New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-02

ual v0clferdtl0n that HGDeneyer coRd beat
Wood, bit Opdyke could not, and so took thu
very course to insure Woods election.
In November, 1860 the three parties again
tried their strength at the polls. Now there
was no pretense of running this way or that
in order to beat Wood each party put for
ward its own candidates and gave them oil their
votes. Sec the Official result:
RepuJIean TanmaEy. Bb-drt.
Register .Keyser SIS Brennan .25T Lynch al 6Z
Recorder Van Bun.36llo Hoffman. 1856 Rusen.l76e7
Sppcrio. White. .37 Ulshofer33S6 Talhne.23265
SVporisn. Stewart. 1884 Ey......9oSio schwMG64o
Here, in every instance where party lines
were tightly drawn, the Republican candidates
triumphed over both the warning Democratic
factions. McCunn was chosen City Judge and
West Surrogate by having both the Tammany
and Mozart nominations, and Hoffman Recorder
by detection of Ten Thousand Wood men
from the support of Russell; but in no case
did either faction beat The Republican uLea The
other pOlied its Orn rote.
Our5ste Election, though parties were much
tub UP, IIObcu llhc hthtC VI iuNtr' ~ W
single cas-, ,cas Republican beaten by a Tam
many candidate uhen The party lines ren tightly
draun Look at the Official figures:
Republican. Tommonv. bforavi
vperv,o,-Blunt 2Oal9 furdy. ..2o.9lS Ku'teFlSo
Coronus-Naumsnn.. 52i JaekmnI6s24 Ferris .l6Gs0
Barney. ....2J,l6i Dougty l5.l45 Gslpin. 1880
wndey....2Osio Eickoff. .H3ii Hushes.l5sol
Collin ......Is.772 MConr.nee7 wright.h277
The votes for Sheriff, District-Attorney,
County Clerk, aud Marine Court, prove moth
ing simply because the Tammany and Mozart
candidates for Clerk were the same, while
large portion of the Republicans voted for the
" Peoples Union" and " Independent candi-
dates. But no intelligent politician can look
over the figures and fail to see that the Re
publican vote was stronger than the Tammany.
Purdy received not less than Three Thousand
Mozart votes; yet he boats Blunt less than Six
Hundred. Our four Coroners beat the Tam
many not less than Five thousand average ma
jority; yet Mr.. Opdyke has relatively the sup
port of quite as many of the non-political or.
CARNATIONS as our Coroners had, and for most
excellent reasons.
What mean, then, the pretenses that Re
publicans must desert their own most fit and
worthy candidate and support Democrat in
order to dcftat Hood IL is not an honest
reason but dodge, make-believe. Any man
has right TO vote as be sees hit, but no man
has moral right to seek to influence the votes
of others by fraud. The Republican pnrty is
certainly stronger than the Tammany, as the
above figures demonstrate; and the talk OF
going for GUniher 10 beat Wood, IL n sore
headed device for achieving personal ends aud
reyepging supposed personal grievances. Must
we always thus grind in the prlson-house oil
our enemies How can Wa hope ever 10 be
in the ascendant here if we throw away every |
chance of triumph that is freely prohered US
There remains ground Of strength for OPP |
dyke which every politician Will appreciate: |
Neither Of the Democratic JaotioHs oaH e6Or4 10 ]
be Jeaten bp the other. If Tamuauy Hall is /
beaten by Wood, his faction will properly be
regarded as the regular Democracy Of our CITY, /
aud Tammany will be no where: II Wood II
is beaten by Gunther, be is under foot ever
more: but if Opdyke is elected, tue two fac
tons will stand on an equal footing, and their
masses VIII unite against the Republicans here
after and force the leaders TO do likewise.
Those leaders understand this as well We
do; and they will act on their knowl-
edge. Whichever faction is behind at O'Clock
tomorrow must take care that The other is not
the victor, whoever may be. Wise men will
understand this, aud see what result it fore
shadOya