New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-14
The Triumph.

The election yesterday Of WILLIAM V. BRADY
N Mayor Of our City, with WING COMMON CouS.
GIL. l. indeed theme for no ordinary congrstula-
tion. To Our City, 50 long and so sorely misgov-
erned il 10 an occasion Of profound and very gen.
crsl rejoicing To the whole wide extent Of our
Country, which sympathses through each fibre
with every palsation Of this great Emporium, il
will also prove source Of gladness and Of hope.
Bot II we were to claim this result az Judgment
rendered by our City in favor of Wing principles
and measores-an endorsement Of the policy Of
Protection aud condemnation Of the Mexican
Wr-we should misnterpret the influences which
have produced it, and TO some extent mislesd our
readers True, we most undoubtingly believe
that majority Of our citizens ToEld approve the
Protective Policy II they could have the question
distinctly and fairly presented for their Judgment
and that great majority do in their hearts utterly
condemn and deprecste the invasion Of Mexico.
But this Election did not turn mainly on those
issues, and was not decided by them. All that can
be fairly deduced from it with regard to National
Politics IL simply that there was nothing in the
conduct Of our Federal Administration, nor in the
line of policy by which it is distinguished. which
appeared to the majority Of voters so deserving
Of their approval and support TO induce them 10
turn aside from the contemplation Of their more
immediate, domestic concerns and acquiesce IN
municipal abuses which they could otherwise cor
rect. The sentence Of condemnation pronounced
on the policy predominant at Washington Is OF a
negative character entirely.
Bat the verdict Of our City is not therefore Of
local tendency merely. 1t is Of cheering signif-
canoe 70 every portion Of the land as a rebuke not
merely Of wastefu proAigacy in Municipal admi-
nistrstion. bu. Of the wretehed and perilous policy
OF pandering to low appetites and vicious inAu-
ences in the selection Of candidates for the most
important stations Mr. Brownen, the candidate
of our opponents for Mayor, is a man well known
here as utterly inf, for the station and as owing
his popularity aud power such as il is, to causes
which ought not to confer honorable distinction.
In stating this truth we intend no dsp@agement
of bis private, personal character We have ne
YER uttered nor implied any impeachment Of his
moral honesty, nor Of his general fidelity to the
Jaws But we mean, and the City has decided,
simply, that the Kind Of popularity acquired as the
keeperof uchfrequented and popular dram'shoP,
ss Judge on targetexcursions, and haifelow in fro
which il or should be available in a contest for
the Chief Magistracy of City like this or Of any
city ut all Whatever of cleverness in the Yam
kes sense. and Of companonnble, festive, merry
making qualities Mr. b. has evinced in his line
,hrou eh bis career has been amply honored by two
elections for three years each TO one Of the most
responsible and lucrative stations within the gift
Of our City. Putting him up for Mayor was run
ming the thing into the ground. and him with IT. 1t
did not even please the class it was intended TO
captivste. Ii is a common mistake OF mere specu-
lators in politics to suppose that voters desire to
see their own vices and follies reflected in the can
didstes presented for their SURFACES, which, bow
ever true In special cases 10 not true as general
rule Integrity and Virtue command universal
homage the very rogue wishes upright magistrates
to rule over and Judge him. The exceptions to this
rule are rather apparent than substantial
Not simply the Wing party, then, bat the Moral
Sentiment the Self Respect the Reputation of our
City. have triumphed in yesterday Election. The
result will prove an ultimate benefit to our Political
opponents, even as a mere party, by enabling them
to shake OF os trampe down the malign influences
which were fast rendering them reproach to their
And as the schoolmaster is wont to console bis pu.
pills AFTER hoggng with the satisfactory assurance
that they will remember it and thank him for it
the longest day Of their lives, no we trust these
urohns will long have reason to be profoundly
grateful for the wholesome measure Of discipline
to which the People have just treated them-sl
the more salutary, we believe, for not being very
entertaining.
. And the Whigs-whst OF them7 VIII they,
too, have permanent reason to rejoice at this turn
Of the Political wheel The answer TO this ques
ton must depend entirely on the integrity and ca
pacity Of our new Corporation. If the Aldermen
elect rule the City wisely, honestly, fearlessy-
thinking little Of serving their party themselves
aud much Of serving the whole People-all will be
well, and yesterday will form a brilliant epoch in
the history Of our party IL on the other hand they
perpetuate the old abuses and proaigscies only
putting in new set Of sbusers and proAigates-
but we won't admit the possibility Of any such
thing