New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-16
Ehimbierigging.

We presume most Of our m1q readers have al
some tmo Or 9th y happcncdio be- on a race-cour'e
nu,,cr.ground. r. tie Ike, where some practicai
hilosopher-qlte often % African genealegy and
complexion, ard Of ripe ,hrewdness and exPe-
rience-essays to show forth 10 admirng land.
ala, bettng) spectator. hi, msnpuiatory science
through the medium Of The ancient and exciting
game Of thimbirrig The said game-so far q,
we can remember from having seen it once only.
and that r1any wears ago, played with plan
board. three thimblcs, and lite stuff ball; the
science oc the operator being shown IN putting Tor
seeming 20 pun the ball under one Of The thin
ble- ia plain sight Of all, yet 50 dex'cron'ly thai
the surrounding urchus, who fancy they see II
placed under tins or that 'himble, and bet On the
strength Of their di,cernmcn', find on lifting the
tiimbie that they have erred and lost their money.
Indeed, we .uspcc, that ii makes little difference
,-h,ek thimble they bet on-that if they were To
up,urn all three at once they would find the ball
under neither
Tho game Of Political Thimbierig now carried
on in this Ci,v j.. ,,rikingy in character Loco-Fo-
coi-m in our City Offices Is the operator; TIE
three thmbles are Mayor Morris, ex-Alderman
Sholcr, and The Loco Foco Inspectors of the Sixth
Ward. They are TUNED up one after the other.
bat the ball does not manifest itself IL certainl!
sheuid be- under one or the other bat each dcnie,
all snowledge Of II; and the operator ha. some
BOW 80 iusslcd il between his fingers that ne hoPc>
ne may get il ont of the way altogether Nay;
the cunniay dog j. trying to get up a sham-igh'
a. 10 the particular ,hmbe that it ought 10 b. uE-
der, and thus distract public attention until b.
can hustle 1t out Of the way entirely, and get
safely oil with their ,poils. But this is just what
we snail not permit them to do with imrunity.-
Ms.sr,. Thimberis,, you are trying 10 cheat
The CITY Of Nec-Iork ont Of her ta'rly efe~fed
Gorernmeat, that is the gi,t OF the matter, and
the issue which YOU are arragned. Don't
think TO barHey US with your Precedcnts and
Opinions about this or tina, particular thmhle,
and how the ball ought or ought not 10 be under
il, We shall not be lurcd off by any such iuggle,
but keep you square up 10 the main question!
10 The Nor Era falsely asserts that all the
Wing papers are hostile 10 an extension Of SUIT
fr1gc in Rhode Island. We dil all in our power.
whether by public personal cNcrtion for such
extension, long since and constantly. a. any on,
may see who will take the trouble to examine file
of the Tribune and Ncw-Yorber But we never
imagined that the nou-yo,crs could peacefully.
legally subycrt The existing Government. or We
should never have wasted our breath in per,uadine
the Frcehs Iers that they ought {. concedc what
we deemed right and ju,t
The doctrines now preached by the Don party
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and throw the whole country into the widest
anarchy If they are sound, a meeting in the Parh
may annul the Civ Charter and establish ano
ther-may separate the City from the State, or
even the Union II they are sustained, State viii
often have as many constitutions and Governments |
a, there are factions within it. borders. There
will be- no common arbier. but each will do and /
declare lawful whatever Is right in his eyes
Sustain them, and some OF our patriots, who find
ii hard enough to keep out OF the clutches OF oDe
Sheriff viii have dozen after them at once; one
ovcrhauiir- 'hcm ioy doing what another stands
read, to Jump upon them for leaving uudonc.-
They Will ind this practically worse than the |
n,rocious tyranny OF the Rhode Island Laudhod |
crs. who rob the people of that State OF S4O0
ycarto pay their Governor, and 81 % per day ioI |
Members OF the Legislature who never contract /
ed 4 dollar of State Debt. and never mads mo-
l.opoly e Banking. Bu,ior all this, We waat to
see irccr Suffrage in Rhode Island, bat esta-
br,hcd legally and peacefully since SO it can be-
for those who r. iect,d a constitution which CAV,
tic power into their hands. and now Try to deceive /
the public by slang about King Charess Char
ter we have li,,e sympathy but the principle |
Of Representation or No Taxation must not suffer |
for their misconduct
u 1t strikes Us that our City Loco-F ocoi,m
Nn.H annenr nnitc a. Vol exhibiting some NJ. |