The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1843-11-10
THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTION.

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The Evening Post and the Plebeian, as we an
tcipated, try to dodge the blow Van Burenism
has received in the city of New York. They
affect nonchalance The news at first SO as
founding, astounds no more! This is necessary
TO keep up the fraud and deluson of Van Buren,
strength, and by the affeclation Of his ability to
| carry his own State now 10 create the impress
sion elsewhere, that he will do better than in
1910. Van Buren's doom is sealed however, we
repeat. The city and the State fatter him just
enough to make him be run, as the Wings de-
SIRE but in results III circumstances in signs, IN
analogies, they show that he is sure of nothing
and can carry no more here than he carried IN
1910. Let us see
The city elects Wing sheriff against the
regular united Tammany candidate by large
majority. But, hints the Evening Post, Mr.. At
wood is an unworthy candidate. GALL, ALL"
however, cried the Plebean prior to the election,
/" good men and true, worthy of your confidence,
and merit Jealous support" The Wing candidate
for the State senator falls short of the Tammany
candidate in the city about 80 votes, but the
Tammany candidate falls short of the Wing and
Native American combined between six and
seven thousand votes, that is, the Tammany Hall
candidate is in minority of over 6000 in the
city! What thinks the Evening Post Of this
fact ? In what is it's consolation? Why, that
the Native Americans will come back, even after
the abuse it has lavished upon them, and in for
getfulness OF the truth too, that large proper
ton of these Native Americans are Wings, as
well as Tammany men! No. we can tell the
Post, the severance is fatal to Tammany Hail.
These six or eight thousand Native Americans
when dissolved, if dissolved at all, will not go
back to the embrace of Van Burensm in Tam
many Hall, but act against it. They will per-
severe until the city government is in their hands,
and till Tammany Hall and what is in it, are
Frustrated under their feet 1t is in this fact that
the death of Van Burenism here lies; and their
independence of Van Burenism is one of the most
striking signs of the times. We see too that in
all the wards, where the Native Americans have
polled large vote, by comparing it with the
vote of last year, that much Of their strength is
Wing strength, and has come from the Wings !;
and that if it had been given this year to the
Wing candidates, every Wing candidate would
have been triumphantly elected. How do the
Post and Plebeian get over that.
Relying upon these facts, but yet unacquainted
with details, we cried out yesterday in our ex-
ultation, Victory victory !'-for victory we
saw we had in all the substantial elements for
future action. To knock down the immense
Tammany majority Of last spring to tie, was
victory. TO break into the regulars of Tam
many Hall, and elect any sound Wing in spite
Of it, was victory. To spike the first big gun
81 van DuIenSIIl LII tnlS great CITY, was SlSlitl
victory. Overoyed at this success, we held up
TO the Wings Of the Union this, as sign Of what
we will do in 1874. Aye, even now, already,
we have done better here than in 1910, when
Gen. Harrison carried the State. Van Buren,
then got in the city 977 majority Now, D. R.
Floyd Jones being the representative of his
strength, he has but beggarly 20 majority
We leave the logicians of the Evening Post and
| the Plebeian to reason out this problem from
the facts,-as in 1910, Mr.. Y. B. lost New York
State By 1920 uotes, ,ctat chance has he Of re-
gaining it, this city being test, aohen his then
majority Of 977 is NOW but about 20? For such
a statement as this to go forth to the country, in
all instant we saw what sign Of the times il
was, and how it sealed the doom OF the Chief in
whose name the battle has been fought. A Co
roner or Clerk lost or won, is nothing to this
for, to borrow the jokes of the day, never did a
party so need Coroner to hold an inquest on its
remains, or Clerk to keep tally of the wounded
and the dead. These Offices are important to
the candidates, and sorry, indeed, are we, that
they have lost them; but the sign of the times,
the magnificent promise the Present gives us of
the Future,-by these our hearts are gladdened,
and for these we sent up the joyous shout OF
victory.
| The following is the state of the vote, as near
as can at present be ascertained: