The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-10
Preventive Pollce-yo. 8.

The establishment Of adequate police protection
chiefly affects the interests of the whole commnni-
ty. The rich have no indueement to invest their
capital in our city, when lawless mob in the wild
delirium of excited passion, may, without check,
destroy their entire property. We cannot expect
industrious mechanics to make it their residence,
when their hard earnings, the labor of years, may
be, an instant scattered to the winds. tits only
by aifording sure and certain protection both to
persoa and property that We can derive any aid
from these and secure to ourselves the sad
vautagss of cur position Were our municipal sys-
tenn perfected, the higher rate of interest which
capital yields in the city, compared with the
try would cause it to flow here, and this conjoined
with the greater facility of collecting and exchang
| ing, would invite trade, and consequently would
promote the interests of all classes of tie COM
munity.
We have now a peculiarly fitting occasion to
bring about this salutary reform, when we have at
the head Of our city government jealous and in
dependent Mayor as the present incumbent; fear
less and honest in the scharge of his duty, he will
receive the support of all who have at heart the
preservation OF order and the maintenance of justice
OF all whose love of country rises above their de.
fare and prosperity Of the great CONNIE rcal En-.
poriam. There is a reciprocal obligation between
the magistrate aud the peop'e; it is expected from
the former that he gill propose and advise such sa
lutary changes and reforms as his wisdom and
foresight may seem necessary for the public veal;
it is due from the latter that they famine and scru-
tinize the propositions that submitted to them,
and that they aid and support an enlightened pub
lie officer, if his views are found calculated to adj
vance the public interests.
1t is source of great satisfaction that we
sure the public that the plan, both in its pre-
ventve and correctional character, will not prove
iva n he tv in nrITR a an
that now IN operation We nave at present invested
in lots used by fire department, engine houses,
watch houses &C., the sum OF 1886, 44O. The an
nual expenditure for fire department, watch, police,
&c, amount to a4ls 673. The proposed system,
it 10 estimated, will require permanent outlay OF
$264, 600. The computation for yearly expenses,
including one thousand delars as pay to each MEM
Der OF the Common Council, is 1897 100 leaving
balance of twenty thousand dollars annually saved
to the city, without taking into the account the
moneys collected from fines, penalties, bail bonds
fees and the saving in prison and almshouse expen-
ditures. Butwe cannot estimate it's nd vantagcs by
dollars and cents religion and the social virtues
demand votariss at their affairs the republic
has need of all her children she has ample duties for
themall There is no necessity and no Involvement
for single ctiz to leave the paths OF virtue and
mordlity all may be prospe rous, all may be happy
but they must know this knowledge imbued and
assinilating with the pureand holy light Of revela
tion can alone accomplish this soc al regeneration
How long then, we ask, are we to submit to the
vexatons and harrassing evils which are entailed
upon US BY the imperfectons of our Inefficient pc.
lice! Will our citizens forever bear the grossest
infractions of order and deceney? Have we no
frown for vice, scorn for crime! If we acknow-
ledge the claims that virtue and innocence have
upon us for safety and let it be no longer
with Words let our actions attest the sincerity of
our professions let US give to this great metropolis
the proud distinction of being first in the hank Of
social order, as she is first in commerce and the
arts that aden it; let the torch ofthe midnight in
cendiary no longer light up our city with its unha
lowed fires; let the stranger, no longer restraiaed
by the fear of mock auctions where he isteth and
trust to the ample protection of the law; let our
streets be swept of their pollutions, and forever
cleansed of those denominations that make them the
nurseries of vice and immortality.
REFORM