, 1864-11-23


Of being the only urge city in the loyal
States which las given majority for the Cop
perhesd ticket. It Is superAuous for us to
announce that we did not expect any other
result, but we certainly did expect that the
stereotypcd majority hitherto would not ba
incscasedi that the great city Of New York,
combining within her borders so much OF
wealth and influence, holding in her hands
the keys to the gates Of commerce, claiming
business. political, literary and social suprem-
acy, would so 1ar overcome the machinatiou
OF interruptions men Us to show to the coun-
try at large that she had some interest in the
SUCCESS ofa republican form Of government,
and that she would lend at least portion of
her mighty influence to establish that euccess
We can sec no cause for rejoicing at the
result In that city. True, that pestiferous
demagogue, Fernando Wood, was defeated,
but his defeat YVES not 80 much the result Of
any accession to the Union ranks as II was Of
factions and divisions In lis own party. The
most dangerous, because the most able man
in the Coppcrhead party, Horatio Seymour,
was defeated, but t1is glorious result was due
to the staunch, inaedble, honest loyalty of
the farmers Of New York, uncout.minated by
the influence II the city. The spirit Of scces-
sion, guided BY the gold Of Belmont, still
gives shape and bearing to political issues in
that city, and there is not enough Of moral
influence or The sterling determination of pa
triotis1n to overcome it. Her record Is one
Which will look black in history. Before the
outbreak Of the war, and while the cloud was
gathering, sending arms to traitors and sup
plying them the means to give their treason
practical shape; upon the outbreak of the
war, grayely proposing through her Mayor to
detach herself from the Republic, and filling
to do so from fear more than pat.i-
otic 6cEnples: while the war Is pend
Ing, organizing the scum Of her popu-
lation into mutderous gangs to re-
sist the constitutional laws Of the GOV
crnmcnt, and day after day, butchcring inno-
cent men and women, firing charitable insti-
tutions with incendiary torch and ri.aling |
The Thugs in the atrociousncss Of their bru-
talitirs; browbcating and intilnidating loyal
men at its polls aud piling up the vote for
the rebels By fraud; swindling gallant SOL
dicrs in tic field out Of their franchise, and
even dcseerating the graves Of fallen heroe,
by forging their names upon Copoerhcad
tickets Aarboring in her pa!atial mansions
scores Of secession refugees, rebel scouts and
spies; this is The record Of tho great city Of
New York.
In her vote against the Government, New
York e!aads comparatively alone among cities
She tskes her stand with New Jersey,
the Ultima 1Au1e OF Civilizations State which
has not moral force enough to free itself from
the supremacy ofa Copperhead railroad mono
poly with Delaware, rot yet free from the
blight Of the women-w1ipping institution
and with Kentucky, which had au.
dacity enough to propose to main
tain m armed neutrality in this
great struggle. New York city, New
Jersey, Kentucky, Delaware! noble quar-
tette!! But look at the other side of the
picture. Portland, Cleveland, Pittsburg,
Boston, Providence, Cincinnati, Chicago, n
st. Louis, Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco, Baltimore even, though but yesterday
delivered from the thraldom Of the slave
power, all declare in unmistakable tones their
attachment to the government and their de-
termination thnt the war sha1l 60 on until
traitors lay down their arms and return TO
thcir allcg ginnce. In the great outburst Of
patriotic harmony from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, four dIscordant tones, and one Of
hem from the great and principal city Of New
Eorki
The people Of the West have right to cx-
poet and demand better things Of that city.
She is dependant upon the broad acres Of the
Northwest, the gold fields Of our mountains,
and tho magical growth Of our trade, for
much, nnot the most Of her wealth, and with
out our cooperating influence, she would find
herself In the plight of Samnson after Deli. !