New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-31
The Retreat from Moscow.


Mayor it Will be seen that be retreats backward
from hi. hig,-handed u.urpation Of the City Gov
ernmeut Hed-clinc, 10 swear 10 the Wing officer.
elect. but inform. them th-i they can be sworn IN
Ly another func,icnary. and that he viii protect
and sustain hcm IN the exercise OF otfcinl P9wer
H. merely reserves The question 70 be carried up
for form. sake. TO the Court OF Errors, where he
must know by thi' ,i-ne that he has not the ghost
Of chance to succeed. Thi. il in part wiful-
ness. and in part anxiety TO make others mink
that he thinks he has Jog 20 sand on It is on
these ground, that tie Mayor initiates the singers
recorded by Hallcck-
Who's last farevslls still lnger DER j.,
And, Ike tam cat, die BY inches
Well: since he .srrcnders the City Goy-rnmen;
TO the Common Council chosen By the People he
NAV appeal and argue as long as he likes. His
case resembles ihat e the man who was convicted
in West Penrsvlyania Of stealing. and sentenced
TO receive fifty la.hcs. Tho crime was fully proved.
bat II bundercd out in the Of the igill thar
il had been committed inst over the line Of Nir-
gina. The cuprii's lawyer instantly Withdrew 70
prepare hi. writ Of crTor--ine Court having no e.
gal Jurisdiction over offences committed in another
State The Judge on his return. very readily
granted the wit, bu, observed thu, the sentence
lad meantime been by hi- or,ler carried fully into
effect The lawyer 'loPed.
Mr.. Morris undertakes to pcttiiog the case IN the
following Gard, AMI does it most unfairly lie
well knows that the ballot-boSes at Dunn : IN The
Sixth Ward were hot destroyed that the votes
were duly counted, and that the Wing casdidatc-
had majority either with or without them. Tie
well knows that the temptation TO destroy boxes
viii be- quite a. strong if the vote OF whole Ward
Is 10 be vtated thefc5y, in the case he sup
poses. Bot let him travel:
MeYos. orrIcE: May 80, l''2
10 Joscpi r. Tay'erasd Edscin HiHuIms, E,grA-
GENTLEMEN A. informed YOU uUnn Presenting The
Rules Court to I'll. morning, have obtained ,'ay
~ proceedings in each a. r cases to enable ne 10 MAX,
Up a in these that the opn.9n OF the Court for
Correction Errors be taken upon isat subject
sine. saw you reelection ha, CONVINCED me that tn, wei.
this CITY, and the integrity tie Charter ~ the City,
require the judgement Of the Supreme Court should be re-
viewed by the Court tor the Correction OF Errors
TIE supreme Court IA their decision have Determined
that the destruction NJ The ballot boxes Ds'rc OF
ward doe. vitae the election Of that WaFd for Charter
OfiIcers This decision practically be 80 important 10
ihs cv that deer, il nc my duty have L, Legality
tested hy the Couri nj last resort whose decision will make
II NE ar NJ ,he land or will revcrc H. We have II wares
in this city, which Wards divided into - Election
Districts u the Law Of The lard that destruction Of
bdlot boics IN any srlct, duii oTseS the r..
mang Districts Of the Ward to decide the election there
,ucb temptation 10 the designing aud aspiring destroy
poAe> va 70 10 itSre elections nP' be Determined
more ov TIE dsructon ~ ballot boxes than by the majority
OF votes. There Other questions decided 10y the 81
preme Court vitality important to the charter rights Of
NE CITY, though not c'ent al 10 the peace and order OF
ITS Citizens vhlch requires The decision OF the Court OF last
/ resort.
Examination has satisfied me. ,hat II aimn.erhc oath
OF office you, gentlemen. that will all right
carry the quees to the Court for the Correction Er
ron au therefore, constrained to refuse administering
such oahs do this with less reluctance because the
decision Of the supreme Court shows that other officers may
administer these oath, TO you aud you therefore will
be prevented attaining LEGAL and lust rights should
such decision be sustained Nnu assured that the
power OF the city under my CONTROL will be exercised
maintain the peace and sustain You and the Boards by
whom you appointed in the all such duties
~ YOU may deem proper 10 perform under the decision that
has been made. ROBT. H. MORRIS. Mayor.
II Modern whiggrry shows true character by .us-
tanning the landed ar,iocTacy of Rhode island in their
~ obhinHe eernin1iion 10 ssfrG.ch,1 the majority Of
citizens Of that State BY 10 erclude then. from
participation in t.serrc,e Of the r,gki Of ,, eOrernei
Detroit Free Press
u We cut the above paragraph from the last
Ner Era, which is filled from day to day with Just
such black, abominablc falsehoods. The Consti-
tuition framed by the I.andholders' Convention. "
as it is srgmatzed by thu Era, eriended the ri ght
! Of Suffrage TO erery rhhs male notire citizen
cao had resided tco gears IN tie State, without
any property qualification whatever 1t was deci-
dedly more Democratic than the New-York Con
stitutcn Of 1921, which Mr.. Van Buren, aided to
/ form Thi. Constitution was formed ard voted
| for 10y those whom the New Era stigmatize, n
above, and r0tei torn by the parfi,aps of Dorr
and Siamm IN sOitd coigms. And these men who
defeated II round and assert that The rcry
men ~hose PoPniar Constitution they defcat-d
| ,Dsg1 T. 10 l.
Of Suffrage except for Landhoders. j. not th.
ullany'
The incendary rant in the Era, Philadelphia
Ledger, &c. about Landholdcr- Pill. il equally
false and lagitious. NJ such expression was ever
used bv the friends of the Government But time
and space would fail us to expose all tho frauds
and misrepresentation by which the peaceful settle
mcnt OF the late differences in Rhods Island j.
sought To be presented by our lour.storc patriots.
DisGRACEFsL OUrRAGE.-On SUNDAY afternoon
two rtians. one of them named B, were seen
! passing down Sixth Avenue. in state of consid-
cradle Iteration, boastng tina, they did not belong
10 the Temperance Society-to prove which one OF
them assaulted lady in the midst Of a pouring
rain, .natchcd her umbrella and broke it, leaving
her to be drenchcd by the STERN. We regret To-
add that the rufian~ escaped unmolcstcd.
10 The City Inspector reports the death, of
~ persons during the last week. viz - Men T.
Women. IL Bows, 81 Girls. OF these . died OF
Consumption. - Of Scarlet Fever, II of other Fe-
yers, Q OF Inflammation OF the Lungs. do Brain
II of other lnlammations Conyul.ons, 3 Apo
Plexy, Group, Small Pox, . Drop.iss 3 Ep-
lePsy, Erysipeia>, &c. &c. were over so
years Of agc. 100 were natives Of the United
States. - OF Ireland, I Of Germany of other
cnunirie. and > unknown