New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-30

III the election on tuesday IS mhtlor vi tno
greatest importance not merely to the city, but to
tie Staie and to the country it is at the same tfns
matter OF special ana peculiar importance to that
portion Of our substantial citizens who have
hitherto been accustomed to act aud to vote with
the Democratic party. With them it is not merely
a question of the good government of the city,
ard of having at the head of our municipal admin
istIatiOn person Of respectable character; nor Is
it merely question Of the suitability of mo.
cratcal institutions, and of widely extended right
of suffrage, to the government Of great city like
this, and composed like this of such Heterogeneous
materials For psrsors attached to AID DESTROYS
Of remaining attached TO the Democratic party,
this election includes question of peculiar aud
pressr interest And that question is no less than
this: Has the Democratic party Of this city, sfe'r
all lis pros, Gritty and power and the leading posi-
tion which il has held, suffered at last partia
shipwIeck7 Ia il reduced to the forlorn condition
of the unfortunate Sindbad, who, from bsiDg the
master Of stout ship, laden with valuable cargo,
found himself oil at once in position of the most
miserable servitude, with the Old Man OF the
Sea fast mounted on bis shoulders, AID clingiag
there with an iron grasp
The domir alton assumed over the Democratic
party by those who have nominated and who sup
port Wood and their determination to ride the party
to the death, lie precisely similsr to the course
adopted by the Old Man of the Sea toward poor
Sindbsd. IIayiCg by arti6ce got themselves and
Wood fairly mounted on the shoulders of the Demo
cratic party, they grasp it BY the throat, and by
humping and kicking, BY squeezing and strapgling
they are for oblsiug that party to carry them
wherever they point, never relaxing Id night
nor day, year in nor year out. Such is the ground
openly avowsd, upon which the Democrats are
called upon, enc sud all, to support Wood. He has
been Dominsttd. He has contrived, no matter how
TO fix himself on the shoulders Of the party. Thereby
the party has become his slave. 1t is nov too late
TO mske any inquiry or to show any reluctance, no
II after what crimes he may have committed, no
mater how Infamous his character u ay be. He is
the regularly nominated candidate, and as such he
must be carried through at all hszMds.
This is moi by any means the first time that this
savish doctrine Of passive obedience to party NOM
nations has been proclaimed. But though much
insisted upon by domi aeering party leaders, with
democracy in their mouths but with despotsm IN
their hearts, it has, thank Heaven never yet been
adopted az tie rule Of action BY any American
party. The Demo cratic party of New.York has
esps cally given many and very signal instances Of
II sistspce to it-and is, We tru.t, now about to
siye another Yield to this insolent doctrine, an
our whole system Of government as embodied IN
cur Constitution and laws will be at once slper
seded At tie same time all our machinery of cleo
tions ara balo, boxes becomes 8 mere farce. Ac.
cordir to this ctriDe Wood 10 Mayor already.
The politicians of Tsmmsny have nominated him.
That is his title to the Office. That alone and OF
itself makes him Mayor. The masses Of the party
have nothing to do but 70 throw up their hsts and
shout in response, and go on election day TO recog
nize the ruler that has BEEN placed over them.
Never did more impeiious necessity exist for
Giving decided and significant check to this effort
TO substitute for our fee republican system the
despotc rule Of party Committees; and never
could the thing be undertaken under more favorable
circumstances. The question is whether our poll
ticisps who volunteer in the management Of our
party examinations are to be tie agents and servants
| or the lords and masters Of those in whose name
they act. If by the mere power Of party disci-
plipe. ,uch mar as Wood is to be forced upon us
as Mayor, i. will BE- IN vain 70 attempt soy further
or future OPP ostOr, 30 far al least, a' The Dem