New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-04-14


broken, and nine arrested for this act OF
wanton destruction and lodged in the watch house
but were discharged from custody BY the sitting
magistrate in the morning.
HE R1ors ASD THE MAYoR.-Iiis official en-
ergy and efficiency cited By the admirers OF
Mayor MORRIS as having caused his reelection.
In acts Of la,vess violcnce--in invading at mid
nigh; the homes OF pcaccable and robbps
them for the basest party purposes, OF their pr
vate papers, the mos, sacred Of their treasures lie
has proved himself efficient but the BLOODY and
dissraccfuriots which, prevailed the Sixth Ward
Tuesday, and tho guilty negligence of the May
or to 1ucll-the1n give the lie most emphaticaly
to the claims advanced by hi< partizans He was
too we'll acquainted with the temper of his peculiar,
friends not to know that they would miss no occa-
sion to gctup fight and the dodcing and -krI!k-
ing which his letter on the Public Schools mani
tested, showed clearly that hs well understood
the nature OF the questions involved. Almost
every man in the city knew that in all probability
there would be riots; and vet not the slightcs,
provision made against their occurrence: and
after they had ragged with bloody violence for
more than all hour, Justice taylor, with the few
officers he could MUSTER WAS lcf, TO bultle the mob
almost alone. And when the Mayor made his APP
pearancc, he seems to have thought himself bettar
employed in=thc Police Office, in soothing tho
r~-,~"',"'' spirits of u stulwart, drunken rulian
by the name OF CaHlP, and etncrs OF t.- mayors
Spartan Band than in sta,ing the fight and pre-
venting the destruction ofProperty in the street.
Small reason had his friend. 10 thank The Mnvor
for hi. efficiency then. a iroopof horse parad-
ing the upper part Of the city at midnight long
after the mischief had been done, and in n par, OF
the CITY where li,,lc violence had been shown is
the only proof of energy and decision the culogists
of Morris san bring How eiiicicn, these were
the poor occupants of the houses destroyed in
Orange Walker, and Centre streets are best qua
hcd TO say.
We should like to know why even now no ar
rests are made of persons known to have shared
in the riotous proceedings. And why were not
the leaders of the Irish mob, who pnraded Centre
stree, with their bludgcons beating and bruisins
every one they met for SO long time noted and
arrested by some of our : efficient Mayor, po-
lice? Every body at the time, too, seemed 10
dcrs,und that Walsh the rcdoub'ablc l-aderot the
Sparans. was foremost in the whole aiiray; Vet
we have heard of no attempt to bring him to JUS
ticc. Why is this! Il it because the Mayor
knows hcchct rioters were Of his own party-lhar
the Fnugh-a-Bullnshs and the Spartans-rhe Two
organized bands, who carried terror wherever they
went, and whose chicfin,y in thccnd seemed 10
be directed against each other were both com
posed Of the who helped to swell the mnio-
rity for the energetic and efficient chief ma
gistlate! Oris it out of his gratitude to them
for having furnished prctcxt, By their ruiiailly
violence Tor reccting the votes and defeating the
will of the peaceablc voters Of the Sixth Ward,
tina, thcy are allowed this impunity? 1t is per-
tecty we'll known that the actors in the riot-bolh
at its beginning and tnroushoutits progrcss-wcrs
Loco-Focos We would like TO see the Mayors
:. efficiency displayed 70 as good purpose now as
/, doubtless would have been had the rioters been
of the opposite party. Had this been the case,
we should have insisted just strongly upon the
stric,es, Justice; and we are sure should not
have then invoked i,s rigor in vain, as now We
fear we arc likely 20 do.