New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-15
How Ii was Done.

The Wing ascendency in the councils of
our State is broken. The result of our Election
is as nearly a drawn battle as it could well be,
and yet we have in effect been beaten. While
fully half the votes cast at this Election were
cast by Wings, we have lost majority OF the
State Officers chosen, and thus lost the control
Of the Canal Board It may be profitable to In
quire precisely why and how this was done
Among the causes of cur reverse which are
apparent to all, is the disgracefu apathy and bad
faith Of large portion OF the Wings in particular
Cou.tios. Queens, for example, gives five hun
bred average ma ority against us, when the &C
tual Opposition majority in that County Is less
than two hundred. The township of Hampstead
IN that County can alone give three hundred
Wing majority If its full vote is polled, yet It's
actual aJority Is some seventy or eighty. so
Washington County could and should have given
a Wing majority OF at least fourteen hundred,
yet has given but little more then nine hundred.
Sheer Incidence, heedlessness and practical In
fidelity have thus lost us in two or three Coun-
ties the votes which would have given us the
Canal Board.
The Cotton bolt IN our City and Brooklyn was
somewhat different from this. The Wing party
OF our State, distracted last year by the ques-
tons which had arisen respecting our relations
and obligations to Human Slavery, had endeav-
ored to harmonic, and had agreed upon ticket
and platform which appeared satisfactory TO
all. The essence OF our determination, as we
understood 1t, was an agreement TO act together
ehere could and differ where tee must. We
NJ To oh
ing, so we left that question in allegiance we
did agree as to Protection, Internal Improvements,
and especially the Speedy Enlargement of our
Canals and we agreed 10 battle together for
these We formed a ticket, which bore the
names of two conspicuous and determined Ma
tonaP Wings, and not one who had ever rem
dered himself obnoxious to that wing of the par
~. Individuals spoke as they thought, and act
ed as they must but as party we let Slavery
entirely alone. Ii the majority could agree TO
this, why should the minority have demurred
What could they have expected better for their
cause than silence
No, said Cotton Silence Will not answer
Nothing short OF positive committal 10 the Flu
eitive Slave Law will satisfy. We don't know
that MessIs. Patterson, FORSYTH and Seymour
have said anything obnoxious bur they have
not pledged themselves to uphold the Fugitive
Slave Law, and we cannot bear them And so
these able, upright, efficient and popular Wings
are beaten over three thousand in city which.
IN lis convictions, Is Wing to-day And that
they chuckle over, as tending to suppress Anti
Slavery agitation We shall see
Many things combine to show the purely per.
sonal character of this Cotton raid. Messrs For.
syih and Randall were the opposing candidates
for secretary OF State We defythe Union Safety
Cemmittee TO show that Nj Forsyth ever. by
word or deed, fomented agitation against Slavery
or the Fugitive Slave Law. But he is Nor.
sonally & friend Of Gov. Seward. and Mr. WeeB
favored his nominatiOn-that was enongb 70
mark him for Cotton prescription Judge For.
sy,h IS beaten by the Cotton vote of this CITY.
aid Eesry S. Kendall elected II kis stead a gsa.