New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-28
CAN WE SUCCEED 2
At our State Election three weeks since, the vote
of this City stood:

At our State Election three weeks since, the vote
of this City stood:
Republican fLeavenwOrtbD .....-......ls,272
Democratic Church. ----.-------------5,3H
American Jones over Church.. -----.-- 1913
twill be seen thatthe Republican exceeds half the
Democratic vote by just 1000 votes. And though
the vote was light, we feel certain that il was pro-
portionably as light on one side as the Other-that
if Ten Thousand more votes had been pOlled, we
should have had at least one-third of them. Re-
member that the Registry Law, badly administered
rs il has BEEN plays the mischief with repeaters"
snd illegal voters. There viii be no such vote
poled for Mayor under it as polled in the Wood
and Tiemann contest two Years ago.
If, then, the Democratic vote Is equally divided
between the contending factions We can elect OPP
DIXIE. HiH il be so divided
We think it will, for these reasons:
The Tammany managers admit, by their whole
course that their followers are inferior in numbers
to Woods Why else have they put aside Dix,
Fowler, VIM ID. Kennedy, and every one else
whom they wished to make Mayor, and taken up
Mr. Hayemeyerl Why have they set on The Times
and other Of their sub rosa organs to bully Repubh
cans into voting the Tammany ticket Why was the
Collector of the Port most indecenty put forth as
Chairman of their City Meetingl Who does not
see that the object was to coerce Democrats as
well as csjole Republicans into supporting their
candidates. Would they resort to such tricks if
they did not knots they were the smaller faction
If they have the mass Of the Democrats at their
back, what do they want of Republican votes
What do they mean by their deafening clamor,
through The Times, that, if the Republicans vote for
Opdyke, Wood will be elected Is not this clear
admission of their own essential weakness Are
they not plainly calling for Republican votes to
bolster them up at Charleston And why should
Republican give bis vote to sustain either faction at
that conyenticlel Why not vote right straight
along for our own excellent candidate and let our
adversares settle their own disputes and contests
Can We gain anything bat i'll will and contempt by
mixing in their messesl
Now. while the Tammany stands self-cOnfessed
the weaker of the two Democratic factions, we
think il quite probable that the constrant put upon
the Custom House officers through Schel, and upon
the City functionares and their employees through
Tiemann, Delayan, Waterbury, West, &c, may
enable the Tammany managers to divide the Demo
cratic vote.
If, then, the Republicans all vote for GEORGE
OPDYKE, what is to prevent bis electionl We
poIed 24,OOO votes on our Supervisor ticket in the
exciting struggle of 1857: why should we not poll
as many nowl Nobody questions Mr.. Opdyke's
integrity, ability independence of all cliques and
cabals: no one doubts that he would be Mayor of
the City, not of party. Let all who desire and
prize good goyernment-but especially all who love
the Republican cause-work and vote for GEORGE
OPpyKE, and We can beat both the Democratic
factions, and secure triumph that will at once
give our City an excellent Mayor and electrify the
hearts of Republicans throughout all the Union.