New-York tribune., 1842-04-20
How Eoco-Focoi.m Heads.


in style which the Editor declares characterized
by calmness and ability The following is q
specimen this same gcntcrnany sogcncy which
the Post cstcems SO pruiseworthy:
The little Tribune has become perfectly ra,id on Thu
"er After n e ~asnn Sys:en is not u as exciting
"bcescak and old MADEIRA
We shall not OF course attempt to withstand
logic so convincing, dignity imposing wit so cx-
sruciating az his We will only state that the
writer directly under The Editorial head of tho
Post) undertakes 10 inform us that :. tho nSSump-
tton Of facts is one thing and the actual csistcnce
Of them oftentimcs another, and directly proceed
to talk of the attempt to force five Wing Ncul-
bcrs from New..Jcrscv into the American Con
grcss, contrnryto lie mclL-knoma and LEGALLY
'.llu, State and ',ho disgusting spectacle of
q four Members elected &c Congress by pipc-laying
in this Ciiv." This last is falschood which
not even Gicnfmorth ycntnrcd directly to assert.
though he tried hard to give it currency BY insinua
=,ion.l When n writer has such remarkable
knock az Knocking himself down, tits quite useless
for any one else to apply cudgc TO HIM His
Eighth Ward who were compelled TO cvade the
Loco Foco tyranny Of coorcd ballots, votes
and ought to be burnt up uncountcd, and that the
Election in the Sixth Wnrd is invalid, though
every vote cast there la. been regularly returned
and counted, under the approving countcnahce OF
the Mayer, are alike worthy Of tho cause they are
intcndca to subscrvc and the advocate who adj
duccs them.
But tho Post has another correspondent, who
same thing) more honesty. This correspondent
plainly shows his party that they will cover them
selves withln.ting infnmy if they uphold the Oicc-
Holders in the course they have resolved on. His
essay is so manly and forcibc that wc make room
for ii r.rbatim. 1t is US follows:
To the Editor Of the Erennr Post:
The result Of the Altc election for members OF
the Common Council, has been unfortunate tor us,
bur we arc adding the disgrace of our defeat,
by attempting to trick the Wing. outcf their fairly
earned aud legitimate victory.
The canyasScrs in the Sixth Ward, because
part of the votes in that ward, the votes of one
district, have been placed in such position that
they cannot be lawfully fairly counted, refuse 10
make any return of the votes taken, and thereby
Of no effect and in fac, decide tina, u clccios
shall BE held. Now, this is Il question with which
it appears to me, they have nothing whatever To
do. 1t certainly no part of their duty to ordera
new election There is ne right on their part TO
reject. throw aside, or refuse count the votes
about wl,c!, there is no doubt dispute because
Some other votes cannet lie lawfully received
Because, through the fault misfortune OF tho
Inspectors of one district, the votes OF that district
have been lost or DESTROYED or thrown into anc0f
cnLablc confusion, there is reason why al the
ctizens of that ward should be deprived af their
rights The citizens, whose votes have been tuirly
and lawfully cast, and which votes are not dSqua-
fled from, being counted, have ri ht to insist
,ha, full effect shall be given those votes, what
may be the consequence 10 other citizens not
so fortunately situated You have no right to ask
these men to ro,c over again, mcrc to remedy the
misfortune or fault Of others. Ihcznn.ucky d!a-
,ric, mast sit down under the consequences of liz
own mshup aud cannot fairly extend its effects
to its innoccn, and moro for,snatc ncighbors.
Suppose one is,ric, in a Ward to be very dis
orderly and its votes in consequence to be puf-
poscy DESTROYED, while all the other districts have
thrown their votes in quiet, orderly and lawful
manner, TO hold out premium to the dis
orderly by giving then, thus reto power uponl tho
whole election OF the Ward Ii may BE- very
hard cas- that the electors of the First District in
the Sixth Ward should be deprived, through al
unfortunate riot. IN which they had probably no
par,, OF their share i'll The election; but j, would
DC much harder to take away from the electors OF
the other three Districts their lust rights. for the
mishnp %. the irs-it is sacrificing The rights OF
the many to the advantage OF the few. All the
votes tina, could be lawfully counted. the canvass.
crs were bound to cas-, up and from them TO de-
clare the rcSult-rhoSe that could not be lawful,
counted they had, OF course, absolutely to reject.
Suppose the Mavorelty votes in that District had
also been ovcrthrown bv the riot, would Mr.. Nor
MS have been the less MAYOR elcc, than he
now Is The canvasscrs bound to declare
WHO have received the highest numhcr of votes ii,
the Ward Ter the Common Council and they ca.
declare this Only iron the Votes tsat have been
lawfully cast and that reach ihcnl the cany,sscrS.
IN q lawful shape; all others, they must of course,
reject |, tho Inspectors of the First Distric, had
neglected any Of tho proper iorn,alties OF holo;u-
tie clec,ion and had thereby rendered nc election
in their Distric, void. would the electors dt tho
ether Districts have To share the penalty ot tkci
negligence! clearly not. Moreover it is not
new ca>c-ard all the decisions of similar case
III this State have been believe 10 the effect tia
the Congressional District, county, TOWN, or wald
whose ballots have been lost, DESTROYED or by sn,
means legally disqualified from being counted
must lose its Vote, must aioHe suffer the canSc
quenccs OF its own fault, misfortune or neglect
without ialm'y to the rest 81 the community Ana
this Is clear n sht and justice.
The in the Eighth Wsrd is still more clear,
against And what regret moro than all !:
the matter is. that your Journal seem. 70 justit,
the course o! the caMvaSscIs In that Ward. Yc,
say that the twenty thirty ballots rejected there
whereby our candidate for Alderman is returned
double ballots which the law declares shal! b,
DESTROYED. The law says when two ballots ar.
found folded together, they shall be dcs,roycd.-
Can two pieces OF paper, hr:nly pasted one owe
the other, be looked upon as two dstinct Sallo,