The Washington union., 1857-11-28
THE ELEcTIoN IN THE cITY or NEW YORK;

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THE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
When the back-republican Legislature of New
York last winter passed laws to crush out Mayor
Wood and the democracy of the commercial me-
tropolis, the democratic press throughout the Union
denounced them as atrocious efforts to control the
freedom of election There was but one opinion upon
the subject among the friends of democratic prnci-
Piles in and out of the State. The laws con-
demned by all friends of political freedom every
where Even some of those who had contributed to
the election of the Legislature which passed them
took ground against their binding obligation and the
constitutional authority upon which their validity
and force depended. Mayor Wood opposed them,
and exerted himself to prove their want OF binding
force well their impoicy He manfuly contested
them inch by inch, carrying some points, and failing
in others. The democracy far and near applauded
him for his manly and open course, alike demanded
tionalty of the laws was sustained their principles
and policy met with condemnation by all democrats
and thousands Of others In great measure the ty-
ranny of these laws led to the overthrow of black
republicanism in the State. The emphatic condem-
nation of these atrocious enacments by the people
of the State created the confident expectation that
the legislature soon TO assemble would speedily
repeal them. The democracy everywhere had fully
expected this result.
When the democratic party nominated Mayor
Wood for reelection, and claimed his support,
among other grounds, because Of his manful resist
ance to the laws in question: and the cort OF black
republicanism to annhilate him and the democracy
of the city by legislation, and on account of his
qualifications for the mayoraly, all expected that
every democrat in the city would sustain and sup
port him. and that he would receive the sympathies
of the democracy throughout the Union. This was
the universal expectation 1t due to him and to
the cause in which he was engaged. The people of
the State had distinctly and broadly condemned the
laws in question, and approved of the course OF the
mayor and his friends in their endeavors to secure
their repeal by the next legislature. This was one
Of the turning points of the November election.
The popular vote, it was thought, had secured the
repeal Everything tended to that result Mayor
Wood was renomnated and became the democratic
standard bearer for the campaign Through him the
battle with the enemies OF the democracy to be
fought Everything looked well and promising for
the repeal Of the obnoxious statutes as well as his
election, when, 10! few democrats, the know
nothings and black republicans, combine in bringing
forward candidate selected because his name gave
satisfaction to both, and gave hope of his election
over the democratic candidate. He is good enough
know nothing to satisfy that party and is quite
cepable to the black republicans and the disaffected
democracy He pleascs all those who hate democratic
principles His election will be verdict condemning
the democracy, and must tend to perpetuate the
odious laws passed to punish the city for being dem
ocratic.
The election of Tieman by this new coalition must
tend to defeat all hope of repeal which the State has
80 emphatcaly called for. This is the object of the
enemies of democracy. They already boast of tho
expected result. The condemnation of Mayor Wood,
they say would be approval of the doings at Al
bany last winter, and will revive and build up the
condemned sectional party. They claim that they
have drawn off democrats enough to secure that
end. They chucke in the sleeve that they have
cheated democrats enough into their service to
cure the desired result. They point to democratic
names that they display in the proceedings Of their
public meetings as proof Of what they allege, al
though they know that they have deceived and mis-
led them in relation to the real motive actuatng
the movement. We regret to see democrats, and
some Of considerable standing, associated with black
republicans and other enemies Of the admins.
tration, in public gatherings, and making speeches
in meetings called to secure the defeat of the democ-
racy. Nearly all such democrats have been grossly
deceived and win return to their friends when they
understand the game. Few of them dream Of the
real object of their associates, and fewer still
desire to promote them. few, perhaps, have join
cd the enemy knowing their designs and intend
to throw aside their pretensions to democracy,
having made up their minds to so hand-in-hand
with their former enemies of whatever stripe in the
effort to PROSTATE the democracy not only in the
city, but throughout the Union. If they have no
such object at heart, they can prove it by leaving
the enemy and ceasng to give them aid and comfort
in their war upon the democratic party as wen
as upon the national administration. Those who