The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-05


tant electromagnetic to the interests of this
metropolis, and The interests of the State, and
involving great variety Of considerations, prnci-
pies, and conflicting elements. The two parties
have been most industnossly mashalling their
respective forces for the contest, leaving no stone
unturned-no trick or humbug untried-calculated
| 10 cheat the honest out of their votes The
campaign has been sipually interesting in illustra-
ing the morals Of politics, and the polite usages Of
political warfare; and of some Importance 70 the
community, in disclosing the extraordinary amount
of rascality that exists amongst u.s. One would
think that all our honest men had gone to Califor.
MIA, and that nothing but aibirds and sc ape gal
lowses had been left behind Wings and demo-
Gratis have expended upon each other all the
choicest epthets Of the Five Ponts--"ar,"
"scoundrel," "rogue," "swindler, ""black gu ard !"
.'loaier," "drunkard," "cheat," "potroon,' "ras-
Ca" "bloar," &c, until they have exhausted the
copious vocabulary of Sing Sing and Blackwel's
Island in mutual abuse If the literary taste of the
two parties were made the issue of the election,
the result would be tie. But other and more i'm
portant elements than the slang of The 6shwomen,
have been at work. Until recently, it has been
exceedingly doubtful which party would be sue
cessful in the city and in the State. 1t thought
that the wings having the advantage of the spols,
would have more money to invest in the purchase
of pipe from The Jerseymen and other CONSIDERS"
but this business of ppe-layng is, perhaps, on the
same level, between the two parties, as their re-
msrksble elegance of language. In these respects,
they both deserve anything but the appreciation of
the people, and the Offices for which, like the Kill
kenny cats, they are squabbling.
One fact, however, must be conceded. The whig
orators at The Broadway wigwam have comported
themselves more respectfully and decently than
the smalgsmated elements at Tammany Hall -
Never old Tammany so completely under the
control of the oratory Of the Five Points, the
late IA nfcaton. The respectable speakers OF
both divisions, seem, in their mstrust of each
other, to have surrendered the meeting to the
mercy of the Points. The was terrible-thc
wings were. demolished, root and branch, and so
powerful was the torrent of condemnation that the
very gas lights burned blue.
But Tammany Hall does not always decide
the election. The Old grudge among the
leaders OF the two factions of the demo-
Gratis Is still ranking; but there doubt IN At
the masses are well disposed to harmoase and if
they could bring their forces in compact body to
the polls, there would be no question of the result
But this Is somewhat doublfu; and on the whole,
we are disposed to conclude that the chances are
in favor of the wings. diversion OF few thou
sand votes in close contest, decides an election
Between the wings and democrats, the present
contest has every appearance of being a close and
hand.to.band fight.
But new and important element has come into
the field within the last few days. 1t will be seen
from the report in yesterdays Herald, that the
colored voters of this city have resolved to have
avoce in the election, and that they will probably
cast their influence in favor Of the wings. 1t is
supposed they can muster from twelve to fifteen
hundred votes in the city, and from two TO three
thousand in the State. In the election Of '4s the
united vote of hunkers and barnburners exceeded
by $1,000. the vote for General Taylor but the
whole vote of the State was less by 10000 than
that of "a. But the last election affords no cr-
terion for the present. The slavery question Is
now paramount, and upon that the wings have GER
,ninly a more harmonious footing than the demo-
Gratis. Our free colored population seem to think
so. They distrust this democratic coaliiion-they
denounce the creed of Tammany Hall-they see
the cat IN the meal tub. Mr.. Downing, at this
colored convention. appears to have led in the pro-
ceedings. He is a shrewd, Intelligent chap, and
goes the entire figure for free SOIL free speech,
Tree Unique, Tree OIrscnes, anu cltdn ne
a real dgniiied fellow OF the arstocracy Of color.
Mr.. Gugnon, another leader of the meeting, pro-
badly oyster opener, or whitewasher, or
head-waiter, appears also to be an intelligent
fellow and there were some others, who,
in point of real responsibility, would, no doubt,
favoraby compare with many OF our nice young
cod6sh aristocracy at the Opera House, in their
moustachios and white kid gloves. The colored
voters, under those shrewd leaders, may be
considered as siding with the wings. II Is pro-
babe that the result wlll show that the coored
race have some sagacity politicians and states
men,
But altogether, the nature Of this election, the
curious elements engaged in il, and the singular
admixture Of local and national politics in the con
test, make the result somewhat perplexing though
the colored movement gives TO the wings n fair
prospect Of success. IL is but another of those
bizarre and grotesque developemen,s OF conflicting
principles which, for the ast two years, have so
frequeaily astonlshed the world.
THE CAmNET AND THE Ngw YoRK HEaALp For
two or three weeks past, the organs Of the cabinet