New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-06
THE DAY AND ITS DUTIES.

To-day, the Republicans of our City approach
the polls for the first time to support candidates for
Municipal Officers of their own faith and flag
candidates neither ashamed nor afraid to avOw
themselves Republicans Ever since our party was
formed till now, we have been induced either to
nominate or the most of us to vote for candidates of
ayowedly adverse convictions and associations in
order to defeat the election Of Fernando Wood as
Mayor. "Vote for Wilson G. Hunt, We urged in
1854, "and so avert the calamity of Woods cleo
stion." Most of us did vote for Hunt, but Wood
was nevertheless elected by the dead weight of
Tammany Hall Democracy. "Vote for Isaac o.
" Barker" many of our best and most influential
Republicans advised and did in 1856, with like
intent and with ike success "VOte for Daniel +.
" Temann," we all said and all did in 1857, in
order to defeat Wood and secure a non partisan
Mayor, pledged TO use oil his official power to
Danish considerations of National politics from our
Municipal concerns. The experiment was worth
trying; but it failed, through no fault of ours, but
through the enlargement Of Mayor Tiemaun with
the intrigues and intriguers of Tanmany Hall. He
forgot his pledges to the Republicans to know no
party in the Mayors Office and allowed himself to
be made the puppet of Tammany Hall
At length, We have a chance to retrieve the
errors aud punish the wrongs of the past. Mr..
Hsvemeyer il before distnotively as the eandi-
date Of Tammany Hall. He is her chosen cham
pios and standard bearer. He is nominated eI-
pIes,ly to save the old Wigwam from q crushing
rebuLe and defeat He does not even pretend 30
l.. II L. e L. 10 oar1
them if elected. His triumph is the necessary
humiliation Of the Republican party and their
cause.
Hitherto, We have had 10 contend with Wood and
TAmmany Hall united. A, each Of his former
contests, Wood has been the regular Democratic
Tsmmany Hall candidate, though many Of the
Sachemss secretly sonspired and labOred TO defeat
him nevertheless. Now Tammsny Hall is openly
and zealously adverse to him, and brands him q
disorganizer and boter. OF course, he can get no
a, 600 votes, nor anything Ike that number. But
he viii get great many-probably BY far the most
of those cast by Democrats The great Of these
who supported him throughout his former contests
are not likely TO desert hun now, even though The
Tmss--whieh cautiously supported him in 1856
Is now moderately against him. lie will get large
vote-larger than Hsvemeyer's-but not so large
Is 0pdyke's, if al the Opposition do their duty.
And, surely, no Republican should grudge the
devotion Of THIS DAY to the struggle for Opdyke's
election. The memory Of the insults, the calum-
sies, the humihations heaped upon US so recently
ought to nerve us for the contest To-Day. Who
can SO soon forget the Registrar outrsgei Who
does pet attn kesnly remember the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Address, charging Gov. SEWARD and other
leading Republicans with secretly instigating and
fomsnting John Browns invasion Of Virginia
Who can forget Temsnn's broken pledges and
John Van Buren's gross insults when we asked for
their ful6Imen,l Let this day nobly svenge
them
How any Republican, in view Of me insults