The New York herald., 1851-11-06

but which the whig Common Council sxhumed
TSibS~e-snd fostered them with the public
moneys for two years past, thereby exhibiting the
and passed into q Law; look ct their attempts
to subsidixe the press; look at the manner
In which they bought up two notorious aboli-
ton organs in this city--the Sun and the
extraordinary spectacle Of the government Of this
great commercial city, intimately connected rs
it is with the South, encouraging ell the violent
and seditious tendencies Of abotionsm in tho
North look at their repeated rsfusas to pass Ia vs.
essential and necessary for the proper protection
of human life in our streets and thoroug ghfares-
look at all this, and more, and who can wonder
that the people exercised the power with which
they are vested, aud when the proper time arrived,
rose in their majesty and hurled them out Of power,
as aithless stewards, longer worthy of office or
trust! To sush determination did the people
arrives and when the time came, they expressed il
nost emphaticaly through the ballet box. The
consequence is, the corrupt politicians who thus
abused the confidence reposed in them, will have
the felicity Of retiring into private life on the first
day of January next.
Another reason why the democrats have succeeded
in the city, is the manliness and straight forward
ness with which they de enounced abclitonism and
manner in which they upheld, in Tammany Hall,
the compromise measures Of the last Congress,
The wholesome national resolutions passed at the
ratification meeting in that building; on a recent
occasion, and the admirable and able speech deli.
vered on the same occasion by Mr.. Wm. NJ. Cory,
Of Ohio, opened the eyes Of the people as to who
were the friends of the country and Of the UnioH;
and convinced them that, by turning out Of power
the party that had ruled for two years, they would
set the seal of condemnation on the fac onists Who
under the lea iership Of demagogues would lead the
country to the brink of, if no. precipitate t into
all the horrors of insurrection and civil war 1t
true, the wings, at a meeting in the Broadway
House, came out almost as openly as the democrats
did, endorsing the compromise measures and con-
demning further slavery agitation; bat they did i,
in mean and sneaking manner. Their leaders
were not present-they sbsconded-they dared
not commit themselves; and their absence was not
overlook ed by the people.
Thus much respecting the result Of the election
in the city. The wings, as We have already said
have carried the State, while in this city, they sue
ceeded ia elec.ng three of their candidates for the
Senate, but lost the rest. How is this to be ac
counted for Easily enough. The whigs were
previously in possession Of tae State, bu. the
democrats neglected to take pro- per measures,
at their convention in Syracuse, TO turn them
cut Under the influence of John Van Buren,
they refused to come Gu. manfully IN favor
of the compromise measures. Instead Of pursu-
ing the same open, bold and national course
which the democrats Of Tammany Hall pur
sued, they shIunk from the issue and sneaked
to their homes, conscious Of having done wrong,
and Of having forssken the nerests of their couu-
try. Instead Of doing what they ought to have
done, they initiated the counsels of William
ii. Seward, and tried as hard as their op-
ponents did to get abolition votes in the CEN
trail and western parts of the State. In adj
tion to this, the conduct of Twelve OF their Sena
tors during the last session Of the Legislature was
unwise, unmarly, and extremely imprudent We
refer to their resgning their seats when the bill
for completing the enlargement of the canals was
introduced. Instead of acting ia opposition to the
policy Of the wings, under the influence Of John |
Van Buren they ran away, and a5sconded from |
thei, duties. This was no way Of testing the con-
stitutionaity Of the measure. For these and other
hipgs, the democrats have probably lost the State;
and they deserved to lose it. If they had acted as
their brethren in New Ysrk acted, they would have
carried it by as large a majority as the democratic
party achieved in Georgia and Pennsylvania. rs
for that hole and corner party-the Union party
it is nowhere they are like puddle in a storm.
Let both parties, therefore, hereafter take les
son from the results Of this election, and from the
verdict given by the intelligent people on the is
sres and subjects presented for their consideration.
Let them learn that the people not as easily de-
ceived as hey imagine. They now see that the in
.snigen masses will think, and dis .riminae and act
Tor themselves. Let them bear in mind that party
= mere party-party tactics, party journalism,
party tricks, have all had their day. Hereafter,
'penness and national patriotism, based on the
nion ard the constitution, will cont the policy and
purposes Of all parties, and the people will hereafter
compel truckers in abolition and faction, to
make way for nobler and better men.