New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-01

A Deed of Darkness.
Col. Ephraim L. Snow, Wing Member
of Assembly from the XVIIIth Ward Q6th
DistricD of our City, was elected from his
seat by vote of the members present, at
81 o'clock on Saturday morning, after a
sitting of some nineteen hours. A bare
quorum (65) had, by hours of effort in hunt
ing up absentees and dragging them from
their lodgings, been got together to clothe
the preparation of this outrage with the
semblance of legality.
None of the fitting accessories of such a
deed were omitted. The sitting was rowdy
and riotous beyond all Albany example.
The accidental majority habitually insulted,
defed and menaced the Speaker, accom-
plisbing their purpose at last by overruling
his decisions. Liquor was freely dealt out
within the Capitol, and number of the
Members were thoroughly drunk. One had
to be taken home to cool during the night in
order to have him fit to use on the final
struggle.
The leaders in this night-foray were
Messrs. Gushing of Tompkins and Mike
Walsh of this City, of whom the latter
alone had the frankness to proclaim that it
was the Maine Law he was fighting in seek
ing the election of COL Snow. And yet
there is no other Member of the Legislature
to whom that same Maine Law, seasonably
passed, would have been such blessing as
to this same Mike Walsh.
The majority on this occasion was COM
posed Of the minority at the previous sitting
(when Russell Smiths claim to the seat was
negatively favored by the absence of some
Wing Members, who had paired off and left
the city on business. Two of the OPPOSE
ton are said to have each paired off with
two or more Wing Members Six who had
paired off were present and voted notwith-
standing Three of them voted each way
on the main question, but vote either way
at that hour was vote against Col. Snow,
as it enabled his opponents to make quo
rum and thereby turn him out.
COL James Monroe of our XIIth Ward,
Doth DISTRICT after lodging throughout the
preceding days sitting, made his grand
plunge at last. He voted with the Loco
Fecos whenever they needed his vote, and
finally voted to eject Col. Snow from his
seat, when his o,cn right lowing to the de-
stuction of the ballot-boxes in the XIXth
Ward and the riotous conduct of the Elec-
ton in both the XlIth and XIXth) was and
is infinitely more questionable than Col.
Shows. We presume he received a ma
jority of the votes cast in his District, but
the returns did not and could not show it.
In his own Ward, full third Of the voters
could not get near the polls, while in the
other one ballot-box was destroyed and the
other so bewitched by rioters that nobody
could tell what votes were in it when the
Election was arrested by violence.
If the Wing party is finally rid Of this
unprincipled trimmer and double-dyed apos-
tate, that radiance will be sheaply purchased
by the loss Of the Assembly for the balance
Of the Session. We trust he will hence
forth be openly in the ranks Of those for
whose votes he is eternally fishing sand
whose dirty work he is continually doing.
We'll they have got Col. Snow out
at last. 1t has been hara struggle, out
the engineers seemed to consider the object
worth its cost. The next thing is to Keep
him out. We presume the matter will re-
ceive further attention ia the Assembly to-
day, but we do not see that anything can
legally be done there to neutralize the in
justice thus perpetrated. The case now
goes back to the People for settlement at
Special Election, in which the Rumsellers'
long purse of 100000 will be brought to
bear potentially against us. If colonization
can be thoroughly prevented, we do not
fear the result. Look out for an increase
Of boarders at the groggeries Of the
ANillth Ward during the next two weeks |!