The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-19
Tho Charter Eieceton-Thc Municipal Muddl
Clearing Up.

The Charter Eiection-The Municipal Middle
Clearing Up.
A few months ago, when radicalism received
sudden and unexpected check in Connect
cut by the defeat Of the republican State
ticket, we were told that the result was
attributable only to the nomination Of
VIGOROUSLY unfit candidate for Congress, and
did not imply any real loss Of strength and
popularity by the party. Shortly afterwards,
when California elected o conservative Siate'
ticket, and Maine followed with loss OF some
forty thousand from the radical majority OF the
previous year, we were informed that these
results were merely accidents, arising in one
instance from local differences, and in the
other from the apathy of On over-confident
Ohio arrayed themselves against radicalism, it
began to be seen that the great change in
public sentiment was not thus TO be explained
away, and it became evident that the conserva-
tive strength Of the country was aroused and
prepared to take the power from the hands of
the violent men who had been for the last
twelve months doing their best to plunge us
into another revolution. The State election in
New York followed, and completed the work
commenced in Connecticut by general union
oil the con ervative element, all over the State
upon the democratic ticket, and the sweeping
away of the radical candidates by magnif-
cent majority Of over fifty thousand. The
country had arrived at that point at which it
was necessary that some change should be
made. The folly of the radical Congress had
forced upon the South . military despotism
repugnant to oil our republican ideas of free
dom, and to be maintained only at an enor-
nous cost to the nation. The radical leaders
had compelled their party to adopt the
policy Of negro supremacy in the ex-rebsl
States In order TO bring them into the Union
as republican bodies and had thus declared
in fivor Of reducing an important section Of
the country TO o condition Of. African barbar-
ism. The negroes, newly freed from slavery,
were held as political machines at the expense
Of the general government, and were deferred,
by promises of conEscation and proprietor
ship, from leaving politics alone and quietly
settling down to labor. The financial pros
poets Of the country were growing gloomier
every day, and the people found themselves
ground down by ruinous taxation, while
pampered bank oligarchy was drawing thirty
million dollars q year out OF the Treasury. The
conservative elements united against the party
tat had brought all these evils upon US, and
by the overwhelming vote of New York, with
lis large interest in the prosperity Of the coun-
try, the radicals have been finally disposed OF
and their organization destroyed.
From the appearance of the pending contest
in the city Il seems that the same influences
which controlled the State election are to pre-
vail In our charter election. As the people
generally united against the radical party in
the State for the purpose Of destroying an
organization that had abused It's power, so they
viii unite against the Tammany party in the
city to accomplish similar result For some
time the question Of the Mayoralty was in a
state OF suspense aud confusion enough 10
puzzle the brains Of the shrewdest politician
Fernando Wood appeared in the field, and
seemed 10 rally about him all the Irish whisky
and German lager beer interests usually dis.
posed to cling to Tammany. The Tanmauy
rings insisted on nominating their champion,
] Hoffman while ~ rank aad ~ Il he parry