New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-27
The Tribune and Nativi.m.


ceived It's vote
II The basest and wckedest falsehoods are
those skiIiuly clothed in TorAs watch may be lit
orally de:ensible while the ,mpor. they really haze
the impression they are intended to give, are wor-
thu of the Father OF Lies himself The public
shall Judge between and the Rochester Amen
can upon simple statement OF facts
That paper was established as Naive paper
avowedly 70 advocate the doctrines and promote
the success Of the American party Al the nfs'
FIacton which occurred after us establishment 1t
,d.ocs,ad the election Of Native candidates Tor
C,,.r,a- cRce,s in Rochester without the least
,ro.,,.c, If their success, whereby an excellent
W., vavor wa. run out, LocoFoco Marshal
.lec,ed and we think Common Council OF the
,.,,e sort At all events the efforts Of the Amer
ican tended directly 10 this result, and, they did
not succeed the only reason was that not enough
Wings could be drawn off upon It's ticket to ceiea;
those who stood by the old flag Alter this experl-
neut. the American called afCounty Convention to
nominate Native candidates last fall against the
Wing ticket. but the Convention declined exposing
farther the weakness Of its party, and resolved TO
support the Wing ticket Since that time the
American has protested TO be Wing paper, now
assumes to speak for the Wings Of the West and
urges that none but a.rue Wing shall be nominated
for Governor, which is triumphantly quoted by the
Express aud Courier here to that no such
Wing as The Tribune or Albany Journal are sus-
pected OF preferring Will answer. Such is the po-
sition Of the American with regard to Nativism and
the " hig party.
Now for that OF The Tribune. In the summer Of
la43. upon the distribution Of City Offices by our
new Loco-F oco Common Council, q strong dissatis-
faction was evinced by part OF the DISAPPOINTED
who complained that the Irish and Dutch had got
nearly all the Offices. These disappointed Loco
Foco office.seekcrs started the Native American
party. and soon drew into it number who had
previously been Wings They nominated a full
County Ticket for the Fall Election ll5i3 headed
by NJ. NJ Quackenbos Tammany wire worker
who never was nor pretended TO be Wing We
it need hardly be said opposed this and supported
the regular Wing Ticket. The Native Ticket
pelled about 5000 votes in very lazy Election
the most of them doubtless from the Loco-toco
party, so that we were enabled to rur in Wing
Sheriff, although we had been beaten by 5000 or
6OOO majority in the Spring Election.
These 1000 votes by party which had hardly
been heard OF out Of the City or through the jour
mails published within it, astonished the public and
fascinated the gaze OF many spectators III Politics
The new party was eated with the evidence OF Its
strength full OF zeal and hope, well provided WITH
interchangeable stumpers and electioneerers had
large stock of Social and Theological plajudces to
work upon, and grew rapidly. At the next Spring
Election it nominated for Mayor James Harper OF
no particular politics but hitherto more OF Wing
than ANYTHING else with Alderman IN each
Ward who had formerly been Wing and an AS
sistant who had been Loco or rice rersa. They
now determined to sweep the City Wings were
every where entreated to vote for Harper as
Wing and the only one who could be elected all
lovers OF Good Order and Low Taxes were urged
to help the now party for the sake OF City he
form The Express and Courier x Enquirer open
w. and all the other Wing papers but The Tribune
tactlv gave their influence TO the party, urg-
ing Wings to vote for Harper and City Reform
Against this formidable combination The Tribune
put forth It's utmost eXertions Ill favor OF Morris
Franklin and the regular Wing candidates but in
vain-the current was too strong TO be resisted
Nativism carried every Wing Ward and all but
five OF the Loco. Foco Wards Harper had about
25 900 votes lover 10000 Of them from Wings up to
1897 Coddincton Loco. about 10000 and Frank
lin. Wing, Il little over 5000
The mischief was done The triumph of Natv
ism resounded through the land, heraded by our
Wing journals as Wig triumph. The riots
church.bunings and massacres in Philadelphia fol
lowed, and deepened the impression already made
upon the mass of the Adopted Citizens that the
Wings were their deadly enemies. Those who
had hitherto been Wings turned against us many
| who had been Indifferent became active and bitter
against us Not less than One Hundred Thousand
Votes were given to Mr.. Polk throughout the Union
which would not have been but for the uprising OF
Nativism, and its alleged identification with the
Wing party A good many OF these were not only
given TO Mr. Polk but taken from Mr.. Clay.
Now came on the momen,ous Fall Election Of
lsi4 We had lost the vote of the Adopted Cit
zens almost entirely, and for that contest irrevoca
bly,. Their opposition and the unexpected strength
of the Brney party rendered the vote Of our State
doubtful and since Pennsylvania was lost, it was
notorious that Mr. Clay could not be elected without
| the vote OF New-York. Should we now turn the
| Natives against us we were defeated beyond
| hope a full Wing ticket had been nominated
here, full Native ticket also. The latter, though
composed in equal proportions OF Wing and Loco
! prior to Nativism, We were yet assured would all
vote for Clay, and for Tariff and anti.Te L. S.
Senators. Ii both tickets were run and the Ma.
,ves voted for President according their old par
" predictions the state was lost and the L. s.
Senate also II was too late for this do ms
chief in other States Leading Wings now init
mate with the Natives to US with the entreaty
Drop the Wing candidates who cannot be
| elected vote for the Native, who will act with
US on all National que stions while they will have
power to do nothing at all On their own special
hobby and we shall have ali their votes for Clay
and Fillmore. sending them out OF the City Five
Thousand ahead and securing their election. :
Desperate ana CstSsteful SIS the alternative was.
there seemed TO be no other. But we had no voice
IN accepting il The regular anti-Native Wing
ticket remained at the mead o! The Tribune to the
close Of the struggle. We never urged nor advised
any man to vote any other But most OF the Wing
! candidates declined, aud the Wing General Com
mittee iot which no person connected with The