis any other country. We are agalnst
Dack.