The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-05

blymen elected.
Referring our readers to the letters of our New
York and Baltimore correspondents for condensed
view ofthe returns and the result, we subjoin the
following comments upon the election from some of
the leading New York journals received by this
evenings mail
From the N. Y. Evening Post, Nov T.
THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
The city Of New York acquitted herself we'll in
yesterdays election. The largely increased majority
for Silas Wright shows how highly his worth and
ability estimated where there are no local inhu-
ences or interests, which an expert politician can
make use to prejudice the public mind. In this city
there is nothing TO prevent the people from forming
an impartial opinion of his political course, and tho
result has been to give him majority, greatly be-
yond what he received here at the last election.
This testimony to his merit would have been still
emphatic and fattering had it not been for the
extremely inudcious nominations which were
placed upon the democratic ticket. The democrats
absented themselves from the polls by hundreds,
out ola feeling OF disgust at the mpudent attempt
thrust upon them candidates who were VIGOROUSLY
unfit and incapable. The democratic vote given
this year falls several thousands short of that given
in 1874, when their majority in this city was much
less than it is now. Ii it had not been that Mr..
Wright's popularity loaded with this heavy
Duruen, III tne nOmlndtOn5 congress ana Tor the
State legislature in this city, had been worthy of the
nominations given us by the Syracuse convention,
the democratic majority in this city would have been
prodigious. Public opinion here was ready to de.
clare itself for Wright with unanimity which is
scarcely ever witnessed, and his majority in this
county would have saved US from the defeat which
many now regard as probable, and which the tele-
graphic reports received this morning give as too
much reason to fear. Ia ..,..
The vote in all the counties Of Long Island for
Mr.. Wright is also a strong one; but the reports
from the counties along the canal give such large
majortes for the wing candidate, that unless they
are extravagant beyond the usual measure there IL
some danger that John Young is elected governor OF
the State. ... .. ....M n.
The result in Albany county and other parts of
the State in which the antrcnt party are numerous
is undoubtedly TO be ascribed to the success Of the eff
forts made by the wings TO nhsme the preudices of
that party against Gov. Wright. There was no par
simony in the expenditure Of money to accomplish
that end. The friends of protective tariff contrbu-
ted liberay and hear Of great secret organiza-
ton, Of which many Of the patrons live in Boston,
contributing silently but muni6cently to change the
majority in the State Of New York, and make, if
possible, conquest Of the State to the wing party
In other counties, Oneida for example, where we
ought to have had a majority, the discussions of the
democratic party gave the agents Of the wings an
opportunity by superior activity and the liberal use
of the funds placed their discretion, to turn the
although the battle fought by these men Cr ti,
protective system, Il was not fought ia it's name.
This the wing party had not the courage to do.