New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-29

cnse. the Republicans knew that they were sacri-
ciup the interest Of their party to what they sup
posed to be the good of the City. They asked
nothing of the candidates whom they thus sup
ported but fair, honest, pon-partisan rule. This
they were promised; but the promise has been Tio-
lated. Mr.. Tiemann received the larger number
Of bis votes from Republicans, as the simultaneous
vote for Supervisors shows. He was every way
bound to treat us fairly and to nominate and act
without reference to partisanship. He began with
obvious intent to be as good his word. But for
the Tammsny managers, we believe he would have
pergevered in that course. They compelled him IN
their service to insult his Republican supporters
and TO use himself up When the time for his re-
election approached, be was found an impossible
candidate, and new csst was indispensable.
NOW. had the nti-WOod Democrats come for
ward and offered to unite with the Republicans on
fair terms, the overture would undoubtedly have
been cordially met. Cheated as they have been
though they have voted three times for political
adversaries in order to keep Fernando Wood out OF
the Mayoraty-and received therefor insults when
they asked TO be treated as equals by those whom
they bad raised from the dust TO the nights OF
power--tbey would have gone in with the Tam
many managers to beat Wood had even show OF
fair play been shown them. We, at least, were
more than wiling-we were anxious-tO support a
Municipal Reform Ticket made up from al parties,
but pledged to govern the City in total disregard OF
National Politics But me opportunity to do this
was refused US. We were not even allowed the
fimsy excuse Of promise, made only to be broken,
for the desertion of our flag and our faith. We
we're required, on penalty Of being held up to odium
as conspiring to reflect Wood, not only to support
Democrats for every city Office, but to support those
nominated and running expressly as such And all
this VIGOROUSLY because the soft " managers now
running the Tammany machine have quarrel with
Wood that comes to head in the Charleston Con-
yention, and want to be bolstered up in it by
Republican votes.
What is this quarrel to usl How long must we
20 on swapping ourselves off for nobody and paying
bootl Do not oN adyersaries to-day taunt US with
our local insignfcance, and virtually assume that
we have no right to run candidate because we are
SO few! Suppose we GO on helping one Demo
cratic faction to beat another, how shall We when
shall We get strong enough to set up for ourselves
If we are 10 crawl through another fight on our
bellies. with Tammany Hall on our back, when
shall we be prepared to stand erect
We do not deny nor seek to conceal our special
dislike of the apostate Free Sellers now dominant
in Tammany Hail. We dislike them because they
know better--because they would be Republicans II
they thought it would pay. They have ceased what
John Van Buren, calls watching negroes in Ne
" braska" because they could make more man
aging post-ohices, custom-hOuses, and nayy-yards,
ID New-York. They fraternze with Cobb and
Wise and JEFF. Davis, simply because their pockets
outyoe their cOnsciences, and they have pet can
didate for President-HOratiO Seymour by name
whom they hope to "wring in" at the Charleston
Convention. If not, they mean to decide the con-
test and earn the boundless gratitude of the Presi
dent to be- Hence their refusal to unite now in
non-poltcal organization for Municipal Retreneh-
ment and Reform, though most of them openly or
secretly aided such a movement in 1857.
BE it. therefore borne in mind that it is wholly
their fault-not at all that of the Republican,
that there now seems to be any danger of Woods
election. Had they been willing to unite on fair
basis for the Municipal contest, the great body of
the Republicans would have gone heartily with
them, as they did in "a and again in 81. If they
shall be ready next time to meet us as equals, We
shall be found again just where they found us in
81; but we shall insist such nominations as will
afford a guaranty of fair dealing to the end. For
this time, there y just one man who can beat Wood,
and his name is GEORGE OPDYKE.