Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-28

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Reorg~nizatiol, Of t:,s Crimi"ai eo"r" "i
this city.
There is at the present time, great noise mace !"
many of the papers, about the ne" pau n0" '@'o'N
On. so;sl,tnre of this State, for the reorganization
Of the Criminal Courts of this city, including In the
casndars Of crime and iniquity, the Police Depart
-, os matter of course. But the fact is, none OF
those who have written upon this Subject understand
,rr thing whateve about it. The whole OF the brawi
inc that has been made upon both sides, has been oc
casioaed by feeling for those
who are likely to make money, or to lose money Dy
the massage OF the contemplated new law.
Nor is this matter ct such small importance as
m,nv seem TO consider it. The emoluments, salaries
stealings pickings, plunderees by-bows, come BY
chances.&c SC. sc. accrueing from a connection
with the Police Department are immense and deserve
more than mere passing notice Hseems tha' near
Nv all connected with the Police Once get rich very
soon and it is certain that they make much more mo-
nsy than any OF the rogues in Wall street Let us
make a simple calculation of what some suppose to
be not altogether unreasonable estimate OF the va
rious amounts derived by the whole mass of honest
men and scoundres connected directly and Indirect
ly with the Police Department OF this city 1t is
supposed estimate but who will say how much it diff
fers from the truth The estimate is the amount re.
ceived per annum =
salarie, TO Gve po,i,e justices, sl25O0 90
Salaries to -four clerks oOJO %
Fees to 20 so police officers, $4,000 90
Rsta.nag to stool pigeons wrung from the
Brides to geons great rseucies $4,000 60
Money re lived from soOl pigeoss, proceeds Of
pluGder in yarioss ways, 2Ooooo w
Bribes from unfortunate women, unfortunate
thieves, and unfortunate yasa'onds OF varioss
Srl roesscn' ~ SO OCO 90
pS denoasnee., scraps, ssducons, &c. 10000 90
s sner,Sge 9" the pres. the Teporter sc 10000 90
Picknss and sealings, snesking', schemings, PAL
frrngs. ard plumber of various kinds, ol Gyers
individual stool pigeons, Se at eas', looOoI w
Bonuses for omcers for services rendered, looOo w
Bonases ditto for services not rendered, AOOuo w
Amount Of Tick ugs on the Spark system, oOp oV
Amount Of pieSiags on the ether System, ssovV w
Made bygouging each other, douS W
Made BY gouging the public, at least, iOoOoo w
Made ia divers WAYS not oef re enumerated, to be
explained al the day OF judo meat, 9i@oo' oes
1890 SOL PSI
When these facts therefore, are taken into consid
Grafton, II VIII AZ once De
afai. is but struggle between the two political par
ties for place. power, and plumber The pubic, the
placeman, the political brawlers, the needy advep-
turers the hungry office seekers, all see that those
who are connected with the police Office grow rich
in four or five years. and they want to get into that
Office is order that they may get rch too. One man,
who was as poor as a church mouse, and who was
considered the most honest man Of the lot, with
large family, makes money enough in four years to
suap his fingers at the world, buy fine farm, and
retire TO enjoy the otium dignifafe OF private
life One ofciates at the old Lafayette theatre, or
opposite to IT, in a shauty, or something worse;
and in a few years we also see him worth fortune,
the owner Of ne house, dressed in ''Purple and fine
linen" highly respectable man, turning up his nose
at paltry thief caichers, sound lawyer, sPecia
pleader and fit for any office, from the president
down We see several others worth variously from
900 to 500 0O0 who entered the department poor
and in debt OF course they made all this money
honorabIy and honestly-who dares breathe asuspi-
cien TO the contrary OF course 'they are al-all
honorable men, That is not the point we wish to
present to view IL is the beauties, the value, and
advantages Of the systematic brght,sparklng, mer-
iorious system, (call il sioolpigeonns or what you
will which, like Fortunatuss purse, enriehes all
connected Herewith.
The truth is, that the police department is per-
feet mine Of Gocoada for wealth. The locofocos
have possessed monopoly OF it too long; the wings
have now the power, and they should pass law
giving this source Of wealta to the faithful OF the
whig party. Bundle out every locofoco no matter
how honest he is; the honest, the worse he is
suited TO fafl the duties Of his station. All the
noisy officers and oFieescekers ought 20 be reward
ed all the noisy incapsbles should be restored
all the honest men, and rogues, and FOOLS and mad
men, should BE- restored; and then, IL there be not
enough to fll the Offices, select the worst Of the
stool pigeons for associates. Never mind talent and
eharacter there is no time to talk Of such worthless
trinkets. These are the days Of
--~Ths good old rsls--;hs simple plan;
Ara they must gr.b who have the power;
And thsy must steal who Can
Is tito be endured for a moment, that the ocofccos
are 20 have the sole monopoly for ever Of ell the
roguery plumber picking and stealing in the country
Forbid IT, shade Of Swartwout Forbid IT, bust Of
Bill Price Shall we be told tia, Swsrtwout runs Of
with two millions ans Price with million, and Lee
Wis with no one knows how much, and goes no one
knows where, and that cashiers disappear, and hanks
break and directors disappear, and defsuers fly of
AT over the country, and a thousand dslinquencies
spring up in the general Government; and yet the
respectable Wing party in this city are to be exempt
ed from the geaera plunderl Forbid IL, every rascal
that has appeared upon earth since the Jews ROBBED
the hen-roosts Of Pharaoh, the king Of Egypt and
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