The New York herald., 1850-10-27

Mayor and CommoA Council, according to tn,
teretment OF the preliminary meetings Of the two
! cemRittees And | the more especially retired be
lieybg, from their injustice towards the Fire De
| parment committee, that had very little jusric,
or mercy 10 expect at their hands, while con
tending with them alone, and in the alb
sence al The people, whom they h ad at tAe outse
so unct,emonio1sy excluded. To have found
themse ives guilty, would have been expecting fal
too much from poor human nature, even more
perhaps, than the law, divine or human, (sslfpre
servaon being The first law of nature } would ave
tolerated, and which, If they had brought in sc
righteous and truthful verdict as self lfcondemna
ntn, certainly would either have exposed them
selves 10 the dispessing charge OF lanscy, and beer
Straight Jacketed, have received more credit fol
their disinterested benevolence towards the Chic
Engineer and the Fire Department, tia n they have
hitherto had credit for. But the truth is manifest
that their opinions were moulded for them by the
body that appointed them, together with little
moulding OF theircwn Their decision, say for m;
conde mnahon, was formed even before they were
appo poinied; and being conscious myself of this il
bad had even the humsl-st privileges extended tc
a cold-blooded murderer, they never should have
been my Judge and jury, prefefring to abide
the Judgment Of those far more disinterested am
merciful than, il seems, had just reason to SUP.
pose they would prove themselves 10 be- Tha,
committee intended to take every advantage of me
by excluding the press, by deprving me Of coun
sci, by excluding the people, as they really did
whom they knew 10 be against them, not daring &c
~.
That committee, and the direct body and other
bodies and individuals whom il represented, had
formed a powerful combination throughout IN.
municipal government, TO effect my defamation
and utter Condemnation, and the degradation OF the
Fire Department, 10 which they are, ia their off,
cial and private capacity, so largely indebted for
the preservation OF the city itself. Aye, that com.
mttee would have crushed aud blighred all tina; is
near end dear TO me in this life, because had the
temerity TO expose their derelicon of public duty
And yet, in the face Of all this, Mayor Woodruff
has sent letter to the Common Council commit
tee, winch is embodied in their voluminous report,
in which be has the boldness TO saw In ction
with the bell ringing system
Inat, with the exception OF policeman Hudson, Of
the seventh Sari who Was st the bslltoser near E,-
sex Market from the 18th Of July TO the st August
ls4s-s period of sixteen dsysall tho policemen de-
tailed by mo TO do duty at the bell towers.
mended BY Mr.. Carson, the Chief Engineer ar4 were
IT pi esented to me by him competent beilrng-rs,
and as haVisg been frernen. Hudson hsvag been
taken sick, superseded by policeman OF ar Car
sops selection, whs In stil on duty at the tower
Now, 10 prove that Mayor Woodhuli asserts a
fallacy, assert and challenge him To prove the
reverse, that did not recommend the successor of
Mr.. Hudson, which incontrovertIbly proves that
there is even a belnnger mentioned in the very
hTst passage OF his letter, whom he detailed, not
only without my Recommendation, but eyen with
out my knowledge. And how, | asL. can he ex-
ttpuate himself for making an assertion, whose
fallacy is palpable in the very clause or breath ia
which he utters itl And inasmuch as he did detail
the successor of Mr.. Hudson, without my know
lecge or recommendation, whom he So falsely
charges me with recommending, how many more
he may have detailed without my knowledge or
recommendation, leave CANDID public TO jndge.
He also says, in his letter, that
L made IL rus, and so inforr.sd the Chief l. ngi-
would leave 1t to him TO select such police
ss he preferred for berinsers aud in every in.
stance, except the one above noted, have detailed
only those cho,en by him and Ia case have
any one vhom he recon mended.
Did you NOT abruptly state TO me, in the memo-
fable interview respecting the tailor policeman,
whom you detailed Us bell ringer, at the recon-
mendation of Alderman MoFgans, wthout INV
Enowiedge, thai you consideTe5 the Aldermen the
proper persons Tor you TO look to for the recon-
mendstlon Of the bell ringers, and not the Chief
Engineer! Dare you deny thisl Dare you, / sayl
The Mayor also states, in his letter, that ro.
commended John Hannifen and James Gerau as
bell ringers, TO be detailed for two weeks only,
which declare utterly false. | did recommend
those men, bat urged upon him the necessity Of
their permanent detail as bell ringers, which he
positively refused 10 do, because, as he said, they
were good Policemen; and that their captain, on
that account, did not like part with the N for the
bell towers. rephed to the Mayor, that because
knew them 10 be good men, as their captain
stated was the very reason why wanted them
as bell ringers, feeling that the city would be more
safe IN their hands than with the sick, and intem-
perate and faiihless men, too often detailed for the
towers, as swOTn 10 at the recent investigation, by
worthy bell fingers. Hanniien was the first de-
tailed, end for two weeks but did not remain more
than feUr days as bell ringer, being permitted BY
mayer Luasci, il the very tteth Of what ne
asserts, 10 return 10 the ward for legitimate police
duiy. In this case, as in many others, I was
obliged TO seek for another man TO take his place,
ana saoD recommended James Gerau, who was also
eetalied ior Two weeks only, notwithstanding my
urgent request 10 have him detailed permanently.
Gcrru ives called off by his captain, as he recently
swofe at the investigation, % pcrtorB ward duty
FOR several days AT the end Of the two weeks
for which he was detailed by the Mayor, he was
again detailed for only two weeks more. Gerau
some weeks after his last detail. when he
wHs recalled 10 the ward for legitimate duty alto
gethcr.
Amid ell this confusion at the bell towers, arising
from these brief and numerous details and sudden
changes, M length despslTingly aeked The Mayor,
y he could inform me where ! could get men for
bell ringers who would be allowed 10 remain per-
at the towers that his brief details and
he uncsasing and snddeu recalls Of bell ringers
fcm The towers, hy his permission, TO the wards
or legitimate police duty, constantly exposed the
'lty TO destruction hy fire who giving me no satis-
action whatever, finally left him.
i BOW again challenge the Mayor to sho. one re-
'rccd " liable OF law that authorisea him 10 detail
solitary bell ringer from the policemen, or from
my source whatever. And II there be no law on
has subject, as / have co often told him, why
foes he not come out ard tell the city so, in
'iead az most audaciously giving the lie TO the
Jhief Engineer, when he knows that | have al
ssys hitherto, and especially in my annual re port,
lone all that one poor mortal could do 10 effect an
.ihcicnt Reorganization in the present imbecie and
corrupt bell ringing system, on which the safety Of
his wealthy and mighty city impends and reposes
la over a volcano
And now, II such be the error and fallacy Of the
Mayors letter, IN connection with this conspiracy
Q crush me, and 10 blind the people Of this city TO
he danger that truly besets them, lin the humble
'Iinion Of ono who has made this subject the study
n bis hfe,) for the imme date want Of more eff
lent organization at the bell towersl cay, If such
y the monstrous fallacy ofthe Mayors letter embo
lied in his report, hat, would asa, In Gods name,
hust indees be The faiacious character Of this
ori OF sixty pages Of stupendous falsehoodsl Shal
review h, IN all its length and BREADTH and ex-
ose end dissec all lie bideous features Ia there
ncvspaper In The civilized world that could hold, !
y hall DOZEN issues, such vclunlinous review,
u 10 would require 10 thoroughly review IT, and
rand rs authors with in1elbe disgracei IL 1t /
oi enough Tor the people Of this city TO know that
hat report was concocied thros sghout by the inter-
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