New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-14
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Tie present honc5t and hish.m Njed
Common Council, have rcceoty repealed BY Al arg
vote "sn ordnance 10 relation to the Ncou D.. >ct
In the First Ward, passed ia November, ls5I"
Psru!i s 70 stl,s very briefly. the reason oiy sss
otdlrs.ce cf 81 passed and you aud your rea Lore
may then draw their conclusions as 20 toe rA'n
of rs repeal will state fat, which Will % corrpo1n
sd by sf'dsvits 10 due time.
The Second Election District Of the First Ward, ios
the past years has been the scene Of greater uf
rsgos perpersted upon the Electors Who cast their vo
In that District, than any other Election Dsrcs IN tnA
City.
In the first place Il is large District and believe.
contains more voters than either OF the other Dte IL
the Ward In the second place Il 10 strong WAis Ds
tct and one or two hundred votes car, oy any poe
sloti,y, be excluded the LocoaFoeos are vel svars
tns a, least threeiourths of those votes will os w as
woes They therefore can very wei sferd 70 keep
oG theii own votes IT, By % doing they can exclude
proPorronsie number OF Wing votes The District os-
ing Wing, and having amsiority Of Wig lIspectors.
has heretofore been quiet and orderly an voters have
been required to form In line and deposit their bal
lots in tirT. The wise counses OF the party claiming
TO be in favor Of the rshu Of the dear peo2s discov.
cred, two year ago. that By chaen sins evey
offered ana compelling the elector TO "s~ear In hls
vote they could not only choke up the pos but In an
probability Gistrapchtse ss least one hcndrea Ia
the District. One year ago last tall the game" wss
commenced. Loco-Foco challenger, with degree Of
coopess that would do honor TO pcspockst took bis
s,ssd at the polls and challenged nearly, no. every
vote that was offered The Oldest voter in the District
was obliged to take the oath The late Stephen Whit
ney, j. Phillip Phenix and others who had voted In the
District for years. we're met with response ~ cnA-
epge that vote. and were compelled 10 go through hs
form OF taking the oath This measure consumed ne,
presently the line from the ballot boxes 90 the rear
the voter became extended several rods A. one time Ii
reached from the ballot boxes, through along hall into
Broadway and trsiIed itself nearly to Dsmoncos Hs
tel rear eacor Obliged 10 wait nesry two hosrs
before be could resch the polls Many would get dis
couraged and 90 away without voting. W nen rus sus
ser ana the polls seclsred oiOsed At least GiEy cleo
tors shut of who had their positions In line Tney
were basey and wsntonly outraged, and many oftaen
uttered rery teeiiig maledictlons at tue time.
That canvas passed away. Last fail better things
hoped for from our opponents But the ssus
game was again adopted by them, and many OF inc
electors obliged to return to their homes With tho
cOusciOvsress that all election had taken pscs, Out
without being able 10 avail themselves OF s ats and
privileges. Some three four Democrats, who ~ers
unfortunate enough to be excluded ones openly
charged tire Wings with causing tho ditca!ty. Tbs
Ware they said, had Whg Alderman the Common
Council and the Mayor were WING but the Alderusa
of the Ward Mr. Griffin had neglected 20 dcii; Ae DE
tricl.
These outraged Democrats would not al the ume bs-
eve that the whole thing was Occasi0ned by tne up
riyisss and ndgHaniHity OF Loco-FocO challenger.
Tney may now, possibly, open their eyes 70 the reel
cause. - -.
Well "after the horse stolen" Aid griffin Intro
duced an ordinance divide the District and mshen
into two Election Districts Itw carried almost ansni
mou.y In the Common Council, and became the Law ot
the land Ii Las been law since November, lOl. II
was a wise, Just and necessary law
The present Common Council, thrOughthe represeu-
tatons of the First Ward Moore and Brown have sue
ceeded in getting Il repeated Al The Democrats rsedta,
H. Why Did they know what took place In 80 and
H. and do they wanta reenactment Of thoie scenesis
- Bsve they done because the electors OF tho SEQ
ond District demanded il II so where 10 tho petition
AID who the petitioners Did they no, rather perps
trste intend TO prpetr0te gross and unwarrantaols
outrage upon the citizens OF the frs, Ward Iii the
most bare faced aud scardalous proceeding for asmsu
matter that the present Common Council have bee"
guilty Of this session The Railroad plumber, and tho
pier and ferry franchises, where the main question has
been how rnuch will you put down for us 10 take up'
are not to be compared with H. True Ia tho after csses
SON poor Alderman, who takes his seat In the Board
with "a Compromise DEED ruh his Creditors In MS po;k@
made necessary by the fluctuations in the price OF tooa
co. may be able to put himself on good footing agaa
by reason of the fcuGng price OF an Aldermanc vote
But in those cases the victims agree 10 pay but where
deliberate outrage s carried ou and fastened up IN
all the voters in an Election District, think ,ks money
question sinks into insignihcanca
But more anon uponthis subject for day o. reckon
ing ia al hand IN W.