The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-11-08
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New York city .ElectiOn--Tweed
Reelected.

New YORK CITY ,EIecllOnssIW IWeeu
Reelected.
Tammany and Thleyery have once
more carried the day in the city OF New
York. In spite of all that should have
rendered such a result impossible, they
elected so much of their ticket yesterday
rs to give them adGcided victory. TWEED
is reelected, and Of the other four out OF
the five Senators chosen from city dis,
lricts, three arc Tmmanyites and the 9th
er no better, though at present he is d.
vided from them bya bitter personal quar-
rel. Two thirds OF the Assemblymen
chosen from the city are Tammanyites, as
are also tho now aldermen and assistant
aldermen. ..Eg"
This Is the result thus far reported; and
no words Of ours could fitly characterize
the attitude in which 1t places New York
before the world. TWEED, who stands
convicted, without even denial-without
prctcnCe or possibility Of denial-of hay
ing robbed the treasury of the city and
county of many millions of dollars; who
is to-day out of Jail only because he had
stolen so much that he was able TO give
bail in u sum larger than was ever rc.
Quircd Of any criminal before; who dcGes
ut once the public opinion OF the world
and the power of the law to reach him;
and who relies on the greatness Of the
wealth he has plundGrcd 10 buy immunity
from punishment, has been reelected
senator of the State, to sit with decent
men in the State capitol, TO make laws to
protect honest people from just such
vampires as himself and to so handle the
public treasure that thieves like himself
shall not steal II.
What are we to think of the people
composing the nino lower wards of tho
city who have done this thlng-who
thus endorse ard defend tho crimes of the
most llustriOus criminal Of modern times
There Is this to 10 said OF TwEED's sup
pOrtcrs, In partial explanation Of what
would otherwise seem utterly incredible.
Thousands of ilem are too Ignorant to be
aware Of tho nature 0l his crimes; thou
sands are 30 destitute OF u moral sense us
to see no harm In them il they do under
stand. Thousands are In many ways,
directly and indirectly, and in larger and
lesser shares, partakers OF his plunder, re.
ccivcrsor the stolen goods, partners In his
thcIts. Few are property holders and
taxpayers, and not being 80, he does not
rob them, while he divides with them
when he despoils others. % ,.s.., a
These things being true wo perceive
what u criminal and dangerous element 1t
is-the more dangerous, Of course, by rea.
son Of It's magnltule-th backs TwEED
against honest men and law. Where shall
we find a parallelY When and where did
any outlaw ever prey on society with such
formidable gang behind him, with so
much impunity and with such stupendous
success? The sums stolen are greater
than the revenues of whole nations aud
yet so powerful and compact is the organ.
i2aion which the great robber heads, that
those composing 1t arc n large majority Of
the people inhabitlng that half the city Of
New York in which Is embraced the busi.
ness and commerce of that great mart.
Happily the new Senate OF New York
IL likely IN hn nf a pnnnInVinn that will