New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-31
The City Cnnvass.


The City Canvass.
The Courier f. Enquirer has again tested the pa
tence Of its Wing subscribers by coming ou, oA
the eve Of an important Election against 'ne n's
candidate for Mayor, and IN favor OF canoioa'e
Of an opposite party. 1t calls upon the wings Oh
This CITY 10 Yepudiate DUDLEY SKlDEs, the resu-
ls,, and fairly dominated Wing candidate for
Mavor and vote for James Harper, the Native can
diaate at the same time admitting that Harper can
no, be elected, and calling on the Wings to vote
the whig Ward tickets.
The Courier played this very trick year ago, but
then il had this excuse that Harper could be elect
ed, while Morris Franklin could no, be- That pre-
tex, is now confessedy taken away and the
Courier's recommendation. ii followed, can only
have the effect OF increasing the nominal strength OF
a hostile party and weakening that of the Wings
For the whole country will Judge that the relative
force of the Wing and Native parties is indicated by
the votes for Selden and Harper respectively. The
Wings Of New-York are thus asked by one OF them
selves 10 advertise themselves 10 the American Pee
ole as having no coherence no mutual IalIn, anu tie
least possible strength All this is to be done, not tas
was the excuse last Year, to elec; Wings under
another name, nor even to secure City Reform
lot tDe 'i' 'biS iS"PS>+
but for what? Purely 10 CRAFTY James Watson
Webb's hatred of Dudley Selden. How many
Wings will consider this an object?
From every quarter we are in the receipt of
letters from most intelligent Wings expressing the
liyeIies, solictude for the defeat of Harper 81 Co at
the Charter Election. OF the forty-seveR Wing
Members of the Legislature, we kno" that most
and we believe that all feel deeply anxious for
this result They would not interfere in our
Municipal concerns; they bear no Ill will to Mr..
Harper; but they deeply feel that the overthrow OF
the Native party is essential 10 renewal oil the
struggle for Wing ascendancy in our State with
any hope Of success Should HarPersvote exceed
Selden's next week, there will be Native candid
ates for Governor, Lieut.. Governor, &c. ID 1876
and the sanguine hopes of New Yorks regeneration,
justified by the cheering results Of the Town Elec-
tlons will be blighted. The Adopted Citiznns will
he driven back ea n,asse under the cannon OF the
ruling party by apprehensions of danger to their
Political Rights, while thousands Of Wings will be
drawn off by an anti Catholic hurah and their
votes lost TO the cause of the Country. Meantime,
the Wings will be served by Natvism in the inter-
mediate Elections as they have Just been in Roches-
ter and Kingston and hey are likely to be in Alba
w.
Loco.Focos embark in the Native movement 10
toll in lot Of simple and short-sghted Wings, and
these generally slip out when it comes TO voting =
In the Cities alone is there any real substance IN
the Native party II cannot abide the pure, Tree
brcezes from the mountains. Like the Political
Abolition party, il ispowerful for mischief alone
There is a fiimsy effort making to excite preiu-
dice against MIR. Selden because o! his avowed
opinion that the strong current OF European lmm-
grafton contributes to nvigorate and improve the
physical constitution of the American PeoPl
Whether he is colrcc, or not in this opinion is Of
TO moment but we do not doubt that he is right.
The blending Of rnces not ,rreeonstibty different
has in all ages produced new superior IN ply
meal +trcGgth and proportions, Mr. 5 never coun-
fenaEceu Inc Iuea OF puIlon ,na, human raco
degenerates in America. He said that the clearing
of of our vast forests, the turning up of soil rank
with the decayed vegetation OF centuries, lnevia-
bly engendered or liberated mlasmas, and these
combined with our intense mental activity to
weaken our physical constitution as people This
tendency he believed the extensive prevalence OF
Immigration from Europe was calculated TO coun-
teract We do not think any sound and observing
physioogist, who has marked the prevalence OF
bilious and intermittent feyers in our newer re-
gions, the early decay Of teeth, &c. among us,
will controyert Mr. Selden's position But all this
has no practical bearing on the contest before u.s.
and the use made of by the Native Ward ora
tors and their allies need only excite smile of de-
rlsion.
We rejoice to say that every days observation
strengthens our conviction that TIE VINES WILL.
ADHERE TO THEIR CANDIDATES AND THEIR CAUSE
They have only to do this universally TO secure
NEST suspicious result.