New-York tribune., 1841-04-17
OUR CHARTER ELECTION.

We are not ict enabled 10 iaE oeioFe ou! -eS't- -
return. OF the this ciy the late Election
known however ,hn, LocoFceos have elected iheIf
MAJOR and reained much reduced majority n our Co
Council By the kn Of tsir teeth hci1 tai' average
majority viii not reach 300 vo;es
We are as fully convinced were Of aay tact
that the late defea; of the Wing party II this CITY rais
ia neglect triunph-s the best guarantee OF II iu'D
success: NAM Wings with overweening confidence P
cuiar 10 thc parv ard which has always rendered them
ridiculous eyes their opponents considered the 'a
lie Is asuredlv won before had commenced: and looked
upon the Election a. Formally which vas 20 :u
the Wing party II possession Of the Cy Government II
consequence OF this prevalent opinion all the usual ana ne
cesav arrangements TO bring the ~oers 70 'e polls
were harnealY neglected any the Wards Until the
yerv dav OF the Election md than suicienf NUM-
Der 70 have decided the resu, ~or OF The mig PaTt
were induced TO remain At hcne real conviction that
their votes were not required success Ihey
secuted the idea that such Morris could possibly
get the vote. of his party and they considered the
proofs CT the waste and corruption the Common Council
so clearly established that their defeat deemed certain
and inevitable These condng gentlemen awoke the next
morning and found the Wing party defeated BY very small
uaori,y. Morris had been elected and the Loco-t oco
nisre erpetuated in the Common Council for least one
more year They had the modification also perceive that
hi- serious misfortune and disgrace the city mad been en-
tire produced by their cupabe negligence and very
many of them with evden, contron have since admitted
the fact
The lesson will no; be forgotten in future and those good
easy condng souls will henceor,h perceive, that Loco Fo
cois in this cy will not die of ;tsef-wl die because
Frustrated elsehere-s be beaten without 'er
Gus effort under any Wha, possibly be
more absurd than to suppose that party Inch may said
as such subsi,t. the highest the lowest either d.
rcctlv indirectly e hopefully upon the Offices and appoint
ments the Mayor and Common Council. and the punder
of the CITY revenue should ever lack the Of making
struggle for the preservation Of the pois 1t very
that there appeared be much confusion and many a
parsn, divisions among the LocoFocos just before the cleo
ton Blu, who that has attended the Of that party
does know that these pretended divisions are usually
and designed purposcy continued for the sake
OF getting up excitement among themselves knowing that
ticy can be compromised and aaycd without the slightest
difficulty and that the only eec, excite and
stimulate their parsans 90 the polls 1t IL high lime
that the Wings should perfectly understand the true charac
ter their opponents and continue forever TO be the
dupcs OF their tricks and artitces.
The Wings have decided majority the Loco-Fo
in this City appears b. the Registry There serious
diversity of opinion amongst them, the the
policy of the Government of their choice Their nomina-
lions have all been made this spring without the least dssen
ton or difficulty whilst the LocoFocos have been dsheart
ened and dsprited the overthrow OF their party through
out the country fall and the honest portion of them have
been disguised with the exposures ef official frauds
On the part OF the Wings there every expect
success md every nducement achieve it whilst the
part OF the LocoFoco there every for despon
dcncy and with very considerable portion of them scarcely
an object for making effort for desiring
cc.s still thcv have carried the CITY strange result
truy and ony to be accounted for the way have
toned and for that -cason likely again yery
soon
We shall rccur to this subject rery often if there any
mysterious influence operating upon the Wing party which
could have produced defeat the late Election other
than that to which have alluded, of
and il we discover hereafter shall certainly
expose The prosperity of this City, and the good of The
Country IS, that the principles of the Wing party
should &c -i out and it, measures have fair trial and
every Wing false his duty who neglects any opportunity
in his power TO promote these great ends
q The ABany Argus conceal its chagrin the
result the Charter Election city 1t leads of in its
Editorial with tall flourish about the Triumph of
the NewYork De- cracy!" bet puts returns that
vicinity, though has hitherto made them conspicuous
On this it smuggles in the aori,ies for Mayor
the foot OF distant column OF selections pretending copy
the Evening Post but truth asifying the returns
that paper conceal the of the LocoFoco disas
The Post gave the majority from Twelfth
Ward, and elected Morris by 363 but the Argas
strikes and toist in incorrect ramo embodied
the preceding morning papers giving Morris 3O4 majority
and cecting him by $50 Was there pal,ricr
shuttle clearer confession Of disappointment, and cha
grim
g There specimen of hard cyphering in last
evenings Post. the Of the Thirteenth
Ward reads follows:
In th, Ward adding together the votes given for Bon
nc and Brown the Democratic candidates for Commission
the Democratic 259l and adding the votes for
Sinonsen and Tappan, Whg. the Wing vote is $50 max
ing Democratic majority in the Ward of 94l, as above
OF adding together the votes of their FRO cs,d