The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-05

ZION, OF COURSE, as th0 expose OF their olStln-
guished offshoot, and the conHdenc, OF the
Western people In missionaries from Yankee
land has been considerably shaken by the
event
Tho Lesson or Oar City Eiectieu-Thc
Great Political Revelation.
Several days ago the HERALD announced
the fact that the city election had lost It's local
character and resolved itself into contest be-
tween the radical and conservative elements
for the advancement Of their respective poll
cies and for the promotion Of the interests Of
their favorits candidates In the important
Presidential campaign Of next year. It became
evident that, as matter Of local concern, there
was little TO choose between the two available
nominees and that 1t was merely question
as to which set OF "rings"- the Gins" or the
"outs should control few Offices and
profit by the distribution of the municipal
spoils for the next two years The fact that
one side had cost the city twenty-four million
dollars during the present year was set OF
against the uncertainty IS. to what might be
the expense Of maintaining q magnificent
rascal at the head Of the city government, and
the people concluded thata few million dollars
moro or less could be scarcely worth the con-
sideration Of . wealthy metropolis like New
York, with question of national policy at
stake. The result has been the overwhelming
defeat and entire crushing out Of radicalism
and all outside guerilla organizations, and the
consolidation Of tho conservative element in
one grand body against the negro supremacy,
national bank, heavy taxat on party Of radical
ism, with Chase a. It's Presidential candidate
and the last remnant Of copperhsadism a. its
ally.
The election Of Hoffman, upon whom this
conservative element was compelled to con-
centrate, is by no means to be regarded as
triumph Of Tammany proper. The figures, as
compared with those Of the county election, set
this question at rest The vote for Sheriff last
month stood a. follows
OBrisn TammanyD. ~ 900
Connolly lMozars and other outsider 1900
ADoe repuoaicaot... 1900
In that election some seven or eight thou
sand conservative republican votes we're cast
for the Tammany nominee In the city cleo
ton the figures stand as follows a4
Holman lrammanyl. ........................ 5000
wood (Mozart) $4,000
DsInug trVPuohcauj. ..................... l6OOO
Wesee, therefore, that Wood, the representa-
tive of Mozart In the charter election, obtained
six or seven. thousand radical republican
votes and lost twenty-five or twenty-six
thousand of Connolly's outside organization
vote, over twenty thousand of which went with
the conservative movement over to the side of
Tammany. The conservative republicans who
had previously left Able and voted with Tam
many remained with Hoffman, and Darling lost
nine thousand of Abbe's vote. This shows
clearly combination of all the conservative
elements on Hoffman for the purpose Of break
ing down and demolishing oil the outside
organizations at once and preparing the way
for the great popular constitutional movement
Of next year.
That no successful stand can be made against
Chase and the radicals without such combi-
nation is selfevidsnt IF we take the most
extravagant calculation that can be made by
the most hopeful democrat from Maine to Cali
fornia, the only States that the utmost stretch
Of Imagination could conceive to be likely to
cast their votes for o stralght-out copperhead
candidate for the. Presidency would be the
following -