The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-26

ton Of Aldermen. You all know that your Aldermen
instance In ali that relates to the making ofaws-in
all that relates how you shall be governedin all that
relates to taking moIey out Of your Pockss perfectly
agree that officers should be elected by the people, But
in other respects II IL altogether Let the
gentlemen who passed the resolutions Of March. lssl.-
nndsrsons changer have risen to prevent possible
q collision the proceedings Of this meeting and
of "a Let not the charter proposed BY the
Common Council which 10 80 analogous ~ regards
the method of appointing heads Of Department. to the
Constitution of the United Ststes-an instrument
men who have called this meeting in isas. I pro-
pose amendment to the resolutions which have been
offered, and that is that we recommend the Com
mon Council, instead Of submitting the charter entire,
to submit it section by section so that definite express
sion Of the wishes of the people may be obtained am
people Of the whole city to be foreciosed BY this
ing they had time to sit down and deliberate
Mr. B. here read resolution handed up to him by some
one in the crowd but differed Little from his own
amendment. ask you whether the opposition you have
for years TO the city charter has grown out Of
the statements OF the resolutions presented here tonight
No! III tell you where the greatest difficulty lies.
The great fraud rests with the executive committees
who parcel out contracts This power, vested in the
the city Against this evil the charter Of the
Common Council provides. ! do not refer to
Common Council not receiving any compensation for
their services took the contracts either for
or their relatives The remedy for this 10 the fair rsmu-
From certain indications around me, see that two
three object my occupying this stand on &C.
let me- my
ing my opinions before the democracy Of New York
should be the greatest earth did shrink from
in Tammany Hall for every body to speak who chooses,
There was time when darkness spread over our pro.
ceedngs; but light has sprung up, and now all can OBJ
tain hearing.
Mr.. BRApY then sat Down, amid tumut of applause,
and Mr. RoBERr H. MoRRn mounted the stand.
Mr. MoRRIs in reply to the charge of inconsistency
which had been made against him by the gentleman no
preceded him that March, he had presided
h
analogous to that constitution said that he was two
who wouldn't improve in that time !" Immense sp-
pause and uproarious aughter The question t. shall
be appointed BY the Mayor and Common Council
vo,ss2ss 81 f Rssf Postmaster .h. be elected by
ITO this cutting reply Mr. Morris made answer but
looked decidedly blue, and went on 1.-THE Mayor to
appoint them there vii be struggles among the clique,
Mr. B.ADr frequently interrupog Mr. Morris tho lat
and said There be no doubt that the gentle.
man has amused but to the amount Of instruction,
the audience viii Judge for thsm';lss
cries for BRADY" "Walsh" "Groat "strahan New.
man." and some forty others. Each in the crowd
to hear. Amid the confusion. Mr. NEWMAN. who look
ed though ancient feud with the fraternity of
taors had his visiting them lately, took the
stand, and made an harangue about something, but
whether upon the subject Of picked oysters patriot
ISM or city reform, we couldn't imagine When he sat
down, the audience sgsin broke out Loud cries Of
Mike, probably not being present. didn't appear.
luton the substance OF which was that the people
opposed to the appointment Of the heads Of department
BY the Mayor and Common Council, wishing 10 do ii
themselves.
Here little Frenchman in the crowd commenced a
speech De head of de department by de people, dat Is
de republican vay-I am Frenchman; sarvs under
Napoleon; will elect de head OF de department The
little Frenchman excited considerable laughter when
amid the confusion
Mr.. BRADY came forward with an amendment to Mr..
Strahans resolution, the amount Of which that
new city charter be offered to Il poole to be voted
upon section by section Here follow the most deaien
ment = "Mr Strahans resolution. :" "Order " 81 move
We adjourn Pin the midst of which, MIR srahan
forward and tried to be heard bat the partzans Mr.
Brady kept up such deafeni0g YELL that MIR. Strahan
appeared like an actor rehearsing panomime. At
the same time, MIR. Brady again proposed his amend
ment. The question was, which resolution should
be putt and the manner of deciding it, seemed to be by
seeing which party could yell the loudest But fail
ed to produce silence in the other and while Brady and
Strshan both tho stand with their resolutions
hand. some one called out for adjournment which
was carried and the meeting broke up in great confu
sion without any OF the resolutions being psssed upon
So the meeting was a mere abortion.
"The King Of France, with twenty thousand men,
Marched up the hill and then-marched down again =,
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