The New York herald., 1863-11-09

| The Approaching Meyorelty Hiecthoh
in y National Psins or View.
The approaching Mayoralty election Is sort
Of prelude to the Presidentid CANVASS. Before
q great battle the generals generally review
their trcops The politicians Of this city look
| upon the Msyorslty contest as dress parade
of their forces previous To the more serious
business of the election Of President 10 this
point Of view the present canvass assumes
national importance.
| Last year the democratic conservatives car
ried everything before them. The issue placed
before the people was that between conserva-
| tisui and abolitionism, or the Union and the
negro, as the paramount object Of the war The
people everywhere decided in favor of con-
servatism and the Union. II both parties had
held the same positions during the elections OF
this year the result would also have been the
same. But, on the contrary, the Issue
was totally changed, and the result was
| totally different. A faction OF the demo
| cratic party, led by the twin Woods and
the twin Seymours. became so elated with
the success of last year that they thought they
could do anything they pleased with the people.
Consequently they boisted the white flag,
marched boldly over to the peace party, and ex-
pected the masses to follow them. On the other
hand, the republicans prepared for action like
| pirate ship when a trader is in sight They
hauled down their black flag and set the Ameri-
can ensign. They painted out the old name Of
their craft and called themselves the Union
party They sent all such revolutionary and
| radical ruffsns as Greeley below decks, and
| brought forward their most respectable looking
men to make good show. They said not
| word about theinevitable African-whoi is really
their god--but talked loudly Of supporting the
administration, standing by the government,
and prosecuting the WARTIME phrases, which
may mean everything or nothing according to
the spirit in which they are uttered.
This change of tactics upon both sides raised
an entirely new issue. 1t was no longer the
conservatives against the abOlitionists but it
was the war party against the peaceat-any price
party. OF course the people decided in favor
Of the war party. We have often asserted, and
every election has proven the truth of the as
sertion, that the loyal masses are equally op-
posed to dishonOrable peace and to the
schemes of the abolition radicals, and equally
favorable to q vigorous and to conservative
prosecution of the war; They are willing to
let slavery take its chances; but they are not
willing to have the abolition of slavery made
the supreme end to which the energies of the
government are to be directed. They are will
ing to accept peace at any time, provided that
the restoration Of the Union is thus secured;
but they are not willing to accept any peace
which permits disunion, present or prospective.
In these three sentences we sum up the entire
significance OF all the elections during the past
two years. 1t would be well for our pOliti-
clans to carefully and studiously consider them.
BY their neglect to learn this simple lesson the
| democratic leaders have destroyed their
party, and the republican leaders have
been compelled to resort to aliases
and other tricks of the swell mob
in order to keep up a show Of strength and
popularity. The victories they have recently
gained under false names and false colors are
as unsatisfactory as the apples Of tho Dead
Sea. They look like nice, plump trumphs; but
they are only ashes and disappointment. The
next Presidential campaign will aunihiiate the
republican party. The peace party is annihi-
lated already.
Now, at the point where a deluge stops it
must begin to rocede. The deluge which over
whsined the democrats 1T the recent elections
stopped at Tammany Hall, and at Tammany
Hall the reaction must commence. The
Tammany managers have kept their skirts
toierably clear Of the peace mire They were
foolish enough to associate with Mozart
at the State elections but still they pre-
served their identity, and did not suffer
| as much as might have been expected from the
bad company in which they were found. All
OF their distinctive candidates were elected in
this city; and that is sign that the people have
yet some confidence in Tammany Hall, aud be-
,icve her professions of devotion to the war for
| the Union. Thus complimented and encour-
| aged, Tsmmany will now 60 over to the war
| platform, wholly and sincerely. Her first can
didate under this new regime is City Inspcc
| tor Boole--a war man. an honest man, strong
| man and an experienced mail--whom she re-
commends for the Mayoralty Against him
arc arrsyed Mr.. Orison Blunt, the republican
candidate, aud Mr.. Godfrey Gunther, the cop
! perhead candidate and the friend of peace and
rioters. Mr.. Boole ought to be, and probably
will be, elected. If so, Tammany, assured OF
her power and of the appreciation OF our peo-
pie, will at once undertake to reconstruct the
democratic party upon her war platform and
! her conservative principles. IL not, then both
the radicals and the copperheads will be again
cmbodened to essay another attempt to obtain
control of the general government. Thus it is
that our Mayoralty contest is most important In
national point Of view, and its developments
will be watched with anxious interest by all
parties at the North and by all the different
classes OF rebels at the South.
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR AND TIE ALBAsy RE-
GEScr.-Governor Seymour and the Regency
have destroyed each other The Regency has
lost control Of State politics and can do
nothing for Seymour Seymour has talked the
Regency out of power. The Regency has go
identified itself with Seymour, and rce cersa,