New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-10
CONsisTENCYAN AND CONSOLIDATION

The hand.orghn in this city OF the Opposition
seems TO be fcsrfuliy and wonderfully out Of
tune in ia elcgiac wall over the election returns
Finding no crumb of comfort IN any o; them
save those from is pet waris In this neigbbor-
hood, ~ gloa's over these as a starving man
might over a loaf. and demands that all the
world shall take heed Of and follow the example
Of the metropolis. IL prononnces Nc~-fork
CITY tosbe mighty and addstbat II Is " most
p1puious." The significance oi lis maJorll.es
should DO "apprceia,ed by other communi'ie1'
and " "acceptcd as warning IL has hiihi!cd
it, miszion I, reelected Gideon j. Tucker
esd. Ia the Office of Surrogate The triumph
of Gideon is "a rcbukc Ia error" Also " to
fanaiicism." Gideon Is "ior Peace There
fore the Prcsidcn, should be- for Peace. New
York II for an abandonment, Of the War. TheIe-
fore the War should be- abandoned. John Nc
Cool i. opposed 10 Emancipation. Therefore
Emancipation should be given up. Let all
creation bend before bully Ncw-iork, Let the
whole North take warning -
Take warning" Of what, we should very
much Ike 20 know. l. fcrnando's project OF II
"Free CITY" to be- reyiycdl Has the result OF
The Election made the CoppeTheads OF The Met-
ropoiian variety bold for a bolt Are they
about % take u, noi,Rf,s rojent,s, body, soul,
brecchos. and spirit, out OF the Union. and erect
~ into kind Of Venetian Republic, with
Wood, or some other like patrcian, for Pcrpet-
ual Dogel With Tucker 10 do the potent
with McCool to do the grave with McCunn
10 do the reverend" in sort of civic Senate
Let this distracted land "takc warning"
hut We suppose that the crusties, copperhead
would d-ayow any such rebellous intention, AT
least at the present time. " Take warning,
We presume, merely means that Ncw-York
should morally dictate 10 the whole great North
its political opinions, and that great states, and
other great municipalities should only be too
happy in the possession OF 80 brilliant an eXem-
plar. and such an uncommon guide, philosopher,
and teacher, and should follow suit without a
sigh or u shrug, murmnr, Or misgiying.
But, while We do not in the least acqulcsce IN
any such absurd n0tion-too absurd even Tor one
whohas been badly beatcnr-and whilcwe cannot
for the life of us see why one State should receive
It's opinions from another, yet, we beg leave
To suggest that If there be any State dis
posed TO act, in its politics, upon the second
hand system, il will be less absurd to regard
the dictum of the State Of Ncw.York than that
of the City of the same name The whole is
greater than any Of It's parts, as Fernando might
find out, in sackcloth aud ashes, should he 90
into his little Free City speculation, of which,
however. in his present dilapidated political
condition, there is but small danger. What is
n grea, Metropolis to a greater Commonwealth :
What is this corner 0i the State 10 lis whole
gast area What is tie mofalty Of local to
that OF u general decision How are majority
of the voters Of this city safer guides than u
majority Of the voters Of this State Are
metropolitan citizens less subject to corrupt in.
nuences than country votcrs' The people Of
the United States may, at some period of their
history, have been in tho habit procuring
their opinions, as they purchased their mer-
chandse, in this metropolis, but if so, that
pcIiou hhr ioiB rh'o ci"PS'"' """ '"'y "'""
be vastly more likely to be swaycd, If swayed
at ali, by tho sentiments Of our farmers
than by those Of our Sixth Ward. More
probably, they have minds of their own.
There is nc end of Copperhead self.contradic-
tions but we will notice just another. The
Opposition-man, waking or sleeping, walking
or sitting, voting or spouting, wranglng or
writing processes TO be in violent lcar ol