The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-27
THE ELECTION.

The Wings of New York have again met
their opponents IN Charter Election,and been
defeated. Perhaps our hopes of success were
unreasonable, in view OF former ultF, yet we
did hope that the character and popularity OF
our candidate for Mayor gave him chance OF
election, andJhat the divisions ofour opponents
miuht give us the Council. Fhatthese hopes
have been disappointed is not remarkable; hut
the large majority obtained by our opponents
is dishonest one, obtained by the foulest
means. Colonization, double-voting by whole
sale, and systematic violence are the means
by VIII Oh the Wing party has here been over
whelmed. So many acts OF outrage and fraud
we believe never before disgtaced City cleo
ton. The Sixteenth Ward has been carried
against us by virtue of FIVE hundred bludgeons,
whereby three hundred Wing voters were
kept in mortal fear from the Polls while Or
ganized bands of Loco FocoS.hundreds IN num-
Der, have ranged from Ward to Ward, casting
three five and seven votes each for Mo- rIs
and the Loco Foco Ward tickets. We are
confident the official canvass will clearly show
that not less than ftoo thousand fraudulent votes
have thus been cast for Morris and the Loco
Foco Charter tickets, giving them all that they
strove or cared to carry.
The naked, simple truth is, that in this
great City, with three hundred thousand in
habitants, forty thousand legal voters,ten thou
sand adult males who are not voters,and seven
ty-three Polls,an Election without Registra-
ton of voters is game, IN which the most I'M
scrupulous will win. Five hundred reckless
men by layingtheir plans skifully, can at any
time put in illegal votes enough to give which
ever party they please an overwhelming'major
ity. They may do this without oncesswearlng in
an illegal vote, ifthey are squeamish about that
formality. They have only 10 knoa0 certain pia-
ces in the several Wards to claim as their resi-
dences, answer all questions promptly and with
perfect self-possession, and their votes will 60
in unchalienged. Thus, while the mass of both
parties vote honestly and in utter ignorance OF
all fraud, small knot of gamblers and kliaves
may impose on New York just such Govern
ment as they choose! This is virtuallyclear-
" asserted by the Loco Focos themselves in
their clalnor about Pipe laying but to every
effort 20 establish an etfectual barrier against
such frauds, they oppose stubborn and un-
reasoning hostility. They have broken down
the only law which could stop such nqulties
and do not even propose or desire any thing II
its stead They have opened wide the dool
to all manner of Election frauds, and vanly vii
they seek to escape the odlum of the conse-
quences which ensue, while they suggest nc
remedy and gu city profit by the deluge of cor.
ruption and fraud which they have letin to tram
Pile on the Rights and destroy The Morals o
the People.
Up.to one O'Clock yesterday, we had high
hopes of Wing triumph ); in the afternoon
every thing went against US. Our friends were
driven away from:many Of the Polls and over
awed at others by violence ; and hos OF frau
dulent votes were cast by men who had alrea-
dy voted at other Wards. We shall give par
ticulars of many acts of violence and proofs Of
illegal voting tomorrow. For he present I'VE
can only state that only one Wing (N htfield
Case) in the Twelfth Ward, and one in the
Sixteenth, were bludgeoned, utterly without
provocation, and most severely ifnot danger
ously injured.
The Wing split in the First Ward did us
great harm-the supporters ofthe split for Col
ector selling the whole Wing ticket for Col
lector votes We could not have believed
this befo-ehand-who couldl-N. Y. Tribune.