Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-05-02
For the freeman
A WING VICTORY.


In the late city elections in the city Of New
York 48, 52I votes were cast for Mayor, a.
26l being necessary for choice. The native.
vote for Harper, 17,549. The Greedy wings
gave 6766 for Selden. Had they given their
votes to Harper, he would have been elected
Who, then, elected Havermeyer, the democratic
candidate? What say you, Mr.. Tribune? Have
you and your friends truly given democratic
mayor to the city of New York; and are you ac-
countable for all the evil consequences that may
follow! Don't squirm; come forward like man
and meet the question. You had no expecta-
ton of electing your candidate, and in fact cast
only about one eighth of the votes and you had
no reason to suppose that Harper would be
chosen without your votes The ground was all
open before you There stood the native and
democratic candidates. If you threw away your
votes on Selden, you knew that the democratic
candidate would be elected. Knowing this,
what did you do? Did you help your old friends
the natives, who had fought your battles last fall
or did you see them in deadly conflict and refuse
to lift finger? Now, was not this practically
saying that you liked the democrats better than
you did the Natives, and rather their candidate
should be elected Doubtless you expected, by
taking neutral ground you should gain wing
capital. And this is ali article so precious that
you might well sacrifice friendship conscience,
and honor, to obtain it. Gold may, you know,
be bought too dear, You may learn, hereafter.
that the natives in your city, and in other places,
will know how to estimate the friendship of the
wings Surely they must want common sense if
they are duped again by wing professions, and
dragged again into the service OF men who saw
the enemy trampng them down. and would not
help them The conduct of the Greeley wings
must stand as monument to show the Natives
what kind Of stuff wings are made of, and what
confidence they can place in their protested
! friendship
Six thousand seven hundred and sixty six
wings in the great city of New York, all cut and
dried to Mr.. Greeley's liking! And these have
the honor Of electing the Democratic Mayor, ac-
cording to Wing logic This looks very much
! like the reconciliation of Herod and Plate on
certain occasion Whether the object Of their
coalition was the same, know not. Ono thing
is certain, that the Natives were given up mo,
the hands of their enemies, and Democratic
Mayor elected by the Wings, according to their,
own logic And hope the Tribune will re-
member this fact, when he thinks proper to vent
his spleen against the Liberty party fer electing
Mr.. Polk What is sauce for the goose as sauce
for the gonder,
If Mr.. Greedy and his clique think they
missed a figure in joining with the Natives
last year, they have right to back out, set aup
their own candidate, and stick to him. If they
can in this way run down the Natives, and make
Wing capital, it will be all their own; but if the
Natives should be able to cast fifty OF hundred
thousand votes in the state; Whiggery must run
pretty low, and would have to try again Per-
haps i'll a fit of desperation and to spite Natives
and Liberty folks, they may go over en-mass to
the Democrats, and with them divide the spoils.
Why mott The points of difference have mar
rowed down SO much, that with my glasses on,
/ can see little to contend about, If they can
play into each others hands, in electing thesMay-
or Of New York, why not in carrying any ether
election7 The Natives, fear, sacrificed princi''