True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-26
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THE TRUE AMERICAN.
EDITED nv JOHN GIBSON.

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EDITED nv JOHN GIBSON.
FAITHFUL AND BOLD.
NE w OR LEANS:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 1889.
TIE Mayor and I'd Municipality. We propose to
glance for moment this collision, in continue.
ton Of our remarks yesterday, in which we shall
take occasion to notice more, the exceedingly
profound Suggestions Of the ast,te editor Of the
Courier and tho equally sensible remarks Of an
anonymous writer in the Louisa nian.
There 10 claimed for the Mayor the exclusive
right to appoint and remove the executive officers
Of the city.
Also, the RICH. and power Of requiring from the
Treasurer or Com p,roer Of either of the Munici.
pslities, any Statement, he may desire, concerning
the finances, wthon, previous application to the
Council; and in the even. he is refused such state.
ment he shall have power 10 remove that officer
and appoint another.
Also, that any long -wnded and irrelevent, and
superAuous address he may choose to 10y before
the Council .ha be recorded in the journals, and
be published with tho proceedings Of the Council.
These powers arc claimed for the Mayor by the
Courier, because its eise and experienced editor,
thinks il less dangerous to concentrate power in
the hands Of one man, than to distribute it among
,en-he would be less BILE exert it for selfish or
personal ends-,hat he would have an eye single
| to the public good and no, "enrich indviduals bv
fat jobs, or else give fictitious value to particular
districts by large ou,ays Of money under the .pe-
cial prstcx. Of Improvements" The Scion Of the
Courier would dispense with the Council alto.
ge,her!9 Do no, his words not only imply, bu,
erpress much He would trust all to the dictate
rial wisdom Of one man! Is this tho true dem O..
cratic doctrine!
The Louisianan contains the following remark
| able paragraph, in q comm unication on the same
subject. We call it remarkable, for one Of the
editors Of that paper, at least, canat,est the con.
verse Of the proposition and that body Of men
are not so liable to err as one man.
"Experience, however has shown that Smen
trusted with power are too apt 10 abuse this trust,
and every day furnishes siking examples Of me n
in elevated situations, who, after having acquired,
by an irreproachable conduct Of years,a we'll earn
ed reputation for honesty, have been unable to re.
sist the temptation Of applying tho public money
to their own Use, especially when the danger Of
INN edia,e detection Of such maIveraation was no,
i'm pending.''
The proposition to give the mayor the right to know
the condition Of the finances Of the Municipalities, Il
contonded for by the correspondent Of the
altogether another thing from. tina, which is included
in the bill of Mr. Hon 1t has been commended
that the mayor had the right know the situation
Of the city affairs and in rsassng Nj G sAh S
ieve that he exercised privilege which had been guar
antied to him. with justice, in the removal of Mr. Cal.
houn. They were convinced that the conduct Of the
comptroller was perfectly To satisfy pryius
curiosity, and an overweenng suspicion tina, believed
smeit ra when thereiwas none; and which Of itself
could not get at the secret but through the nterposi
ton OF the mayor to ferret out, the call was made on
Mr. Calhoun for the responsibilities Of the council; and
not Tor statement OF the condition of the treasury
which would net have been refused Mr. 'alhoun ha
wing been called on for merely es Parte statement de.
ferred giving it until he should BE- authorised nv III.
council 50 to do he was removed by The mayor for
dsobeying orders. and 1eins,ated bv the council
because his conduct was approved. There WINS moth.
ing which the council desired to conceal They were
unwilling to expose their responsibilities, itleut a,
the 'ame time accompanying them with the ample 70.
sources which they possessed, wherewith to quidate
them, Thew were avor. of III. favs,;.hn.., ~
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~" Wv" '"' "1"'u W UNJUST ana Oppressive to hold
':'.. a''o ''' ''e '''oust Of men whose ap-
p"' '''y "'a MT controlled tho "a" provided
."ey '''u.' 'e'ec. anu apro'nt 'ne'r own ohce's'
:" ''"'' o. 'o"o' II IS distinctly expressed that
e S"unc' s"a" e'ecta treasurer who shall continue
' o"" sea'o! o"'"s uhe pleasure OF tho Coun-
Gill; IN" Mayor had nothing I" do with his appoint
'e s'e'o" u A"e mayor haa no control over
acts OF '"e ''asar"r or III directing him, save Tin
~ ~, ~ o." "'''' 1" '"e cry council see section
a., e" VI Tue ON march, 1850,
-, w ~ ~. "'''pa'"y OF ea'd CITY, snail be
e "' =, ""a'" Summarized by council,
.s,l.', "e'''aer ana Inc Aldermen elected by
Wv .' ""'''' III" ''""' nefeo'''
'"' "''el n me Lou'''an'nn says: "The usual
..... "' MAYOR ana aldermen ard 'nhati'
n,..,:.s '"u Is SUI t"e t'f'e OF The cor
$500, " c''ea"s' an" oy TINS Tito would it be
Nv - "'ee' "~ "s"'s " 'hey were called in ques.
' ""'' "oooe'ous Sagac'ty! Hhe had looked,
now wasted hv Inv, ~ -. 49,. - =" '"e powers
shall appera;n TO- be- ;nve.,.d in and h. .x...., ~.